The Alfred Noble Prize is an award created to recognize an outstanding technical paper by an author under the age of 35. The Noble Prize is administered anually by the ASCE in conjunction with the ASME, AIME, IEEE, and WSE. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ... The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering. ... The AIME (or American Invitational Mathematics Examination) is a 15-question test given since 1983 to the top 5% of scorers on the AMC high school mathematics contest (formerly known as the AHSME). ... The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-ee) is an international non-profit, professional organization incorporated in the State of New York, United States. ... International English is the concept of the English language as a global means of communication in numerous dialects, and the movement towards an international standard for the language. ...
The prize was established in 1929 and consists of an award from the income of a fund contributed by engineers and others in honor of Alfred Noble, Past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Western Society of Engineers, for the purpose of perpetuating his name and achievements. The prize consists of a certificate, a cash prize, and travel fare to and from the place of formal presentation (excluding living expenses). Nominations are considered anually for the award, but it is not necessarily awarded every year if no deserving candidates are nominated. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ...
This prize is unrelated to the Alfred Nobel Prize although the two are often confused due to their similar spellings. Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...
The prizes are awarded at formal ceremonies held annually in the Stockholm Concert Hall and the Oslo City Hall on December 10, the date that Alfred Nobel passed away.
King Oscar II initially did not approve of awarding grand national prizes to foreigners, but is said to have changed his mind after realising the publicity value of the prizes for the country.
A common legend states that Nobel decided against a prize in mathematics because a woman he proposed to (or his wife, or his mistress) rejected him or cheated on him with a famous mathematician, often claimed to be Gösta Mittag-Leffler.
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