The Royal Aeronautical Society has been honouring outstanding achievers in the global aerospace industry since 1909 when Wilbur and Orville Wright came to London to receive the Society’s first Gold Medal. In the years that have followed, honouring world aerospace achievers has become a permanent tradition of the Society. Included among these awards are the written paper prizes.
The Royal Aeronautical Society Written Paper Prizes are awarded annually for the best papers published in The Aeronautical Journal by the Society during the previous calendar year. Awards can be conferred at Gold, Silver or Bronze level. A new prize for the best paper to appear in the Journal of Aeronautical History has recently been added. The Written Paper Prizes are presented following the approval of the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society on the basis of recommendations from the RAeS Medals & Awards Committee, supported by the Editor-in-Chief of The Aeronautical Journal. The Society recognises the achievements, innovation and excellence of both individual and multiple authors.
The nominations received for the 2018 Awards were highly competitive and on behalf of the RAeS Council, the Medals and Awards Committee are very pleased to announce the winners as:
The 2018 Gold Written Paper Prize
Awarded to E.P. Krupa, J.E. Cooper, A. Pirrera and R. Nangia Improved aerostructural performance via aeroservoelastic tailoring of a composite wing The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1255, September 2018, pp 1442–1474
The 2018 Silver Written Paper Prize
Awarded to M.E.J. Stettler, G.S. Koudis, S.J. Hu, A. Majumdar and W.Y. Ochieng The impact of single engine taxiing on aircraft fuel consumption and pollutant emissions The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 125, December 2018, pp 1967–1984
Awarded to I. Goulos, J. Otter, T. Stankowski, D. Macmanus, N. Grech, C. Sheaf Design optimisation of separate-jet exhausts for the next generation of civil aero-engines The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1256, October 2018, pp 1586–1605
The 2018 Bronze Written Paper Prize
Awarded to W. Chen, J. Zhang and J. Li Intelligent decision making with birdstrike risk assessment for airport bird repellent The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1252, June 2018, pp 988–1002
Awarded to H. Liu, B.G. Falzon, G. Catalanotti and W. Tan An experimental method to determine the intralaminar fracture toughness of high-strength carbon-fibre reinforced composite aerostructures The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1255, September 2018, pp 1352–1370
Awarded to O. McAree, J.M. Aitken and S.M. Veres Quantifying situation awareness for small unmanned aircraft: Towards routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1251, May 2018, pp 733–746
The 2018 Young Persons’ Written Paper Prize
Awarded to E.P. Krupa Improved aerostructural performance via aeroservoelastic tailoring of a composite wing The Aeronautical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1255, September 2018, pp 1442–1474
Journal of Aeronautical History Written Paper Prize
Awarded to J.A.D. Ackroyd Aerodynamics as the basis of aviation: how well did it do? The Journal of Aeronautical History, http://www.aerosociety.com/publications/jah-aerodynamics-as-the-basis-of-aviation-how-well-did-it-do
