The highlight of the evening will be the announcement of the winner of the 2022 MacRobert Award; the UK’s most prestigious prize for UK innovation in engineering, which celebrates outstanding innovation, societal benefit and commercial success. Throughout the evening several other major Academy awards for achievements in engineering will be presented including:
- The Princess Royal Silver Medals
- The RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineers of the Year
- The Sir George Macfarlane Medal
- The Rooke Award for the public promotion of engineering
Professor Sir Jim McDonald GBE FREng FRSE
Professor Sir Jim McDonald GBE FREng FRSE is one of Scotland’s most accomplished engineers and President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. In HM The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List in June 2012, Sir Jim was awarded a knighthood for services to education, engineering and the economy. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to engineering, to education and to energy.