Annual Review 2018/19 Royal Academy of Engineering

Strategic priorities

Engineering matters. It underpins our daily lives, drives economic We have three strategic priorities: growth, plays a critical role in addressing major societal challenges and helps ensure our readiness for the future, from • Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation and providing a sustainable supply of food, water and clean energy, businesses to advancing healthcare, and keeping us safe and secure. • Address the engineering skills and diversity challenge As the UK’s national academy for engineering and technology, the Royal Academy of Engineering brings together the most • Position engineering at the heart of society talented and successful engineers – our Fellows – to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of We bring together engineers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, society. business leaders, academics, educators and the public in pursuit of these goals. We harness their experience and expertise to provide independent advice to government, to deliver programmes that Engineering is a global profession addressing global challenges, help exceptional engineering researchers and innovators realise so we work with partners across the world to advance their potential, to engage the public with engineering, and to engineering’s contribution to society on an international, as well provide leadership for the profession. as national scale.

Drawn half from business and half from academia, and from all branches of engineering including areas of emerging technology, our 1,600 Fellows give their time and expertise voluntarily.

Royal Academy of Engineering Incorporated by Royal Charter

HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE Senior Fellow

HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO Royal Fellow

HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO Royal Fellow Front cover photos: Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS Top: Lucy Richardson, Dyson Technology and This is Engineering protagonist President Bottom: Mama-Ope, Africa Prize shortlist 2017 © Brett Eloff 1

CONTENTS

Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS, President 2

Dr Hayaatun Sillem, Chief Executive 3

Make the UK the leading nation for engineering 4 innovation and businesses

Address the engineering skills crisis 10

Position engineering at the heart of society 16

Enhance the Academy’s delivery capability 22

Trustee board 26

New Fellows 2018 27

Awards 30

View the online version of the Annual Review and Annex along with the full Financial Report and Accounts at: www.raeng.org.uk/publications/strategy-and-finance 2 Royal Academy of Engineering

“The Academy has led inclusive partnerships in many areas and these are enabling us to increase the range and impact of our work.”

Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS President

September 2019 marks the end of benefit to the UK. Progress is being together this expertise, from across your five-year term as Academy made against the recommendations our Fellowship and the professional President – what have you been most made in my government-commissioned engineering institutions, to provide proud of during that time? review of business-university research excellent evidence-based policy guidance. In my term at the Academy I have been collaboration too, with research particularly pleased to see an increase collaborations being embedded in the Our ambition is that the Centre will become in collaborative working across the government’s industrial strategy. a trusted partner for policy makers as the engineering profession. The Academy has source of engineering expertise to inform led inclusive partnerships in many areas One of my most important responsibilities policies that ultimately drive social and and these are enabling us to increase as President has been to oversee the economic benefits. the range and impact of our work. For appointment of our new Chief Executive. example, after leading two important Philip Greenish CBE stepped down after The Academy received significant pieces of policy work on behalf of the 14 years as Chief Executive at the end additional investment in its research engineering profession, we have sought to of 2017 and I’m very pleased that the programmes this year – how would embed that collaborative way of working Fellowship voted to express our gratitude you like to see the relationship through the establishment of the National to him and to recognise his many between research and industry Engineering Policy Centre. Similarly, by achievements through election to an develop? pooling resources with EngineeringUK and Honorary Fellowship last year. I am really Just last year the Academy heard from industry partners, our This is Engineering delighted with Hayaatun’s progress as our Chief Technology Officers, the people who campaign has grown to reach a significant new Chief Executive. She is doing much to make the decisions about business R&D, proportion of UK teenagers – the online drive the Academy’s further development that collaboration with UK universities films have been viewed 35 million times. and I know that she and President-elect is one of the reasons they invest in the Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE UK. This kind of collaboration is so valued One area where I’ve really seen change will make a great team. because it de-risks R&D investment in my time at the Academy is how high and facilitates access to cutting-edge diversity and inclusion now are on the You mentioned the National research, world-class expertise and agenda, not just for the Academy, but for Engineering Policy Centre, which research networks, at a relatively low cost the engineering profession as a whole. is an ambitious partnership led to the company. Naturally, I would like to We have seen a great willingness to work by the Academy to bring together see more collaboration enabled. with us on this and our D&I programme is 39 organisations representing working with close to 100 businesses. the profession to provide expert Our challenge, now that the UK’s engineering advice to policymakers. relationship with the world is changing, I’m also really pleased about our progress Why was the Centre established and is to ensure that our research base in supporting research and innovation. In how do you think it will develop in remains internationally competitive, so little over five years our Enterprise Hub years to come? that businesses continue to invest in has grown from nothing to supporting Policymakers face increasingly complex the UK and in collaborative work with 50 SMEs and over 100 engineering challenges, often with strong technical academia. To facilitate that we need entrepreneurs, helping them to develop elements, such as upgrading energy and research and innovation to remain fully ideas into investable, high-growth digital infrastructure, or mitigating the integrated into industrial and sectoral companies. effects of climate change. Engineering strategies, renewed focus on increasing expertise has never been more relevant, investment in R&D from both government We have secured further investment from particularly at a time when the UK’s and businesses, and an efficient and government that has enabled us to treble relationship with the world is changing. transparent immigration system that the size of our research programmes, But the scope and diversity of the welcomes researchers and innovators significantly expanding our support engineering profession can make it from across the world. for excellent researchers. Our Chairs in confusing to navigate for policymakers, Emerging Technologies scheme now and many of the significant challenges Effective collaborations between provides 10 years’ support for world- they face cannot be addressed by one businesses and academic researchers leading visionary researchers, who are engineering discipline alone – they can have measurable and transformative developing emerging technologies that require interdisciplinary systems thinking impacts, not only on those involved in the could deliver major economic and societal to identify solutions. The Centre brings partnership but also on the UK economy. Forewords 3

“Substantial uplifts in funding have enabled us to support more talented people and collaborations that will deliver impact.”

Dr Hayaatun Sillem Chief Executive

More than a year has passed since This is Engineering has been commissioned detailed analysis of you took up your post as CEO. How running since January 2018. How is the gender pay gap in engineering to has the Academy increased its it going, and what’s next? advance understanding of how the impact in this period? I am delighted with the progress we’ve gap can be closed, and initiated the 2018–19 has been a period of significant made this year. This is Engineering development of a D&I toolkit targeted growth for the Academy, with substantial campaign films have already been at startups and SMEs. In the coming uplifts in funding secured for our viewed 35 million times and are having year we intend to shift the balance research, enterprise and international a measurable impact on young people’s away from developing new resources activities. These have in turn enabled willingness to consider an engineering towards encouraging adoption and us to support more talented people and career. Whereas 39% of teenagers implementation of what’s already collaborations that will deliver impact surveyed before the campaign launched available. on areas ranging from non-invasive said they would consider a career in therapies for neurological disorders to engineering, this had risen to 72% by It’s also important to say that while quantum detectors. the end of 2018 among those who had gender has understandably been seen the campaign. a focus of much engineering D&I We have also worked hard to develop work, we are just as concerned new and stronger partnerships that will While we will continue to generate the about other dimensions of diversity, enhance our ability to deliver impact. In high-quality video content that has including LGBTQ+, race and ethnicity, addition to the partnerships embedded in powered the campaign so far, we are socioeconomic background and disability. the National Engineering Policy Centre, now going to broaden out the campaign over the past year we’ve worked very so that we can reach new audiences, The Academy’s international closely with EngineeringUK and the including parents and teachers and activities have grown significantly government’s Year of Engineering team others who influence the career choices in recent years. Why is this? to bring more coherence to efforts to of young people. The expansion has been partly driven promote engineering to young people, as by the UK government’s interest in well as launching an exciting The Academy runs the D&I supporting science and engineering £15 million partnership with the Lloyd’s leadership programme for capacity building partnerships with Register Foundation to advance global engineering. How are we developing and emerging economies. We engineering safety. responding to the fact that the became a delivery partner for the two headline diversity stats have new funds created to support this – the This is Engineering has been a great remained stubbornly low? Newton Fund and the Global Challenges vehicle for delivering impact via social Our diversity and inclusion programme Research Fund – and as a result have media and we are now boosting our works with both engineering employers been able to ensure that innovation and digital communications capability so and professional engineering engineering are well represented within that all parts of the Academy can benefit institutions to stimulate action towards their portfolio of activities. from better digital engagement. More a profession that inspires, attracts generally, this has been a strong year for and retains people from different More generally, there is very strong media coverage, particularly broadcast, backgrounds. We have benefited demand from partners around the world which has helped us raise our profile from great engagement from many to work with the Academy, including among new audiences. engineering employers and professional from our sister academies overseas, institutions but there is still much to do. reflecting both the quality of our Finally, it is important that as we grow The fact that we have a profession that programmes and the high regard in we make sure we invest in our people, comprises 12% female and 8% black which UK engineering expertise is held. systems and processes. The past year has and minority ethnic engineers remains a Of course our international work also seen significant investments across all of real source of concern. provides us with important learning and those areas, including the appointment insights that can inform our UK-based of our first Director of Operations and Over the past year, we have produced activities. Ultimately, engineering is a Finance, innovations in the way we a range of practical tools and global endeavour and many of our most support staff professional development insights to help employers improve pressing societal challenges simply and the initiation of several key IT D&I. We published a framework for cannot be addressed without strong projects to modernise our systems. D&I measurement in engineering, international collaboration.

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The Academy supported 144 researchers

Make the UK the leading nation for ENGINEERING

INNOVATION Research Fellow Dr Lidia Galdino explores capacity-approaching, ultra-wideband, nonlinear AND BUSINESSES optical fibre transmission systems

The Academy supports the development through a range of Academy programmes, of successful engineering research, from the Enterprise Hub to support for innovation and business in the UK researchers, and includes building links to create wealth, employment and and partnerships with engineers and benefit for society. This is delivered engineering institutions across the world. Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation and businesses 5

World-leading RESEARCHERS

Over the past year, the Academy’s focuses on interactive technologies using The award is not the first time that the research programmes have benefited from metamaterials. The £1.3 million funding Academy has recognised Professor significant investment. The programmes – is allowing him to develop a centre of Subramanian’s research. In 2016, it including Chairs in Emerging Technologies, excellence, as well as build and maintain awarded him and two co-founders Research Chairs and Senior Research contacts with industry and other partners the Colin Campbell Mitchell Award for Fellowships, and Industrial Fellowships – to accelerate commercialisation. their startup Ultrahaptics, which uses promote engineering excellence in the UK ultrasound and complex mathematics to by supporting aspiring and world-leading The award has encouraged researchers project virtual objects in mid-air. Since research talent and enabling strategic from across the world to visit Professor receiving the award, the company has partnerships with industry. Subramanian’s research group or apply grown to over 150 employees across three for postdoctoral opportunities at the continents, works with several FTSE 500 In 2018, the Department for Business, University of Sussex. He has also been able companies and closed a Series C funding Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) made to attract additional funding from other round in November 2018, which was a substantial investment in the Academy sources. oversubscribed. It is now valued at over through the Investment in Research £250 million. Professor Subramanian Talent fund, which has grown the research Although it is still early days for the group’s believes that he has benefited from his link programmes by 200% and allowed the research, it has established a startup, with the Academy: “Promoting the quality Academy to expand the number of grants Metasonics, to explore commercialising of engineering at Ultrahaptics has helped awarded. One of the programmes that its outputs – integrating physics and the company to attract business partners expanded as a result of this funding was microfluidics with display technology and and investors. The biggest benefit is the the Chairs in Emerging Technologies computer science. The company aims Academy’s reputation and willingness to scheme. In 2018/19 it supported 13 global to create a controllable device, known work on challenging research ideas with research visionaries to lead on developing as a spatial sound modulator, that could a view to bringing them to commercial emerging technology areas with high be used in parametric audio and medical fruition. I am always amazed to learn how potential to deliver economic and social therapeutics. “The Academy is also helping flexible and nimble the Academy is in benefit to the UK, for a period of 10 years. me organise an event in Brighton about responding to an emerging opportunity metamaterials and emerging materials,” while maintaining its high standards and In April 2018, Professor Sriram Professor Subramanian adds. “This is a way royal charter.” Subramanian, a professor of informatics for us to showcase some of the activities at the University of Sussex, was among around this topic in the south-east and help the researchers who were awarded develop the overall research atmosphere funding through the Chairs in Emerging at Sussex.” Technologies scheme. His research

“My affiliation with the Academy through the award has helped my group to launch a world-leading research facility that is ambitious, self-sustaining and focused on pursuing frontier research,” says Professor Subramanian. “Specifically, it has allowed me to dedicate 100% of my time to research, which has meant that I can develop my activities by being available to my team. In the last 12 months, my research group has expanded from 10 people to 25 – and we still have capacity to grow.”

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From ENGINEERS TO ENTREPRENEURS

The Academy continues to support businesses. Their innovations span sectors received, Enterprise Fellows have secured engineering innovation through the including healthcare and space, robotics a further £21 in additional investment. Enterprise Hub. Over the past six years, and AI, as well as clean energy. At present, it has helped increase the number and there are 168 Hub members who have Members join the Hub through the three quality of high-growth UK engineering and started 114 companies, creating more than following programmes of support. The technology companies that solve some of 430 jobs. Since becoming Hub members, Enterprise Fellowships, which offer the society’s most pressing challenges. Hub they have attracted £90 million in follow- university academics and recent graduates members are founders of startup and on funding for their startups, spin-outs commercialisation support – funded by spin-out companies and leaders of small and SMEs. For every £1 of grant funding BEIS, The Royal Commission for 1851, and the ERA Foundation. The SME Leaders Award is a programme that supports the development of leadership skills through training courses, workshops, coaching and mentoring. The Launchpad Competition offers commercialisation support to entrepreneurs aged 18 to 25, funded by the Gammon Family.

The Enterprise Hub has

168 Hub members

Enterprise Hub member George Wright, Founder and CEO of Vochlea Music Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation and businesses 7

Developing successful startups

In 2017, George Wright was awarded Fellowship has had a significant physical base, the Taylor Centre, really sets an 1851 Royal Commission Enterprise impact on the company’s success. “The the Enterprise Fellowship far and beyond Fellowship to develop the skills to mentorship combined with the wider other enterprise support programmes.” commercialise his music technology support network means I’ve always had company, Vochlea Music. The company’s someone in my corner,” George says. Over this time, George has also exhibited, audio engine understands vocally “From the struggles of fundraising to the demo’d and pitched at international produced sounds, such as humming and more mundane aspects, such as finding events, and built relationships with beatboxing, and uses machine-learning the right accountant, the mentors at industry experts such as Abbey Road algorithms to transform them into the Academy have provided invaluable Studios and Universal Music. Vochlea recordings of rhythms and melodies. assistance on my journey so far. That, Music has appeared in several publications, coupled with the financial support and including WIRED, The Observer and The Since joining the Hub, Vochlea Music has access to great resources at the Hub’s Sunday Times. expanded to become a team of four people and the Royal Commission 1851 Enterprise

Vochlea Music launched its first product, Dubler Studio Kit, in March 2019. It allows musicians to lay down beats vocally (below) while simultaneously playing another instrument, or to manipulate and modulate sounds based on vocal timbre.

Annual Review 2018–19 8 Royal Academy of Engineering The Academy provided business training and mentoring to 236 engineering Supporting entrepreneurs from GLOBAL INNOVATORS 19 countries

As a national academy with a global needed; improve safety at the end of Meanwhile, the sustainable development outlook, the Academy also supports engineered life; and improve safety of team delivers a range of capacity-building researchers and innovators from complex systems. This resulted in the programmes focused on advancing across the world. It does this through formation of a new department within engineering’s contribution to a safer, programmes and awards such as Frontiers the international partnerships team, healthier, more prosperous world for of Engineering for Development, Leaders with three new employees recruited to people in developing countries and in Innovation Fellowships, Africa Catalyst, manage the programmes. emerging economies. Its current priorities Higher Education Partnerships in sub- are: Saharan Africa (HEP SSA), and the Africa The skills programme has commissioned • Fostering innovation and Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Economist Intelligence Unit to entrepreneurship: seed funding, conduct a Global Engineering Capability training, mentoring and profile-raising The Academy’s international activities Review, mapping skills to current and via Newton Fund Leaders in Innovation have increased significantly over the projected demand for countries across Fellowships and the Africa Prize for past year, which has led to the team the world. Later, in 2019, the safer Engineering Innovation. being restructured to focus on two complex systems programme will hold • Engineering capacity building in sub- separate areas: international partnerships a workshop to scope and identify case Saharan Africa: grant funds, partnership and sustainable development. This studies of global failures and successes. provision and networking via the Global arrangement improves the robustness The Academy will also lead a global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Africa of management and oversight over a review on safe decommissioning. The Catalyst and the Higher Education larger and more complex portfolio. It also study will map global engineered waste Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa ensures a more equal balance between flows and assess the relative safety (HEP SSA) programme. the partnership and development aspects of decommissioning practices. This • Connecting early- to mid-career of the Academy’s international activity. review will identify unsafe hot spots researchers: seed funding and for each sector, which the Academy interdisciplinary, international The international partnerships team will then address with relevant networking symposia on development looks after activities that support the UK stakeholders. It will identify challenges challenge themes via the Frontiers engineering profession’s global outlook. through thematic workshops and fund of Engineering for Development and This includes the development and collaborations. Frontiers of Development programmes. delivery of international mobility and multinational partnership programmes to support engineering innovation and skills.

At the beginning of 2018, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation asked the Academy to implement three programmes to: build engineering skills where they are most

Over the past year, HEP SSA has funded six new partnerships between engineering faculties in the UK and countries in sub- Saharan Africa. Four interdisciplinary symposia have been held globally, resulting in 27 seed fund awards to support new, collaborative research.

© Kit Oates Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation and businesses 9

Addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

“Studies have shown that ‘context’ – the ‘why you are doing something and for Launched in 2016 and funded by whom?’ – is just as important as the ‘content’ – the ‘what you are doing’ – to bring the Global Challenges Research greater diversity into engineering,” explains Dr Tran. “Humanitarian engineering Fund, Frontiers of Engineering for (engineering for development) has benefited enormously from the Academy’s Development’s (FoED) interdisciplinary support and its drive to find sustainable solutions to alleviate poverty and protect symposia bring together 60 exceptional the environment.” early-career researchers and engineering leaders from industry and academia to tackle global development supported my research directly through projects to develop sustainable solutions challenges. Attendees at the events are ring-fenced seed funding,” she says. to alleviate poverty and protect the encouraged to collaborate on projects “Academics are under immense pressure environment directly and indirectly from that will address the UN’s Sustainable to research, teach and engage with the collaborations she has developed Development Goals, and to apply for seed communities and having this grant has through the Academy. She has also funding to take those projects forward. allowed me to dedicate more of my time to been invited to sit on FoED’s steering research. Being part of three seed-funded committee to provide strategic leadership Dr Anh Tran, a senior lecturer in grants, both leading and contributing as a for the programme. “I believe with my humanitarian engineering at Coventry team member, has enabled me to develop extensive experience on the programme, University, has attended three of the my research career. It has expanded my I can contribute to the discussion from symposia in Cambridge, Pretoria and international networks and allowed me an early-career researcher perspective Ho Chi Minh City. As an early-career to focus on research at my academic as well as a woman, international, researcher, Dr Tran was keen to institution. Travel and networking minority background engineer,” she gain experience in research project opportunities have allowed me to build adds. “The Academy is at the forefront management and to coordinate trusting relationships with practitioners of advocacy for greater diversity in challenging research in a development on the ground.” engineering: it doesn’t just talk-the-talk, context. “Attending FoED has enabled it actively promotes 50:50 panels and me to connect to a wider network of Dr Tran has since secured a further provides opportunities for non-traditional innovators in development and has £1.5 million of funding for research career paths.”

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Address the Visitors to the Academy’s stand at The ENGINEERING Big Bang Fair SKILLS CRISIS

The UK is not producing enough high- the skills needed to address current and Over quality engineers to meet its needs. To future societal challenges and positively address this, the Academy’s education and impact the economy. diversity and inclusion (D&I) activities are 1,000 working to develop an education and skills The Academy’s flagship Connecting STEM teachers from system that inspires and motivates young STEM Teachers programme continues to people from all backgrounds to study support and train teachers across all STEM STEM subjects and take up careers in subjects, giving them the confidence to 700 schools engineering. Academy education projects deliver a practical, hands-on engineering- have worked with hundreds of schools, based STEM curriculum for primary and attended network colleges and educators to strengthen secondary pupils. In the past year, teacher the quality of engineering education. It coordinators have led 185 regional meetings also works to equip young people with network meetings that were attended Address the engineering skills crisis 11

The Academy supports 108 engineering undergraduate students through its Engineering Leaders Scholarship scheme

by over 1,000 STEM teachers from 700 Engineering Materials for a Greener Planet is number 13 in a series of themed schools. It is estimated that nearly resource boxes. It features real-world engineering activities that put the 84,000 students, 48% of whom were environment at the heart of learning. Each challenge is linked to the Engineering female, benefited from their teacher Habits of Mind, which explores ways to create better and more engaging learning attending these training sessions. opportunities for would-be engineers.

As part of this support for STEM teachers, the Academy has continued to develop engineering-based, curriculum-linked The Academy’s regional STEM support on an ambassadorial role, going back to STEM learning and teaching resources programmes in Barrow-in-Furness and their schools to support teaching and that bring real-world engineering into the the Welsh Valleys, which provide long- learning and encourage other prospective classroom. The Academy has developed a term, targeted interventions in areas engineers. new resource to support the BAE Systems, of high socioeconomic deprivation, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Schools continue to go from strength to strength. In higher education, the Academy Roadshow. Are we connected? explores Together, they have supplied more than continues to support engineering engineering through the technology we 10,000 STEM learning opportunities to undergraduate students through its communicate and interact with. Students students from 15 primary schools, 14 Engineering Leaders Scholarship scheme. work together through engaging activities secondary schools and three post-16 In 2018, it awarded an additional three that promote discussion about connecting colleges in the last academic year, with enhanced scholarships worth £10,000 and communicating using mobile phones, a gender ratio of exactly 50:50. The each to students from underprivileged GPS and AI technology, programming and Welsh Valleys project, supported by the backgrounds with the launch of the Sir coding, encryption, and cybersecurity. Panasonic Trust, delivers the Panasonic Ralph Robins Scholarship fund. These Nearly 8,000 resource boxes, with Trust Future Engineers Awards. These students will receive additional support, associated training, have been provided to support students from secondary schools mentoring and internship opportunities primary and secondary schools across the to study either vocational engineering from Rolls-Royce. All the scheme’s UK in the last year alone. The resources courses or STEM A levels at local colleges, students receive £5,000 for personal are free to download on a variety of before eventually going on to study development, which will put them on an platforms and have been downloaded engineering at university. In 2018, nine accelerated path to leadership positions nearly 50,000 times, with 5,000 of these awards were made to promising future within engineering, usually within five in the last year. engineers. These students have taken years from the end of their awards.

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Introducing INDUSTRY TO ACADEMIA

In the last year, the Academy’s Visiting together a variety of inclusion activities Professors (VP) programme supported to maximise impact across the campus. 78 leading engineers from industry She was also instrumental in setting to deliver 1,250 taught sessions to up the Women’s Engineering Society engineering undergraduates in 42 student group. different universities across the UK, including nine post-1992 universities. In her second year, Dawn developed a The programme imparted real industrial half-day training course on inclusion knowledge, experience and insights into for final-year students. Other activities cutting-edge technology, enhancing the included the development of materials learning experiences of more than 15,000 for students, covering areas such undergraduate engineering students. as inclusive product design, current legislation, standards and codes of In 2017, materials engineer Dawn Bonfield practice, inclusive engineering tools MBE was appointed as a VP in inclusive and practices, diversity benchmarking, engineering at Aston University. The measures and targets, and case studies goal of the appointment was for Dawn with industrial speakers. With Aston to support the university in becoming a staff, she delivered two masterclasses, UK leader in embedding inclusivity into a final-year option for engineering and Dawn Bonfield MBE the engineering curriculum by using her applied science, as well as incorporating experience in D&I – developed during inclusivity material into three modules. her time working with the Women’s Engineering Society. Longer term, Dawn is keen to ensure that inclusion is understood and Key to this was her work to engage heads promoted throughout the engineering of department and programme directors profession. This is based on it being of all engineering and applied science embedded in engineering education: schools at the university. During this “There is a need to ensure that the time, she delivered inclusivity content to profession these new recruits are two student groups and had advanced attracted into is fully inclusive. An bookings to present to 250 engineering inclusive profession will produce students in the second year of her tenure. inclusive products and services that She was also a founder and steering group have greater potential to enhance member of Inclusive Aston, which brings productivity and creativity in the sector.” Address the engineering skills crisis 13

Encouraging YOUNG PEOPLE INTO ENGINEERING

The Academy has been working with Running alongside this work, the second engineers do, up from 36% before its EngineeringUK to simplify and streamline and third seasons of This is Engineering launch the whole engineering community’s have outperformed initial expectations • raises the prestige of engineering outreach to schools. There are many and the films have been viewed more – 66% of those who have seen the excellent programmes aimed at doing this, than 35 million times. These have been campaign believe that engineering is a however, these are not having an effect shown at an increasing number of events prestigious career, up from 47% before at the scale needed. The connections each year: in 2018 the films were shown its launch with schools are complicated, with more at the Academy’s This is Engineering- • is encouraging young people to than 600 organisations involved in STEM focused stand at New Scientist Live as consider engineering careers – 72% education. Too many options can make well as featuring prominently at the Big of those who saw the campaign say it difficult for schools to find out what is Bang Fair, both on the Academy stand that they would consider a career in on offer and can limit the opportunity to and the main stages. engineering, up from 39% before its transfer best practice. launch. The Academy carries out rigorous Both the Academy and EngineeringUK are quantitative evaluation after every The fourth season will launch in focused on repositioning the Tomorrow’s season launch to test campaign September 2019. A key component will be Engineers programme to bring greater effectiveness among the target audience This is Engineering Day on 6 November, coordination and coherence to the of 13 to 18 year olds. The last exercise during Tomorrow’s Engineers Week. The STEM activity landscape in schools. The showed that the campaign: day will bring together a range of partners programme is centred around a new web • is reaching the target market – 23% of and brands to celebrate the engineers platform that will promote a suite of high- the sample recall seeing the campaign who often work behind the scenes and quality, engineering-focused activities • raises understanding about publicly showcase what engineers and to teachers. Providers that wish to be engineering – 67% of those who have engineering really look like, in order to included on the platform will be expected seen it say that they understand what challenge the stereotype. to meet a minimum set of requirements for careers messaging, evaluation of impact, D&I, and safeguarding/health and safety.

A progression framework will be developed to encourage providers to continuously improve their activities with more robust models of evaluation, deeper embedding of careers messaging and D&I. A beta version of the web platform is being developed for a year-long pilot of the programme beginning in June 2019. The full roll-out of the new website and Tomorrow’s Engineers programme is expected in September 2020.

Olivia Sweeney, a chemical engineer working for cosmetics company Lush, who featured in season three of This is Engineering films

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Embedding D&I IN ENGINEERING

The Academy is committed to increasing The Academy’s D&I programme has Recruitment Toolkit developed by the D&I D&I across engineering, not only to attract developed tools to help engineering Leadership Group (DILG). The toolkit aims more underrepresented groups into the organisations address the lack of diversity to help employers refine their recruitment profession to address the skills gap, but within the profession – just 12% of processes so that they are more inclusive to harness the positive impact it has – on engineers are female and 8% are from and reduce opportunities for bias. This individual engineers, financial bottom ethnic minority backgrounds1. In June was followed in November 2018 by line, innovation and creativity. 2018, the Academy launched an Inclusive the D&I Measurement in Engineering booklet. This provides a framework for organisations to measure D&I from an employee lifecycle perspective. The guide looks at leadership, recruitment and attraction, retention and progression. The group is also developing a toolkit for diversity allies and a set of training modules focused on inclusive team working, which will be available by the end of 2019. These respond to recommendations from the September 2017 report, Creating cultures where all engineers thrive.

As well as assisting employers to improve D&I in engineering, the Academy continues to support engineers from a range of backgrounds. Following the successful pilot of the Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme, Speakers at an Academy D&I event to launch the D&I Measurement in Engineering guide the Academy launched a full programme in June 2018. The first set of events took place between September and During 2018/19, 184 students attended December 2018. The programme’s aim is to increase employment opportunities for Graduate Engineering Engagement underrepresented groups in engineering, focusing on students from the post-1992 Programme events: 28% were female, 91% universities. were from ethnic minority backgrounds and 80% were from newer universities or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds 1 Engineering UK 2018: The state of engineering, page 13 Address the engineering skills crisis 15

Amplifying inclusivity “Over the years, the Academy has During October 2018, the Academy amplified the inclusivity message for celebrated Black History Month by ethnic minority groups,” says Dr Folayan. showcasing some of the leading black, “This has had a significant impact on Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) the way our message is received and engineers it has worked with. The stories has encouraged the wider industry to told included personal accounts of how engage with grassroots organisations they engaged with engineering, their such as AFBE-UK.” career highlights, and what more needs to be done to encourage people from diverse backgrounds into the profession.

One of the engineers profiled was Dr Nike

Folayan, Technical Discipline Leader– Dr Nike Folayan Communications and Control (Rail) at WSP Global and Founder and Chair of represented in engineering as BAME The Academy works closely with the Association for Black and Minority communities are not homogeneous. AFBE-UK, providing support through Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK). “In 2007, Although it is encouraging to see the sponsorship, jointly organised events when AFBE was founded, there were increase, the engineering industry needs and activities, research avenues and fewer BAME people in engineering,” Dr to recognise that the UK’s ethnic minority direct engagement. Dr Folayan has Folayan adds. “Since then, there has been population is projected to make up 30% also been involved in several Academy an increase from 6% to 7.8%, with D&I of the population by 2050. As such, much initiatives such as the Engineering recognised as a key component in filling more needs to be done to engage and Leaders Scholarships and the D&I the skills gap and in improving innovation. retain BME groups within engineering steering group as well as supporting the That said, more research is required to in order to secure the future skills Africa Catalyst project. understand which ethnicities are actually requirement.”

EDUCATION POLICY REPORTS

April 2018 October 2018 January 2019 Career Framework for University Tinkering for learning Engineering skills for the future Teaching: background and Learning to teach engineering in the This report revisited the 2013 Perkins overview primary and Key Stage 3 classroom Review to provide an overview of the An open-access resource to help building on previous work identified in the current engineering skills landscape universities evaluate and reward Engineering Habits of Mind report. and make recommendations for academic staff teaching achievements. improvement. December 2018 July 2018 Engineering and manufacturing T February 2019 Designing inclusion into level: Common core content Evaluation of university technical engineering education Academy guidance for employers who are colleges (UTCs): final report A fresh, practical look at how diversity drafting the content of the engineering This evaluated project-based learning impacts on engineering and strategies and manufacturing T level. and employer-informed curriculum for change within the education system. development and delivery aspects of December 2018 university technical colleges between October 2018 Engineering the future: training January 2017 and December 2018, in Learning to be an engineer: the role today’s teachers to develop order to understand effective practice of school leadership tomorrow’s engineers and broader challenges. A look at the critical role of school Explored the potential for supporting leadership teams in the delivery of university students training to become engineering education. primary teachers in computing, D&T and science, to better understand engineering.

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Bradford Science Festival, where engineers Position engineering supported by the Academy’s public engagement scheme Ingenious delivered workshops AT THE HEART OF SOCIETY

Much of the work that the Academy Academy with 39 different engineering carries out aims to improve public organisations. The Centre allows partners awareness and recognition of the crucial to work collaboratively on issues that The National role engineers play, both in the UK and affect, or should be informed by, the Engineering Policy internationally. The Academy’s Fellowship whole profession, while respecting the is a hugely valuable resource and ensures distinct expertise of each institution. Centre represents that the voice of engineering is heard and heeded in the public domain. The The Centre will provide evidence- Fellows’ expertise is harnessed to provide based policy guidance, informed by authoritative policy advice and enables unparalleled industry, academia and 450,000 the Academy to lead the profession in the practitioner expertise. It is facilitated UK engineers UK and beyond. by the Academy as the UK’s national Academy for engineering. Early work has The beginning of 2019 saw the launch of included policy studies on the ethics of the National Engineering Policy Centre, autonomous systems and sustainable an ambitious partnership led by the housing infrastructure. Position engineering at the heart of society 17

The Centre will also build relationships influenced the Department for Business, between policymakers and engineers, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Carbon growing mutual awareness and enabling Capture Utilisation and Storage Action The Academy has over policy advice to respond to the needs of Plan and encouraged research funding. 248,000 followers both. By working together, the profession In October 2018, this was followed by can deliver more impactful and agile work Increasing R&D investment: business across its social media on the issues that matter, while providing perspectives, which was based on policymakers with a streamlined route to findings from interviews with engineering channels and its posts engineering expertise. chief technology officers. The findings were brought together to ensure that are seen more than The Academy has been piloting other engineering businesses are contributing complementary approaches to share its to the debate about how the UK can 1.4 million times thought leadership with industrialists achieve its ambitious target of reaching every month and policymakers. A pilot programme for 2.4% of GDP invested in R&D by 2027. a network of Policy Fellows – senior civil The Academy’s first online policy resource servants and policymakers – will allow Towards trusted data sharing uses a them to explore pressing policy questions series of 10 case studies to illustrate facing them and their departments. It emerging examples of data sharing and learning from the case studies, a practical aims to increase their understanding some of the key enablers and constraints, checklist for organisations was developed of engineering and strengthen their including governance, business models, to support better data sharing in the propensity to engage with the technical technologies and regulation. Drawing on public and private sectors. community in the development of policy.

Thought Leadership events were also added to the Academy’s existing events programme. These support its development strategy, brand positioning and values, as well as helping provide wider social and networking opportunities. These events are designed to attract stakeholders and build new relationships. Themes for each event are primarily aligned with major policy work.

Over the year, the Academy has also published several of its own policy reports. In partnership with the Royal Society, in September 2018, it published Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR), a report that presents an ambitious plan for the UK to lead the way in deploying GGR methods to avoid the devastating Participants at the National Engineering Policy Centre’s plenary impacts of climate change. The report has session explore potential areas of work

Annual Review 2018–19 18 Royal Academy of Engineering The Academy received 2,215 media mentions in 2018, averaging 184 pieces per month. This included 189 Public engagement broadcasts on radio WITH ENGINEERING and TV

The Academy continues to grow its public engagement activities. At the core of these is its Ingenious scheme, which funds creative public engagement with engineering projects and aims to motivate engineers to share their stories and expertise with wider audiences. The projects that are awarded grants are those that focus on underserved communities, including women and girls, BAME groups, and communities in socially deprived areas.

Throughout 2018, the Academy was an The Black Panther screening at the Science Museum active partner in the Year of Engineering, the government-led initiative to inspire before the screening, Angela Saini, engineering charities and government the next generation to become engineers. science journalist, engineer, and author attended the event, which celebrated The initiative built successfully on of Inferior: How Science Got Women great UK engineers of the past and a multitude of national and regional Wrong, chaired a panel discussion. The present, and included an address from initiatives that already promote panel of real-world engineers and media Academy President, Professor Dame Ann engineering and associated skills. These experts discussed how engineering is Dowling. Students from local schools also included some of the Academy’s own bringing technology ever closer to that attended the ceremony. activities such as Ingenious, education used in the Marvel world, and how films programmes and STEM learning resources. can influence young people in their The Year of Engineering resulted in career choice. measurable improvements in public In June 2018, the Year of Engineering and perceptions of engineering, especially the Academy organised a screening of One of the Year’s highlights was a among young people. The This is Black Panther at the Science Museum to national service of thanksgiving at Engineering campaign will provide mark International Women in Engineering Westminster Abbey to celebrate a legacy for the Year, building on its Day. The event celebrated the role of engineering. Representatives from success and delivering the sustained Shuri, a female engineer in the film, and across the engineering community, engagement needed.

As part of its drive to build engineers’ capacity to engage with the public, the Academy ran a communications training pilot for engineers and STEM professionals in collaboration with the Trans-Pennine STEM Ambassadors Hub. Between June and October 2018, it held workshops in Bradford, Manchester and York. In total, nearly 40 engineers and STEM professionals attended the workshops, which covered topics including: understanding your audience; language and use of images; and planning an engagement activity. Delegates were then invited to participate in public engagement events being organised by the STEM Ambassadors Hub to put their learning into practice. The Academy is now assessing options for taking forward the learning from this training, potentially partnering with other organisations to consolidate resources and best practice. Position engineering at the heart of society 19

Celebrating INNOVATION

One of the highlights in the Academy’s demonstrated exceptional innovation at Mishal Husain, news anchor and calendar is its annual Awards Dinner, which every stage of development.” broadcaster, hosted the ceremony at recognises and rewards some of the best which several other Academy awards were engineers and engineering in the UK. At The Owlstone Medical team was up presented. The Major Project Award was the event in June, Academy President against Oxford Space Systems for its new presented to the team behind the Ordsall Professor Dame Ann Dowling and HRH The generation of origami-inspired, innovative Chord, a new railway line connecting Princess Royal presented the MacRobert and cost-competitive satellite antennas Manchester’s Piccadilly and Victoria Award, the UK’s longest-running and and structures. The other finalist was stations for the first time. HRH The Duke most prestigious prize for innovation in Williams Advanced Engineering and of Kent presented Lucien Bronicki, from engineering, to a team from Owlstone Aerofoil Energy, for aerodynamic shelf- Ormat Industries Ltd, with the Prince Philip Medical. The company has developed edge technology that significantly reduces Medal for his contribution to cost-effective a non-invasive procedure that aims to energy consumption in supermarket and power recovery by successfully developing identify a range of diseases through a convenience store fridges. Both companies power plants using organic fluids. simple, quick and painless breathalyser were presented with a certificate test. It has the potential to save hundreds recognising their successful development The Silver Medals, which recognise of thousands of lives and over £1 billion in of innovative ideas in UK engineering. outstanding personal contributions healthcare costs globally. to engineering in the early stage of Owlstone Medical received extensive awardees’ careers, were presented to: Dr Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS, Chair of media coverage in outlets including Dr Jade Alglave, Reader in Computer the MacRobert Award judging panel, said the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and Science at University College London; “Owlstone Medical stood out because of Metro, local radio and newspapers, and Dr Iain Scott, Capability Manager at the extraordinary engineering its breath engineering trade press. The finalists Leonardo; and Professor Chris Sutcliffe, sampler, and the associated Breath also generated interest with coverage Professor of Additive Manufacturing at Biopsy platform, required to bring these in Reuters, local media and trade the University of Liverpool and Research technologies to life. The company has publications. and Development Director at Renishaw.

The MacRobert Award-winning Owlstone Medical team with HRH The Princess Royal and Academy President, Professor Dame Ann Dowling

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Event HIGHLIGHTS

April 2018 Cutting crime: the role of forensic engineering science – East Midlands regional lecture by Professor Sarah Hainsworth FREng, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean, Professor of Materials and Forensic Engineering, Aston University.

April 2018 To Mars and beyond: engineering our future in space – part of the Ingenia live! series hosted by Ingenia editor-in-chief Scott Steedman CBE FREng (centre) and with presentations from (L–R) Professor Guglielmo Aglietti FREng, Director of Surrey Space Centre; Anita Bernie, Director of Exploration Missions and Institutional Relations, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd; Abbie Hutty, Platform Delivery Manager, Airbus Defence and Space; and Shefali Sharma, Business Development, Oxford Space Systems. Ingenia live!

May 2018 The design and construction of Queensferry Crossing: A unique three-tower cable-stayed bridge – the 25th anniversary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy’s joint lecture, given by Naeem Hussain, Arup’s Global Bridge Design Practice Leader and lead designer of the Queensferry Crossing.

June 2018 Engineering a workplace for women – inaugural signature lunch for International Women in Engineering Day established to provide a platform for early-career women engineers to meet with senior industry leaders to share advice, experiences and encourage participation from both sides. The event also featured Roma Agrawal MBE in conversation with the Academy’s President.

Engineering a workplace for women July 2018 Summer Reception – inaugural informal event for Fellows and their partners to network and socialise with each other and to meet outstanding awardees and grant holders funded by the Academy.

October 2018 Extreme Engineering: Antarctica – Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent at The Guardian in conversation with Captain Tim Stockings, former Operations Director, British Antarctic Survey, about the engineering behind the RRS Sir David Attenborough.

November 2018 Why am I a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering? – Hinton Lecture delivered by Dame Stephanie Shirley CH DBE FREng. Extreme Engineering: Antarctica Position engineering at the heart of society 21

Celebrating ENGINEERING INTERNATIONALLY

In February, the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Chair of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for including the BBC, and was covered in The Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) Engineering Foundation, in the presence Times, The Daily Telegraph, CBC, Forbes, was awarded to the four engineers of HRH The Princess Royal. One of the Mail Online, Financial Times, and The responsible for creating GPS – the first prize’s key aims is to inspire the next Economist. It was reported across the UK, truly global, satellite-based positioning generation of engineers, and attendees US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, system. The four winners, Dr Bradford included leading young engineers who Korea, Argentina, and Australia. Parkinson, Professor James Spilker, Hugo are QEPrize Ambassadors, as well as Fruehauf and Richard Schwartz, received primary and secondary school students The winners will be formally honoured at the £1 million prize, which celebrates aged between 9 and 13, and business a ceremony later in 2019, when they will groundbreaking, global engineering leaders from the QEPrize’s donor also receive an iconic trophy designed by innovations that are of benefit to companies. the 2019 Create the Trophy competition humanity. Their pioneering work has winner Jack Jiang, from Hong Kong. The given free, immediate access to position The QEPrize announcement received competition, open to those aged between and timing information to over four billion remarkable worldwide media coverage, 14 and 24, saw record engagement from people around the world. This is the fourth reaching an estimated 2.4 billion people over 50 countries around the world. Jack’s time that the prize has been awarded. and increasing awareness of the prize trophy impressed the expert panel of across the world. The announcement, judges with its complexity and balance, The announcement was made by Lord and the work of the 2019 winners, was combining traditional trophy shapes with Browne of Madingley FREng FRS, featured by a range of global media elements of modern wind turbines.

Professor Sir Christopher Snowden FREng FRS, Chair of the QEPrize Judging Panel, said about the 2019 winning innovation: “The global positioning system epitomises what the QEPrize stands for; starting with an almost impossible challenge, GPS is now universally accessible and benefits billions of people around the world each day. Over time, its varied applications have profoundly transformed how society operates, and its impact will only continue to grow. This is exactly the type of groundbreaking engineering achievement that inspires young people to become tomorrow’s engineers.”

(L–R) Hugo Fruehauf, Professor James Spilker, HRH The Princess Royal, Dr Bradford Parkinson, Lord Browne and Richard Schwartz

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Academy employees gather to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day Enhance the ACADEMY’S DELIVERY

and new hardware rolled out across the CAPABILITY Academy. Funding for future investment has been allocated to streamline and improve data and contacts management across the Academy through its customer The Academy’s credibility with its • routinely evaluate work and measure relationship management (CRM) platform. partners, funders and the engineering progress. The Academy will also develop a new community is underpinned by its ability to website to enable improved digital deliver. To ensure that it has the Fellows, The Academy’s staff team has communications, and allow greater employees, partners, funding and transformed and significantly grown over integration to the CRM and other systems. influence to contribute substantially to the past year, with the creation of several the UK economy and society, it aims to: new roles to accommodate its increasing In March 2019, Chris Boyle joined as the • elect an engaged Fellowship of activities. The number of employees has Academy’s first Director of Operations and outstanding engineers who reflect increased from 92 to 111 and changes Finance. This new role has been created the full diversity of society and the have been made across the Academy to to strengthen focus on operational profession incorporate these growing staff numbers. excellence, accelerate adoption of digital • be an organisation that the best people The Academy has implemented a new technology and maximise the Academy’s want to work for online HR system to provide a more resource base. • continue increasing the numbers of coherent, centralised HR function and to partners and supporters streamline processes for all employees RAE Trading Limited is a wholly owned • raise more funding from government and managers. subsidiary of the Academy, which partners and third parties with CH&Co to provide room hire and • embed its values in staff, Fellows and Other significant IT improvements have catering services, including fine dining, partners, particularly relating to D&I been made during the year, including at Prince Philip House. Profits made by • ensure that programmes complement a complete overhaul of the IT systems RAE Trading Limited are gift-aided to the those of funders and draw on the infrastructure, migration of many services Academy and are an important source of Academy’s unique capabilities to a private cloud, increased cybersecurity unrestricted funds. Enhance the Academy’s delivery capability 23

An inclusive ACADEMY

As it grows, the Academy continues to information on the facilities at Prince This helps the Academy monitor progress focus on its D&I activities and aims to Philip House to ensure its internal and and ensure its events are as disability- achieve a Disability Confident rating external meetings and events are fully friendly as possible. Speakers at Academy of level two by the end of 2019. The accessible to everyone. The document events receive briefings that encourage Disability Confident scheme recognises includes the building’s mobility features, the use of accessible fonts, sizes and organisations that are playing a leading available support for hearing and visual images. role in changing attitudes, and helps impairments, and information on catering potential employees, stakeholders and services. Over the past year, braille Over the past year the Academy has other businesses identify employers business cards have been introduced boosted its HR capacity, and organised who are committed to equality in the and electronic door buttons fitted. sessions for employees on topics such workplace. The Academy is committed to The Academy and in-house events as inclusive communication, inclusive removing barriers to participation to its management team CH&Co encourage selection, disability and mental health programmes, in which everyone at the delegates to inform event organisers in the workplace. The Academy held organisation has a role to play: it has an about any adjustment needs at different campaigns for International Day for internal D&I strategic plan and each team points in the registration process. People with Disabilities, Black History has its own D&I action plan. For instance, joining instructions for Month, International Women’s Day delegates include information on special and LGBT History Month. It has also The Academy uses a checklist for assistance, accessibility, disabled parking implemented a wellbeing programme organising events that includes reminders and more. Post event, delegates are asked for employees, including mindfulness about making the event inclusive. to rate their experience in terms of venue and relaxation classes, monthly coffee In 2018, the Academy published a accessibility, signage, lighting and pre- mornings and film nights. The Academy building accessibility booklet that gives event communication. benefits from a very active and engaged Staff Consultative Committee, which has supported much of this work.

In a further effort to drive cross-Academy collaboration and provide informal training, the Academy has held monthly ‘Insight sessions’ on topics as diverse as mentoring, charity law and battery technologies. These hour-long sessions are always well-attended and generate much discussion.

It has been pleasing to see the emerging change in workplace culture with stronger cross-departmental collaboration and partnership, a stronger induction programme for new starters and a wider range of training and development opportunities for staff. For Black History Month, the Academy profiled leading minority ethnic engineers. Christopher Caulcrick is a researcher in Imperial College London’s biomechatronics lab, and features in the This is Engineering campaign

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FUNDRAISING

The Academy’s education programmes, including Connecting STEM Teachers, benefited from significant support over the past year

In the last year, the Academy secured Engineering Project attracted extra Denis Rooke OM CBE FREng FRS, Academy £18.1 million in new funding commitments support from the Waterloo Foundation and President between 1986 and 1991. During for its programmes from industry, the David Family Foundation, adding to the year donations from friends and charitable trusts and individual donors. ongoing major support from the Panasonic colleagues of Sir Ralph Robins DL FREng A significant contribution of £15 million Trust. The Blavatnik Charitable Foundation FRS, former chairman of Rolls-Royce, of funding commitment was provided renewed its longstanding support of the helped fund a scholarship programme by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. The Enterprise Hub with a further four-year and medal – the latter to be awarded foundation is creating a partnership grant commitment. The Royal Commission by the Royal Aeronautical Society – to with the Academy to address critical for the Exhibition of 1851 confirmed major celebrate Sir Ralph’s many achievements challenges in engineering safety around additional support to expand the graduate in engineering and business. the world. The Connecting STEM Teachers Enterprise Fellowships programme. programme continued to thrive with The Academy has continued its efforts to support from Shell, Petrofac plc, Boeing The Academy is grateful to Fellows who encourage regular giving from Fellows; UK and the Helsington Foundation. contributed to the 2018 Annual Fund support from newly-elected Fellows and to those who have pledged to leave has been especially welcomed. In March The Academy’s Barrow Engineering the Academy a legacy. During the year, 2018, Academy President Professor Project received a seventh consecutive generous legacies were received from Dame Ann Dowling hosted the first year of support from the Sir John the late Herbert Clements CBE FREng annual President’s Dinner, to thank the Fisher Foundation. The Welsh Valleys and Lady Brenda Rooke, widow of Sir Academy’s major supporters. Enhance the Academy’s delivery capability 25

Fellowship ENGAGEMENT

The Fellowship is at the heart of the invites Fellows to Prince Philip House to society and to the Academy’s growth and Academy, with Fellows’ broad range learn about Academy activities and meet development. The Academy also hosted of expertise underpinning and giving Trustees, other Fellows and Academy staff. the first Fellows’ summer drinks reception credibility and authority to its activities. The Academy also introduced new events at Prince Philip House, which will become Focus continues to be placed on for Fellows during the year. This included a an annual event. Over 140 guests broadening the regional footprint of special lunch for 24 nonagenarian Fellows, attended, providing the opportunity for Academy activity. Fellows’ lunches and hosted by the President, and attended by the Fellowship to meet in a social setting dinners have been held across the UK, three of the Academy’s Founding Fellows. and for the President to thank Fellows with enhanced communication from the The President thanked the Fellows for for all that they do. Guests enjoyed drinks Trustee Board, regional lectures and the contribution that their collective and canapes on the Academy’s terrace visits, and the annual Fellows’ Day, which knowledge and expertise has made to overlooking St James’s Park.

Networking at the Fellows’ Summer Reception serves to advance the Academy’s aims and objectives

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Trustee BOARD

The Trustee Board comprises 12 Trustees elected by and from the Fellowship and is chaired by the President, Professor Dame Ann Dowling.

Chair Members Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS Professor Colin Bailey FREng President Dr Martin Grant FREng Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng Vice-Presidents Dr David Hughes FREng Professor Iain Gray CBE FREng FRSE Professor Peter Goodhew CBE FREng Vice-President for Committee Coordination Dr Bob Joyce FREng Professor Geoffrey Maitland CBE FREng Naomi Climer CBE FREng Professor Liz Tanner OBE FREng FRSE Vice-President for Fellowship Engagement Professor Stephen Williamson FREng Professor Stephen Young FREng

Chief Executive Dr Hayaatun Sillem

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New FELLOWS 2018

The Academy’s Fellows represent the nation’s leading engineering researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and business and industry leaders. Each year, 50 Fellows are elected by peer review from nominations made by existing Fellows. They are distinguished by the title Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the postnominal FREng. These were the new Fellows announced at the Academy’s AGM in September 2018; their titles were correct at the time of their election.

Fellows

Professor Guglielmo Aglietti Dr Mark Buswell Director, Surrey Space Centre, Vice-President and Head of Discovery, GSK University of Surrey

Dr Paul Atherton Mark Carne CBE Chairman, Nexeon Ltd; Phase Focus Ltd; Former Chief Executive, Network Rail FungiAlert Ltd

Professor Christopher Atkin Professor Judith Driscoll Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, City, Professor of Materials Science, University of University of London Cambridge

Mark Bennett Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte FRS Strategy Director – Government, BAE Systems Chief Scientist and Engineer, NSW Government Applied Intelligence

Fawaz Bitar Professor Robert Dwyer-Joyce Head of Global Operations, BP plc Professor of Lubrication Engineering, University of Sheffield

Sir George Buckley Trevor Gill Chairman, Stanley Black & Decker Inc; Smiths Telecommunications consultant Group plc

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Air Marshal Susan Gray CB OBE Professor Andrew Lewis Air Officer Commanding No. 38 Group, Director of Research and Development, Royal Air Force Innovation, Biocompatibles UK Ltd

Professor Timothy Green Peter Lomas Director of the Energy Futures Lab, Director of Engineering, Norcott Technologies Imperial College London Ltd

Professor Yike Guo Professor Kwai Man Luk Director of Data Science Institute and Professor Chair Professor of Electronic Engineering, of Computing Science, Imperial College London City University of Hong Kong and Shanghai University

Professor Christopher Hewitt Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE FRSE Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Executive Dean and Professor of Civil Engineering, Professor of Biological Engineering, Aston University of Strathclyde University

Dr Graham Hoare OBE John MacArthur Director – Global Engineering Operations, Vice-President Group Carbon, Shell Ford Motor Company UK

Professor David Johnson Professor Ricardo Martinez-Botas Director, DGauge Ltd Professor of Turbomachinery, Imperial College London

Professor David Jones Paul McKinlay Pro-Vice Chancellor Education and Students, Senior Vice-President and Head of Broughton Queen’s University Belfast Plant, Airbus UK

Dr Raouf Kattan Hilary Mercer Managing Director, Safinah Ltd Vice-President Pennsylvania Chemicals, Shell Global

Dr Niel Kempson CB Professor Andrew Neely Director General for Capability, UK government Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations, University of Cambridge

Professor Robin Langley James O’Callaghan Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head Founding Director, Eckersley O’Callaghan of Division of Mechanics, Materials and Design, University of Cambridge

Professor Barry Lennox Brian Palmer Research Director Dalton Cumbrian Facility Chief Executive Officer, Tharsus Group Ltd and Professor of Applied Control, University of Manchester New Fellows 2018 29

Professor Thomas Rodden David Wright Deputy CEO, Engineering and Physical Sciences Director, Electricity Transmission, National Grid Research Council (EPSRC); Professor of Computing, University of Nottingham

Nicholas Rogers Dr Richard Yemm Executive Director, Product Engineering, Director, Quoceant Ltd Jaguar Land Rover

Rob Spurrett Professor Paul Young Founder and Director, Cherry Space Ltd Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto

Alasdair Stirling CBE Professor Ken Young Director Engineering Services, Naval Marine, Technology Director, Babcock International Group Manufacturing Technology Centre

Dr Peter Thompson Professor Zhibing Zhang Chief Executive Officer, Professor of Chemical Engineering, National Physical Laboratory University of Birmingham

Professor Rachel Thomson International Fellows Professor of Materials Engineering and Pro- Vice-Chancellor for Teaching, Loughborough Professor Frances Arnold University Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, Professor Marco Viceconti California Institute of Technology Professor of Biomechanics, University of Sheffield Professor Zhenya Liu Chairman, GEIDCO, Beijing

Professor Jiangzhou Wang Professor and Chair of Telecommunications, University of Kent Dr Harry Shum Executive Vice-President – AI and Research, Microsoft Corporation Dr Andrew Ward Chief Technology Officer, Ubisense Ltd Professor Ji Zhou Honorary Chairman, Governing Board of Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Rachel Williams Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering, University of Liverpool Honorary Fellows

Philip Greenish CBE Professor Graham Wren OBE Chair of Council, University of Southampton Director of Major Projects and Special Adviser to the Principal, University of Strathclyde

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AWARDS

2018 MacRobert Award 2018 RAEng ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award The premier award for innovation in UK engineering, with a Awarded to early-career UK university researchers who £50,000 prize, awarded annually to a team of engineers for demonstrate considerable entrepreneurial promise. an exceptional engineering innovation that has been both commercially successful and delivers benefits to society. Awarded to: The MacRobert Award is supported by the Worshipful Company Jack Pearson, CEO, EngX of Engineers.

Awarded to: 2018 Silver Medals Owlstone Medical for its breath biopsy platform, a non-invasive For an outstanding personal contribution to UK engineering by an procedure that aims to identify a range of diseases through a early- to mid-career engineer resulting in market exploitation. simple breathalyser test. Up to four medals may be awarded in any one year.

Awarded to: 2018 RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineers of the Dr Jade Alglave, Reader in Computer Science at University Year and Sir George Macfarlane Medal College London These awards recognise the potential of engineers working in Dr Iain Scott, Capability Manager at Leonardo the UK who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage Professor Chris Sutcliffe, Professor of Additive Manufacturing of their career. The overall winner receives the Sir George at the University of Liverpool and Research and Development Macfarlane Medal. Director at Renishaw

Awarded to: Khouloud El Hakim, Project Manager at Bechtel Ltd 2018 President’s Medal Winner of the Sir George Macfarlane Medal Awarded to an Academy Fellow who has contributed significantly Simon Bowcock, Lead Materials and Corrosion Engineer at BP to the Academy’s aims and work through initiative in promoting Dr Christopher Donaghy-Spargo, Assistant Professor of Electrical excellence in engineering. Engineering at Durham University Dr Robert Hoye, Junior Research Fellow at the University of Awarded to: Cambridge Professor Sir William Wakeham FREng Chetan Kotur, Executive Assistant to the CEO at Polestar Awards 31

2018 Prince Philip Medal 2018 Colin Campbell Mitchell Award Awarded biennially to an engineer of any nationality who has For an engineer or small team of engineers who have made an made an exceptional contribution to engineering. outstanding contribution to the advancement of any field of UK engineering. Awarded to: Lucien Bronicki, Founder of Ormat Industries Ltd Awarded to: University of Nottingham and Teledyne e2v

2018 Sir Frank Whittle Medal Awarded to an engineer resident in the UK whose achievements have had a profound impact upon their engineering discipline.

Awarded to: John Bartlett CBE FREng

2018 Major Project Award The award recognises the contribution of a team of up to five UK-based engineers who have delivered a major engineering project that has had a substantial impact on society.

Awarded to: Ordsall Chord, Great North Rail Project

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