Electrical College: M. A. Sargent Medal
From Engineering Heritage Australia
| Year Awarded | Recipient | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Peter Stephien FIEAust CPEng NER ResTech |
Dr Stepien is Principal Engineer at ResTech and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. He holds a BE(Hons) from the University of Newcastle and a PhD from the University of Sydney. A Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia and Senior Member of IEEE, he has made significant contributions to electrical engineering and telecommunications. Dr Stepien is active within Engineers Australia, serving as Chair of the Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering College in 2023, as well as previous leadership roles within the Newcastle Division and ongoing representation at the national level. |
| 2024 | Mahdi Jalili FIEAust CPEng RMIT University |
Professor Mahdi Jalili, a Professor of Electrical Engineering and AI at RMIT University, is recognised nationally and internationally for his pioneering works in complex systems, energy analytics and sustainable energy systems. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Fellow and the Director of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre. He is also Founder and Director of RMIT EV Living Lab, Australia’s only research facility dedicated to EV-gird integration. He has led many successful initiatives in collaboration with industry with more than $26M in research funding resulting in positive impacts to decarbonise energy and transport systems. |
| 2023 | Prof Lachlan Blackhall | |
| 2022 | Prof Tapan Kumar Saha | |
| 2022 | Prof Peng Shi | |
| 2021 | Qing Long Han | |
| 2021 | Ian Webster | |
| 2020 | Prof Ian Hiskens | |
| 2019 | Prof Derek Abbott | |
| 2018 | Prof Xinghuo Yu | |
| 2017 | Prof Hugh Durrant-Whyte | |
| 2016 | Dr Alan Simon Finkel AO | |
| 2015 | Dr David Sweeting | |
| 2015 | Dr Alexander Zelinsky | |
| 2014 | Dr Don Sinnott | |
| 2013 | Dr John O'Sullivan | |
| 2012 | Dr Trevor Bird | |
| 2011 | Dr Paul Wilson | |
| 2010 | Dr David Skellern | |
| 2009 | Dr Keith Hilless AM | |
| 2007 | Prof Vic Gosbell | |
| 2006 | Dr Barry Inglis | |
| 2005 | Noel Godfrey | |
| 2004 | Prof Richard Middleton | |
| 2003 | Prof Emeritus Henry D'Assumpcao AO | |
| 2002 | Prof Brian Anderson AO | |
| 2000 | Prof Mark Sceats | |
| 1999 | Prof Michael Miller | |
| 1998 | John Richard Gumley | |
| 1997 | Prof John Hullett | |
| 1996 | Ms Else Shepherd | |
| 1995 | Prof Rodney Tucker | |
| 1994 | Prof Martin Green | |
| 1993 | W. John Edwards | |
| 1992 | Prof W. Derek Humpage | |
| 1991 | Dr John Ness | |
| 1990 | Prof Graham Goodwin | |
| 1989 | Stuart G. Lister HonFIEAust |
