May 2024
Professor Tariq Durrani OBE FREng FRSE has been named the 2024 recipient of the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award.
Professor Raffaella Ocone OBE FREng FRSE has been named as the 84th president of IChemE, taking up the role in 2025.
Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng has been appointed Chair of the National Energy System Operator.
April 2024
Professor Zhibing Zhang FREng has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.
Warren East CBE FREng FRS and Sir Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS have been awarded Honorary Degrees by the University of Oxford.
Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Professor Edmund Burke FREng, Professor Tony Cohn FREng and Professor Aimee Morgans FREng have been elected Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales.
Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FREng FRS has been honoured with the internationally renowned Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt-Forschungspreis).
Professor Amanda Petford-Long FREng has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Materials Research Society.
Professor Rebecca Lingwood FREng has been appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor at Lancaster University.
Professor John Cioffi FREng FRSE has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
March 2024
Professor Yang Hao FREng has received the 2024 European Association of Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) Antenna Award for world-leading contributions in wireless.
Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS has been awarded a knighthood for services to Artificial Intelligence.
Sir Peter Bonfield CBE FREng has been appointed a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Professor Karen Scrivener FREng has been awarded an honorary degree by Eindhoven University of Technology.
February 2024
Emeritus Professor Tom Stephenson FREng has been appointed as a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence for the School of Science & Technology at City, University of London.
Professor Karen Scrivener FREng was selected by the United Nations Secretary-General for the Group of Ten High-level Representatives of Civil Society, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.
January 2024
Professor Qiang Shen FREng FLSW has received the 2024 IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Fuzzy Systems Pioneer Award for developing data-driven approximate knowledge-based decision support systems and their applications.
Ursula Burns FREng has been awarded an Arthur W Page Award for Integrity in Public Communication.
December 2023
Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE has been awarded a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to engineering, to education and to energy. He has also been recently elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Professor Molly Morag Stevens FRS FREng has been awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to medicine.
Read more about all the Fellows recognised in the 2024 New Year Honours list.
Professor Robert Langer FREng has been awarded the Dr. Paul Janssen Award for his pioneering research into biomedical compounds for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Professor Paul Cannon OBE FREng and Professor S Ravi Pradip Silva CBE FREng have been elected as Fellows of the of the International Science Council.
Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng has been appointed Interim Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Professor Juergen Maier CBE FREng FRS has been appointed by the Labour Party to lead its review of infrastructure delivery.
Professor Yulong Ding FREng has been announced as a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award.
November 2023
Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS has been awarded the British Computer Society’s Lovelace Medal.
October 2023
Professor Sir Andy Hopper CBE FREng FRS has created the Hopper Studentship fund, at the University of Cambridge, that will enable one recipient every year to study for their PhD here.
Sir John Parker GBE FREng has been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Strathclyde.
Dr John Cioffi FREng has been awarded the US National Medal of Technology & Innovation.
Elena Rodriguez-Falcon FREng has been appointed Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Study Group.
Professor Lord Robert Winston HonFREng FMedSci has been awarded the President’s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement by Imperial College.
Sir Kevin Leeson KCB CBE FREng has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by the University of Manchester.
Nicholas Donofrio FREng has been appointed a trustee of the US National Semiconductor Technology Center.
September 2023
Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS has been jointly awarded the 2023 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
Professor Dr Julie Bregulla FREng has been appointed CTO of the British Board of Agrément.
Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, Academy President, has been made an Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons Glasgow.
Professor Paul Cannon OBE FREng has been awarded the Karl Rawer Gold Medal by the International Union of Radio Science.
August 2023
Dr Andrew Hosty has been appointed Chairman of Rights and Issues Investment Trust plc.
Sir David McMurtry CBE RDI FREng FRS has been awarded the 2023 I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Excellence Award.
A number of Fellows have been recognised by the Royal Society who have announced the winners of its annual medal and awards, including:
- Lord Martin John Rees HonFREng HonFMedSci FRS who has received the Copley Medal
- Professor Sir Tony Hoare FREng FRS, who has been awarded the Royal Medal (Physical)
- Sir Patrick Vallance KCB HonFREng FRS FMedSci, who has been awarded the Royal Medal (Applied)
- Professor Mohan Edirisinghe OBE FREng, who has been awarded the Clifford Paterson Medal
- Professor Catherine Noakes OBE FREng, who has been awarded the Gabor Medal
- Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FREng FRS, who has been awarded the Rumford Medal
Professor Chai Keong Toh FREng has been appointed as Senior Fellow at University of California at Berkeley, USA. He has also won the IET Best Editor-in-Chief Award.
Professor Karen Holford CBE FREng FLSW has been appointed a Non-executive Director at Renishaw plc.
Iain Conn FREng FRSE has joined the board of Empirisys.
Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS has been appointed a Non-executive Director of Venterra Group plc.
July 2023
Professor Graham Wren OBE FREng FRSE has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cumbria.
Warren East CBE FREng FRS has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Derby.
Dr Charles Woodburn FREng and Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS have been appointed to the Prime Minister’s Business Council.
David Mba FREng has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Birmingham City University.
Professor Dame Helen Atkinson DBE DL FREng has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Sheffield.
Professor Roger Falconer FREng has been awarded The Chinese Government Friendship Award for his contribution to “China’s Modernization”. The Friendship Award ‘is China's highest award for foreign experts'.
Professor Ricardo Martinez-Botas FREng has received a Dedicated Service Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Dr Andrew Palmer CMG FREng has been appointed interim CEO of Pod Point Holdings plc.
Sir James Dyson OM CBE RDI FREng FRS has received the Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore) award for his contributions to Singapore’s economy.
Professor David Bogle FREng has been awarded the Jacques Villermaux Medal by the European Federation of Chemical Engineers.
June 2023
Professor Robert McMeeking FREng FRSE has been awarded the 2023 IOM3 Platinum Medal. He'll be presented with the award at a ceremony in December.
Dr John C Taylor OBE FREng has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge.
Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS has received a a WTF Innovators Award for his pioneering research into the development of artificial general intelligence.
Chris McDonald FREng has been awarded the IOM3’s Thornton Medal.
Professor Charles Turner FREng has received the IEEE Life Member Affinity Group Award.
Professor Dame Sarah Springman DBE FREng has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde.
Professor John Hennessy FREng has been appointed by the Biden administration to select a board of trustees to run the US National Semiconductor Technology Center.
Professor Florian Udrea FREng has been inducted into the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices Hall of Fame.
Professor Richard A Williams OBE FREng FRSE has been appointed as non-executive director to the board of Scottish Enterprise.
Professor Richard Penty FREng has taken up the role of Head of the School of Technology at the University of Cambridge.
Professor Karen Holford CBE FREng FLSW has been appointed Chair of the Midlands Innovation Board.
May 2023
Professor Zhanfeng Cui FREng FMedSci and Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Warren East CBE FREng FRS has been appointed a Non-executive Director at Tokomak Energy.
Naomi Climer CBE FREng has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of STV Group plc.
Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng is to receive an honorary degree from Queen's University, Ontario.
Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi CBE FREng FRS, Professor Sir Ian Chapman FREng FRS, Professor Andrew Davison FREng FRS, Professor Julian William Gardner FREng FRS and Professor Allan Matthews FREng FRS have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.
Professor Harald Haas FREng FRSE has been nominated for a European Inventor Award for his work on LiFi, a wireless optical communication technology that uses light to transmit data.
Dame Jo Da Silva DBE RDI FREng has been awarded a World Business Council for Sustainable Development Leading Women Award.
Professor Frances Arnold FREng FRS and Professor Stephen Furber CBE FREng FRS have been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Oxford.
April 2023
Professor Howard Wheater FREng has been awarded the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins with the rank of Commander in recognition of his contribution to the Republic of Chile as a scientific expert.
Mark Cutifani FREng has been appointed by Vale S.A. to lead an independent board that will oversee its new base metals subsidiary.
Dr Carolyn Griffiths FREng has been appointed an Interim Non-executive Director at Scottish Rail Holdings.
Professor Timothy Green FREng and Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng have been elected Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales. Professor Hannah Fry HonFREng has been elected Honorary Fellow.
Warren East CBE FREng FRS has joined the Advisory Board of Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc.
Antony Green FREng has been appointed Future of Energy Director at Scottish Gas Networks.
Professor Jeremy Watson CBE FREng has been appointed a member of the UK Committee on Research Integrity.