IMechE Tribology Gold Medal (2004) Hugh Alexander Spikes is a British mechanical engineer.
[8] As of September 2021[update], Spikes' work had been cited on more than 17,500 occasions and he had a h-index of 74 and an i10-index of 262 (Google Scholar).
[12] Spikes was the Head of the Tribology Group at Imperial College,[3] he was succeeded in this role by Professor Daniele Dini.
[13] In 2004, Spikes was awarded the three major medals that are bestowed internationally for contributions to tribology, the International Award of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE),[14] the Mayo D. Hersey Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),[15] and the Tribology Trust Gold Medal of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
[16] With his research students, he has also received ten best paper awards, from the STLE, the ASME and the IMechE.