HRH The Prince of Wales presents 2017 QEPrize

n 6 December, the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for across 10 global centres for engineering, including the US, Engineering (QEPrize) was presented at a ceremony held Japan, Turkey, India and Brazil. This year’s study examines the Oat Buckingham Palace. The day also marked the release changing perceptions of engineering worldwide. the second Create the Future report, an international survey on the perceptions of engineering. Key findings from this year’s report suggest that engineering is entering a new era, where technology-related innovations HRH The Prince of Wales presented three of the winners, are seen to have the greatest impact on our way of life. , Nobukazu Teranishi and Michael Tompsett, with Artificial intelligence and robotics are hailed as the top modern their prize, while fourth winner George Smith was unable to inventions; however, the public believes that innovations such attend. One of the key aims of the QEPrize is to inspire the next as the internet and computers have more relevance to their generation of engineers, so attendees included representatives daily lives. from QEPrize donor companies and leading young engineers from the QEPrize Global Engineering Ambassadors’ network. The study also highlighted that engineering is becoming a Ambassadors and High Commissioners from around the world vessel for progress, with people seeing engineers as being were also in attendance, including His Excellency Mr Koji as influential as politicians in solving major world challenges. Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and His Overall, the industry is recognised as a respectable, prestigious Excellency Mr Robert Wood Johnson, United States Ambassador. and highly trusted career choice. However, 8 in 10 respondents Samuel Bentley, winner of the 2017 Create the Trophy agreed that there is an urgent need for more visible, leading competition, was present to see his design being awarded. female role models. In addition, the study suggested that schools, businesses, governments and institutions are This year’s winners were honoured for their combined important factors in empowering young people to become the contribution to the creation of sensors. Their three engineers of the future. innovations created over three decades have revolutionised the way that visual information is captured and shared. Digital The presentation of the prestigious award is a major highlight in imaging now enables society to access a vast array of intricately the global engineering calendar so it, and the publication of the detailed pictures and video, ranging from the minute scale of Create the Future report, received significant interest from the cell structures to images of far-flung stars and galaxies billions world’s media. News of the presentation reached audiences of of light years from Earth. 1.7 billion worldwide, including the UK, USA and China. For the first time since its inauguration in 2013, the QEPrize generated In the afternoon, guests travelled to Guildhall for an afternoon significant news coverage across Japanese media, marking a tea hosted by the City of London Corporation. Representing the major breakthrough in publicising the prize in East Asia. Lord Mayor, Alderman The Lord Mountevans paid tribute to the winning engineers and highlighted the phenomenal impact of To read the report in full, visit qeprize.org/research engineering on the world.

The second Create the Future report studies the results from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, with winners of the 2017 the inaugural international survey in 2015 in more detail. Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Eric Fossum, Michael Tompsett, Responses were gathered from more than 10,000 people and Nobukazu Teranishi

President’s column 2 Roundup 14 Newsletter Public engagement 4 News of Fellows 15 Research and innovation 8 Obituaries 16 Winter 2017 Education and skills 10 Thought leadership 12

1 trusted to help meet those challenges: 87% say to young people, with several organisations President's they trust engineering businesses to make the pooling resources and providing content that all world a better place, and a similar percentage can use to attract the next generation of talent. column feel engineering is a valuable industry for It will be supported by work on public policy and the economy. workplace cultures that will address barriers to increasing take up of engineering careers. I was also pleased to attend the International Council of Academies of Engineering and The launch of This is Engineering in timed to Technological Sciences (CAETS) meetings coincide with, and support, the government- and conference in Madrid in November. It was led initiative to make 2018 the Year of great to see that the theme of Engineering a Engineering. The government has called on Better World, introduced by the Academy when engineering organisations and engineers to use it hosted the 2016 CAETS convocation, was this opportunity to help raise the visibility of adopted for this conference and will also be the engineering and the opportunities a career in theme of the next two meetings in Uruguay and engineering provides. The Academy is an active Sweden. The legacy of the Academy’s CAETS partner in the Year and I would encourage presidency was also apparent in the range of Fellows to get involved. academies that are interested in collaboration Those future engineers might, years from now, on international development. At the Madrid find themselves supported by the Enterprise At the end of this year, Philip Greenish will meeting, the Academy presented on diversity Hub, which celebrates its fifth anniversary in be stepping down after 14 years as Chief and inclusion and shared the Diversity and 2018. Over this time, the Hub has supported Executive of the Academy. Philip has been an Inclusion Progression Framework as a tool that more than 70 early-career researchers and outstanding Chief Executive and has overseen other academies could use. I hope that this entrepreneurs, and around 90% of the a sustained period of growth and development Academy initiative will have beneficial impact companies they started are still going strong. for the Academy. I want to thank him on behalf on the valuable work already being done across This success is undoubtedly worth celebrating of all Fellows for everything he has done. His multiple national academies. I was particularly and plans to do so will be announced soon. contribution has been enormous and it has pleased that the Academy’s own progress on been a real pleasure and privilege to work with diversity and inclusion has been recognised As we look forward to supporting and inspiring him. In the new year, there will be opportunities recently; it won an award at the Excellence in more current and future innovators, I would like for Fellows to show their gratitude and Diversity Awards for its What’s it like? video to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy celebrate his achievements. series that profiles LGBT engineers, created in New Year and look forward to seeing many of collaboration with InterEngineering and Mott you at the Fellows’ Day on 8 February. Over the past six months, members of the MacDonald, and was also announced as one of appointment committee and I have been the top 50 inclusive employers in the UK. involved in the search and selection of our new Chief Executive. In doing so, we have been In the autumn newsletter, I touched on supported by an executive search agency and I engineering’s role in enabling growth and am grateful to all Fellows who suggested names highlighted that this had been recognised of potential candidates or who expressed an by the government through its investment Meetings and visitors interest in the role themselves. We had an in science and innovation. I was therefore In her capacity as President, outstanding field of candidates. I am delighted pleased that the Autumn Budget reinforced Dame Ann has met with: that Deputy CEO Hayaatun Sillem has been this commitment with announcements about Lord Prior for discussion on industrial appointed. She impressed us all at interview research and innovation, industry and technical strategy with her vision for the Academy and her clarity education, including implementation of T levels, Lord Adair Turner for high-level discussion about how she would deliver it. Hayaatun’s which the Academy is supporting by providing meeting on a fresh case for investment in appointment as Chief Executive will start on independent advice on content. We are also in research and innovation 1 January 2018. She has made a huge difference discussions with the Department for Business, She attended the following events in all the roles she has taken on within the Energy and Industrial Strategy regarding and meetings: Academy to date and is well placed to lead it in further investment in talented engineering Gala dinner Brazilian Chamber of Commerce the years to come. I am sure that you will all join researchers over the next 10 years. The Budget BEIS Innovation roundtable me in wishing Hayaatun well in her new role. addressed some of the key issues that will help IET President’s Address to secure the UK’s prosperity in the future, and The last few months of Academy activity Visit to Northumbria University for opening the publication of the industrial strategy White have put engineering and its impact on an of the STEM facilities and dinner Paper shortly afterwards further cements international stage. This was particularly North East Fellows Dinner at Teeside the government’s assurance to support evident at the presentation of the Queen University industry and the UK’s thriving startup sector. Elizabeth Prize for Engineering at Buckingham Engineering the Future industrial Engineering is a vital part of this country’s Palace. The audience that gathered to see HRH strategy meeting economy, and these actions represent an The Prince of Wales award the trophy to the High level stakeholder group on EU Exit important step towards positioning the UK as winners included diplomatic ambassadors from Talking heads recording for the SS Great an outward-looking, leading trading nation. across the world and members of the QEPrize Britain Trust Global Engineering Ambassadors’ network. Such As 2017 ends, the Academy has much to look POWERful Women Ministerial dinner with a prestigious event attracted worldwide news forward to in the coming year. In January, we Claire Perry coverage, including Japanese media for the first launch This is Engineering, a major digital ICE President’s address time. The presentation was accompanied by campaign to rebrand engineering for young CAETS Annual Convocation in Madrid, the publication of Create the Future, a global people and their teachers and parents. The CAETS Executive Committee and Council Meetings survey of perceptions of engineering, which campaign will highlight the variety, creativity Radio interviews with the Today found that the diverse nature of current global and problem-solving to be found in engineering, Programme on Radio 4, Radio 5 Live challenges means that engineering is now and aims to encourage young people to pursue and Radio Wales regarding the skills and regarded as being more important to the world a career in the profession. This is a campaign diversity/inclusion agenda than ever before. Engineers themselves are that has been professionally created to appeal

2 President's column New Fellows’ Dinner

On 18 October, 50 new Fellows were formally welcomed into the Academy.

During the afternoon, the new Fellows were invited to Prince Philip House to hear from the Academy’s President about Fellows’ role in leading the Academy’s work through key engineering challenges. The new Fellows also heard from some of their counterparts, who told their own stories and highlighted their engineering successes.

After the briefing, new Fellows were officially inducted during a short ceremony and dinner held at Drapers’ Hall in London. The new Fellows were addressed by the President, who spoke of the progress made “towards a more diverse Fellowship reflecting a more diverse profession”. She explained that “we have become an Academy with impact and influence”, providing leadership to the profession and growing “a vibrant programme of work that reaches across the UK, and beyond”. The new Fellows with the President, Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS The evening concluded with a speech by new Fellow Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng, smart sensors, robotic surgery and Dr Hargrove proposed that they Technical Director of McLaren Applied artificial intelligence. She called upon champion a ‘grand challenge’ and bring Technologies. Dr Hargrove spoke of the Fellows to embrace this moment in time together multidisciplinary teams from exciting times that we are living in, with and set themselves the target of being both academia and industry to tackle it technological advances in the internet, ambitious and bold. at scale.

Africa Prize shortlist announced

On 16 November, the 2018 shortlist for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation was announced in Cape Town, South Africa, during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The shortlist recognises the most talented engineering entrepreneurs from across sub-Saharan Africa, including innovators working to make malaria and reproductive health tests easier, engineers who are using dolphin-inspired echo-location for visually impaired people, and researchers who are recovering precious metals from car parts for re-use in manufacturing.

This shortlist represents the fourth group of engineers supported through the Africa Prize, and features 16 entrepreneurs from training, bespoke mentoring and access to a network of Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and high‑profile, experienced engineers and business development Uganda. After six months of mentoring and training, four finalists experts. It is funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund and will be selected from the shortlist. In June 2018, the finalists will the Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund. The Africa Prize would like present their businesses to judges and a live audience, after to thank the Fellows who offer their time as mentors, particularly which one winner will receive £25,000, and three runners up will Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng and Dr John Lazar CBE FREng, who sit be awarded £10,000 each. on the judging panel.

The Africa Prize was launched in 2014, and is a six-month For more information on this shortlist and alumni, please visit programme that provides funding, comprehensive business www.raeng.org.uk/africaprize

3 Public Engagement

New Scientist Live: Engineering inspired by Star Wars

In September, the Academy partnered with Disney for a second time at New Scientist Live to present a stand demonstrating ‘Engineering inspired by Star Wars’.

Held at ExCel London, the four-day festival saw over 30,000 visitors enjoy talks and demonstrations about the world’s most innovative science and engineering.

The Academy’s stand showcased how engineering innovation is moving closer to the fictional world of Star Wars. Visitors could take part in a range of interactive activities, including fighting Stormtroopers in an immersive virtual reality game and building and racing droids with LittleBits electronic blocks.

movement using audio signals from Enterprise Hub was also well ultrasonic direction sensors. represented with stalls from Hub members Bento Lab, Gravity Sketch Guests also explored state-of-the-art and doppel. ultrasound technologies with Professor Sriram Subramanian and his team from To celebrate the crucial role of the University of Sussex and spin-out technicians, the Academy partnered company Ultrahaptics. By taking part in with the Gatsby Foundation, BCS – a ‘haptic challenge’, visitors were tasked The Chartered Institute for IT and the with identifying invisible shapes created Science Council on the Technicians Make in mid-air using ultrasound and could try It Happen stand, where engineering their hand at small-scale levitation. technicians shared stories about the incredible work they have been part of. Several Academy Fellows gave talks Professor Matt Dickinson from the at the event including: Dr Demis University of Central Lancashire Hassabis FREng, Co-founder and CEO Top: A school group meets a droid built by UK demonstrated the technology behind of DeepMind; digital security guru R2‑D2 Builders Centre: Visitors try out a haptic game from the thought-controlled prosthetics with a Professor Angela Sasse FREng; and University of Sussex’s UltraHaptics team robotic arm inspired by Luke Skywalker materials science expert Professor Bottom: The virtual reality Star Wars game was and a helmet that let users pinpoint Mark Miodownik FREng. The Academy’s the stand’s star attraction

4 Public engagement Manchester Science Enterprise Hub member Bento Lab, and Festival turn their voice into a musical instrument with a smart microphone from Vochlea In October, the Academy took part in Music, also a Hub member. Manchester Science Festival for the first time, hosting an event titled What’s A team from the University of Bristol’s engineering got to do with it? Quantum Engineering Technology Labs showed visitors how encryption works The event was hosted on the Platform for with an interactive demonstration. Investigation, a space in the programme Visitors were also able to build structures for scientists, researchers and STEM with electronic circuits using conductive professionals to demonstrate their building blocks from Brixo Toys. work and research to the public through participatory experiences. and children, interacting with a variety What’s engineering got to do with it? of engineering activities. Visitors could A visitor tries out Vochlea Music’s smart had almost 1,300 visitors, both adults extract DNA from strawberries with microphone © Science Museum Group

Battle of Ideas

In October, the Academy sponsored a debate titled From AI to Big Data: can technology save the NHS? at the Battle of Ideas, a weekend of debates held at the Barbican in London about the key issues of our time.

The panel discussed whether engineering technology and innovation can help to deliver new approaches to healthcare and was chaired by Martyn Perks, a consultant and technology writer. The panel consisted of healthcare professionals The debate attracted an engaged was also discussion about the potential including Professor Mark Tooley FREng, audience who debated and discussed issues these approaches may raise, from Honorary Consultant Clinical Scientist at how engineering principles and systems, personal data privacy concerns to public Royal United Hospitals Bath, Dr Isabel Van such as machine learning, smartphone backlash against artificial intelligence.

De Keere, CEO and Founder of Immersive health apps, virtual reality and artificial The panel debates the effects of technology Rehab, and journalist and broadcaster intelligence, could revolutionise on the NHS. The discussion was sponsored by Timandra Harkness. healthcare in the coming decades. There the Academy

Autumn Lecture

On 4 October, Roma Agrawal, Associate Director at AECOM and winner of the Academy’s 2017 Rooke Award for promotion of engineering, delivered this year’s Autumn Lecture in conversation with Professor Mark Miodownik FREng.

The discussion focused on the future of engineering and the importance of engaging the wider world with the sector.

The audience, which included many students, heard about the challenges that Roma had faced trying to get TV editors interested in engineering stories, the years of perseverance it Roman Agrawal, Associate Director of AECOM, at the Academy’s annual took to achieve this, and the logistics of balancing a full-time Autumn Lecture engineering job with public engagement work. career decisions, especially if it enabled them to study Roma and Professor Miodownik also discussed subject subjects such as maths for longer. specialism and whether the UK’s educational system means students rule themselves out of engineering careers too early. The conversation also touched on the importance of boosting Roma recalled her own studies in India and highlighted how a diversity in the sector and the impact that new materials, broader curriculum might help students make more informed automation and 3D printing will have on engineering.

Public engagement 5 Selfies, space and surgery Tompsett took part in an exciting, live by Professor Alison Noble OBE FREng at the Science Museum conversation at the Science Museum FRS, from the Institute of Biomedical for 120 secondary school students from Engineering, and Vinita Marwaha Madill, across the UK. a Space Operations Engineer at the European Space Agency, who shared how Recognised for creating digital image image sensors have revolutionised the sensors, the winning engineers have not way they work. only made the and modern smartphone a reality, but have helped us After a potted history of to explore new worlds, from the depths of sensors, students were invited to ask space to inside the human body. their own questions, quizzing some of the

Michael Tompsett, Vinita Marwaha Madill, world’s leading engineers on everything Nobukazu Teranishi, Eric Fossum, Alison Noble and The conversation was hosted by BBC from the discovery of the selfie to the LJ Rich take a selfie at the event Click presenter LJ Rich, who told the story future of imaging. of the digital and how On 7 December, QEPrize winners Eric its invention has helped to shape the To watch the event, please visit youtube. Fossum, Nobukazu Teranishi and Michael world. The winners were joined on stage com/queenelizabethprize

In conversation with Raspberry Pi science applications to the University of Cambridge. The talk focused on the challenges of launching new technology, including the balance between engineering, entrepreneurship and corporate responsibilities, and also discussed what is next for Raspberry Pi.

The event was introduced by Dr Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS, Chair of the MacRobert Award judging panel, and chaired by science journalist Dr Anjana Ahuja. It was supported by the MacRobert Trust and the Worshipful Company of Engineers.

Known for spotting the ‘next big thing’, the MacRobert Award is presented to the engineers behind the UK’s most exciting engineering innovation. As well as gaining from the prestige of the award, the winners receive a gold medal and a £50,000 prize.

Applications for the 2018 MacRobert Award are now open. For further information, please visit www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/ On 14 November, Dr Eben Upton CBE FREng and Pete Lomas, co- macrobert or email [email protected] founders of the Raspberry Pi, which won the 2017 MacRobert Award, gave a talk at Prince Philip House. Closing date: 31 January 2018.

Raspberry Pi is a small microcomputer that has revolutionised control systems and redefined how people engage with coding. Dr Upton and Pete Lomas discussed how the company has Pete Lomas and Dr Eben Upton discuss the development of the company developed since it was conceived as a way of boosting computer with science journalist Dr Anjana Ahuja

Academy discusses role of and prosperity for the UK. Academy development must be prioritised, and research and innovation Fellows and grant holders were joined current international perceptions must be by parliamentarians and representatives addressed if the UK is to remain a global in growth at party from industry, academia, charities, and force in research and innovation. conferences the wider research and development (R&D) community to discuss ways to meet Dr Rob Oldfield, an Enterprise Fellow, During the political party conference cross-party ambitions to invest at least shared his experiences of creating a season, the Academy, alongside the other 3% of GDP in UK R&D. spin‑out company Salsa Sound, which National Academies, hosted breakfast develops technologies to enhance roundtable meetings at each of the UK’s Richard Maudslay CBE FREng spoke for viewers’ experience of sports broadcast. major political party conferences. the academies at the Conservative Party In particular, Dr Oldfield highlighted Conference event, discussing current the University of Salford’s ‘industrial The meetings explored how the research, levels of public and private investment collaboration zones’, which build closer innovation and business communities can in R&D. Jo Johnson MP, Science Minister, links between academia and industry, as work with government to deliver growth heard that people, funding and regional critical to Salsa Sound’s success.

6 Public engagement View from the top its support for cutting-edge research and development of the engineering On 10 October, David Pitchforth, President skills pipeline. He stated that one of the of BDS Global Operations and Managing challenges that Boeing faces is thinking Director at Boeing Defence UK, gave the ahead to the next 50 years and the chief Academy’s View from the top lecture. engineer that will be required then.

Over 120 guests attended the second The lecture attracted a record number of this year’s lecture series, entitled of students and those studying Engineering the UK’s future success. aerodynamics asked many engaging David Pitchforth used the lecture to questions during the Q&A session. explore how engineering acuity is often more important than business acumen. He emphasised Boeing’s focus on David Pitchforth gives the Academy’s View from continuing its investment in the UK, and the top lecture

Ingenia live!

On 26 September, Ingenia live! returned for its fourth year, discussing the theme of Engineering the past and shaping the future.

Three specialist speakers shared case studies of using CT‑scanning technology to delve into the past. Professor Sarah Hainsworth FREng, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University, discussed how the technology helped discover how Richard III died and demonstrated the extent of the wounds to his skull by giving the audience 3D glasses to view a specially created image.

A 3D-printed scale model of a megalosaurus jaw bone, presented by Professor Mark Williams, Project Evaluation Technologies Group Leader of the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick, was circulated through the audience. Scanning technologies recently discovered that the dinosaur had more teeth than originally thought.

David Mearns, a chartered marine scientist, historical researcher and expedition leader of deep ocean projects, spoke about how the technology had helped to recently confirm that an astrolabe found at the shipwreck of the Esmerelda was the oldest known discovery of a marine navigation tool.

The event concluded with a Q&A session chaired by Dr Scott Steedman CBE FREng, Editor-in-Chief of Ingenia magazine.

Top: Richard III’s skull viewed with 3D glasses to demonstrate his injuries Right: David Mearns discusses his findings from the shipwreck of the Esmerelda

Hinton Lecture 2017 a lower carbon future and encourage the next generation of engineers. On 21 November, Vincent de Rivaz CBE FREng, former CEO of EDF Energy, The lecture was chaired by the Academy’s was joined by over 100 guests at the President, and was attended by Fellows, Academy’s flagship Hinton Lecture, representatives from academia and as he reflected on a career spanning industry, and members of the public. four decades at the forefront of the You can watch the Hinton Lecture at energy sector. http://raeng.tv

His talk explored the changing face of the UK’s energy market and what’s next for Vincent de Rivaz CBE FREng gives the the industry, such as how we can embrace Academy’s flagship Hinton Lecture

Public engagement 7 Research and used to build and repair infrastructure, minimising carbon‑intensive use innovation of cement.

Professor Lunn’s research, which Research Chair: awardee extends her well-established profile partnership with BAM Nuttall, will look at how to develop the technology into a full Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE from the commercial solution. To build confidence University of Strathclyde has taken up in the industry, she will examine ways the post of BAM Nuttall/RAEng Research to create a sufficiently homogenous Chair in Biomineral Technologies for and hard material by deploying the Ground Engineering. This is a five-year technology at a site scale, and will post that will examine and scale-up subsequently excavate and test the the application of bacteria to solidify resulting soils/rocks. soil to reduce the use of cements in construction, and unlock low-carbon The five-year Research Chair posts are alternatives for industry. co-sponsored by industry to support academics in UK universities who are Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE is conducting The microbially induced calcite research into using bacteria to solidify soil for use undertaking use-inspired research with precipitation (MICP) process uses in construction industrial partners. The next deadline for naturally-occurring bacteria and urea applications is 4pm on Tuesday 6 March. solutions injected into soil to change its is a hard mineral that binds together For further information, please see www. properties, making the soil stronger and particles in the soil, turning loose soil into raeng.org.uk/researchchairs or contact more stable. Bacteria precipitate calcite an intact rock. This technology can be [email protected]

Academy conference in education, research and innovation, and strengthen the professional engineering South Africa to encourage collaborations between institutions and partnerships between institutions in the UK and South Africa or industry and academia. In early October, the Academy and the sub-Saharan Africa to promote economic South African Department of Higher and social development. The conference was co-chaired by Education and Training co-hosted a Professor Ken Grattan FREng, a professor two‑day conference in South Africa, Throughout the conference, awardees of scientific instrumentation at City, which showcased ongoing projects and from the Academy’s Industry-Academia University of London, on the first day, aimed to develop ideas for collaboration in Partnerships programme, GCRF and Dr Allyson Lawless FREng, Managing education and research capacity building Africa Catalyst, and Higher Education Director of the South African Institution in the country. Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa of Civil Engineering, on the second convened to present their project day. The event was supported by the Three of the Academy’s international achievements, share lessons learnt and to British High Commission in South Africa, programmes took part in the conference. seed collaboration. The event showcased which was represented by Deputy High The programmes are funded by the the improvements within engineering Commissioner Ben Llewellyn. government’s Newton Fund, Global education and research capacity. It also Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and enabled work towards international the Anglo American Group Foundation. accreditation and celebrated how the They all aim to build capacity in higher Academy’s programmes are helping to Delegates at the event in South Africa

8 Research and innovation Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposium: Pretoria

In early December, the fourth symposium of the GCRF Frontiers of Engineering for Development programme took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria, South Africa.

The event saw 60 early- to mid-career engineers from across the world come together to build new interdisciplinary, collaborative partnerships and discuss themes of data, agriculture and the knowledge economy in the context of international development.

At the end of the event, groups of two or more participants collaborated to write applications for follow-up seed funding For the announcements, more information about the between £15,000 and £30,000 to help kick-start a new programme, or to nominate someone to attend a future interdisciplinary project. Successful awards will be announced in symposium, please visit early 2018. www.raeng.org.uk/FoE‑for‑Dev

The event was co-chaired by Distinguished Professor

Umezuruike Linus Opara, President of the Pan-African Society L-R: Alastair Taylor, CEO of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, Linus for Agricultural Engineering, and Dr Prasad Ram, Founder and Opara, President of Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineers, and Allyson CEO of education platform, Gooru. Lawless FREng

UK IC Postdoc Research of London; and Dr David Haynes, City, that supports new capabilities while Fellowships University of London. building an international science and technology research community. The first four UK Intelligence Community The UK IC Postdoctoral Research The UK Fellowships, offered by the (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellows, Fellowships programme promotes Government Office for Science and awarded in July 2017, began their two-year unclassified basic research in areas of curated by the Academy, are aimed at Fellowships in November and December. interest to the intelligence, security outstanding early-career science and and defence community. Since 2015, engineering researchers. The awardees are: Dr Fabio Alessio the UK programme has partnered with Vittoria, University College London; the US to identify common research The next call for applications will open in Dr James Robinson, University College needs and collaborate with US and February 2018. For more information, visit London; Dr Jonathan Silver, City, University UK academia, promoting research www.raeng.org.uk/ic-postdoc

Industrial Fellowship Broadcasting Corporation Research • Abby Megan Jayne Paterson, scheme and Development: Vectors and tensors Loughborough University: Industrial for textual understanding of subtitles Fellowship researching quality of In September, 10 awardees of the and news additive manufactured parts and Industrial Fellowship scheme began their services research projects. The awardees are: • Zhenyu Zhang, University of Birmingham/ DuPont Teijin Films: • James Ernest Green, University • Indika Dinesh Bandara Nanotechnology enabled polyester of Sheffield/ Controlled Power Pamunuwa, University of Bristol/ film production Technologies Ltd: Advanced electronic Microsemi Semiconductor Ltd: instrumentation systems for electric • Dimitrios Gerogiorgis, University of Nanoelectromechanical relay-based vehicle motors and generators Edinburgh/ Molson Coors Brewing electronics Company Ltd: Data analytics for The Industrial Fellowships scheme • Birgit Painter, De Montfort University/ high-performance multiobjective provides an invaluable opportunity Pick Everard: Integrated building beer fermentation and filtration for early- to mid-career academics to performance evaluation: practical optimisation undertake a collaborative research assessment of management tools • Kevin Briggs, University of Bath/ project in an industrial environment. This • Christie Maddock, University of Network Rail: Industrial Fellowship in scheme aims to strengthen the strategic Strathclyde/ Orbital Access Ltd: railway infrastructure resilience relationship between the university Preliminary design of a UK small and the industry host by providing an satellite launch system • Robert William Hewson, Imperial opportunity to establish or enhance College London/ Airbus: Design collaborative research between the • Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Queen optimisation of 3D printed two parties. For more information, visit Mary University of London/ British hierarchical structures www.raeng.org.uk/ifs

Research and innovation 9 Academy staff member Award, which is given to someone who in collaboration to help meet the receives CIWEM award has made a significant contribution UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. to the water and environmental Bruce Keith, Past President of CIWEM, Louise Olofsson, GCRF Programme management profession. described Louise as demonstrating Manager in the Academy’s international partnership working in both ‘spirit and team, has received the Chartered Louise received the award for her endeavour’, and commended her for Institution of Water and Environmental management of the Academy’s GCRF championing the GCRF Africa Catalyst Management (CIWEM) President’s Africa Catalyst programme and working programme and inspiring others.

Enterprise Hub’s Launchpad Competition winner announced On 28 September, the Launchpad Competition final, which enables budding engineering entrepreneurs to start a business based on their engineering innovation, took place at Prince Philip House.

The competition was won by Nick Schweitzer, who was chosen by a panel of judges composed of the UK’s most successful engineering and technology business leaders. The 25-year-old won with his web-tracking and L-R: Brittany Harris, winner of the People’s Choice Award, with Launchpad competition winner Nick machine‑learning technology that aims to Schweitzer, and finalist Jack Pearson of EngX help businesses become more innovative. His technology offers novel solutions to intelligence to bear on these processes, A separate People’s Choice Award was business problems, using the internet establishing a new way to bring about presented following an audience vote and as its source of inspiration. It identifies positive change by combining existing online voting in the run up to the event. what the future of an industry should business intelligence and best practice. It was won by Brittany Harris for her be, helping business innovation succeed Nick Schweitzer was awarded a £15,000 technology Qualis Flow, a remote‑sensing where it currently fails. cash prize, and will be invited to join and data‑management tool to help the Enterprise Hub at the Academy. users to manage their resources The current methods used by agencies Membership of the Enterprise Hub more sustainably. to identify client problems and solutions provides access to mentoring from the – ranging from desk research to face- Academy’s prestigious Fellowship, and For more information about the to-face interviews – are often slow training and networking opportunities Enterprise Hub, visit enterprisehub. and, if carried out incorrectly, prone to to help entrepreneurs build the skills raeng.org.uk error. Nick’s technology brings creative and contacts crucial to success.

Education and How does the Institute for Alice Barnard, CEO of the Edge Apprenticeships plan to Foundation, chaired a panel discussion skills deliver on its promise? between Dexter Hutchings, a digital marketing apprentice at the Edge Foundation, Sanna Shabir, a civil On 27 October, the Academy hosted engineering technician apprentice at education charity the Edge Foundation’s Atkins, Rebecca Plant from training annual lecture, which asked: how does the provider QA Apprenticeships and Richard Institute for Apprenticeships plan to deliver Folkson who started his career at on its promise? Ford’s apprentice training school before becoming the company’s chief engineer. Attendees heard from Toby Peyton‑Jones, who is an Institute for Apprenticeships board member, an Edge Foundation trustee and HR Director at Siemens. Toby highlighted that L-R: Lord Baker, Chair of the Edge Foundation, apprentices can be better equipped with with Alice Barnard, CEO of the Edge Foundation, the speed and adaptability needed for and Academy Chief Executive Philip Greenish CBE the 21st century workplace. at the event

10 Education and skills Engineering Leaders Scholarships event

relationships with scheme alumni, Academy Fellows and Sainsbury Management Fellows.

Professor John Nolan, current President of the Construction Industry Council and a Past President of the Institution of Structural Engineers, gave a pre-dinner speech on the Saturday.

Applications for the current round of scholarships are open. Please encourage any engineering undergraduates you know who are likely to be engineering leaders and role models in the future nd Members of the 22 cohort of the Engineering Leaders Scholarships, with Howard Mathers FREng (back to apply. row, right)

On the weekend of 30 September, Around 90 of the scheme’s current For further information, please contact the annual networking event for the awardees attended, and undertook Jacqueline Clay at [email protected] Engineering Leaders Scholarships training activities to enhance their (ELS) was held at Conference Aston, leadership skills, networked with Birmingham. other awardees, and met and built

Connecting STEM exploration to the classroom through a The new Engineering in the Movies Teachers training days series of fun exercises. STEM learning resource was also introduced at the event. It is a thematic In October, the Academy held two Vinita Marwaha Madill, an engineer who educational resource that explores the training days for teacher coordinators has worked for NASA and is currently creative and practical side of STEM in (TCs) from its Connecting STEM based at the European Space Agency the film industry, and emphasises the Teachers programme. working on future human spaceflight important role that engineers play in projects, gave a talk on why she is an making films. The autumn term training days held advocate of women in engineering. at the Academy prepared TCs for She shared her journey to her current It features 12 problem-solving projects the year ahead through a variety of role of space operations engineer, and to give students from both primary and presentations and practical activities. discussed how she developed a passion secondary schools the opportunity to After a brief introduction that outlined for human spaceflight and exploration. develop their reasoning skills and work the programme plan to work closely together in teams. with the Academy’s engineering Robotics and coding are increasingly partners, TCs were introduced to the relevant in schools, so TCs also The resource will be available to Academy’s latest STEM learning resource participated in a robot-building, download in December from www. – Mission to Mars. The resource brings programming and driving tournament raeng.org.uk/education/schools/ the engineering challenges of space delivered by fellow TC Michael Nelson. teaching-and-learning-resources

Tomorrow’s Engineers Week posters

The Academy created a set of posters for schools that illustrate the amazing breadth and depth of engineering to celebrate Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2017, which took place between 6 to 10 November.

The new series of posters, titled Engineering in the real world, builds on the success of the Academy’s previous Engineering is… posters and aims to inspire pupils to consider careers in the field. They showcase how engineering is involved in all school subjects, from English to art and PE.

Five hundred posters were printed and sent to schools around the UK, with further digital copies available on the website.

Education and skills 11 Thought of job losses due to technological to predict accurately. However, it was advances. The workshops brought expected that in the medium term there leadership together representatives from would mainly be automation of tasks industry, including startups and rather than jobs. Concerns were raised multinationals, academics, learned about how technology could increase Future of work societies and policymakers to discuss social inequality, and the difficulties the technological, social and economic in balancing the implementation of In November, the Academy hosted two impact. They included presentations automated processes to increase roundtable events to discuss the future of from a range of perspectives and a lively productivity while considering impacts work, chaired by Dr John Lazar CBE FREng. discussion ensued. on the workforce. Reskilling and global regulation were deemed necessary for The topic has received a lot of recent It was agreed that the social changes widespread technological adoption to media attention sparked by fears would be significant and impossible be successful.

AFBE-UK Awards Dinner

On 2 November 2017, the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) held its 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Awards at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London to celebrate its impact on the engineering landscape, and recognise the achievements of black, Asian and minority ethnic engineers.

The Academy works with AFBE-UK through its diversity and inclusion programme and sponsored the Company Recognition Award category. and programmes to encourage more success and in consistently delivering the underrepresented groups, including best performance. As part of its Everyone Allan Cook CBE FREng presented the women, ethnic minorities and those Matters strategy, UKPN has signed up award to UK Power Networks (UKPN) from socioeconomically disadvantaged to the EY National Equality Standard, in recognition of the work it has done backgrounds, into more senior roles. signalling its commitment to diversity to promote diversity and inclusion. and inclusion. This includes integrating diversity and According to UKPN, developing a culture inclusion into organisational strategy, in which all employees feel valued and Allan Cook CBE FREng presents the Company and actively supporting schemes engaged is critical to its continued Recognition Award to UK Power Networks

Science+ energy policy Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS also gave a Committee inquiry on the science budget meeting presentation on nuclear energy. and industrial strategy; HM Treasury’s financing growth in innovative firms In early October the first Science+ The meeting was a great success and consultation; and an Engineering the meeting was held at the Royal Society on it is hoped that it will be the first of a Future response to Dame Judith Hackitt the subject of Decarbonising UK energy: series of such collaborations by the FREng’s independent review on building effective technology and policy options academies. The meetings are intended regulations and fire safety. for achieving a zero-carbon future. to address multidisciplinary issues that require the partnership of multiple The Academy also contributed to The three-day event covered all national academies, in this case, the the Academy of Medical Sciences’ aspects of energy policy and featured Royal Society, the British Academy and response to the Health Committee’s presentations from a number of Fellows. the Academy. Brexit – medicines, medical devices and Professor Ric Parker CBE FREng chaired substances of human origin inquiry. two sessions: one on energy systems Additionally, the Academy was called that included talks by Professor John Inquiries and to give oral evidence for two inquiries. Loughhead OBE FREng and David Eyton consultations Professor Mark Tooley FREng gave FREng; and one on heating, cooling and evidence to the Lord’s Science and industrial processes that featured talks Over the autumn there have been Technology Committee inquiry on life by Nick Winser FREng and Professor Mike responses to several inquiries including: sciences and the industrial strategy and Kelly FREng FRS. Julia King, Baroness the House of Commons Select Committee Professor Nick Jennings CB FREng gave Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng, chaired joint inquiry on air quality; the House evidence to the Lord’s Select Committee a session on transport and Dr Dame of Commons Science and Technology on artificial intelligence.

12 Thought leadership years, around 300 students took part in the employer-led events.

A group of 13 engineering employers and SEO London have taken part in the programme. Feedback suggests that the pilot is having a positive impact on both employers and students. A student who attended the Amey event said that it “opened my eyes to the opportunities in the engineering industry and truly made me feel that the firms present want to see me succeed and support me in the future”.

Engineering Engagement addressing the engineering skills gap. It Fiona Tabraham, Lead Capability and Programme brings female, ethnic minority and socially Development Manager at Network Rail, disadvantaged engineering students described it as a ‘’fabulous opportunity This autumn, 200 students have (with a focus on the newer universities to not only meet lots of great potential taken part in Engineering Engagement established after 1992) to the attention talent in engineering but also to network Programme (EEP) events, at the Academy, of engineering employers through a with other organisations and learn Amey in Birmingham, CH2M in London series of events and follow-up activities. from them’’. and Siemens in Northampton. The EEP is in the final year of a three‑year For more information on EEP, please visit The EEP aims to encourage the transition pilot and it is anticipated that it will www.raeng.org.uk/eep of diverse engineering graduates into continue after the pilot concludes at the engineering employment to contribute to end of March 2018. Over the first two Students at an EEP event at Amey in Birmingham

MEIbioeng/MPEC 2017 biomedical engineering researchers The second session focused on can interact with and influence policy entrepreneurship with speakers from On 13 September, the Academy hosted decisions. With panellists from the across academia and industry and at two sessions at the MEIbioeng/MPEC Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the different career stages, including a 2017 conference, which brought together Department for Business, Energy and member of the Academy’s Enterprise engineers and physicists from across Industrial Strategy, the Medicines and Hub. The speakers presented their academia, industry and the NHS. Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, unique perspectives on what it and the Association of British Healthcare takes to be a biomedical engineering The first of the Academy’s sessions was Industries, the panel generated a lively entrepreneur, including the a panel discussion about influencing discussion, particularly on how regulation opportunities and challenges presented decision-makers that explored how can support innovation in the sector. by this career route.

Engineering better care that better meet the needs of patients, carers and NHS staff. At the end of September, the Academy published its Engineering better care Members of the working group are now report, the product of a joint project beginning work with partners to test and between the Academy, the Academy of implement the approach in practice, and Engineering better care a systems approach to Medical Sciences, and the Royal College build an evidence base for the effectiveness health and care design and of Physicians. of this systems approach in health and care. continuous improvement

The work explores how a systems The Royal College of Physicians is engineering approach could be applied integrating the concepts of the work to health and social care. Co-produced into its new Quality Improvement Hub by engineers, clinicians, and health and that will take forward its vision of the care leaders, it presents a new framework hospital of the future. Discussions are to support healthcare design and also underway to embed systems experts improvement. in Addenbrooke’s Hospital to work on improvement programmes. The framework systematically considers people, systems, design and risk A copy of the report can be perspectives, and is designed to support downloaded at www.raeng.org.uk/ the development of healthcare systems engineeringbettercare

Thought leadership 13 Gender equality in science, engineering and technology • Larger proportions of women, engineering disciplines with a focus on biosciences compared to men, report that and medicine, engineering, and constraints block access to the training New research, published in October, physical sciences. they need or want. shows that women engineers are still underrepresented in senior academic It found that, across all three • Disabled women in engineering engineering posts. disciplines, women experience academia are much less likely to have consistent disadvantages in multiple obtained leadership training. The Athena Swan Survey looked at aspects of their working lives. experiences surrounding gender equality For engineering, specifically, it Professor Nilay Shah FREng, Director in engineering, and their intersections showed that: of the Centre for Process Systems with ethnicity and disability. It was a Engineering at Imperial College London follow-up to the report published in • Women are underrepresented in senior and a member of the Academy’s Diversity spring 2017. positions and overrepresented in and Inclusion Committee said: “Increasing early-career posts. gender equality among academic staff The research, delivered by the Equality is extremely important because it Challenge Unit (ECU) with funding from • The largest gender gap reported was could help stimulate an increase in the the Academy and other professional in engineering, where 7.5% of women representation of female engineers bodies, confirmed ongoing disadvantages had gained their current position across universities from the current for women engineers in academia, with via formal promotion compared with 15%, and have a positive impact on UK women underrepresented in senior 15.6% of men. innovation and creativity.” posts and less likely to be invited to apply for promotion. • Men were also more likely to say that To read full findings, please visit they had been invited or encouraged bit.ly/2j1Kves The research draws on findings from to apply for promotion – 55.1% of a survey of academics working across women compared with 60% of men.

Greenhouse gas removal Paris agreement without the help organisations, the science and of negative emissions technologies engineering of negative emissions In partnership with the Royal Society, that remove greenhouse gases from technologies will be assessed for their the Academy has been invited by the the atmosphere. The government potential for large-scale deployment, Department for Business, Energy recognised this need in its Clean and the associated environmental, and Industrial Strategy to evaluate Growth Strategy published on economic and social issues will be potential methods for greenhouse gas 12 October. investigated and documented. Accurate removal in the UK. lifecycle assessments of the carbon While the Academy primarily supports footprint associated with the process, Current global warming models the reduction in carbon emissions, complementary techniques and the demonstrate that the UK cannot it may be too late to rely on this effect of public perception will be key meet the targets set out in the alone. Using expertise across both factors considered.

Roundup The Connecting STEM Teachers The Academy is most grateful to the programme has a total of 45 teacher foundation for its continuing support of co‑ordinators across the UK, who reach the Academy’s work in further education. New funding for 575 schools. education programmes The Motorola Solutions Foundation has Leave a lasting legacy Two of the Academy’s supporters have agreed to support a series of teaching and committed funding to its education learning resources for further education Thank you to all Fellows who have programmes. students and practitioners. generously pledged a bequest to the Academy. Legacy gifts help the Academy Boeing UK has renewed its support The resources will feature case studies to bring together the most successful of the Academy’s Connecting STEM based around the work of professional and talented engineers from across Teachers programme for a further year. technicians and engineers from sectors the profession to put engineering The organisation supports five teacher where there is an acute lack of diversity. at the heart of a sustainable and coordinators across the UK who currently The resources will include interactive prosperous society, improving lives engage with 47 schools. Boeing has also exercises and simulations for students, and opportunities. For a confidential supported development of Mission to and will feature a biography of a discussion about legacy giving, please Mars, a new STEM teaching and learning professional engineer or technician from contact Fiona Stewart, Head of resource that is now available on the an underrepresented group, including Philanthropy, on 020 7766 0852 or Academy’s website. details of their career progression. [email protected]

14 Roundup Driving change several Fellows told their extraordinary there is a real opportunity to use our personal stories of innovation and expertise to influence and drive strategic leadership in engineering. This was just change and foster challenging debate. a small sample of our Fellowship, and Another response is to get involved in underscored to all those present the activities connected to the Academy, latent potential to drive change that exists through committees or direct action and in our Academy. A question on everyone’s participation in mentoring or enterprise. lips was ‘how can we further catalyse this powerhouse of intellect, wisdom and In the meantime, a range of events around expertise within the Academy to support the UK can be found below and several the medium- and long-term economy of others will appear in the near future. I look the UK?’ forward to seeing you there. Do make a note of the Fellows’ Day at the Academy Professor Richard Williams OBE FREng, There are two immediate responses on 8 February 2018, and later in the year Vice President of Fellowship Engagement, to this. One is for Fellows to seek to the spring East Midlands Lecture (17 May) provides an update on the Academy’s participate in the activities of the and the joint lecture and social event with Fellowship activities. new Engineering Policy Centre that the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1 May). the Academy is now developing to In October, it was a pleasure to welcome launch in 2018. With the vista of the I continue to welcome your ideas, new Fellows to the induction day before augmented industrial strategy within observations and advice, and can be the annual New Fellows’ Dinner. Through the complex national and international contacted at a series of short thumbnail accounts, environments we operate within, [email protected]

Forthcoming events Venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh and Dr Caroline Hargrove FREng about Time: 6.00pm to 7.00pm diversity in the engineering profession. Other national media coverage in This is a selection of Academy events. 31 May 2018 September included further mentions For a complete list, visit Enterprise Hub Showcase of the biofuels report in the Guardian, www.raeng.org.uk/events Venue: Prince Philip House an item on Research Fellow Dr Alasdair Time: 5.00pm to 8.00pm 8 February 2018 Clark on the Mail Online and a profile of Fellows’ day 27 June 2018 MacRobert Award finalist Vision RT in Venue: Prince Philip House Awards Dinner the Daily Express. Time: 3.00pm to 8.00pm Venue: The Pavilion at the Tower of London October included coverage of the Made 6 March 2018 Time: 6.30pm to 10.30pm Smarter report, which the Academy View from the top contributed to, with a column in the Daily Venue: Prince Philip House Media roundup Telegraph from new Fellow Professor Time: 6.30pm to 9.00pm Juergen Maier FREng. Trade press also On 5 September, the Academy’s AGM reported on the Academy’s Engineering 1 May 2018 was marked on BBC Radio 4’s Today Better Care report, the Creating cultures RSE and RAEng annual joint lecture – programme, which interviewed new where all engineers thrive report, and 25th Anniversary Fellows Dr Eben Upton CBE FREng the Launchpad Competition.

News of Fellows International Association for Coastal Dr David Potter CBE has been Reservoir Research, and has been made appointed Honorary Chair of Planet Chris Allam has been appointed UK an Honorary Member of the International Computers Ltd Managing Director of MBDA Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research Professor Mark Tooley has been Leslie Barclay OBE has been awarded appointed President of the Institute of the James R James lifetime achievement Ian Firth has been made an Honorary Physics and Engineering in Medicine award from the Institution of Engineering Fellow of the Royal Institute of British and Technology Architects Faith Wainwright MBE has been appointed President of the Institution Ursula Burns has been appointed a Professor Dame Julia Higgins DBE FRS of Structural Engineers Director of Uber has been appointed President of the Dr Sarah Williamson was shortlisted Suranga Chandratillake has been Institute of Physics for Building magazine’s Woman of the made a member of the UK government’s Dervilla Mitchell CBE received Year 2017 award Council for Science and Technology Building magazine’s Woman of the Year Nicholas Donofrio has been appointed 2017 award Chair of Quantexa Academy Chief Executive Philip Sir David McMurtry CBE RDI FRS has Greenish CBE was awarded an Professor Roger Falconer has been been awarded an Honorary Doctorate Honorary Degree from the University appointed Vice-President of the from the University of Huddersfield of Huddersfield

Roundup 15 2018 prizes and medals The Award, first presented in 1969, LCD projector. Six meeting rooms in call for nominations honours the winning organisation with a the Taylor Centre have full AV and gold medal and the team members with conferencing facilities. The following 2018 Awards will open for a prize of £50,000. The presentation nominations in January: of the award recognises the successful For more information on the rooms development of innovative ideas in available, or to book, please contact Katie Rooke Award – for the public promotion engineering. Jason-Morgan at Harbour & Jones at of engineering by an individual, small [email protected] or call team or project. For further information, please visit www. 0207 7966 0625. raeng.org.uk/prizes/macrobert or email Silver Medal – for an outstanding [email protected] Legacy donation personal contribution to UK engineering by an early- to mid-career engineer Closing date: 31 January 2018 The Academy has received a generous resulting in market exploitation. legacy from Mr Philip Gray FREng, who passed away in April this year. Mr Gray, RAEng Engineers Trust Young David Clarke Fellowships who was elected a Fellow in 1984, Engineer of the Year / Sir George requested that his legacy support the Macfarlane Medal – for early-career The Energy Technologies Institute Academy’s work in education. By helping UK engineers who have demonstrated (ETI) and the Engineering and Physical grow the Academy’s programmes in excellence. Supported by the Worshipful Sciences Research Council have schools and colleges, Mr Gray’s legacy will Company of Engineers. announced three new postdoctoral fellowships that will support researchers make a valuable contribution to building Sir Frank Whittle Medal – for investigating new energy projects. The future generations of engineering talent. outstanding and sustained achievement fellowships were named in honour of Dr in any engineering discipline. David Clarke FREng, ETI’s former CEO, who Publications received died in February 2017. For more information please call the The following titles have been awards team on 020 766 0607 or email donated to the Academy and can [email protected] Hire space at Prince be found in the Fellows’ Library: Philip House To make a nomination, please visit www. Wonders beyond numbers by Johnny Ball raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/ Rooms in Prince Philip House are available Simply brilliant by William C. Taylor prizes-and-medals for Fellows to hire for events, and there The existential pleasures of are currently special offers for Fellows engineering by Samuel C Florman Closing date: Monday 15 February 2018 wishing to book rooms.

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Obituaries Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Sir Michael Latham DL HonFREng died Head of Department at City, University on 2 November 2017, aged 74. He was of London. formerly a Member of Parliament. Professor Peter John Lawrenson Dr Robert George Perceval Voss FREng FRS died on 27 October 2017, Mr Thomas Tait Candlish FREng has OBE FREng has died. He was formerly aged 84. He was formerly Emeritus died. He was formerly Managing Director Associate Director, Science, and Head Professor in the Department of Electrical of Geo Wimpey Plc. of Science Department at Rutherford Engineering at the University of Leeds. Appleton Laboratory. Professor Peter John Deasley Professor John (Jack) Court Levy FREng died on 9 November 2017, Dr James Anthony Charles FREng died OBE FREng died on 27 October 2017, aged 74. He was formerly Director of on 13 November 2017, aged 91. He was aged 91. He was formerly Managing Cranfield Innovative Manufacturing formerly Emeritus Reader in Process Director of Levytator ltd, and Emeritus Research Centre. Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge.

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