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n 18 March 2013, the first Queen Elizabeth Prize fforor engineering that has had global Engineering was awarded to five pioneering and impact on humanity. The Prime Oextraordinary individuals. Dr Robert Kahn, Dr Vinton Cerf, Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron Louis Pouzin, Sir Tim Berners-Lee FREng and Marc Andreessen were MP, said: “The Internet and announced as the winners of the £1 million prize for collectively and the World Wide Web … are collaboratively creating one of the most complex and exceptional engineering innovations that systems imaginable: the Internet and the World Wide Web. The have enabled new industries, announcement was made by Chair of the Prize Foundation, Lord a huge number of jobs and Browne of Madingley, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal. enabled the world and its people to access information The distinguished panel of international judges made their decision and knowledge as never before.” at a meeting on 13 March, chaired by Lord Alec Broers FREng and including Professor Lynne Gladden FREng and Paul Westbury The announcement of the winners generated worldwide coverage FREng. This followed a long and detailed process over the preceding in print, radio, broadcast and social media channels, reaching months involving two groups of Academy Fellows – the search millions of people across many different countries, contributing to group who encouraged nominations from across the world and the one of the main objectives of the Prize – to raise the profile of sifting group who sorted through hundreds of nominations. engineering and emphasize its importance to society. Vinton Cerf described this succinctly: “The Queen Elizabeth Prize for The Internet and the World Wide Web have revolutionised the Engineering is a stunning and welcomed recognition of the power way we communicate and access information and are integral to of engineering to effect change.” the lives of over 2 billion people worldwide. Kahn, Cerf and Pouzin developed the Internet, which provides the infrastructure needed The trophy and £1 million prize will be awarded by Her Majesty the to connect billions of computers to each other. Berners-Lee’s Web Queen in June at a reception in Buckingham Palace. Following the built on this, disseminating and holding information. Andreessen presentation of the award, the next stages will be equally made this information infinitely easier to access, with the creation important: encouraging young people to think deeply about of a user-friendly browser. engineering, and society to appreciate its breadth and scope. “I firmly believe our field’s best days are still ahead of us,” said Lord Broers said of the winners: “These five visionary engineers, Andreessen, “and I can’t wait to see what the next generation of never before honoured together as a group, led the key engineers will accomplish.” developments that shaped the Internet and Web as a coherent system and brought them into public use.” Top: Immediate Academy Past President Lord Browne, with Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering winners Dr Robert Kahn and Louis Pouzin The inaugural winners are outstanding exemplars of what the Above: Royal Fellow HRH the Princess Royal and Academy President Sir John prize was established to do – to recognise and celebrate a feat of Parker GBE listen to the presentation

President’s column 2 Innovation and entrepreneurship 6 Newsletter Global Grand Challenges Summit 3 People and talent 8 Technology and society 4 Business and production 10 Spring 2013 Infrastructure and transport 5 Academy roundup 11 Energy and natural resources 6 Obituaries 12

Queen Elizabeth Prize 1 The first winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering were recently President's announced and the first UK Global Grand Challenges Summit was a great success, as was the Big Bang Fair for young scientists and engineers, in which the Academy column is a leading partner. These major, high-profile initiatives, and the need for increased engineering skills in the government’s growth agenda, are creating a strong sense that engineering is on the map.

We have been at our busiest since I became President, and it is heartening to see the Academy, its Fellows and partners working together to promote and celebrate engineering so successfully. The contribution of engineers to humanity was highlighted by the five pioneering creators of the Internet and the World Wide Web winning the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

The Global Grand Challenges Summit also had an international reach, involving the national academies of engineering of the US, China and the UK, bringing together leading international thinkers and innovators to explore new approaches to addressing some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

Of course, all of our Fellows have made significant contributions to the wellbeing of society, and I am pleased to see more of them now receiving the recognition they deserve as engineering once more captures the imagination of the public. It was very good – and entirely right – that Professor Dame Ann Dowling FREng, Professor Dame Wendy Hall FREng, Dame Sue Ion FREng and Dame Stephanie Shirley FREng featured in BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour Power List. I hope that their achievements will inspire more young women to pursue careers in engineering.

The Academy has recently been working with the Science Museum and partners to celebrate a Century of Innovation. Members of the public have voted for the most Meetings and visitors important British innovation of the last hundred years that will have the greatest impact in the future. But the real point is to raise awareness of, and stimulate debate In his capacity as President, on, Britain’s incredible track record of innovation. Sir John Parker has met: HRH The Princess Royal Having visited many UK engineering-led companies and universities, I am heartened HRH The Duke of York by the high quality innovative engineering and advanced manufacturing that are Martin Koffel – Chairman and CEO of contributing valuable growth to the economy. To reinforce these links, the Academy URS Corporation has launched the Engineering for Growth campaign, which shows how engineering Sir John O’Reilly – Director General makes a major contribution to the wealth, health and wellbeing of society. Knowledge and Innovation Queen Elizabeth Prize Judges Engineering already makes up 28% of the UK economy and employs over Dr Jian Song – Chairman of the 5.4 million people. By 2020, we will need 1.28 million new science, engineering Chinese Academy of Engineering and technology professionals and technicians. Engagement with the next Governing Board generation of potential engineers is central to the Academy’s work. Sir Mark Walport – incoming Chief Scientific Adviser The Academy is a partner in The Big Bang Fair, run by EngineeringUK. This event is Will.i.am – recording artist, songwriter the UK’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, attended and record producer by some 65,000 young people. As well as leading on a significant element of the Big Bang Fair's programme, the Academy ran an interactive exhibition, which this year He attended the following events took disaster recovery as its theme with the strapline: Engineers save lives. and meetings: Council for Science and Technology To support future progress, the Academy and its partners in the engineering Meeting with the Prime Minister profession need government to work across departments to provide inspiring curricula 1851 Royal Commission – Presidential for students. We are connecting with government to ensure that a programme is Dinner created to enrich and modernise the D&T curriculum and include substantial elements Foresight Future of Manufacturing of computer-aided design, advanced manufacturing methods and engineering High Level Stakeholder Group modern design techniques to encourage creativity and problem solving. Such skills Global Grand Challenges Summit are greatly desired by UK employers, especially in growth areas such as robotics and Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering – advanced materials, which the government has highlighted in its support of a new Prize Announcement industrial strategy. Regional Visit to the Health and Safety Laboratory and the

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2 President's column Global Grand Challenges Summit

On 12 and 13 March 2013, the Academy brought together over 450 leading engineers, scientists, economists, educators, artists, designers and policy makers from across the globe for the inaugural Global Grand Challenges Summit in London.

The summit, organised by the Academy in partnership with the national engineering academies of the US and China, sought to provide a new platform for the world’s leading thinkers to share their ideas with the next generation of engineers on how to develop the international frameworks, tools and collaborations needed to address our In his keynote speech on sustainability, common global challenges. economist Professor Jeffry Sachs said that the "juggernaut" of the global economy The stellar lineup of speakers at the and widespread political confusion meant summit included: Professor Dame Ann that humankind had now passed the Dowling FREng, Professor Jeffry Sachs, boundaries of what the planet could Bill Gates, Dean Kamen, Professor provide. Yet models based on continued Robert Mair CBE FREng, Dr Mike Lynch economic development, social inclusion OBE FREng, Professor John Loughhead and environmental sustainability could OBE FREng, Professor Calestous Juma provide “viable ways forward”. HonFREng, Professor Chris Wise RDI FREng, Professor Andy Hopper CBE On health, the Massachusetts Institute of FREng, Jo da Silva OBE FREng, Dr Regina Technology (MIT) Professor Robert Langer Dugan and Dr Paul Golby CBE FREng. FREng saw significant opportunities in the adoption of engineering materials Highlights from the first day included and methods within areas where previous a plenary address by Dr Craig Venter, innovation had been largely in the hands Founder of the J Craig Venter institute, of the medical profession. The final panel, who spoke on the potential for synthetic on education, was joined by Will.i.am and Defence Advanced Research Projects life to improve access to energy, food the keynote speech was delivered by Agency, said that the agency's serial and water. Stanford University President Professor success in bringing ideas to fruition John Hennessy, who said that new online proved that innovation could be taught The summit was also addressed by a course delivery methods meant that and replicated. surprise guest: the entertainer Will.i.am, engineering knowledge was now available who challenged the audience of to everyone worldwide. In her keynote address on the topic engineers to compete with music and of resilience, Jo da Silva OBE FREng, sport for young people's attention. On day two, the plenary address was given Director of International Development at via video link by Bill Gates, who stressed Arup, said that a big hurdle to achieving that engineers will be vital in creating and resilient communities was gaining public delivering new and better drugs to solve and political acceptance that disruption many of the healthcare problems of the would take place. In the final session, developing world, as well as in tackling young engineers gave their views on the climate change. challenges involved in taking the ideas from the summit forward. In his keynote speech on enriching life, Professor Neil Gershenfeld from Videos of the event can be viewed at: MIT pointed to a coming "revolution" in www.raeng.org.uk/ggcsinfo digitisation of materials and processes of fabrication. The session on technology and growth addressed some of the difficulties of the innovation process, particularly in the translation of ideas From top: Bill Gates on video link addressing the from universities and small businesses to Global Grand Challenges audience with the moderator, large-scale commercialisation. Dr Regina Professor Jim Al-Khalili, in the foreground; Will.i.am Dugan, previously director of the US Jo da Silva OBE FREng and Dr Craig Venter

Global Grand Challenges Summit 3 The study covered the potential impacts Technology on the electricity grid, satellites, GPS systems, aviation and mobile and society communications. It highlighted that although the UK is better prepared than most countries, there are areas where it Extreme space weather needs to improve resilience and create preparation strategies. For example, In February, the Academy published although the National Grid has extensive a report on the potential impact of contingency plans in place, there are an extreme solar storm on the UK’s still vulnerabilities. Satellites would be engineered systems and infrastructure. particularly affected by an extreme space Explosive eruptions of energy from the weather event, with an estimated 10% Sun that cause minor impacts on Earth loss of those currently active. are relatively common, but ‘superstorms’, which occur at random and are estimated The media heavily emphasised the to be one-in-200-year events, have the report’s recommendations that the potential to cause great disruption. government establish a UK space weather board to coordinate a national strategy for The report, which resulted from an minimising the effects of a superstorm extensive study led by Professor Paul and that more research is needed into the Cannon FREng, gained widespread media full effects of superstorms. attention and has been well received at senior levels of government. See www.raeng.org.uk/spaceweather

New Year Lecture Century of Innovation

On 15 March, the Great British Innovation campaign launched a website celebrating innovations over the past century. The site featured leading figures who voted for their favourite innovation and explained why it has been so influential to them. Fellows who have made recorded contributions for the site include Sir John Armitt, Dr Martyn Thomas CBE, Dame Sue Ion, Dr Scott Steedman CBE, and the Academy's President, Sir John Parker GBE.

From this list of the ‘greatest hits’ in British science, engineering and In January, John Linwood, Chief John Linwood with an early BBC camera technology, members of the public voted Technology Officer of the BBC, gave the for the most important innovation of Academy’s New Year Lecture, entitled the last 100 years and the one they Behind the Scenes at the BBC. His talk television and web channels. The predicted will have the greatest impact covered the history of the corporation BBC was able to create web pages for in the future. The results of the Great through its early days as a leader in every athlete and event in the Games British Innovation vote were announced radio, then the advent of television by using semantic web technology to on 25 March, when Alan Turing's 'universal and colour television broadcasting. He mine online news feeds — a task that machine', the theoretical basis for modern outlined groundbreaking innovation in would have been too time-consuming computers, was declared the winner. technologies for recording video, indexing and expensive to complete by hand. and maintaining a vast archive, as well as This and other technology-driven The campaign was supported by the mobile broadcasting. solutions allow the BBC to deliver Science Museum, Royal Academy of greater value for money, he said. Engineering, Royal Society, British Science He also discussed the challenges Association and EngineeringUK. of producing complete coverage of The lecture can be viewed on the London 2012 Olympics on radio, www.raeng.tv Visit www.topbritishinnovations.org

4 Technology and society Communities of practice Two CoPs have been established, Infrastructure for energy and the environment, The Academy relies on the expertise of and for transport. Potential further and transport Fellows to contribute to a wide range areas include manufacturing, medical of activities. Being able to identify technologies and process industries. Fellows with the right expertise, who More ideas for other CoPs are many opportunities for UK business, are able to commit time to support its welcomed: please contact with decommissioning of oil and gas activities, is crucial for the Academy to [email protected] installations continuing around the world. deliver its objectives. The report considers the work being Communities of practice (CoPs) are Offshore done on developing carbon capture and being introduced to enable Academy decommissioning storage and offshore renewable energy. staff teams to build relationships with Offshore decommissioning concludes groups of Fellows who are willing A short report has been produced that success depends on maintaining to share their specialist knowledge on the decommissioning of oil and and building on the working relationship and expertise. They will help to build gas production platforms and related between the industry, government networks between Fellows and to infrastructure in the UK continental shelf. and other relevant stakeholders. engage those who have not previously worked closely with the Academy. CoPs This represents a major engineering Read the report at www.raeng.org. also have the potential to involve the challenge at significant cost to both uk/offshoredecommissioning wider Academy community, including industry and the UK government, with Research Chairs, Visiting Professors expenditure estimated to be in the order and other scheme awardees. of £30 billion by 2040. It also presents

Innovation in automotive research collaboration between industry Links to the presentations from the day and universities and the increasing are available on www.raeng.tv On 29 January, the Academy held an crossover between developments and a detailed report summarising event with leaders from the automotive in motorsports and the mainstream the discussions at this event will industry entitled Innovation in automotive industry. There were also be published imminently. automotive. talks on new technologies in areas as diverse as electronics, communications This event is part of a series on innovation. Sir John Parker GBE FREng and Professor and materials. The first, held in January 2012 on Richard Parry-Jones CBE FREng Innovation in construction, was followed chaired the event, which highlighted Lord Drayson FREng, former science by Innovation in technology-based that the automotive industry is often minister, head of Drayson Racing and a companies. The next event in the series, characterised as being driven solely passionate advocate of electric vehicles, Innovation in medical technologies, will by new ideas for power. However, told the conference, “Now is a great time take place on 19 June. automotive innovation spans a multitude to be in the car business, but it’s electrons of areas and some broad themes. The you need these days in your veins, A McLaren concept car on display at Innovation conference heard about new kinds of not petrol.” in automotive

Infrastructure and transport 5 engineering community to set out the generating sector that includes plans for Energy and engineering evidence on the Severn low-carbon feed-in tariffs, a mechanism Barrage proposal. The alliance’s written to ensure sufficient generating capacity natural response was led by the Academy and a restriction on emissions from in close collaboration with a number fossil fuel plants. resources of engineering institutions. The submission is available on the website: The Academy’s Energy and Environment www.engineeringthefuture.co.uk Community of Practice scrutinised Severn Barrage and a video of the witness session is the Bill and prepared the Academy's available through the parliamentary submission. This emphasised the need On 10 January, Professor Tim Broyd website: www.parliamentlive.tv for a holistic strategy for UK energy FREng represented the Engineering the management, encompassing the whole Future alliance at an Energy and Climate system of generation, supply and use. Change Select Committee witness Energy Bill This should be combined with systems- session. The committee was considering level planning to ensure that there is the proposal to build a barrage across The long-awaited Energy Bill was sufficient low-carbon capacity to deliver the Severn estuary, which would put before government in November a balanced mix of electricity generation connect the coasts of England and 2012. The main part of the Bill, on while reducing cumulative emissions Wales. The witness session provided Electricity Market Reform, laid out of carbon dioxide at the lowest an opportunity for the professional plans for an overhaul of the electricity possible price.

Innovation and entrepreneurship

SET for Britain poster competition

On 18 March, the annual SET for Britain poster competition took place at the House of Commons, attended by over 100 parliamentarians. The awards aim to draw MPs’ attention to the UK's thriving science and engineering base as well as reward high quality research being undertaken in UK universities. The event was organised by the Gold medal winner Dr Valeska Ting, with (l-r) Philip Greenish; Dr Stephen Benn, Director of Parliamentary In the engineering category, Dr Valeska Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Affairs, Society of Biology; Neil Scott, Vice President of Ting, from the department of chemical with support from the Academy, the Engineering, Airbus; and Andrew Miller MP, Chairman of engineering at the University of Bath, Institute of Physics, the Society of Biology, The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee won the gold medal and £3,000 prize the Royal Society of Chemistry and the for her research exploring the use of Society of Chemical Industry. Academy non-profit organisation of national nanomaterials to store solid-like hydrogen. Chief Executive Philip Greenish addressed academies of engineering, applied the audience during the winners’ sciences and technologies from 21 Dr Paul Richmond, of the University ceremony and commended the event for European countries, and is able to offer of Sheffield, won the silver medal and encouraging engineering research that independent expert policy advice. £2,000 prize for his research on the use of could one day lead to Queen Elizabeth graphics processing units (GPUs) to build Prize-winning innovation. The meeting in Helsinki was on the theme agent-based models that simulate group of Innovation and Changing Industry behaviour in complex systems. For more information visit Structure and was attended on behalf www.setforbritain.org.uk of the Academy by Professor Sir Mike The agent-based approach takes Gregory CBE FREng. The discussions were advantage of the cost-effective fed by case studies from Germany, Finland supercomputing capabilities of the GPUs, Helsinki policy meeting and Ireland and explored topics including which excel at processing in parallel. integration of services and manufacturing, The fourth meeting of Euro-CASE’s the role of policy, new business models George Gordon, of the University of Innovation Platform was held in Helsinki and removing borders between fields Cambridge, won the bronze medal and on 23 and 24 January. The purpose of of science, education, technology and £1,000 for his research designing a the Platform is to feed into the European policy. The previous Platform meeting, holographic mode-multiplexing system for Commission’s policymaking process on on Financing Innovation was held at the ultra-fast optical fibre communication. innovation. Euro-CASE is an independent Academy on 11 and 12 October 2012.

6 Energy and natural resources Meet the innovators The case studies include designing high-altitude aircraft, creating bespoke heart valves and developing facial recognition software.

The booklet promotes the Academy’s research programme, which supports over 120 research posts and is worth £25 million annually. It is being distributed to schools, colleges and universities.

www.raeng.org.uk/research _casestudies

International Lecture

Dr Shirley Ann Jackson FREng gave the of sections of societies, industries, ERA Foundation International Lecture, geopolitics and economics and therefore titled Clouds, Crowds, Jams and Data: require collaboration of "unprecedented A New Polytechnic to Address Global intensity and fluency". The Academy has published Meet the Challenges. Dr Jackson, President of innovators: Researcher case studies, New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic She championed the idea of the 'new a booklet to showcase the talented Institute and a member of President polytechnic' as a "fresh collaborative researchers who receive Academy grants Obama's Council of Advisors on Science endeavour" across multiple disciplines, and highlight the diversity of engineering. and Technology, called for leadership advanced by the use of technology and and collaboration across science, big data and applied in new ways guided The booklet aims to inspire students who engineering and technology disciplines by societal concerns. are considering careers in engineering and sectors to tackle the world's most research and are studying for A-levels or pressing problems. The lecture can be viewed at are in higher education, by highlighting www.raeng.tv the innovative work that young Dr Jackson pointed out that today's global engineering researchers are undertaking. grand challenges involve a multiplicity Dr Shirley Ann Jackson FREng

McLaren and Surrey Research Chairs

Professor Spencer Sherwin has been appointed to the RAEng/McLaren Racing Research Chair in Transient Flow Simulations for Advanced Race and Road Cars at . Transient Flow Simulations are used to model the changing aerodynamic conditions of car bodies in motion. They can be extremely costly in computational terms and require high accuracy, whereas industry simulation techniques are often largely based upon steady state systems where lower accuracy is required, and so are Technology Ltd (SSTL)/RAEng Research for Earth orbit and interplanetary less accurate when predicting unsteady Chair in Space Engineering at the space. It will investigate applications of and transient flows. Professor Sherwin’s University of Surrey Space Centre. This commercial off-the-shelf technologies research seeks to improve the accuracy will help strengthen their successful into space and research innovative of simulations used by industry without partnership which has previously led to communication, remote sensing and incurring excessive cost increases pioneering missions such as UoSAT-12 robotics, and the feasibility of deploying by adapting largely academic-based and SNAP. Professor Aglietti will work to space science payloads for small satellites simulation techniques that address strengthen the collaboration between and spacecraft. transient flows for implementation in an the research carried out in the Centre industrial context. and the practical applications pursued by SSTL. His research will focus on Professor Guglielmo Aglietti has been advanced multidisciplinary small satellite Counter-rotating vortices, part of a transient flow appointed to the Surrey Satellite and space systems and techniques simulation modelled by Professor Spencer Sherwin

Innovation and entrepreneurship 7 People and talent

Inspiring future engineers

For Inspiring Engineering Speakers' Week, held from 11 to 15 March, the Academy teamed up with BBC broadcaster Robert Peston and his Speakers for Schools initiative. Peston’s project brings leading figures from around the world to speak to and inspire students in state schools across the UK. The presentations delivered during the engineering week’s initiative included talks from two of the Queen Elizabeth in secondary schools and sixth form programme, which is organised by Prize for Engineering judges, Google colleges about engineering careers the charity Education and Employers Board Director, Diane Greene, and in industry and academia. Their talks Taskforce. The charity provides students President of the Engineering Academy covered a range of disciplines from with a wide range of career information of Japan, Professor Hiroshi Komiyama. civil engineering and computer science including routes into apprenticeships to materials research and work for and graduate roles. Robert Peston said, “The country needs the Health and Safety Executive. more engineers and young people need more information about the exciting and Alongside the Speakers for Schools rewarding vocations that await them.” events, employee volunteers from leading companies used the week to Several Fellows were among speakers, give classroom career talks. They did who spoke to interested students this as part of the Inspiring the Future Diane Greene and Professor Hiroshi Komiyama

Ingenious panel Herolab, which aims to get children Connecting STEM talking about engineering by means Teachers of superheroes. During the project, schoolchildren will design their The Connecting STEM Teachers project, own characters with engineered supported by the BG Group, continues superpowers, exploring areas to make good progress in building including artificial intelligence, networks to deliver STEM workshops. human-computer interaction and composite materials. The Academy has now reached its target of placing 24 teacher coordinators Another Ingenious project will get in post across the UK. These teacher engineers out of the workplace as they coordinators are now regularly working become 'engineering buskers' on ferry with 314 STEM teachers from 258 trips in the Solent region. On a similar secondary schools across their regions.

Engineers will lead workshops concerning theme, engineers in the West Midlands Between them they have delivered 113 renewable energy on the hydrogen-fuelled Ross will be touring canals on the Ross continuing professional development Barlow canal barge © University of Birmingham Barlow, a barge powered by hydrogen, sessions or network meetings to while discussing alternative power 1,051 teachers. The Academy has funded 25 sources with members of the public. new projects looking to engage Training has been given on existing the public with engineering by Engineers will also be given the Academy STEM teaching and learning means of its Ingenious grant chance to become radio broadcasters, resources such as the Engineering scheme. Ingenious, funded by the thanks to an Ingenious project run by Ideas Box, the Athlete or Machine? Box Department of Business, Skills and Fun Kids Radio. This will train and help and the latest Winning Medals Box. Innovation, is a grant scheme for young engineers to create engineering Training has also been given on career creative public engagement with audio and video features for children. awareness and the promotion of STEM engineering projects. careers to school students. A full list of projects funded by the Among the projects funded by scheme this year can be found at Ingenious with this year’s funding is www.raeng.org.uk/ingenious

8 People and talent Big Bang Fair 2013

This year’s Big Bang Fair, the largest celebration of science, engineering and technology for young people in the UK, took place at the ExCel Centre, London from 14-17 March and was attended by over 65,000 people.

The education team at the Academy ran a very busy stand for the third year running. The theme was Engineers save lives and visitors undertook hands-on practical activities to understand the vital role of engineers in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

The four activities were: Pulleys and hoists – For this activity, Academy of Engineering 2013 Prize. They Infrared cameras – Visitors were able visitors were asked to lift 9kg sacks of used a combination of electronic sensing to use infrared cameras (loaned by E2V sand using three pulleys of different sizes circuits, microcontrollers and computer and BAE Systems) to locate heat sources to work out which pulley is best suited to programming skills to create a mechanical that had been strategically placed the task and why. hand that is activated by muscle around the Academy’s stand. In doing movement in the upper arm. While so, they were able to understand the Providing fresh water – After a natural developing their project, the students role engineers play in developing such disaster, engineers use pumps to investigated the relationship between the cameras to locate survivors who may be distribute fresh water, so for this activity human body and mechanical prosthetics, trapped in rubble. visitors were challenged to pump water which led them to include a method for from one place to another by using two providing physical feedback from a bionic Earthquakes and buildings – Visitors pumps of different sizes. hand to the body of the user. were challenged to construct their own earthquake-proof structures that could Also at the fair, a team of A-level withstand vibrations from our very own students from Merchiston Castle School, shaker-tables. Edinburgh, was awarded the Royal Earthquakes and buildings

Matthew Hancock MP, Parliamentary to disseminate its Engineering Ideas E4E conference Under Secretary of State for Skills at Box plus associated training, to 135 the Department for Education, told secondary schools in Wales. The the conference he was a friend of funding has allowed for existing engineering and would take the report resources to be translated into Welsh so for officials to study thoroughly. He that bilingual versions of the box can be also used the conference to announce disseminated. a new consultation on accountability measures for qualifications for 16-to The Engineering Ideas Box contains 19-year-olds. a collection of ideas and resources for delivering engineering-themed On 7 March, Education for Engineering The conference also heard from Tim activities for Key Stage 3 students. (E4E) held a conference on technology Oates, the Chair of the Department for They are linked to the curriculum and subjects within the National Curriculum. Education Expert Panel for the National can be delivered in the classroom The Chair of E4E, Dick Olver FREng, spoke Curriculum review, and speakers from or as enrichment activities in an of the need for children to be taught Computing at School and the Design after-school club. these subjects to enable them to be and Technology Association. The technology-literate whether they chose conference's roundtable sessions will In addition to receiving the box pack careers in engineering and science, or not. inform E4E’s response to the current which is worth approximately £200, public consultation on the National those schools who receive the training He added that the current draft Curriculum, which ends on 17 April. will also qualify for a £100 STEM Club curriculum for Information Computing grant to either set up a new STEM club and Technology, with its increased focus or enhance the engineering element of on computer science, was welcome. Engineering in a box: an existing club. However, he was critical of the Design Wales and Technology curriculum and Training has already started, with presented a new report prepared by E4E The Academy received funding from all 135 schools due to receive their on the principles on which Design and the National Science Academy Grant Engineering Ideas Boxes and grants by Technology should be based. Scheme, run by the Welsh government, the end of June 2013.

People and talent 9 Launch of Elite Engineering Programme

The Elite Engineering Programme, supported by the Helsington Foundation and Lego Education, was formally launched in January. Developed in partnership with Anthony Purnell, an Academy Visiting Professor and noted Formula One engineer, the programme introduces young people to high-technology focused engineering, and its many applications and possibilities. Further stages – school competitions, work placements, university scholarships and Academy Visiting Professorships – are designed to attract young people into the profession and provide support Professor Anthony Purnell, Elite Engineering for those unable to afford a university Programme creator, with Kate Bellingham, project engineering education. manager, at the launch of the programme at BETT 2013

Academy Regional Lecture

This year’s Regional Lecture and In addition, a poster competition was Dinner were held at the University of held for early career researchers from Manchester on 5 March. Thanks are due the universities of Manchester, Sheffield to John Bramley FREng for organising and Leeds. Posters were judged by the the event along with the university’s Fellows present and the winner was engineering department. Imran Afgan for the work he and others are doing on coastal flood modelling. Phil Withers FREng, Professor of Materials Science and Director of A dinner for Fellows gave Professor Peter the BP International Centre for Goodhew FREng the opportunity to Advanced Materials at the University of invite input to the current review of the Manchester, spoke to a large audience Academy’s governance. Regional lecture poster competition winners: about the behaviour of materials and Raman Maiti, Linda Trinh, and Imran Afgan their microstructure.

Business and Engineering for Growth programmes that support stimulating economic activity. production The Academy launched its Engineering for Growth campaign in February, Business Secretary, Rt Hon Vince Cable with an online report highlighting the MP, said of the campaign: "Engineering contribution engineering makes to the UK is central to building a stronger across 10 different areas of growth – see economy, which is why skills are such www.engineeringforgrowth.org.uk an important part of the government's industrial strategy. Engineering for Growth will be a major theme for the Academy in 2013. It will "Engineers contribute widely to demonstrate the economic impact and many areas of the economy; their societal benefits delivered by engineering understanding of technology and the and provide the focus for specific opportunities it brings is helping drive up activities designed to drive innovation. competitiveness across many sectors.

Engineering for Growth is aligned to both "Engineering for Growth activities will the Academy’s advocacy and operational certainly play their part in supporting our activities and will show the importance ambitions to support talent growth in of engineering in rebalancing and the sector.” delivering growth in the economy. The campaign will highlight the benefits of The Academy plans to involve a range investing in innovation and relevant skills of partners from industry, academia and as well highlighting the Academy’s own government in the campaign.

10 Business and production Aerospace MSc to make direct links with aerospace technology entrepreneurs. The Academy Programme businesses to undertake projects that will be hosting a launch event for the address the challenges faced by industry, Enterprise Hub on Monday 29 April. The The Academy, in partnership with the and secure opportunities for work event will include a panel discussion Royal Aeronautical Society and co-funded experience and future employment. and the opportunity to network with by government and the UK aerospace entrepreneurs, investors and business industry, is offering 500 ambitious UK companies sponsoring the scheme professionals. The discussion will be employees and new graduates financial are BAE Systems, Bombardier Aerospace chaired by Ian Shott CBE FREng and assistance to study Masters (MSc) level Belfast, EADS/Airbus, Finmeccanica will focus on the key issues faced by degrees in aerospace engineering. The UK, GKN, MBDA Missile Systems, technology businesses, particularly competition for bursaries opened on Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, Rolls-Royce and in the start-up and capital-intensive 21 February and is designed to help the Spirit AeroSystems. growth phases. aerospace sector develop the high-level skills it needs to compete globally. Hub launch Petrofac support A fund of £6 million has been provided The Academy is establishing an Petrofac has extended its support of the over three years to recruit talented Enterprise Hub to bring about a step Enhanced Graduate Engineer programme people who want to build careers in change in the success of UK-based for a further three years. This will enable aerospace, but need financial backing entrepreneurial technology businesses up to 18 engineers to compete for to study at Masters level. The scheme and the contribution that they make to bursaries for Master’s degrees in specialist will support the upskilling of current UK economic growth. areas relevant to the oil and gas industry. aerospace employees already qualified to The company has also agreed to support graduate level, and BSc students currently The activities of the hub will include a new scheme which will build upon the studying at university. A bursary will be existing Academy activities such success of the existing STEM Connecting available for students to cover the cost of as Enterprise Fellowships and new Teachers programme as well as a bursary tuition fees up to a maximum of £9,500. programmes targeted at building the programme for women wishing to study Those students will be encouraged skills, capabilities and vision of UK-based for an engineering MSc degree.

News of Fellows Membership review Academy outcome Professor Constantine roundup Arcoumanis has been appointed The Academy’s Membership Review Ambassador-at-Large of the group, chaired by Dame Sue Ion, was Hellenic Republic. formed in 2012 to review the progress members will have charge of three made since the last review in 2006. or four nominations and each will be Terry Hill CBE has begun a two-year The group found that, since then, the expected to carry out their own research Presidency of the International Proactive Membership Committee had and investigation. Organization for Standardization. accomplished much in providing diverse new nominations. Further information on the review Dr Graham Honeyman CBE has been group's recommendations will be appointed Chair of the University of Looking at the wider membership provided to Fellows in due course; all Sheffield’s Management School. system, the review group concluded that changes will be subject to annual review. the system was failing. In particular, the Anne Lauvergeon has been elected current process of evaluating nominees Women Fellows' Lunch onto the American Express Company by seeking comments from remote Board of Directors. independent assessors means that Academy Senior Vice President Sir many strong candidates fail, simply from William Wakeham and Vice President Professor Yiu Wing Mai has been lack of external review. Dervilla Mitchell hosted a lunch on awarded an honorary degree by the 17 January for a group of women Fellows University of Hong Kong. The review group suggested making and Academy-sponsored researchers. substantial changes for the future. Professor Colin McInnes has From 2014, there will be 11 membership The discussion over lunch focused on been awarded the Royal Society of panels in place of the current five. the Academy’s governance review. The Edinburgh Lord Kelvin prize. These will be larger and each will have issues debated included methods of a more specific focus on discipline engagement with Fellows; regional Dr Stephen Myers has been awarded and sector. For example, there will meetings and the problems associated the 2012 EPS Edison Volta Prize. be a panel dedicated to medical and with a London-based Academy; how biomedical engineering, which will take more Fellows might be engaged in Professor Stephen Young is the on nominations which are currently policy formation and how the selection European Association for Signal split between four of the existing five processes for Council membership Processing’s Technical Achievement panels. There will be no more remote and electing each new President Award winner for 2013. independent assessors; instead, panel are managed.

Academy roundup 11 Fellows’ gifts to the House of Commons Education Professor Robert Mair and Dame Sue Ion Committee on 5 December 2012, he said, were both interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s The Academy’s 2012 Annual Fund has “There was a bump in the road, because . www.bbc.co.uk/ attracted £67,000 in gifts and pledges the Engineering Diploma had to be programmes/b01pth0t and www.bbc. to date. The Academy wishes to thank disaggregated into its component parts. co.uk/programmes/p015pnlx all Fellows who have contributed, and That has now happened, thanks to the those who have advised the Academy good work of Matt Hancock and the Royal The New York Times discussed how the of their legacy intentions. Information Academy of Engineering.” shortage of engineers is putting a strain on on leaving a legacy can be found Britain’s economy. tinyurl.com/cna5hhj under the ‘Development’ tab of the The Coalition midterm review, published Academy’s website. The Academy has on 7 January, listed promoting the Queen A number of Academy Fellows and recently received legacies from the estates Elizabeth Prize and working with the speakers at the Global Grand Challenges of Sir William Barlow FREng and Mrs Anne Academy and the Technicians’ Council Summit, which itself received a great deal R M Robson, widow of Professor Peter to promote engineering as a profession of coverage in UK and international media, Robson OBE FREng FRS. as priorities for business, enterprise wrote a letter to The Times. (Paywall link) and growth. tinyurl.com/c6sz89m Forthcoming events The Engineering the Future alliance is The Academy’s Extreme space weather This is a selection of Academy events. For a supporting the work of Infrastructure report featured in almost every complete list, visit: UK by updating its infrastructure policy national UK newspaper and across the www.raeng.org.uk/events timelines. This was mentioned in the broadcast media. supplementary documents accompanying 29 April 2013 - 1 May 2013 the government’s Autumn Statement in The Academy's media plan for the report Designed to inspire December 2012. had been to focus on the measures needed Part of the Royal Academy of Engineering's to prepare the UK against the damaging Diversity in Engineering Programme On 2 February, a discussion meeting effects of a major solar storm – and Time: 10.00am -12.00pm and and dinner was held on the Academy’s much of the coverage gave a balanced, 2.00pm-4.00pm Extreme space weather report in the constructive account of the engineering Venue: Prince Philip House House of Commons in conjunction resilience that was needed. 19 June 2013 with the Parliamentary and Scientific Innovation in medical technologies committee. The meeting was chaired by The report was covered on BBC Breakfast Venue: Prince Philip House Andrew Miller MP. television, BBC Newsround, Channel 4's Seven O'Clock News as well as on BBC 27 June 2013 On 20 February, representatives of Radio 4's flagship Today programme. Summer Soirée the Academy met the Chief Scientific Venue: The Ron Cooke Hub, the University Adviser for Scotland Professor Muffy For more coverage of the Academy in the of York Calder and the Chief Executive of media, visit www.raeng.org.uk/news/ 17 July 2013 Scottish Engineering. inthenews.htm Awards Dinner Venue: Battersea Power Station Fellows in the media 22 July 2013 Edited by Emily Bick The Academy has attracted much media AGM Email: [email protected] attention of late, including reporting the Venue: Prince Philip House Published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, President’s vision for an industrial strategy, Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, Public affairs roundup high profile events and Fellows’ expert London SW1Y 5DG opinions on a topical issue. Tel: 020 7766 0600 www.raeng.org.uk The Secretary of State for Education, The Royal Academy of Engineering the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, praised Four eminent women Fellows featured on promotes excellence in the science, the work of the Academy on the the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour art and practice of engineering. Engineering Diploma. Giving evidence Power List. tinyurl.com/c8xr462 Registered charity number 293074

Mr Edmund Cooke-Yarborough FREng Mr Ronald Gerrard FREng died on Obituaries died on 10 January 2013 aged 95. 10 February 2013 aged 94. Before his Before his retirement, he was Chief retirement, he was a Senior Partner, Binnie Research Scientist, Instrumentation and and Partners. Professor Nicholas Ambraseys FREng Applied Physics Division, Atomic Energy died in December 2012 aged 83. Before his Research Establishment, Harwell. Dr Nigel Horne FREng died on 15 January retirement, he was Emeritus Professor of 2013 aged 72. At the time of his death, Civil Engineering, Imperial College London. Sir Philip Foreman CBE DL FREng he was Director, Jersey Telecom Ltd died on 23 February 2013 aged and Board Advisor, National Air Traffic Dr Thomas Calverley FREng died on 89. Before his retirement, he was Services Limited. 26 January 2013 aged 94. Before his Chairman and Managing Director, retirement, he was a consulting engineer. Short Brothers Ltd.

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