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Transformational USA-Sheffield manufacturing collaboration wins top Academy award

University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and The Boeing Company win the 2024 Bhattacharyya Award and £25,000 prize. This industry-academia partnership has been ongoin…

Eight interdisciplinary projects receive cross-academy APEX awards

Awards of up to £100,000 go to established independent researchers to collaborate with partners from across the sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities.

Dr John Lazar confirmed as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Global technology pioneer and investor Dr John Lazar CBE FREng has been confirmed as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering following a vote by Fellows at the Academy’s AGM on Tuesday 17 Septe…

New Fellows 2024

The Fellowship of the Academy is an unrivalled community of leading business people, entrepreneurs, innovators and academics from every part of engineering and technology, who shape the Academy's work to build a sustainable society and inclusive economy that work for everyone.

Professor Paul Beasley FREng

Professor Paul Beasley FREng is an industrial Professor at University of Birmingham and is an acknowledged leader in novel research across a range of areas such as superconducting magnets, particle accelerators, and green energy systems.

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj FREng

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj is recognised for his involvement in developing innovations in renewable energy systems and energy efficiency over the past 3 decades.

Dr Saritha Arunkumar FREng

Dr Saritha Arunkumar is renowned for her contribution to cybersecurity, blockchain and biometrics. She’s delivered groundbreaking security components in projects for the defence and banking sector at IBM.

Professor Kate Black FREng

Professor Kate Black is an engineering academic and CEO of Atomik AM Ltd who has established two spinout companies. She’s used her experiences to support young engineers entering the profession

Professor Matt Boyle OBE FREng

Professor Matt Boyle, Director of Electrification, NMIS, is a skilled engineering leader and entrepreneur in power electronics, machines, and drives, crucial for the electrification needed to achieve net zero targets.

Will Butler-Adams OBE FREng

New Fellow: Will Butler-Adams is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and the CEO of Brompton Bicycle Ltd. In 2014 Will was made an OBE for services to manufacturing.

Ila Glennie FREng

Ila Glennie is the Vice President, Subsea at bp, driving safety and quality in delivery, development of technical capability and the application of underwater technology.

Professor Adam Clare FREng

Professor Adam Clare has made outstanding contributions, both scientifically and technologically, in the field of manufacturing technology. He is a Professor of Manufacturing at University of British Columbia.

Christopher Cole FREng

New Fellow: Christopher Cole is a founder of WSP and has over 50 years’ significant entrepreneurship and leadership management experience.

Professor Claire Davis FREng

New Fellow: Professor Claire Davis is the Head of the Advanced Steel Research Centre at WMG Warwick and has developed innovative technologies for use in aerospace.

Professor Qiuhua Liang FREng

Professor Qiuhua Liang is a Professor of Water Engineering and UNESCO Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction. He is a world expert in computational hydraulics, pioneering advanced techniques for environmental flow simulation and flood risk assessment.

Jacqueline Castle FREng

Jacqueline Castle is the Chief Technology Officer at the Aerospace Technology Institute and holds over 25 years’ experience in the aerospace industry.

Professor Hussam Jouhara FREng

Professor Hussam Jouhara is Professor of Thermal Engineering at Brunel University. His innovative heat pipe designs have achieved over 40% energy savings in steel, aluminium, food, and ceramics industries.

Dr Vania De Stefani FREng

Dr Vania De Stefani is the CEO of Oil Spill Response Ltd, supporting the energy, chemical and shipping operations and projects worldwide.

Professor Atula Abeysekera HonFREng

Professor Atula Abeysekera, Professor of Practice (Risk Management) at Imperial College London, is a leading specialist in risk management, governance, stakeholder management, and resilience.

Professor Timothy Denison FREng

Professor Timothy Denison is a bioengineer renowned worldwide for his pioneering work in developing bioelectronic systems that help restore patients with damaged neural networks.

Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan FREng

Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan is a Professor of Device Materials and is internationally renowned for her pioneering research on functional materials for energy, sensing and biomedical applications.

Professor Colm Durkan FREng

Professor Colm Durkan is the Head of the Department of Engineering at University of Cambridge, an author and the Director of CambidgeNano.

Professor Stephan Jefferis FREng

Professor Stephan Jefferis is the Director of Environmental Geotechnics Ltd and is recognised for his work crossing the boundaries of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.

Dr Xudong Jing FREng

Dr Xudong Jing is the Vice President, Subsurface Excellence of ADNOC Group. He has initiated carbon capture and storage efforts to help reduce GHG emissions while ensuring energy supply during the transition to net zero.

Laura Jones FREng

Laura Jones is a Fellow in Advanced Materials at Dstl. She leads materials research for military systems in challenging environments and advises the UK government on critical materials supply and engineering capabilities.

John Kell MBE FREng

John Kell is a R&D Specialist who has significantly contributed to attracting large-scale research and development investment to the UK.

Professor Markus Kraft FREng

Professor Markus Kraft is a Professor of Chemical engineering and a leading global expert in modelling combustion and particle formation.

Professor Bruce Drinkwater FREng

Professor Bruce Drinkwater is a Professor of Ultrasonics at University of Bristol. He has led the way in using ultrasonic technology for industrial purposes.

Professor Ian Ritchie CBE HonFREng

Professor Ian Ritchie is a renowned architect and leads Ritchie*studio, recognised as one of the world’s most innovative and influential architectural practices. He co-founded Rice Francis Ritchie in Paris, design engineers who created the discipline of façade engineering.

Professor Geoffrey Ye Li FREng

Professor Geoffrey Ye Li is the Chair Professor at Imperial College London and is recognised for his outstanding contributions to wireless signal processing, transmission and standardisation.

Neil McArthur MBE FREng

Neil McArthur is one of the UK's most successful engineering entrepreneurs. He founded Talk Talk, the UK's largest unbundled broadband network and is now the CEO and co-founder of Freedom Fibre

Dr Matthew Mellor FREng

Dr Matthew Mellor is the Founder and CTO of @CreatecCumbria and has a huge impact in developing innovative technologies in the nuclear industry.

Susan Partridge FREng

Susan Partridge is the Country Manager of Airbus. She established the Wing of Tomorrow programme, engaging many partners and thousands of engineers to demonstrate future wing technologies at full scale.

Professor Campbell Middleton FREng

Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession.

Nick Millington MBE FREng

Nick Millington MBE is Route Director Network Rail Wales and Borders Route. He is recognised for introducing engineering and systems solutions across the national railway network that challenged the accepted way of managing trackworker safety

Professor Anna Peacock FREng

Professor Anna Peacock is a Professor of Photonics at University of Southampton and Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre. She is an internationally recognised expert in nonlinear photonics, which she has widely applied in diverse engineering platforms.

Professor Jonathan Morrison FREng

Professor Jonathan Morrison is the Chair in Experimental Fluid Dynamics at Imperial College London where his work focuses on fundamentals of turbulent flow and the instabilities that define turbulence.

Roisin Quinn OBE FREng

Roisin Quinn is the Director of Field Operations, National Grid Electricity Distribution, spending her career at the forefront of energy system transformation.

Dr Rodney Pelzel FREng

Dr Rodney Pelzel leads international technology teams in developing compound semiconductor wafers that have transformed applications in optical and wireless communications, sensing systems, and energy control.

Professor Gopal Madabhushi FREng

Professor Gopal Madabhushi is an international expert on earthquake geotechnics, developing unique experimental modelling facilities and improving the understanding of earthquake effects on soils and structures.

Dr Catherine Ramsdale FREng

Dr Catherine Ramsdale, Senior Vice President of Technology of Pragmatic, has played a major role in the development of ultra-thin semiconductor circuitry on flexible substrates. She oversees the maturation of its technology platforms, from early process development through to release.

Professor Andrew Randewich FREng

Professor Andrew Randewich is Executive Director of Science of AWE, leading some of the UK’s best engineers and scientists to deliver multi-billion-pound nuclear deterrent and nuclear safety programmes.

Dr Pratima Rangarajan FREng

Dr Pratima Rangarajan is the founder and CEO of Climate Investment, a $1 billion climate fund investing in decarbonisation solutions for high-emitting sectors like oil and gas, heavy industry, transportation and built environments.

Major General Anna-Lee Reilly FREng

Major General Anna-Lee Reilly is the most senior woman in the 80-year history of the British Army Corps of Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers. She is a role model across the defence sector and internationally recognised across NATO.

Professor Matthew Robson FREng

Professor Matthew Robson is a world-renowned expert in MRI imaging, who has led work on quantitative mapping and body composition, including COVID-19 damage.

Daniel Rodenhurst FREng

Daniel Rodenhurst, Director General of UK Defence and Security IT, pioneered the first global multi-agency tech service at the highest security level and is now advancing hyperscale cloud use in national security.

Dr Roni Savage FREng

Dr Roni Savage is the Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Jomas Associates. Her work focuses on construction schemes enabling the remediation of brownfield sites, including the widening of the M25.

Dr Shahrokh Shahpar FREng

Dr Shahrokh Shahpar is internationally renowned in the field of aerospace gas turbine design with a distinguished career.

Dr Roger Highfield OBE HonFREng FMedSci

Dr Roger Highfield is the Science Director at Science Museum Group, an author of 10 books, including two bestsellers, and the Honorary President of the Association of British Science Writers.

Professor Sarah Sharples FREng

Professor Sarah Sharples is an international expert in the field of human factors and its application to engineering problems in transport, manufacturing and healthcare. She is the Professor of Human factors at University of Nottingham and Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Transport.

Professor Paul Shearing FREng

Professor Paul Shearing is internationally known for his leadership and pioneering work in X-ray analysis of electrochemical batteries.

Professor Rebecca Shipley OBE FREng

Professor Rebecca Shipley is an internationally recognised research leader in computational modelling in healthcare. She is the Chief Research Officer and Academic Health Science Centre Director at UCLPartners.

Phillipa Slater FREng

Phillipa Slater is the Director of Asset Management and Operations Support, National Grid Electricity Distribution.

Terry Spall FREng

Terry Spall is an independent Engineering Consultant and Non-Executive Director. He had a key role in establishing the MIRA TechPark, helping to create a centre of excellence for automotive R&D with 1,500 jobs associated

Professor Eva Sorensen MBE FREng

Professor Eva Sorensen is a global leader in separations research and chemical engineering education. She is a Professor and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL.

Professor Phil Taylor FREng

Professor Phil Taylor is internationally renowned for the design of energy systems, especially for renewable energy and smart grids. He is the Vice Chancellor and President of University of Bath.

Professor Melissa Terras FREng

Professor Melissa Terras is an outstanding researcher in digital cultural heritage, connecting culture and technology with transformative impact.

Mark Thomas FREng

Mark Thomas is an exceptional leader with a strong aerospace, engineering and technology background.

Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee FREng

Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee is a renowned industry leader in Indian manufacturing engineering. He has built new businesses and led major research initiatives in India’s largest steel company, Tata Steel. He is currently Professor of Practice at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras.

Professor Robert Thomson FREng

Professor Robert Thomson is the inventor of the ultrafast laser-inscribed 3D waveguide fan-out, which enables low-loss connections between multicore optical fibres and planar devices.

Professor Jennifer Wen FREng

Professor Jennifer Wen is Professor in Energy Resilience, at University of Surrey. She develops advanced modelling methods to analyse accidental releases, fires, and explosions, and is recognised for the impact of her work on engineering and policy.

Professor Andrew Tyrrell FREng

Professor Andrew Tyrrell is a pioneer in the development and application of biologically inspired hardware to engineering systems. He is the Chair in Digital Electronics, University of York.

Duncan Wanblad FREng

Duncan Wanblad has over 30 years of experience in engineering and mining, with a strong track record in leading large-scale projects and creating significant value for both society and shareholders.

Professor Simon Weeks FREng

Professor Simon Weeks is an accomplished engineer whose career encompasses many engineering disciplines. He is on the Innovate UK council, a non-executive director of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership and provides aerospace consultancy.

Professor Mark Williams FREng

Professor Mark Williams uses digital and imaging technologies to solve practical problems across sectors including automotive, aerospace, and medicine. He leads a team at WMG Warwick focusing on advanced manufacturing and quality management.

Professor Xudong Zhao FREng

Professor Xudong Zhao is recognised for his leadership and innovative work in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and building services, tackling global challenges in carbon neutrality and climate change. He is the Director for the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies at University of Hull.

Professor Robert Zimmerman FREng

Professor Robert Zimmerman, Chair in Rock Mechanics at Imperial College London, has advanced the study of fluid-saturated rocks. His research on rock deformation and failure is widely applied in the oil and gas industry and nuclear waste disposal.

Nicholas Smallwood FREng

Nicholas Smallwood is the CEO of the UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority, overseeing over £800 billion in major infrastructure, defence, IT, and transformation projects.

Professor Liang-Shih Fan FREng

Professor Liang-Shih Fan’s contributions in clean fossil energy conversion have distinguished him as an inventor and entrepreneur. His innovations have revolutionised emission control and energy production.

Dr Waguih Ishak FREng

Dr Waguih Ishak has made exceptional contributions to optical technologies for communications, consumers, and computations. He is a professor in electrical engineering at Stanford University.

Professor Timothy Lieuwen FREng

Professor Timothy Lieuwen has made outstanding contributions to clean energy and propulsion systems, and development of energy systems using renewable fuels. He is a Regent’s professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Santiago Tenorio FREng

: Santiago Tenorio, Vodafone’s Director of Network Architecture, is widely respected as an innovator and thought leader in mobile networks, pioneering concepts including single radio access network (RAN) and open RAN.

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald OBE HonFREng FRS FMedSci

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald @RFitzgerald_Lab’s research explores the prevention of cancer, with a focus on the oesophagus and stomach. She is a Professor of Cancer Prevention, University of Cambridge and Director of the Early Cancer Institute.

Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB HonFREng FRS FMedSci

Professor Sir Chris Whitty is Chief Medical Officer for England, chief medical adviser to the UK government, alongside being an NHS consultant physician. He has championed engineering's role in public health, addressing air pollution and, COVID-19.

Professor Elaine S Oran FREng

Professor Elaine S Oran is an international authority on numerical methods for large-scale computation of physical and engineering systems. She is the Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University.

"Engineers are drivers of innovation and economic opportunity, developing and delivering new products, services and enterprises that help to solve pressing problems, and generate jobs and value for society. Our great profession has much to offer to humanity, both in the UK and around the world."

Dr John Lazar CBE FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering

"We want to celebrate the UK’s engineers and showcase how they are improving lives. This new research emphasises the economic impact of the sector across the UK, revealing how important engineering is for employment and prosperity in a wide range of regions."

Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering

"We hope we can use the insights in this global overview of the engineering response to COVID-19 to better integrate engineering skills and habits of mind into resilience policies and structures around the world, to improve our recovery from the virus, and to help us on the path to a safer, more prepared and resilient future."

Professor Peter Guthrie OBE FREng, Chair of the Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness board

"The global impact these vibrant and creative innovations have already had on their respective sectors and society at large is cementing UK engineering’s leading role on the world stage. It goes to show quite how far-reaching UK engineering now is."

Professor Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS, Chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award judging panel

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