At its AGM on 19 September 2023 the Royal Academy of Engineering elected 73 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship. The group consists of 60 Fellows, eight International Fellows and five Honorary Fellows, each of whom has made exceptional contributions to their own sector, pioneering new innovations, leading progress in business or academia, providing high level advice to government, or promoting wider understanding of engineering and technology.
This year’s new Fellows continue to reflect the Academy’s ongoing Fellowship Fit for the Future initiative announced in July 2020, to drive more nominations of outstanding engineers from underrepresented groups ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2026. This commits the Academy to strive for increased representation from women, disabled and LGBTQ+ engineers, those from minority ethnic backgrounds, non-traditional education pathways and emerging industries, and those who have achieved excellence at an earlier career stage than normal.
The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy at a special ceremony in London on 28 November, when each Fellow will sign the roll book. In joining the Fellowship, they will lend their unique capabilities to achieving the Academy’s overarching strategic goal to harness the power of engineering to create a sustainable society and an inclusive economy for all.
Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, says:
“Engineering is everywhere, but nowhere the same, and our new Fellows represent the great breadth and diversity of engineers who are striving to address some of the world’s most complex challenges – benefiting society and the economy in the process. From next generation power networks and water systems to quantum computing and artificial intelligence, our new Fellows are shaping the future.
“We live in an era of rapid change across our communities, our country, and of course our planet. Today we welcome to our Fellowship an inspiring group of people who are harnessing their creativity, courage and commitment to drive positive change in the world around us and we look forward to their contribution to our work.”
The complete list of Fellows elected in 2023 is as follows:
Fellows (FREng)
- Professor Timothy Abram Professor in Nuclear Fuel Technology, The University of Manchester
- Jonathan Baggs Head of Nuclear, ARC
- Desmond Balmforth Director of Engineering and Project Management, Leonardo
- Professor Harish Bhaskaran Professor of Applied Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford
- Professor Julian J Bommer Senior Research Investigator, Imperial College London
- Professor Joseph (Joby) Boxall Professor of Water Infrastructure Engineering, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield
- Professor Ruth Cameron Head (Joint), Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge
- Professor Michael Clinch Senior Consultant and Materials Group Leader, Innoval Technology
- Professor Richard Dawson Professor in Earth Systems Engineering and Director of Research and Innovation, School of Engineering, Newcastle University
- Professor John Dear Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Peter Dearman Independent Consultant
- Professor Robert Deaves FLSW Senior Principal Engineer, Dyson; Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham
- Professor Vikram Deshpande FRS Professor of Materials Engineering, University of Cambridge
- John Downes Chief Information Officer, SSE Renewables
- Air Vice-Marshal Simon Ellard CB Director Combat Air, Defence Equipment and Support, UK Ministry of Defence
- Professor Wenfei Fan FRS FRSE Professor of Web Data Management, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Michael Fitzpatrick Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chair in Structural Integrity and Systems Performance, Coventry University
- Dr Rosemary Francis Chief Scientist, High-Performance Computing, Altair
- Professor Alejandro (Alex) Frangi Bicentennial Turing Chair in Computational Medicine, The University of Manchester
- Ian Funnell Chair, National Nuclear Laboratory
- Professor Shaogang (Sean) Gong Professor of Visual Computation, Queen Mary University of London
- Professor David Greenwood CEO, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Director for Industrial Engagement at WMG
- Professor Ashwani Gupta Distinguished University Professor, Minta Martin Professor of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
- Dr Marc Harper Senior Director of Wireless Development, Microsoft
- Dr Simon Harrison Group Head of Strategy, Mott MacDonald
- Dr Caroline Hazlewood Group Manager, Flood and Water Management, HR Wallingford
- Professor Graham Hutchings CBE FRS Regius Professor of Chemistry, Cardiff University
- Professor Robert Killey Professor of Optical Communications Optical Networks Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London
- Professor Ahmed Kovacevic Howden/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Compressor Technology, City, University of London
- Professor Stepan Lucyszyn Professor of Millimetre-wave Systems, Imperial College London
- Dr Joshua Macabuag Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Renew-Risk; Engineering Manager, Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID)
- Professor Malcolm Macdonald FRSE Professor, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
- Dr Andrew Mackintosh Chair, UKI2S; Board member: ACF Investors and Thames Ventures VCT2 plc
- Professor Wyn Meredith FLSW Director, The Compound Semiconductor Centre, IQE Plc and Cardiff University
- Professor Paul Needham Head of Engineering for Air and Space Products and Chief Engineer for Historic Aircraft, BAE Systems
- Professor Bashar Nuseibeh Professor of Computing, The Open University; Chief Scientist, Lero – The Irish Software Research Centre; Professor of Software Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland
- Professor Timothy O'Farrell Chair in Wireless Communication, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield
- Professor William (Bill) O'Neill Professor of Laser Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Professor Bikash Pal Professor of Power Systems, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
- Gwen Parry-Jones OBE CEO, Great British Nuclear
- David Peattie Group CEO, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Professor David Phoenix OBE DL Vice Chancellor and Group CEO, London South Bank University
- David Quarton Visiting Professor and Senior Teaching Associate, University of Bristol; Independent Engineering Consultant, Renewable Energy
- David Riordan Senior Technical Fellow, Spirit AeroSystems
- Dr Chris Robinson Director, PCA Engineers Limited
- Professor Catriona Savage Chief Technical Officer, Silverstream Technologies
- Professor Felix Schmid Professor Emeritus of Railway Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham
- Professor Ashwin Seshia Professor of Microsystems Technology, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Dr Jon-Paul Sherlock Executive Director, Manufacturing Technology Strategy, AstraZeneca
- Professor Barbara Shollock Professor and founding Head, Department of Engineering, King’s College London
- Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan Founder and President, PervasID Ltd
- Jack Stockdale OBE Chief Technology Officer, Darktrace
- Dr Ken Sutherland FRSE President and CEO, Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd
- Professor Ashutosh Tiwari Royal Academy of Engineering/Airbus Research Chair in Digital Manufacturing, University of Sheffield
- Professor Iain Todd Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield
- Mark Wild OBE Chief Executive Officer, SGN (Scotia Gas Networks)
- Professor Daryl Williams Professor of Particle Science, Imperial College London
- Professor Keith Worden Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield
- Dr William Andrew (Andy) Wright Founder and Director, WAW Innovation
- Christopher Young Group Chief Engineer, Rolls-Royce Group
International Fellows (FREng)
- Professor Nadine Aubry Professor, School of Engineering, Tufts University; George and Virginia Bugliarello NAE International Secretary, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
- Dr Pavel Cheben Principal Research Officer, National Research Council, Canada
- Dr Dennis Ganendra Chief Executive Officer and Director, MINCONSULT SDN BHD, Malaysia
- Professor Georgios Giannakis Professor, McKnight Presidential Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA
- Dr Marlene Kanga AO Director, iOmniscient Pty Ltd, Rux Energy Pty Ltd; Non-Executive Director, Endeavour Energy, Airservices Australia, Standards Australia
- Professor Wolfgang Marquardt Former Chair of the Board of Directors, (Vorstandsvorsitzender), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- Professor Richard Miller Emeritus President, Olin College of Engineering; Founding Chair, Coalition for Transformational Education, USA
- Professor Viola Vogel Professor, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Honorary Fellows (HonFREng)
- Professor Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in Public Engagement in Science, University of Surrey
- Dame Kate Bingham DBE Managing Partner, SV Health Investors
- Baroness Martha Lane Fox CBE Co-Founder of Lastminute.com; Non-Executive Director of Twitter; Chancellor of the Open University; Founder and Executive Chair of Doteveryone
- Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS Government Chief Scientific Adviser
- Lord David Willetts PC FRS President of the Resolution Foundation Chair, UK Space Agency, Innovate Cambridge and The Foundation for Science and Technology
Notes for editors
- More information on Fellowship of the Academy, as well as the nomination and assessment process, is available in the Fellowship Prospectus. The Academy now has nearly 1700 Fellows in total, including International and Honorary Fellows.
- The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone.
In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public.
Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.
For more information please contact: Jane Sutton at the Royal Academy of Engineering
Tel. +44 207 766 0636; email: [email protected].