The Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal is IMechE's premier award for the best original paper published by the Institution the preceding year. Only one gold medal is awarded each year and only if a paper is deemed worthy of the award. The conditions of the award are that the lead author receives the gold medal and that the coauthors receive a bronze replica of the gold medal. The paper for which the award has been made is titled "An investigation of the relationship between hemodynamics and thrombus deposition within patient-specific models of abdominal aortic aneurysm". The lead author on the paper is Dr Malachy J. O'Rourke and the coauthor are his former UCD PhD students Dr James McCullough and Dr Sinead Kelly. The paper published work drawn from both PhD projects. Dr McCullough's project titled "Haemodynamics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Comparison between Idealised and Patient-Based Geometries " was funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and Dr Kelly's project titled "Thrombus Growth and its Influence on the Stress Distribution in Paient Based Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Models "by Irish Research Council (IRCSET) The Thomas Hawksley Fund was founded by the late Charles Hawksley, Member of IMechE Council 1913-1917 to commemorate the centenary on 12 July 1907 of the birth of his father, the late Thomas Hawksley FRS, President 1876-1877.
PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
IMechE Prize for Best Project, Mechanical Engineering
