GPS inventors honoured at the Palace

On 3 December, the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) was presented at a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. The QEPrize was awarded to four US engineers responsible for creating the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system – GPS.

HRH The Prince of Wales presented the trophy to Dr Bradford Parkinson, Hugo Fruehauf, Richard Schwartz, and Anna Marie Spilker, who accepted the award on behalf of her late husband, Professor James Spilker Jr.

Dr Bradford Parkinson – the ‘father of GPS’ – led the development, design, and testing of the system. Hugo Fruehauf developed the highly accurate, miniaturised atomic clock needed for operation, and Richard Schwartz engineered the (L-R) Lord Browne, Richard Schwartz, Prince Charles, Dr Bradford Parkinson, radiation-hardened satellite. Professor James Spilker, was Hugo Fruehauf, Anna Marie Spilker (wife of Professor James Spilker) the main designer of the GPS civil signal and, with his team at Stanford Telecommunications, built the receiver that processed One of the prize’s aims is to inspire the next generation of the first GPS satellite signals. engineers. Representatives from QEPrize donor companies, leading young engineers from the QEPrize Ambassador Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS, Chairman of the Queen Network, and the winner of the 2019 Create the Trophy Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation, highlighted the competition, 17-year-old Jack Jiang from Hong Kong, were critical role of collaboration in engineering and groundbreaking invited to the event. Ambassadors and High Commissioners innovations such as GPS: “Our laureates’ success was the result from around the world were also in attendance. of inter-disciplinary collaboration, a drive for excellence, and an ability to turn the fruits of scientific discovery into practical The day before, the 2019 laureates and the Create the Trophy solutions. That is what engineers do,” he said. winner met with industry experts from a breadth of engineering disciplines at a lunch hosted by the City of Corporation The system combines a constellation of at least 24 orbiting at the Guildhall. Representing the Lord Mayor, Alderman satellites with the ever-growing number of ground stations Timothy Hailes JP paid tribute to the winning engineers, and receiving devices. Today, an estimated four billion people underlining the profound GPS has had on transforming around the world use GPS. At just $2 per receiver, GPS provides societies around the world. He also noted the particular irony of an accessible service and a powerful tool that people can nearly getting lost on his journey there. integrate with their applications. That evening, the winners took part in a celebratory GPS showcase event at the Unit London gallery. There they saw a list of modern engineering innovations that would not have been possible without their work, from augmented reality games and 3D mapping to driverless vehicles and robots.

The QEPrize is the world’s most prestigious engineering accolade, a £1 million prize that celebrates the global benefit to humanity of engineering innovation. To read more about the 2019 QEPrize winners, visit qeprize.org/winners

Jack Jiang won the Create the Trophy competition with a design that combined a traditional trophy with elements from wind turbines

President’s column 2 Academy roundup 14 Research and innovation 3 News of Fellows 14 Newsletter and skills 8 New Year Honours 16 Thought leadership 10 Obituaries 16 Winter 2019 Public engagement 12

1 President's with you for further comment before it is Later in November, I had the pleasure of finalised at the end of March. hosting an ‘In conversation with…’ event for column the 2019 winners of the MacRobert Award Of course, one of the significant changes – a remarkable team from Bombardier the Academy will be proactive in responding in Belfast who have developed a resin- to is the formation of a new government infused advanced composite wing that and the work they will be undertaking, minimises an aircraft’s environmental including redefining the UK’s relationship impact by reducing weight, fuel burn, and with Europe. It is a year since the Academy waste. The MacRobert Award is the UK’s launched the National Engineering Policy longest-running and most prestigious Centre to bring together the expertise of all national prize for engineering innovation, 39 professional engineering organisations and it was great to hear more about to inform policy making, and its role has the development of this cutting-edge never been more important. Already, our technological solution to such a difficult reputation for evidence-led contributions is challenge faced by the aerospace industry. bringing increased demand for our opinions and independent advice. This was followed shortly afterwards by the Queen Elizabeth Prize for In August, the Policy Centre published Engineering presentation at Buckingham a manifesto for the engineering sector, Palace, where the creators of the first Dear Colleagues, Engineering priorities for our future truly global, satellite-based positioning economy and society. After the general system – GPS – received their award I wrote in my first newsletter column three election in December, we followed this up from His Royal Highness The Prince of months ago about how honoured I was with an open letter to the Prime Minister Wales. The event was attended by an to take up the role of President and of Boris Johnson reiterating the manifesto influential audience of Ambassadors and my genuine excitement to work with our recommendations that included acting High Commissioners, as well as younger Fellows, associates and strategic partners on the findings of Professor John Perkins’ engineers that the Prize seeks to inspire. to shape a vision for the Academy that Review of Engineering Skills, delivering It was a tremendously upbeat end to the builds on its already excellent reputation. fast and resilient digital infrastructure, year, and a well-timed reminder of just and investing in demonstration and how much exceptional engineers can Since then I have had the pleasure deployment of new low-carbon heat, achieve when they work together. to consult with, and hear from, many vehicle charging, and carbon capture and of you on the shape and focus of our storage technologies. We will continue I wish you all a happy and prosperous 2020 strategy for the next five years. As well to engage new ministers as we strive to and look forward to working with you in the as consultations with the Trustee Board, embed engineering expertise in the policy months to come. Operating Committee Chairs Group, and making process. staff Leadership Team, we have hosted Best wishes, many Fellows, partners and awardees at Engineering can have a transformative Prince Philip House in London to discuss impact on so many of the challenges the our shared ambitions, and convened government seeks to address, so whatever groups in the Midlands, Yorkshire, Scotland, the outcome of the government’s work, Wales and Northern Ireland to gather it will be vital to continue to invest in, and their perspectives and guidance on the celebrate, engineering innovation and Academy’s role and direction of travel. its impact on society. As 2019 ended, Meetings and visitors the Academy hosted several events that It is essential that the strategy is shaped showcased some of the best of engineering In his capacity as President, Sir Jim has met with: by a diversity of views and my thanks to public and stakeholder audiences. His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent go to all of you who have contributed Academy AGM and Valedictory Dinner for so constructively to our discussions. It On 6 November, the Academy led the Professor Dame Ann Dowling has been enormously encouraging to inaugural This is Engineering Day, bringing Lewis Hamilton MBE HonFREng hear consistently your agreement that people together online and offline to Professor Sir Mark Walport FRS FMedSci the direction of the Academy must be celebrate the contribution of engineers and FRSE with Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE ambitious and progressive, and that we challenge narrow public stereotypes of the Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci with Dr should press ahead as confident leaders, profession. The initiative had a phenomenal Hayaatun Sillem CBE responsive to the great challenges facing impact, reaching an estimated 14 million He attended the following events society that engineering expertise is so people on social media and 12 million via and meetings: vital to tackling. It is also clear that we the press, and we’re grateful to all who Keynote speaker at Academy Research Forum agree that our leadership in engineering got involved, from our corporate partners, Queen Elizabeth Prize giving at Buckingham and technology will be enhanced through to media brands such as Facebook and Palace collaboration with strategic partners across the BBC, and celebrities including Lewis Consultation meeting with Fellows and the profession, in the private and public Hamilton MBE HonFREng and Tim Peake. others on the Academy strategy in sectors and with our excellent academic The team are already making plans for This Strathclyde community. I look forward to sharing a is Engineering Day 2020, so please look out ETF Plenary well-developed draft of the strategy for further news on that in due course. New Fellows Briefing and Dinner

2 President’s column This is Engineering Day reach of 14 million people, including interviews across ITV News and the BBC – putting the campaign on the BBC News On 6 November, the Academy coordinated the first This is home page all day - and features in Cosmopolitan, the Metro Engineering Day as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week. The and The Sun. Donated advertising space meant that This is day was created to challenge narrow and outdated stereotypes Engineering Day content was also promoted on 60 screens in 15 of what engineers do and look like, as well as celebrate the role train stations across the country, as well as on Virgin trains, the that they play in society . Transport for London website and in the Evening Standard.

Engineers, companies, big brands and celebrities came together The day also marked the launch of a free-to-access public both online and offline to showcase what engineering really image library on Flickr of varied images of engineers and looks like. Google ran a special digital skills workshop, Amazon engineering, with a call to action to media, advertisers, hosted a tour of a fulfilment centre for children and put recruiters and other image promoters to use more together an engineering-themed book list, the Science Museum representative images of the profession. The library has been Group hosted an engineering takeover of their social media populated with over 750 images from 40 organisations, and channels, and the campaign’s corporate partners, including BAE more than 130 organisations signed a pledge to improve the Systems, BP and Shell, shared stories online and through STEM visibility of more representative images of engineers and engagement events. The day even saw the voice-controlled engineering, including the BBC. Amazon assistant reprogrammed to answer questions about engineers and engineering, giving the initiative lasting impact. The Academy will continue to grow this image library and image donations are welcome. Work also continues to encourage use This is Engineering Day achieved significant reach through of the imagery, so that Google image search results for the word traditional and social media. #ThisisEngineering trended on ‘engineer’ become more representative. Twitter for most of the day and had high-profile support from Lewis Hamilton MBE HonFReng, Tim Peake, Andrew Smyth and The free This is Engineering Flickr library can be viewed at Konnie Huq, achieving a reach of 12 million on social media. www.flickr.com/thisisengineering and images can be used for any editorial purposes. A new This is Engineering Instagram page (@ThisisEngineering) attracted more than 500 followers by the end of the day. If you have any questions, please contact Poppy-Jayne Morgan Widespread media coverage was also secured with an estimated at [email protected]

Two photos from the This is Engineering image library. (l) Chris Caulcrick (right) develops prosthetics and is seen here demonstrating a grip-strength robotic arm (r) Sophie Harker, an aerodynamics engineer at BAE Systems

Africa Prize alumni programme Research and The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation has launched its alumni engagement programme for 2019/2020. innovation

With support from the UK government’s Global Challenges Research Fund, the Prize is offering several competitive opportunities for its 72 alumni businesses that operate in 13 countries across Africa.

Opportunities range from fully-funded internships for engineering students from UK universities to work in alumni businesses this summer, to access to paid-for expertise from service delivery partners in areas including HR, finance, legal advice and communications.

In addition to funded invitations to high-profile events, there are several £10,000 and £15,000 business grants available. Scale up programmes are also available that will give some later-stage alumni exposure to new markets, preparation for investment and introductions to potential investors and corporate partners. A series of webinars on topics such as: ‘how to scale your startup in Asia’ and ‘how to use social media to raise your profile’ will be available for all alumni.

Africa Prize alumni are projected to impact over three million lives in the next five years and have already created over 1,500 jobs and raised more than $14 million in grants and equity. For more information, contact [email protected]

Research and innovation 3 Launchpad Competition him with training, mentorship and access to world-class engineers and business On 24 October, the Enterprise Hub hosted experts to further evolve his innovation. its sixth annual Launchpad Competition final at Prince Philip House. He was one of four outstanding finalists to exhibit their innovations George Winfield, co-founder of Spyras to an audience and judging panel. Will was announced the UK’s most promising Gambier showed his circular wastewater young entrepreneur. He was chosen by treatment for developing countries a panel of experts and business leaders and Trang Bella Ngo presented her at the forefront of the UK engineering automated bra-sizing system that uses sector, including Elspeth Finch MBE, CEO machine learning. Matt Escott outlined and Founder of digital platform IAND and how Protolaunch Engines’ rockets can Josh Valman, founder of manufacturing help launch small satellites. business RPD International. If you would like to get involved in the George received the JC Gammon award, activities of the Enterprise Hub as a a £15,000 cash prize, and was made a mentor or a supporter, contact Ana George Winfield, co-founder of Spyras, won the member of the Enterprise Hub at the Royal Avaliani, Head of Enterprise, at sixth annual Launchpad Competition, hosted by the Academy of Engineering. This will provide [email protected] Academy’s Enterprise Hub

Transforming Systems through Formerly known as the Industry-Academia Partnerships Partnership programme, it will offer £80,000 funding for collaborations to work with China, Colombia, Jordan, South Africa, Turkey and The Academy has launched the Transforming Systems through Thailand with a call to collaborate with India to open in 2020. Partnership programme, supported by the Newton Fund and delivered in partnership with innovation agencies in seven To promote the call for applications, Tim Askew FREng countries around the world. visited Jordan and presented to an audience of 200 senior representatives from across the country’s research and It will build engineering teaching, research and innovation innovation systems and Dr Keith Carter, member of the capacity within partner countries’ universities to collaborate Transforming Systems through Partnership steering with local stakeholders and UK academics in meeting local and committee, led an event in South Africa to engage a wide global development challenges. range of local stakeholders.

Dr Keith Carter hosting a panel session with awardees of the Academy’s Industry-Academia Partnerships programme to promote the new Transforming Systems through Partnership programme in Johannesburg

Euro-CASE Oslo conference

Between 20 and 22 October, an Academy delegation led by David Thomlinson FREng, International Committee Chair, attended the 2019 Annual Conference of the European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (Euro-CASE).

Hosted in Oslo by the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, the conference gathered representatives from the 23 Euro-CASE member academies plus local professionals to discuss ‘The future of work’. Presentations and discussions explored technology trends and their potential impacts on future employment and educational needs.

The event also provided a useful touchpoint with European partner academies. The Academy delegation met with counterparts from countries including Germany, France and Sweden, to strengthen bilateral relations and progress partnership projects, including a UK-Germany symposium on energy systems, to be held in spring 2020.

The next Euro-CASE conference takes place in Zagreb in June 2020. In 2021, the Academy will host the event in the UK.

4 Research and innovation Africa Prize 2020 shortlist

On 20 November, the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation announced its 2020 shortlist.

The award recognises some of the ambitious African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges. This year’s shortlist includes the creators of a library on wheels, facial recognition software to prevent financial fraud, a low-cost digital microscope to speed up cervical cancer diagnosis, bamboo bicycles made with recycled parts, and two innovations made from invasive water hyacinth plants - an animal feed and a cooking fuel.

The shortlist includes six female innovators and represents six different Some of the Africa Prize shortlist at the first training week in Cape Town countries including, for the first time, Malawi. The shortlisted entrepreneurs to pitch their improved innovation dictate the types of innovation that will receive tailored business training, and business plan to the judges and a are eligible. Instead, it provides tailored mentoring, funding, and access to the live audience. The winner will receive support to entrepreneurs seeking to Academy’s network of high-profile, £25,000, and three runners up win address challenges identified in their own experienced engineers and business £10,000 each. The final will take place in communities. experts in the UK and across Africa. Accra, Ghana in June 2020. For more information, visit Following this period of support, four Unlike conventional grants or www.raeng.org.uk/africaprize finalists will be selected and invited accelerators, the Africa Prize does not

ARMA open day

On 25 October, the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), in partnership with the Academy, delivered an open day to showcase the Academy’s programmes and opportunities. The Association shared advice on good practice when applying to Academy schemes.

ARMA is the professional membership association for research managers and administrators in the UK. Over 20 ARMA representatives attended and will report back to their organisations, including higher education institutions, research funders and charities about Academy opportunities.

Engineering X launch initiatives, including David Thomlinson FREng and Professor William Powrie On 10 October, the Academy launched FREng. The first four programmes are: Engineering X at the Lloyd’s Register Safer Complex Systems; Safer End of Foundation (LRF) conference Engineering Engineered Life; and Engineering Skills a Safer World. Where they are Most Needed, which are funded by the LRF; and Transforming Engineering X is an international Systems through Partnership, funded by collaboration that brings together some the Newton Fund. of the world’s leading problem-solvers to engineer change. At the launch, Dr Dr Sillem said “We are delighted to Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Academy CEO, announce the launch of Engineering X, showcased how the Academy has a collaboration that will enable forward- been working with LRF and the UK looking engineering organisations government to create a global network from around the world to work more of engineers, academics, innovators, effectively together. As international governments and business leaders markets and systems become ever more engaged in tackling global development complex and intertwined, we believe challenges. that collaboration, shared responsibility and mutual support between diverse Representatives from the Engineering communities is the only way to safeguard Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE launching Engineering X X programmes spoke about their our future and drive change.” at the LRF conference

Research and innovation 5 Proof of Concept awards • Professor Kenneth Grattan OBE FREng, City, University of London, Enhanced hydrodynamic The Academy has made six Proof of Concept awards to current performance of marine propellers: proof of principle of Academy research awardees. new monitoring approach using fibre Bragg grating- based sensor system. Funded through the government’s Investment in Research Talent fund, the Proof of Concept awards support current Academy • Dr Martynas Beresna, University of Southampton, research awardees to explore the viability and commercial potential Optical fibres with enhanced acoustic signal feedback: of an innovative concept. The commercial potential can be achieved exploring commercial opportunities. via licensing arrangements or establishment of a spin-out company. • Professor Dame Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang DBE The following academics have received support: FREng, University of Huddersfield, Demonstration of a single-shot dispersive profile interferometer for fast • Professor Tong Sun MBE, City, University of London, in-process surface inspection. Integration of optical fibre sensors into power electronics manufacturing process to create ‘smart’ • Dr Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer, University of power modules. Birmingham, Advanced integrated micro-engineered technology for point-of-care diagnostics. • Dr Min Pan, University of Bath, Next generation hydraulic machines using highly efficient digital For further information contact hydraulic converters. [email protected]

Annual Research Forum and posters. Over 130 participants from the Fellowship, industry, programme On 12 November, the Academy’s annual alumni and other stakeholders attended Research Forum took place. The event the event. showcases the world-class engineering research funded through the Academy’s The Colin Campbell Mitchell Award wide range of research programmes. was also presented at the event. A multidisciplinary team of engineers and The event included a mix of keynote talks healthcare experts from the University of from current awardees, industry partners Nottingham, Monica Healthcare and GE and alumni, as well as showcase sessions Healthcare received year’s Colin Campbell themed around artificial intelligence Mitchell Award for developing the Monica Professor Barrie Hayes-Gill, University of and data, ageing society and healthcare Novii™ Wireless Patch System, a wearable Nottingham, and Jean-Francois Pieri, GE Healthcare, engineering, clean growth, and the future monitor for women in labour that were presented with their medals by Professor Karen Holford CBE FREng FLSW of mobility. accurately and continuously monitors the baby’s heartbeat. presented with their medals by Professor During these sessions, 26 awardees from Karen Holford CBE FREng FLSW. across the Academy’s research schemes The winning team, represented by presented their work in the themed Professor Barrie Hayes-Gill from the To find out more about the Academy’s exhibition spaces, using presentation University of Nottingham, and Jean- research programmes, visit slides, dynamic demonstration displays Francois Pieri GE Healthcare, were www.raeng.org.uk/research

Research induction research fellowships. It was also a in May, organised in collaboration with On 25 September, the Academy held an chance to network with other awardees, Media First. induction event to welcome the 2019 Fellows and Academy alumni. Overall, the cohort of research awardees. event was well attended, with over 70 It was a blend of theory, discussion Awardees from the Academy’s participants on the day. and practical sessions to help the Research Fellowships, Engineering for research awardees in communicating Development Research Fellowships, UK Awardee media training key messages of their research findings Intelligence Community Postdoctoral to the public through interviews with Research Fellowships, and Industrial On 7 October, six Academy research journalists in radio, TV and telephone. Fellowships joined the event. Industrial awardees attended a second round of partners of the Industrial Fellows were media training. This is part of a series of training courses also invited to join the event. provided by the Academy to support the The awardees came from a variety of awardees of the research programmes. A The event provided research awardees Academy schemes: Research Chairs, third round of media training is scheduled with an opportunity to learn more Industrial and Research Fellows, and for March 2020. about the Academy’s other programmes Intelligence Community UK Postdoctoral and activities, to meet with Academy Research Fellows. The training followed For more information contact staff and ask questions related to their a successful first day of media training [email protected]

6 Research and innovation Frontiers of Engineering malnutrition, how to strengthen the funding to take forward collaborative for Development links between agricultural production interdisciplinary projects inspired by the and nutrition, as well as concepts of food event. Funding awards will be announced Between 26 and 29 November 2019, safety and food security. in February 2020. the Academy held its eighth Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposium During the symposium, the 70 For more information, visit in Antananarivo, Madagascar. attendees discussed these challenges www.raeng.org.uk/frontiers and the Academy has offered seed In partnership with Welthungerhilfe, Madagascar, the event was entitled From Feeding People to Nourishing People and focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.

Two co-chairs, Tahrat Sahdid, Global Challenges Research Fund Challenge Leader for Food Systems, and Noble Banadda, Malabo-Montpellier Panel Member, led the symposium. The event was split into three sessions about agricultural revolution, healthy diets and food loss and waste.

Discussions included how best to tackle Participants map connections between different actors and inputs within a complex food supply system

Chairs in Emerging Technologies • Professor Ian Metcalfe FREng, Newcastle University, The Academy recently awarded £22 million to eight new Chairs Engineering chemical reactor technologies for a low- in Emerging Technologies. carbon energy future.

These highly prestigious awards are given to global research • Professor Alessandro Olivo, University College visionaries who will lead major research, translation and London, Micro-radian x-ray scattering: transformative innovation programmes on key emerging technologies in order technology for industrial and medical diagnostics. to facilitate technology commercialisation and the creation of significant UK economic and social benefit. • Professor Themis Prodromakis, University of Southampton, Memristive technologies for lifelong The newly appointed Chairs in Emerging Technologies and their learning embedded AI hardware. research projects are: • Professor Danail Stoyanov, University College • Professor Richard Dinsdale, University of South London, Robotic actuated imaging skins. Wales, Bio-electrochemical process engineering for carbon reduction and resource recovery. • Professor Magda Titirici, Imperial College London, Sustainable energy materials for emerging • Professor Susan Gourvenec, University of technologies. Southampton, Intelligent and resilient ocean engineering. The award value for a Chair in Emerging Technologies is £2,780,000 over 10 years. The deadline for the next round of • Professor Natalio Krasnogor, Newcastle University, applications is 4.00pm on Tuesday 11 February 2020. For more Engineering data structures organoids. information contact [email protected]

Regional Engagement Awards The Academy’s Regional Engagement Awards support current Research Chairs, Chairs in Emerging Technologies, Senior Research Fellows and Research Fellows to engage with SMEs and other organisations, so that they can benefit from their engineering expertise, excellence and networks. In 2019 the Academy awarded five Regional Engagement Awards to: • Professor Ana Cavalcanti (University of York) • Professor Claire Davis (University of Warwick) • Professor Colin McInnes MBE FREng FRSE (University of ) • Dr Min Zhang (University of Strathclyde) • Professor Sriram Subramanian (University of Sussex)

Research and innovation 7 Education and skills

Future Engineers Awards

In September, 30 new Future Engineers Awards students began courses at Merthyr College or Coleg Gwent.

The students were drawn from the eight secondary schools that are part of the Welsh Valleys Engineering Project. They are either studying full-time engineering vocational courses, or A-levels in STEM subjects and have expressed a desire for Future Engineers Awards students with Dr Stephen Huntington OBE FREng, Chair of the Panasonic Trust an engineering career. Each student will receive £1,000 a year for the two years funded by the Panasonic Trust and the Wales. Since the launch of the Welsh of their college courses. There were 45 David Family Foundation. Valleys Engineering Project in March applications for the 30 Future Engineer 2018, more than 10,000 STEM and Awards, and 30% of the awards were Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent engineering-based learning experiences given to young women. The awards are remain the two most deprived areas of have been set up for the students.

Visiting Professors’ conference and Master Inventor, who gave a talk on ‘New workplace paradigms for innovation’. On 26 and 27 November, the Visiting Professors’ annual conference took place at Aston University, Birmingham, with Nine Visiting Professors and Academic Champions also a theme of Innovation and education – educating tomorrows’ presented their work, showing how the Academy-led scheme engineers for success in the digital age. is embedding innovation and education for future engineers to work in the digital age. Alongside these talks, there were The Made Smarter Review 2017 indicated that industrial group discussions and presentations on a series of engineering digitalisation presents a massive opportunity for UK industry education-related questions. and the wider economy. To capitalise on this opportunity, industry, government and education establishments will The conference also incorporated a discussion on the need to work in partnership to ensure that the skills needs Academy’s next five-year strategy. There were presentations of industry are reflected in what is being taught in higher from Chris Boyle, Academy Director of Operations and Finance education. and Professor Kel Fidler FREng, Deputy Chair of the Visiting Professor’s Management Group, on what the Visiting Professors’ There were two keynote discussions. Keith Waller, strategy could be. Programme Director of the Construction Innovation Hub, gave a talk on ‘Redefining value - bringing an end to the The 2020 Visiting Professors scheme opens for applications culture of cheapness’. This was followed the next day by on 14 February. Details can be found at Mandy Chessell CBE FREng, IBM Distinguished Engineer www.raeng.org.uk/VP

Engineering Leaders Scholarships

On 5 and 6 October, this year’s Engineering Leaders Scholarships (ELS) annual event took place, with 90 current scholars engaged in a range of activities.

Activities included an activity based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals delivered by Jacobs, the international technical services firm. The also provided strategic management training and a better understanding of leadership.

This was the first year that students from the newly established Sir Ralph Robins Scholarships joined an ELS weekend. During a pre-dinner speech, the attendees heard from Pavlina Akritas, one of the engineers featured in This is Engineering, about her career to date. Some of the ELS attendees at Aston University

8 Education and skills Welsh student internships

This summer, the first cohort of Welsh Valleys Engineering Project students began their internships. Four interns were placed with three companies for 20 days over the summer holidays, fully funded by the David Family Foundation. The experience gave them insights into the operations of global engineering companies and the opportunity to test their career aspirations.

Each intern acquired knowledge and expertise, as well as developing independent decision-making skills, professional communication and networking opportunities.

The Welsh Valleys Engineering Project provides opportunities for students who might not otherwise realise their potential to develop a career in engineering.

Code and Rescue! resource

The latest Academy STEM resource box Code and rescue! has been tried and tested with teacher coordinators during their training days, in preparation for its dissemination among 600 schools across the country.

Teacher coordinators from the Connecting STEM Teachers programme had the opportunity to work with the coding kits and use them in themed activities and challenges.

Code and rescue! teaches students how to code through computing and practical activities that explore the essential role engineers play in supporting emergency services and search and rescue missions. Through a series of creative and collaborative challenges, students are encouraged to develop STEM teachers road-testing the Code and Rescue! resource enquiring minds and team-working skills while understanding the role STEM-based learning plays in real-world engineering The resource is freely available online from the Academy’s scenarios. The box includes everything teachers need to education resource hub. The boxes will be going out to schools deliver the activities as part of the curriculum. in the Connecting STEM Teachers network at the start of 2020.

Welsh language STEM resources The Welsh government has awarded a grant to the Academy to translate its existing STEM teaching and learning resources into Welsh.

The translated resources will be made available on the Academy’s website and Hwb, the Welsh Government’s STEM resources website. Five publications are being translated, including Engineering materials for a greener planet, which shows the role engineers have in shaping the environment, and Engineering in the movies, which explores the creative and practical role that STEM plays in making films and special effects.

These resources add to the Academy’s work with schools and colleges in Wales to develop the STEM curriculum and encourage student progression to engineering careers.

Teacher coordinator training days and how to ensure the greatest impact from their network meetings with STEM teachers. As part of on-going efforts to The Academy’s flagship schools programme - Connecting STEM build stronger links between industry and schools, stronger Teachers, has embarked on a two-year partnership project with connections have been made with the teacher coordinators STEM Learning to deliver enhanced continued professional and the STEM Ambassador coordinators and network hubs in development (CPD) for the national network of science, design their regions. and technology, maths and computing teachers. On successful completion of the second training event in In October, 50 teacher coordinators took part in the first day February 2020, the teacher coordinators will be accredited CPD of a two-part training event at the National STEM Learning facilitators, able to provide further support for their schools and Centre in York. They looked at what effective CPD entails offer enhanced expertise to the teachers in their networks.

Education and skills 9 Thought leadership

Black History Month

In October, the Academy celebrated Black History Month 2019 by showcasing the work of leading black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) engineers.

Twenty engineers were interviewed and asked how they got into engineering, their career highlights, and thoughts on how The Academy and WSP with Aston University hosted two of the Graduate Engagement Engineering Programme events in October to increase the transition racial parity in engineering can be achieved. Their experiences of diverse students into engineering. were shared online as part of a social media campaign to raise awareness of barriers faced, while positively profiling inspiring the D&I measurement in engineering framework these role models. resources can highlight best practice and help enable future monitoring of diversity. During the month the Academy was able to further promote and encourage the use of its Inclusive Recruitment Toolkit with There were also internal activities during the month that its focus on culture, foundations, attraction and assessment included a session on creating inclusive workplaces for BAME and retention, providing examples of best practice. Alongside colleagues.

Adjustment passport On World Mental Health Day in October, the Academy launched a workplace adjustment passport for its employees as part of its ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The passport is a live record of any processes and practices put in place for disabled employees. The main purpose of this passport is to ensure that everyone has a record of any adjustments that have been agreed. It reduces the need to reassess adjustments every time an employee changes jobs, is relocated or is assigned a new manager.

Made Smarter workshop The Made Smarter Review was an industry-led document that explored how UK manufacturing could maximise benefits On 24 October, the Academy hosted an ecosystem mapping from increasing adoption of digital technology through the workshop at Prince Philip House in support of Dr Hayaatun development of digital innovation, leadership and skills. Sillem CBE’s role in chairing the Made Smarter Expert Stakeholder Panel. The landscape in this field is complex. At the workshop, organisations shared their ongoing activities and understanding The event brought together stakeholders from across of the ecosystem, while seeking opportunities for collaboration. research, industry and government to map the broad industrial Recommendations for the Made Smarter Commission were digitalisation landscape. formulated and will be submitted.

Engineering biology Engineering biology innovations range In November, the Academy published from clothes made from spider silk, to Engineering biology: A priority for meat alternatives and microbes used growth, led by an expert steering group to manufacture fuels. Such techniques and chaired by Ian Shott CBE FREng. could disrupt existing industries with faster, greener and cheaper products The report highlights the UK’s world- and processes. leading research in the field and its potential. Its recommendations include The report recommends building calls on the business sector and others better connections between well- to adopt emerging technologies and established biotechnology companies accelerate commercialisation. and synthetic biology startups and spinouts to scale and adopt emerging Engineering biology applies engineering technologies to ensure that UK principles to the design of biological companies are international leaders systems, with potential groundbreaking in engineering biology. applications across a range of sectors: food, chemicals, materials, water, energy, Download the report at www.raeng.org. health and environmental protection. uk/engineering-biology

10 Thought leadership National Engineering Policy Centre topic group meetings

In September, the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) hosted two topic groups to discuss, share and coordinate activities across multi-disciplinary sectors.

The Energy Topic Group focused on upcoming NEPC work on decarbonisation and featured a presentation on the history and future of nuclear power in the UK. The Healthcare Topic Group met to discuss the changing EU regulation of medical devices with the Association of British HealthTech Industries.

The topic groups will support effective practices and coordinate engagement with government as well as inform future work on areas of mutual interest. These topic groups bring together representatives from both engineering and non-engineering organisations.

Policy roundup a public hustings event to explore the most pressing issues for science, technology, research and innovation. The hustings Along with its National Engineering Policy Centre partners, the were co-hosted with the other National Academies, the Academy has been following up the publication of Engineering Foundation for Science and Technology, and the Campaign for priorities for our future economy and society with meetings Science and Engineering. with policymakers, including with the major political parties, as part of the party manifesto development process. The Fellows and Academy awardees were also convened in Academy will continue to use the priorities as part of its October for a round table meeting to discuss a proposal for engagement work with the new parliament. a new UK funding agency modelled on the US Advanced Research Projects Agency, ensuring that the engineering During the general election campaign, representatives from community informs government’s thinking from the early, three of the major political parties were brought together for formative stages.

Engineering better care showcase On 21 October, the Academy hosted a showcase event supported by The Health Foundation to introduce a prototype toolkit based on the Engineering better care methodology. Engineering better care, a systems approach to healthcare improvement was published in 2017 by the Academy in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Since that publication, efforts have been made to put this theory into practice in a number of test cases; including a systems approach to engineering better outpatient results in Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership and to tackle obesity in St. Helens. A toolkit was developed to support the Components that make up the Engineering better care toolkit. It will help uptake of the approach. improvers and clinicians to take a systems approach to healthcare improvement, incorporating people, systems, design and risk This event included a workshop, which brought together engineers and healthcare improvers to co-develop an tested using the Engineering better care formula of systems, improvement plan for discharge letters. This plan was then people, design and risk.

Majority allies’ toolkit An action group of the Academy’s On 3 December, the UN’s International Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Group, Day of Persons with Disabilities, the a network of 60 engineering employers, Academy shared two new videos on has created a set of resources to support the important role majority allies play in individuals who wish to be an ally as well building an inclusive culture. as organisations that wish to have an allies programme or support allies within The videos are part of a series of six. A their organisation. ‘majority ally’ actively promotes and has a passion for diversity and inclusion, The resources available include six short supporting those who may be different films, the role profile of an ally with key to themselves and stands up to actively thrive report, which recommended qualities required, and information on combat barriers to inclusion. creating a critical mass of allies who how organisations can support allies. could then influence organisations by The videos follow on from the Academy’s increasing the inclusive nature of both For more information, visit Creating cultures where all engineers engineering and organisational culture. www.raeng.org.uk/allies-toolkit

Thought leadership 11 Public engagement

Ingenious projects

The Academy’s 2019 Ingenious scheme public engagement projects are underway.

Currently funded projects include: a Photo Electric Light Orchestra project, working with local school children in Bangor, North Wales.

The project uses coding and photonics to engineer musical Kid Carpet’s show Epic Fail uses engineering and art to show that setbacks instruments. The first event was an engineer training workshop need not be feared but can be used to develop innovations at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Bangor University for more than 50 pupils from eight local designed to make science, technology, engineering, arts and schools. The pupils were introduced to coding, electronic circuits maths relatable to their audience. and sensors and were taught how to turn light into sound. Engineers will continue to work with the pupils over the coming In Bristol, the Kid Carpet project is preparing its first residential months, culminating in a musical performance in May. where artists and engineers will explore the value of failure. Taking up residence in three Bristol schools, Epic Fail will work In Birmingham, the Blast Fest Caribbean Sound SySTEM Project with 8- to 11-year-olds and encourage them to re-imagine their celebrated Black History Month with Black STEAM 2019, an school as a place of exploration where they can make, talk, annual showcase of inspirational talks and performances, create, play and test ideas.

Lady MacRobert lecture 1890s, after whom the award was named. On 12 October, Dr Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS gave the autumn term Dame Sue highlighted the benefits of Principal’s Lecture at Cheltenham engineering to society and shared the Ladies’ College. achievements of some of the women engineers who have previously won the Her talk urged young women to take up MacRobert Award. an engineering career to help address the world’s greatest challenges. In her Last year, the MacRobert Award final speech as Chair of the judging celebrated its 50th year. Dame Sue has panel for the MacRobert Award, Dame stepped down from the position of chair Sue told the inspiring story of geologist, of the judging panel after five years and suffragette and philanthropist Lady Professor Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS Rachel MacRobert, who attended has now taken over as the chair of the Dame Sue Ion addressing students at Cheltenham Cheltenham Ladies’ College in the judging panel. Ladies’ College

New Fellows’ briefing and dinner On 7 November, the Academy formally welcomed its new cohort of Honorary, International and new Fellows.

The formal business of becoming part of the Fellowship took place during the day at Prince Philip House. This provided an opportunity for the new Fellows to meet the Academy President, Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE and CEO, Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE. A selection of new Fellows also gave short presentations that told their own stories and highlighted their engineering successes.

After a full day, the new Fellows and their guests moved on to Drapers’ Hall for the annual new Fellows’ dinner. The Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, was in attendance and she warmly welcomed the new Fellows with a toast to their HRH Princess Royal meeting new Fellows at Drapers’ Hall achievements. President of Imperial College, London. Professor Gast’s response The evening was concluded with the traditional new Fellows’ provided an inspiring end to the evening and marked the response, which was delivered by Professor Alice Gast FREng, beginning of the new Fellows’ journey within the Academy.

12 Public engagement In conversation with Bombardier entertainment host, Dr Shini Somara. The team talked about On 21 November, team members from Bombardier, the winner of some of the challenges that they faced using new materials the 2019 MacRobert Award, gave a talk at Prince Philip House. and techniques, as well as answering questions from the audience. The event was supported by The MacRobert Trust Gavin Campbell FREng, Bombardier’s Director of Engineering, and The Worshipful Company of Engineers. was joined by members of the winning team, David Riordan, Head of Technical Engineering, and Mark Braniff, Senior Applications for the 2020 MacRobert Award are now open. Specialist – strategic technology, to tell the story behind the The £50,000 prize is presented to the engineers behind the development of its award-winning aircraft wing. The wing is UK’s most exciting engineering innovations that demonstrate made using a new carbon composite process that minimises tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success. waste, maintenance and weight. For further information, visit The event was introduced by Academy President, Professor www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/macrobert Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE and chaired by factual The closing date is 31 January 2020.

GPS activity for schools to find points using trilateration, the The team then ran the activity for over mathematical technique used in GPS. 500 children and their families at the To celebrate the winning innovation of Science Museum in London over three the 2019 QEPrize, the QEPrize developed The activity debuted at Egglescliffe days during the October half term. an interactive, GPS-themed activity to School in Yorkshire as part of Aldrin Week, inspire the next generation of engineers. a collaboration with the US Embassy. The QEPrize will roll out the activity at The week helped celebrate the 50th other schools around the UK and will The QEPrize recently delivered two trial anniversary of the Moon landing with work with institutions around the world events using GPS principles to create guest speaker Dr Andrew Aldrin, son of to highlight the GPS winners, and the a scavenger hunt for students in their renowned astronaut Buzz Aldrin and head prize itself, to schools internationally. local area. Students use a compass of the Aldrin Space Foundation.

Tim Peake at the Science Museum On 16 October, over 400 school pupils packed into the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London for a Q&A with the UK’s first European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake.

The event, hosted by the Science Museum in association with the Academy and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, saw Tim Peake presented with the Academy’s prestigious Rooke Award for public promotion of engineering.

He was selected for the award in recognition of his inspirational engineering and science engagement through the Principia mission’s education programme, the largest and most successful educational campaign ever organised to support a European astronaut mission.

Tim Peake being presented with the Rooke Award by Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE

New Scientist Live

In October, the Academy exhibited at New Scientist Live, a four-day science, technology, engineering and maths festival for the public.

Over 40,000 visitors attended the event at London ExCel, engaging with exhibits that included an operating theatre of the future and speakers such as ESA astronaut Tim Peake and Academy Research Fellow Dr Mike Cook. There was even an opportunity to smell the moon.

Using This is Engineering as the theme, the Academy developed activities and displays to capture the imagination Olivia Sweeney (left), a chemical engineer with Lush handing out sense aroma of visitors and demonstrate how cutting-edge engineering test strips to visitors at New Scientist Live and creativity can be combined in exciting careers. Visitors could find out about the engineering involved in creating University College London’s iGEM team demonstrated the far- Lush handmade cosmetics with Olivia Sweeney, one of the reaching applications of synthetic biology including a mycelium engineers featured in the This is Engineering campaign. bag and a 3D model of their drug delivery platform.

Public engagement 13 Lewis Hamilton MBE visits the Academy

In December, Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton MBE visited the Academy to formalise his admission to the Fellowship as an Honorary Fellow, in recognition of his role in inspiring interest in engineering, especially among young people.

Lewis Hamilton is an inspiring role model for young people in the UK and around the world, winning his sixth Formula One World Champion title at the US Grand Prix on 3 November 2019. As the only black Formula One driver, and one who has come from a working-class background, Lewis has broken down barriers and demonstrates that people from all backgrounds can succeed at the highest level. This success is fuelled by a relentless pursuit of excellence, the hallmark of an engineer. Lewis Hamilton MBE HonFREng came to Prince Philip House to receive his Fellowship certificate from Academy President Professor Sir Jim McDonald

As well as meeting Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE young engineers who are supporting the Academy’s This is and Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Lewis also met a group of Engineering campaign.

Rooke Award: For the public promotion of engineering by an Academy individual or small team. roundup RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineers of the Year and Sir George Macfarlane Medal: A £3,000 prize for early career UK engineers, supported by the Worshipful Company of Engineers. 2020 Award nominations Sir Frank Whittle Medal: For outstanding and sustained The following 2020 Academy prizes are now open for achievement in any engineering discipline. nominations: All other Academy award nominations close on Friday 21 Colin Campbell Mitchell Award: For an engineer or small team February 2020. To make a nomination, please visit of engineers who have made an outstanding contribution to the ww.raeng.org.uk/prizes advancement of any field of UK engineering. For more information please call the awards team on 0207 766 0630 or email [email protected]

Legacies received Boeing grant The Academy has recently received legacies from the late Boeing has renewed its support of the Academy’s Connecting Dr Michael Reece FREng and from Dr Janet Wolf, widow of STEM Teachers programme for a further year. Professor Peter Wolf FREng (1918-2007). Currently, 900 teachers from over 700 primary and secondary Legacies continue to play an important role in growing and schools receive support through the programme, which helps developing the Academy and the Academy is grateful to all teachers deliver an inspiring and engaging STEM curriculum. Fellows and friends who have chosen to give their support in Since the programme was launched eight years’ ago, it has this way. reached over 340,000 students across the UK.

News of Fellows Professor Steve Furber CBE has been Bernard Looney will become Chief appointed an advisor for DigitalBridge Executive of BP in March 2020 Professor Frances Arnold has joined Alphabet Inc’s board of directors and has Professor Antonio Gens awarded Sir David McMurtry CBE RDI has been been appointed by Pope Francis to the a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the awarded the Institution of Mechanical Pontifical Academy of Sciences Technical University of Civil Engineering Engineers’ James Watt International of Bucharest Gold Medal Samir Brikho has been appointed Chairman of Euro Chem Group Dr Carolyn Griffiths has been Professor John Miles has been appointed to the board of AESSEAL appointed chairman of MyEnergi Ltd Lord Browne of Madingley FRS has been named Chairman of Windward Ltd Professor Andy Hopper CBE has Professor Dimitra Simeonidou has joined the lowRISC Board of Directors as been made a Fellow of the Institute of Naomi Climer CBE has been appointed Independent Chair Electrical and Electronics Engineers a non-executive director at Oxford Metrics Professor Nick Jennings CB has joined Andrew Wyllie CBE appointed a non- Darktrace’s advisory board executive director of BMT Group

14 Academy roundup Media roundup

The Academy received 1,174 items of news coverage from 30 August to 23 December 2019.

On 6 November, the Academy celebrated This is Engineering Day, as part of the ongoing campaign to change the public image and perception of engineering. The campaign was covered in a wide range of media including BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 4’s Today Programme, BBC World, ITV News, City AM, , and many regional radio stations.

The campaign reached more than 12 million people online with #ThisisEngineering trending on Twitter in the UK for most of the day. The day also saw a dedicated Amazon book list, a day of digital training delivered by Google, and new films from Facebook and Ocado. Many other companies ran events, volunteered case studies, donated images and shared campaign content.

Engineers from the campaign featured in print and online news: Enterprise Hub member George Frodsham spoke about how leukaemia, sepsis and malaria could be drawn from the body using magnets in The Sunday Telegraph; Pavlina Akritas spoke about engineering in high heels on BBC online; Lucy Richardson wrote about acoustics engineering in The Sun and James Spurr spoke to the Metro about the engineering behind tennis. Media coverage of This is Engineering Day had an Two images from the This is Engineering free-to-download picture library estimated total reach of 14 million. on Flickr: (top) Monitoring crops under LED lamps in an indoor aeroponics farm; (bottom) An acoustic engineer working in an anechonic chamber at the University Academy-funded researchers have appeared in print and on of Southampton the radio. Professor Sriram Subramanian, an Academy Chair in Emerging Technologies, spoke to and Shefali Sharma from Oxford Space Systems spoke about the other national media about using ultrasound to create audible, RemoveDEBRIS space programme and being a finalist for the tactile holograms. Professor Claire Davis, TATA/Royal Academy MacRobert Award on the Emma Barnett show on Radio 5 Live. of Engineering Research Chair in Low Energy Steel Processing, At the end of November the Academy published a report, spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Drive Time and Engineering Biology: A Priority for Growth, with coverage in about the sale of British Steel. The Daily Telegraph, Yahoo! News and extensive regional media coverage through the Press Association. The Enterprise Hub Launchpad competition was covered in The Manufacturer and Yorkshire media, with articles following in The The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering presentation at Engineer as part of a series of interviews with entrepreneurs that Buckingham Palace, a core event in the global engineering also featured Hub member Sheana Yu from Aergo. calendar, received significant interest from media. The ceremony, the 2019 laureates and the young Create the The Global Grand Challenges Summit hosted by the Academy Trophy designer received extensive coverage across nearly with the US and Chinese national academies of engineering 200 international media organisations, including the BBC, The generated a range of media coverage, including BBC World Telegraph, the Mail Online, Scientific American, Monocle 24, Service World Business Report, a Babbage podcast for The and ZDNet. The news also featured on influential websites Economist and print coverage including Newsweek, the such as The Royal Family and digital and social media outlets Chemical Engineer and a series of articles in The Engineer. around the world.

Academy book launch engineering was, eventually, accepted as unpromising conditions was mainly the way forward before being launched as down to a small group of visionary and On 9 December, Dr Peter Collins, Emeritus The Fellowship of Engineering in 1976. energetic individuals. Director of the Royal Society, launched his book about the prehistory of the An Academy dedicated to engineering The book tells the story behind a Academy at Prince Philip House. had been a possibility for the best part fascinating episode of institutional of 20 years. For far longer, the various history and human behaviour. It is In Origins of the Royal Academy of professional engineering institutions available for £30 at Engineering Dr Collins uses a wide in the UK had been debating how www.academybooks.uk range of archival material to analyse engineering could present a unified the problems that the creation of the face to the world and secure the status Academy Fellows are entitled to a Academy was intended to solve. He in national affairs that it merited. That discount of £5 if they use the password: describes how a national academy for a viable Academy emerged from such 1976RAEng when ordering online.

Academy roundup 15 Forthcoming events HM The Queen’s New Peter Hansford FREng for services to Year’s Honours list innovation in civil engineering This is a selection of Academy events. Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng for For a complete list, visit Congratulations to the Academy Fellows services to engineering www.raeng.org.uk/events and staff who were recognised by HM The Queen in this year’s New Year Officer of the Order of the British Honours list. Empire (OBE) 4 February 2020 Hinton lecture and dinner Dame Commander of the Order of the Professor Andrew Neely FREng for Venue: Prince Philip House British Empire (DBE) services to research and to university/ industry collaboration Time: 6.00pm to 10.00pm Professor Lynn Gladden CBE FREng FRS for services to academic Member of the Order of the British 12 February 2020 and industrial research in chemical Empire (MBE) Fellows’ Day engineering Professor Adisa Azapagic FREng for Venue: Prince Philip House Commanders of the Order of the services to sustainability and carbon Time: 3.30pm to 7.30pm British Empire (CBE) footprinting Professor Colin Bailey FREng for Knight Commander of the British 4 May 2020 services to engineering Empire (KBE) Royal Academy of Engineering / Royal Society of Edinburgh Joint lecture Dr Hayaatun Sillem for services to Air Marshal Julian Alexander Young Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh international engineering CB OBE FREng for defence equipment and support Time: 6.30pm to 9.30pm

19 May 2020 Royal Society memoirs Follow the Academy on Twitter: @RAEngNews Enterprise Hub Showcase online Venue: Prince Philip House Follow the Academy on Facebook: The Royal Society’s biographical memoirs www.facebook.com/RAEngineering Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm of its Fellows is now free to access online. Edited by Dominic Joyeux 6 July 2020 Email: [email protected] Awards Dinner The memoirs feature some eminent engineers who were Fellows of both Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Venue: City Central at the HAC academies, including Sir Diarmuid Downs Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, Time: 6.30pm to 10.30pm CBE FREng FRS. London SW1Y 5DG Tel: 020 7766 0600 www.raeng.org.uk 16 July 2020 The memoirs can be found at The Royal Academy of Engineering The Summer reception tinyurl.com/rofc8f9 promotes excellence in the science, Venue: Prince Philip House art and practice of engineering. Time: 6.30pm to 9pm Registered charity number 293074

Obituaries Dr Neil Hogben FREng died on 7 August Professor Brian Henry Rofe FREng 2019 aged 96. He was formerly the died on 7 May 2019 aged 85. He was Professor Anthony George Atkins Deputy Chief Scientific Officer of the formerly a water engineer consultant FREng died on 25 October 2018 aged 78. National Maritime Institute. and partner of Rofe, Kennard and He was formerly Professor of Mechanical Lapworth. Engineering at the University of Reading. Professor Gunter Hans Joachim FREng died on 20 August 2019 aged 90. He was Professor E. D. Ramsay Shearman Mr Gilbert Albert Waller Blackman CBE formerly the director of the Fraunhofer FREng died on 13 December 2019 aged FREng died on 24 October 2019 aged 94. Institute and founding president of the 95. He was formerly Professor Emeritus He was formerly Chairman of the Central Technical University Cottbus. at the University of Birmingham. Electricity Board. Professor David John Johns CBE FREng Dr Christopher Wheddon OBE FREng Professor John Davidson FREng FRS died on 18 September 2019 aged 88. died on 13 October 2019 aged 76. He died on 25 December 2019 aged 93. He He was formerly the Chairman of DJJ was formerly the director of Rockliffe was formerly Shell Professor of Chemical Associates. Systems Inc. Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a Founding Fellow of the Academy. Professor Peter Thomas Kirstein Mr Robin Lee Wilson CBE FREng died CBE FREng died on 8 January 2020 on 15 November 2019 aged 86. He was Professor Duncan Dowson CBE FREng aged 86. He was formerly director of formerly the Group Chairman of the FRS HonFRSE died on 6 January 2020 research at the Department of Computer Travers Morgan Consulting Group. aged 91. He was formerly Head of Science at University College London. Department at the University of Leeds. Professor Ian Robert Young OBE Sir Edward Walter Parkes FREng died FREng FRS died on 27 September 2019 Professor Joseph Helszajn OBE FREng on 25 September 2019 aged 93. He aged 87. He was a medical physicist died on 11 October 2019 aged 85. He was was formerly Vice-Chancellor of City known for his work in the field of formerly Emeritus Professor of Microwave University London and the University magnetic resonance imaging. Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. of Leeds.

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