Institution of Structural Engineers no relation French Academy of Technology
Awards
A member of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) since 1974, Dr. Virlogeux received the inaugural IABSE Prize in Venice in 1983.
He has received many other international awards, which include the 'Award of Excellence of the Engineering News Record' (1995), the 'Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers' (1979), the Gold Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2005) the 'Gustave Magnel Medal' (1999) and the 'Fritz Leonhardt Prize' (also the first year that it was awarded). He is a member of the French Academy of Technology.
He received the 2003 IABSE Award of Merit in Structural Engineering in recognition of "his major contributions leading to very significant progress in the field of civil engineering, in particular through the development of external prestressing, landmark cable-stayed bridges and composite structures". The Award Presentation took place during the Opening of the IABSE Symposium 'Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation', Antwerp, Belgium on 27 August 2003. The presentation was presented by Dr. Manabu Ito, President of IABSE.
In 2010 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. He chose the subject "The Design of Long Span Bridges".He was appointed an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2012 and Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013.
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