Le prix Charles Massonnet
Tous les ans le prix
Charles Massonnet récompense un scientifique important dont le travail
est considéré comme une contribution exceptionnelle à l'avancement
de l'appui scientifique et technique à la construction métallique.
Le prix a été appelé ainsi en hommage à Charles Massonnet,
éminent expert et professeur à l'université de Liège
(Belgique). Il fut également l'un des membres les plus influents de la
CECM eti a contribué à la promotion de l'utilisation de l'acier
dans la construction par son travail et son enseignement en stabilité,
plasticité et force des matériaux.
Les nominations doivent être
présentées par les associations membres de la CECM, un candidat
par pays.
Les candidatures sont maintenant ouvertes pour l'édition
2005.
Le gagnant recevra une plaque commémorative au cours des réunions
annuelles de la CECM.
Admission
La personne proposée
pour le prix doit être un scientifique important travaillant au sein des
comités techniques de la CECM en tant que membre à part entière,
en tant que président ou en tant que secrétaire, et qui a éminemment
contribué à l'avancement de l'appui scientifique et technique à
la construction métallique ;
Les membres du conseil et les employés
de la CECM ne sont pas habilités à recevoir le prix lorsqu'ils sont
en fonction.
La personne proposée sera présentée au conseil
exécutif par le comité de nomination et sa candidature sera soumise
au vote lors de la réunion de printemps du conseil exécutif à
une majorité simple des membres présents.
Prix : le prix Charles
Massonnet se compose d'une plaque portant le nom du récipiendaire, la date,
et la mention CECM.
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2007
This
year the selected candidate more than fulfilled the criteria for the award.
He
will always be recognised as 'Mr Fire of Europe', over a period of twenty years.
The 2007 awardee was the leading professor in the development of the 'Natural
Fire Safety Concept', under his leadership the relationship of the fire load to
the risk to a structure and its occupants was researched and tested. It is due
to his work that structures' can now be fire engineered with a significant benefit
to the industry, building owners and users.
Our 2007 awardee also has had a
very considerable influence on the development and production of the Eurocodes
and has been the author or co-author of a large number of publications for Eurocodes
1, 3 and 4. His technical contribution is without question very much reflecting
the persons whose name is on this award.
As for his involvement with the ECCS,
he has been the ECCS President on three occasions, possibly a record that will
never be equalled. He was the representative of his country on the Executive Board
from 1981 to 2006. Chairman of the Promotions Management Board from 1996 to 2003,
Chairman of Technical Committee 5 CAD-Cam from 1993 to 2000, Chairman of Technical
Working Group 3.8 Design Manual to EC1.2 and 3.
During the early 90's he served
on the organisation Committee that lead to the formation of the Technical Management
Board and the Promotions Management Board.
The 2007 Charles Massonnet Award
has been presented to a man of many talents and interests, the irrepressible Prof.
Eng. Jean-Baptiste Schleich.
| Scientific contributions | Relevancy for application | Important works |
Scientific
contributions: Prof. Eng. Jean-Baptiste Schleich has provided essential
contributions to steel construction as well for normal conditions of use as for
the fire situation. Relevancy
for application: The previously described development may be directly
used by civil engineers as the corresponding essentials have been included inside
Eurocodes, namely the Fire Part of Eurocode 1, i.e. EN1991-1-2. That document
was voted unanimously by the twenty CEN - National Standards Associations in July
2002 and is available at CEN since 20.11.2002. Important
works: For all the following documents Prof. Eng. Jean-Baptiste Schleich either was main author as being Chairman of the corresponding Working Group, either was the author. ECCS - Technical Note N°55; Calculation of the Fire
Resistance of Centrally Loaded Composite Steel-Concrete Columns Exposed to the
Standard Fire, 129 pages, 1988. About twenty CEC Research Projects published as EUR Reports may be added to this list. |
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2006
The
2006 Charles Massonnet Award has been made to Professor Manfred Hirt, from EPFL,
Switzerland.
Professor Hirt is member of the following ECCS Technical Committees:
TC 2- Aluminium, TC 6-Fatigue & Fracture, TC 10-Connections. He wrote more
than 130 publications as author or co-author (http://icom.epfl.ch/puoblications/).
Director
of the Steel Structures Laboratory (ICOM) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
at Lausanne (EPFL), Prof. Hirt is known on the international scene for his expertise
in the field of fatigue and fracture mechanics of steel structures, loads and
action on structures, structural safety and serviceability and steel-concrete
composite construction. In August 2003, he had been elected President of the International
Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). Congratulations!
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2005
The
laureate of the Charles Massonnet 2005 was Professor Giulio BALLIO, Rector of
the University of Milano, “Politecnico di Milano”, in Italy.
Professor
Ballio has been selected for this Award in recognition of the quality and importance
of the work he has carried out as prominent scientist and researcher.
Professor
Ballio was born in Rome, on 4 March 1940, and graduated in Aeronautical Engineering
at the “Politecnico of Milan”, in 1963. He was Ordinario of the Science
of Construction at Pavia University and, subsequently, of Construction in Steel
at the Politecnico of Milan, where he has also been responsible, since 1985, for
the Material Tests Laboratory.
Professor Ballio occupied various positions
at national level as well as at international level. He participated to various
ECCS Technical Committees and in the Editorial Board involved in drawing up the
European Recommendations for Steel Structures, published in 1978. He is also Member
of the Joint Committee for the Planning and Design of Tall Buildings of IABSE
(the Working Commission II, Steel, Metal and Timber Structures), ESDEP (member
of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Steel Design Education Program).
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2003
Nous
sommes heureux de vous annoncer que le jury a décidé de remettre
le prix Charles Massonnet 2003 au prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sedlacek, candidat proposé
par l'association allemande DSTV.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sedlacek, né
le 17 novembre 1938, est une des personnalité les plus importantes et influentes
dans divers comités techniques de la CECM, dont le TC 1, le TC 6, le TC
10, le TC 12, le TC 13 et des sous-comités.
De plus, il est l'une des
personnes les plus actives dans la recherche sur l'acier en Europe ainsi que dans
le secteur européen de la codification. Ses diverses activités couvrent
un éventail énorme, de la conception intelligente de structures
acier et composites à la recherche, l'application des résultats
de la recherche, les conditions de sécurité, l'enseignement et la
formation des étudiants et des ingénieurs, la promotion et le développement
des structures métalliques et des outils de conception pour une meilleure
part de marché.
Prof. Sedlacek joue un rôle remarquable dans le
développement international et l'établissement des Eurocodes pour
les structures métalliques, les charges et les tremblements de terre, ce
qui peut également être vu dans ses activités au sein de la
CECM en tant que président du TC 1, dans le CEN TC 250, et le DASt.
Il est cette personnalité de renommée internationale qui au aussi
un sens de la technologie qui lance ainsi la plupart des effets positifs sur le
développement européen de l'acier de construction.
Le prix Charles
Massonnet fait tous les ans honneur à un scientifique important, membre
des comités techniques de la CECM, qui a contribué de manière
éminente à l'avancement de l'appui scientifique et technique à
la construction métallique.
Félicitations à prof. Sedlacek
pour cet hommage bien mérité.
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2002
Prof.
Patrick J. DOWLING, University of Surrey, UK
Professor Patrick Dowling started
his working life as an employee of BCSA and subsequently worked both in industry
and academia. He was extensively involved with ECCS in plate buckling research
and was Chairman of the CEN EC3 Committee.
Professor Dowling was the “British
Steel” Professor at Imperial College London. He is the author of many books
and technical papers on steel construction. He is a Fellow of BCSA, Chairman of
the UK Structural Steel Design Awards Judging Panel, Chairman of SCI and Vice
Chancellor of the University of Surrey.
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2001
The
2001 Charles Massonnet Award was presented to Prof. Federico MAZZOLANI, Director
of the” Institute of Technique of Construction” at he Engineering Faculty
of Naples.
Prof. Mazzolani was born in Milan, in 1938, and is graduated in
Civil Engineering at the University of Naples. Since 1970, Prof. Federico M. Mazzolani
co-operated with the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork, assuming
the responsibility of Committee and Twg Chairman. His activity has been characterised
by the issue of several fundamental documents, which played a leader role in the
development of the European codification at the level of both national codes and
Eurocodes.
Prof. Federico M. Mazzolani is well known for his publications and
works on seism. He is also Chairman of the International Conference on the “Behaviour
of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas” (STESSA).
Le prix Charles Massonnet 2000
Scientific
Manager and Deputy General Manager of the French Technical and Industrial Centre
of Steel Construction (CTICM), Professor Jacques BROZZETTI contributed highly
to the development of the European Steel Construction. He had a long involvement
with various research projects including stability problems, composite construction,
fatigue and fire behaviour of steel structures. As a result he had been involved
with many Codes and design guides comprising writing activities. He worked with
the profession to promote the steel construction on its various aspects.
Professor
Jacques Brozzetti is teaching advanced steel and composite structures at the “Ecole
Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées”.
Le prix Charles Massonnet 1999
Prof.
Jan W.B. STARK, from the University of Delft, in The Netherlands, had made substantial
contributions to the construction industry in general, and more specifically with
regard to steel and composite structures. For many years, he had been an active
member of CEN and served ECCS in various committees. The Charles Massonnet Award
was presented to him to express our gratitude for his high standard and valuable
contribution to the steel construction industry.
Le prix Charles Massonnet 1998
Close collaborator of Professor Charles Massonnet, Professor René MAQUOI, was very honoured in receiving the Charles Massonnet Award in 1998, which recognize his efforts for the development of steel and composite construction. Indeed, Professor Massonnet was his “master” and conducted his first step in the ECCS activities.