AnnualReview 2016/2017 Strategic challenges

As the UK’s national academy for engineering, we bring together the most successful and talented engineers for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering.

We provide analysis and policy support to promote the UK’s role as a great place to do business. We take a lead on engineering education and we invest in the UK’s world-class research base to underpin innovation. We work to improve public awareness and understanding of engineering.

We are a national academy with a global outlook and use our international partnerships to ensure that the UK benets from international networks, expertise and investment.

We have four strategic objectives, each of which provides a key contribution to a strong and vibrant engineering sector and to the health and wealth of society

Make the UK the leading nation for Address the engineering engineering innovation skills crisis

Supporting the development of successful Meeting the UK’s needs by inspiring a engineering innovation and businesses in the generation of young people from all UK in order to create wealth, employment and backgrounds and equipping them with the benet for the nation. high quality skills they need for a rewarding career in engineering.

Position engineering at the heart of society Lead the profession

Improving public awareness and recognition Harnessing the expertise, energy and of the crucial role of engineers everywhere. capacity of the profession to provide strategic direction for engineering and collaborate on solutions to engineering grand challenges.

Royal Academy of Engineering Incorporated by Royal Charter

HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE Senior Fellow HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO Royal Fellow HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO Royal Fellow Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS President Front cover image courtesy of the University of Birmingham c2 Royal Academy of Engineering Contents

Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS, President 2

Philip Greenish CBE, Chief Executive 3

Highlights of the year 4

Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation 6

Address the engineering skills crisis 10

Position engineering at the heart of society 14

Lead the profession 19

Greatly enhance the Academy’s delivery capability 22

Trustee board 25

New Fellows 2016 26

Awards 29

View the online version of the Annual Review along with the full Financial Report and Accounts at: www.raeng.org.uk/publications/strategy-and-•nance

Annual Review 2016/2017 1 Forewords

It is the Fellowship, with its broad range of expertise, that gives credibility and authority to our activities.

Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS President

In June 2016, the Academy celebrated Over the year, two critical and signicant Not surprisingly, a critical issue highlighted in 40 years since our founder Fellows developments in policy called for a profession- both reports is the shortage of people with were brought together for the •rst wide response. Following the results of engineering skills. The causes of this are time by HRH Prince Philip The Duke the EU referendum, the Academy led a long running and complex, and the Academy of Edinburgh to create the Fellowship collaborative study that was published in the has identied seven factors that we are name of the 38 organisations that make up of Engineering. Since then, as our addressing in diŸerent ways under the banner the engineering profession. Together, we Senior Fellow, Prince Philip has given of the Engineering Talent Project. Key among undertook a very broad consultation right these is the need to address the perception of, his time to the Academy tirelessly across the UK that provided the evidence and attitudes towards, engineering careers. and generously and, as he steps back for our report, Engineering a future outside There are many excellent programmes aimed from public duties, we remain deeply the EU, which I handed personally to the at bringing engineering into the classroom grateful for all his encouragement Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. The but these are not having an eŸect at the scale report, which sets out the issues that are of and support. needed, and the connections with schools concern to the engineering community, has are complicated – the Academy’s UK STEM The 40th anniversary gave us a good been very well received in the profession and Education Landscape study identied that opportunity to take stock, assess our progress across government, and we have had a steady there are over 600 organisations involved in and look ahead to the next phase of our stream of meetings with key ministers and STEM education. So many options can make development. One theme became very o›cials to discuss the points that it conveys. it di›cult for schools to nd out what is on evident: everything the Academy achieves oŸer and limits the opportunity to transfer is rooted in the leadership and enthusiastic Later in the year, the government published best practice. To address this, the Royal participation of our Fellows. It is the a Green Paper on industrial strategy, Academy of Engineering and EngineeringUK Fellowship, with its broad range of expertise, another issue of great importance across that gives credibility and authority to our the engineering profession. We again joined are exploring how we might best work activities. Whether helping identify the next forces to respond to the consultation, with together to simplify and streamline our cohort of new Fellows, mentoring budding workshops and a survey with some 1,200 outreach to schools, for example through entrepreneurs, framing our policy advice to individual responses providing the evidence common messaging, a central education government, guiding our communications for our submission. Again, the fact that the portal, and a focus on what teachers and with the public through the media, supporting profession has spoken with a single voice on students want. No one underestimates the our vibrant research programmes, or steering such a signicant topic has been well received challenge that this might present but, if the our schools outreach – Fellows are the core by ministers and we have had a number of engineering profession works collaboratively of everything we do. I am very grateful to our meetings and workshops to follow up on our once again, the increase in impact could have Fellows who so generously give their time. recommendations. be signicant.

2 Royal Academy of Engineering Forewords

Our education and skills and research programmes are greatly valued by schools, colleges and universities and continue to attract new support from engineering businesses and other partners.

Philip Greenish CBE Chief Executive

In her foreword, the President the issues that might constrain the UK’s Prince Philip House and have completed the refers to two important reports ability to compete successfully on a global nal phase of its refurbishment with the to government in what has been stage as we leave the EU. opening of the Taylor Centre. This provides a seminal year for the UK. Both us with a secure, high-quality home for Collaboration underpins all that the the foreseeable future, which is close to were led by the Academy with the Academy does and is integral to the Whitehall, Westminster and many principal support of the larger engineering profession. The Trustee Board has been partner organisations. Fellows have institutions, but presented in actively considering how the Academy can contributed signicantly to this project the name of all 38 bodies in step up to the next level of effectiveness, over the years for which the President and the professional engineering impact and influence across all of the I are most grateful. You will read within this community. Academy’s activities. We have already report of the wide range of work that the made considerable headway in expanding Academy delivers within and from Prince This reflects the growing need for our our global reach through our role in major Philip House. profession to speak with a coherent new international programmes such as the voice if we are to achieve real impact Newton Fund and the Global Challenges The Academy has stepped up to many new with policymakers on matters of Research Fund, all of which are delivered challenges this year while consolidating its strategic importance. This was also a key through partnerships. Our education and position. We look forward to working with recommendation made by John Uff CBE skills and research programmes are greatly our partners to increase the in¤uence and QC FREng in his independent review of UK valued by schools, colleges and universities impact of our profession in the challenging professional engineering, commissioned and continue to attract new support from times to come. early in the year by the three largest engineering businesses and other partners. engineering institutions. Throughout its relatively short life, The Academy has convened the profession the Academy has worked to secure its and provided policy leadership for several permanence. While it is the diŸerence we years but the events of the last year and make through our activities across the UK our response to them have provided added and beyond that matters, we need a well impetus to place this on a more strategic located and eŸective base from which we can and systematic footing. This is critical if we plan and deliver our programmes. This year, are to contribute effectively to addressing we have secured a new 125-year lease on

Annual Review 2016/2017 3 Highlights of the year

MAKE THE UK THE LEADING NATION FOR ENGINEERING

INNOVATION 43 EARLY¥STAGE HUB MEMBERS HAVE RAISED MORE THAN £30 MILLION OF EXTERNAL FUNDING TO DATE 44 ACTIVE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS ACROSS 20 DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES 181 LEADERS IN INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED IN 14 COUNTRIES

ADDRESS THE ENGINEERING SKILLS CRISIS 67,000 PUPILS HAVE BENEFITED FROM EDUCATION PROGRAMMES 28 NEW VISITING PROFESSORS APPOINTED, BRINGING THE TOTAL IN POST TO 68 35 ENGINEERING LEADERS’ SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

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POSITION ENGINEERING AT THE HEART OF SOCIETY 250 MEDIA MENTIONS A MONTH ON AVERAGE 11,300 COPIES OF INGENIA SENT OUT QUARTERLY 265,000 VISITS PER MONTH TO THE ACADEMY WEBSITE

LEAD THE PROFESSION 35 MILLION PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THE ENGINEERING A FUTURE OUTSIDE THE EU REPORT 450 ATTENDEES FROM 40 COUNTRIES AT THE ENGINEERING A BETTER WORLD CAETS CONFERENCE 6,799 RESPONDENTS TO THE INCLUSIVE CULTURES PROJECT SURVEY

Annual Review 2016/2017 5 Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation

From supporting researchers through their careers to helping to promote excellence in the profession, the Academy wants to make sure that brilliant innovators and entrepreneurs receive the support they need to translate their ideas into commercial success though products that can change lives.

Ian Shott CBE FREng, Chair, Enterprise Committee

Enterprise Hub excellence and promoting creativity and Enterprise Fellows supported by the Royal innovation in engineering. It identies the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 were In February 2017, the Enterprise Hub’s new founders and leaders of tomorrow’s high-tech announced. The 12 Fellows will benet physical home, the Taylor Centre, was opened, companies and provides bespoke support and from a comprehensive support package providing a base for the Hub’s community of mentoring from the Academy’s Fellowship. that includes seed funding, mentoring, and talented innovators, mentors and investors. marketing and PR support. The Hub portfolio The Enterprise Hub forms a key part of Just after the opening, the fourth cohort of is diverse, supporting a wide spectrum of the Academy’s commitment to stimulating Enterprise Fellows and the second cohort of engineering and technology startups on their entrepreneurial journey, from antibacterial coatings for steel and ‘smart glasses’ for blind and partially sighted individuals, to energy- absorbing smart materials.

The Hub is becoming an increasingly global community. The Academy is now working with over 400 early-stage entrepreneurs from emerging economies around the world, including alumni of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. They are being supported by the Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund, Newton Fund, and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), which provides government funding to support cutting-edge research that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries.

The Academy’s Launchpad Competition continues to encourage budding entrepreneurs between the ages of 16 and 25 to start a new business based on their engineering innovation idea. The 2016 winner, Michael Tougher, developed ‘Dots’, a novel musical technology that allows people to create music by positioning stackable An attendee at the Taylor Centre launch event tries out Enterprise Hub member Mo-Sys Engineering’s buttons on a mat. Each button acts as a note virtual reality technology © Rob Lacey and can be combined into entire chords.

6 Royal Academy of Engineering Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation

The opening of the Taylor Centre in February conferencing facilities, hot-desking space Taylor Centre 2017 is the next step in the Academy’s and a number of diŽerent-sized meeting progress towards transforming Prince Philip rooms. The new Taylor Centre within House, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s home since 2007, into a national forum for The Taylor Centre provides a place where Prince Philip House provides engineering. members can work, meet investors, Enterprise Hub members attend events and receive training. By with a place to meet, work Based in the lower ground ’oor of Prince providing a physical space, together Philip House, the dedicated centre oŽers with funding and mentoring support, the and grow their businesses. state-of-the-art IT, audio-visual and Academy is leading the way in expanding the country’s capacity for engineering innovation.

Plans for the new centre began with an enabling donation from renowned inventor and entrepreneur Dr John C Taylor OBE FREng, who has also lent his name to the Hub’s new home. The redevelopment was also made possible with generous support from the late GeoŽrey Argent FREng and The Wolfson Foundation, with equipment kindly donated by Toshiba UK.

The Enterprise Hub’s new physical home, the Taylor Centre, oŽers Hub members a state-of-the-art space to work and network

The technology aims to empower people Research a wide range of engineering disciplines and to create their own music without having technology areas, from hip-replacement to master complex musical instruments. The Academy’s research programmes technology to machine learning. In the last Michael is now working with a number of contribute to engineering innovation by year, four Senior Research Fellows have been Hub mentors to bring his product to market. supporting excellent researchers throughout promoted to professors and nine new awards their careers. were made; eight of these were with industrial The Enterprise Hub Annual Showcase is partners that were new to the programme. the most signicant event in the Hub’s The Research Fellowship scheme provides calendar. It provides Hub members with outstanding early-career researchers with Another scheme bringing industry and an opportunity to pitch their ventures ve years’ funding and mentorship from academia together is the Academy’s Industrial to an audience with the aim of securing Academy Fellows to help awardees establish Fellowships scheme. It supports early- to investments, clients or collaborations. themselves as future research leaders. The mid-career academics wishing to undertake a The theme for the 2016 showcase was scheme is highly competitive and 13 new collaborative research project in an industrial Challenges of scaling up. Gerard Grech, appointments were made during the year. One environment, which can help improve the CEO of TechCity UK, delivered the keynote of these Research Fellowships was supported quality and industrial relevance of their speech on the importance of building by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation and ve teaching and promote research collaboration. the capabilities of the next generation of were supported by the GCRF. The research Eleven new Fellowships were awarded over technology entrepreneurs. Lesley Eccles, objectives of the GCRF Research Fellows the past year. Founder and Marketing Director of fantasy are focused on promoting the economic sports marketplace FanDuel, led discussions development and welfare of developing Launched in November 2016, Frontiers of that focused on breaking the growth barrier, countries. The Academy’s 44 active Research Engineering for Development (FoE) is another drawing on her experiences of starting Fellowships are distributed across 20 diŸerent of the Academy’s GCRF programmes. FoE FanDuel and developing it into a world-class universities and a quarter have been awarded symposia are interdisciplinary, international company. to women. events that attract diverse attendees from throughout engineering, including The Pathways to Growth scheme, which The Research Chairs and Senior Research government, industry and academia. The previously supported training programmes Fellowships scheme, co-funded by industry, events are held twice a year and bring together to improve the skills of engineering helps to establish and enhance world- early- to mid-career engineers to network, entrepreneurs and engineers within startups, leading, ‘use-inspired’ collaborative research engage and collaborate to tackle global grand spin-outs and other small engineering programmes at UK universities. The ve-year challenges. At the end of each symposium, organisations, has been refocused to meet university–industrial partnerships have led participants are oŸered the opportunity the increasing challenges of scaling up. The to real impact, including acoustic damping to apply for £20,000 seed funding to help new SME Leaders programme now aims to systems for leaner, greener aero-gas-turbine kick-start a collaborative project inspired support the development of leadership skills combustion and improved survivability of by the event. The rst event took place in through training courses, masterclasses and protection structures. The scheme currently Cambridge in November 2016, resulting in 15 workshops, and mentorship. supports more than 45 partnerships covering seed fund awards, and the second took place

Annual Review 2016/2017 7 At a glance

Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellows appointed The Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposia allow international development and engineering in 2016–17 professionals from across the world to network and share ideas © Rob Lacey

Professor Michalis Zervas, University of in Edinburgh in February 2017, resulting in nine competition, open to early-career researchers Southampton, SPI Lasers seed fund awards. in science, technology, engineering and Developing ˜bre-optic lasers of the future. maths (STEM). At the March 2017 event, 60 Dr Xibo Yuan, University of Bristol, The Leverhulme Trust Senior Research engineering applicants from across the UK Safran Electrical & Power UK Fellowships scheme, funded by the presented their research posters. Run by Reducing fuel consumption with more Leverhulme Trust, enables mid-career the Parliamentary and Scientic Committee electric aircraft (MEA). academics with a proven track record in in partnership with the Academy and other research to be relieved of their day-to-day science and engineering organisations, the Dr Sophie Williams, University of Leeds, responsibilities in order to concentrate on event provides a valuable opportunity for DePuy Synthes research full time. Each Fellowship pays for a Parliamentarians to engage directly with Optimising reliability and performance of replacement academic to cover their teaching scientists and engineers. arti˜cial hips. and administrative workloads for up to one year. In the last year, seven Leverhulme Trust Professor Stephen Roberts FREng, Senior Research Fellowships were awarded. International activities University of Oxford, MAN Group

Machine learning and data analysis This year, the Academy, the Royal Society and The Academy is a delivery partner for the techniques for large-scale, real-world the British Academy, with support from the government’s Newton Fund, which supports applications. Leverhulme Trust, launched a new initiative: science and innovation partnerships with Professor Omar Matar, Imperial College the APEX Awards (Academies Partnership in emerging economies. One of the Academy’s London, Petronas supporting Excellence in cross-disciplinary ¤agship Newton Fund activities is the Leaders From oil to toothpaste – multiphase ’uid (X) research). The programme aims to in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) programme, dynamics to help industry go with the ’ow. demonstrate how researchers from diŸerent which helps entrepreneurial researchers across disciplines sharing a common vision can come the globe to commercialise innovations that Professor Hongbiao Dong, University of together to generate creative and innovative address international development challenges. Leicester, TWI Ltd solutions that benet wider society, with a In March 2017, the third year of the LIF Cracking the complexities of metal particular emphasis on the boundary between programme drew to a successful close after processing. science and engineering and the social welcoming 181 Fellows from 14 Newton Fund sciences and humanities. Each award will be up partner countries to the UK, including the rst Professor Christoph Bruecker, City, to £100,000 and can be held for a duration of attendees from Indonesia and Malaysia. At the University of London, BAE Systems 12 to 24 months. The award will primarily fund Academy, they received an intensive course Developing aerodynamic skin inspired by staŸ costs. of training and coaching, masterclasses from nature. Academy Fellows and opportunities to network Professor Robert Bowman, Queen’s The Academy is partnering with the with peers. The alumni from the second year University Belfast, Seagate Technology Government O›ce for Science to deliver a of the programme reported raising over $6.5 Developing new materials enabling new UK Intelligence Community Postdoctoral million in funding following training from their advanced data storage for next-generation Research Fellowship programme to promote coaches. hard drives. unclassied basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence The Industry-Academia Partnership Professor Sera m Bakalis, University of communities. Applications were invited to Programme is another Newton Fund scheme. Birmingham, Procter & Gamble address topics ranging from quantum and This year, the programme funded a total of Modelling the real use of cleaning products optical sensors to calculus of privacy, with 46 bilateral collaborations with six countries. to enable the development of sustainable successful candidates announced at the end The China programme was particularly well goods. of June 2017. subscribed and represents an important outcome of the Dowling Review Symposium, Some Academy-funded researchers had which was held in Beijing in July 2016 and the opportunity to showcase their work at encouraged both countries to share lessons on the annual STEM for Britain national poster business-university collaboration.

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Research Fellowships

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships are designed to promote excellence in any •eld of engineering.

The scheme provides support for high- quality engineers over a ˜ve-year period and encourages them to develop successful, independent academic Dr Paul Shearing Dr Peter Gammon research careers. The Fellowships can have a long-term impact on the Research UK and industry. He won the Institution silicon-carbide (Si/SiC) wafers that exploit Fellow’s career and can be of great of Chemical Engineers’ Young Chemical the advantages of these semiconductor relevance to industry. Engineer of the Year in Academia in 2014 materials, which include higher voltages, and a RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer currents and temperatures. The Si/ One such Fellowship was held by of the Year award in 2016. Dr Shearing SiC concept and the methodology for Dr Paul Shearing at University College believes that the resources, support developing these wafers were developed London until December 2016. His and academic freedom aŽorded by the within the time of Dr Gammon’s Fellowship research focused on tackling challenges Research Fellowship were pivotal to these and have led to an optimised and in electrochemical energy conversion achievements. subsequently patented device layout. and storage, particularly improving the Dr Gammon has since been awarded design of lithium-ion batteries, and he was Dr Peter Gammon completed his Research an Innovate UK grant and is involved in promoted to Reader during the Fellowship. Fellowship at the University of Warwick in industrial projects with Thales Alenia Space Dr Shearing has published more than 90 March 2017. His work focused on developing and the UK Space Agency. He believes that papers on his work in electrochemical new electronic devices that can work in harsh his career developed at such a pace thanks storage and raised additional funding of environments, such as aerospace and electric “to the academic freedom and security that over £9 million from Research Councils vehicles. He developed novel silicon-on- the Research Fellowship guarantees”.

After a pilot phase that ran from 2013 to 2015, of £25,000, and three other nalists from attended a week of training in Kigali, Rwanda. the Higher Education Partnerships in sub- Kenya, South Africa and Uganda each received The training allowed them to practise their Saharan Africa programme was able to scale £10,000 to support their businesses in the pitches and meet inspiring local Rwandan up signicantly, supported by funding from elds of health technology and energy access. innovators. An exciting partnership with HRH the Anglo American Group Foundation and The Duke of York’s Pitch@Palace series also the GCRF. The programme provides funding In early 2017, 16 entrepreneurs from eight resulted in all of those on the shortlist pitching to nine hub universities in sub-Saharan Africa, countries in sub-Saharan Africa who have their innovations at St James’s Palace in which support a network of 62 additional been shortlisted for the third Africa Prize London in March 2017. spoke universities in 16 countries across the region. The hub universities undertake work placements with local industry partners, and in turn, share their experiences with the spoke universities through a series of workshops that they organise and fund. By forming and strengthening relationships between academia and industry, the programme aims to ensure that the higher education system in sub-Saharan Africa produces engineers with the skills and knowledge required to meet the needs of industry and to tackle local challenges.

In 2016, the second Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation was awarded to Arthur Zang, an innovator from Cameroon, for his heart-monitoring device, the Cardio-Pad. The small tablet device allows any medical professional to perform heart diagnostics at any location, which can then be sent to a cardiologist and interpreted in less than 20 Africa Prize winner Arthur Zang receives the award for his Cardio-Pad device from lead judge Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng minutes. Zang’s innovation earned him a prize

Annual Review 2016/2017 9 Address the engineering skills crisis

The UK requires a highly skilled workforce of creative engineers and technicians. From learning resources for school pupils to grants and bursaries for engineering students, the Academy is ensuring that young people are aware of the opportunities to pursue engineering at each stage of their education.

Professor Helen Atkinson CBE FREng, Chair, Education Committee

Visitors to the Academy’s stand at the Big Bang Fair enjoy a demonstration of Marty the Robot, a programmable 3D-printed robot developed by Enterprise Hub member Dr Alexander Enoch of Robotical

10 Royal Academy of Engineering Address the engineering skills crisis

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Annual Review 2016/2017 11 Attendees at the Visiting Professors’ conference collaborate on a project held at one of the workshops © Rob Lacey

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12 Royal Academy of Engineering Address the engineering skills crisis

One of the Academy’s main areas of Transforming focus has been on developing a suite of creative materials for a communications attitudes to campaign that will challenge the typical view of engineering and inspire young people to ˜nd out more. A variety of ideas engineering have undergone qualitative testing with the target audience, which has provided further insight into the perceptual shift The Engineering Talent required to engage them. The next steps for the project include the development Project (ETP) aims of a more detailed media plan of where to communicate the the adverts will appear, the adverts At a glance excitement of engineering themselves, and commencement of a wider round of consultation and testing and breadth of opportunities of the branding, messaging, storyboard Education programme it o²ers. and script. highlights

ETP, the Academy’s programme to address The other elements of the project focus the engineering skills crisis and public on increased engagement with schools Over the past year: attitudes towards engineering as a career, through EngineeringUK’s Tomorrow’s has made considerable progress over Engineers programme; a policy and public the past year. The project has attracted aŽairs programme to address structural Nearly 1,000 free resource boxes have been barriers, such as teacher shortages in the support of seven major engineering given out to schools. businesses and a comprehensive research key subjects and poor careers guidance study has provided greater understanding in schools; and a concerted eŽort to of the young people whom the Academy improve workplace cultures so that The Connecting STEM Teachers programme hopes to reach, and their perceptions of employers are attractive to the current has worked with more than 1,000 teachers an engineering career. and next generation of engineers. from over 500 schools.

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Annual Review 2016/2017 13 Position engineering at the heart of society

The Academy’s Fellowship is a hugely valuable resource, enabling us to ensure that the voice of engineering is heard and heeded in the public domain. The Academy has become a key contributor to the development of national policy, and the work we do to raise the public prole of our profession – both in the UK and internationally – has enjoyed great success, although there is so much more to be done.

Professor John Loughhead OBE FREng, Chair, Engineering Policy Committee

Policy against cybersecurity attacks and the ethical engineering could help to transform the frameworks that should guide developments quality of health and care in the UK and This year, a key theme for the Academy’s in articial intelligence. It has since been reduce costs. The shared learning from policy work has been digital systems and developed into a study that will consider how this work has been distilled into a ‘primer’, data. Following on from the publication of the regulations in autonomous systems might a document that will enable this engaged Connecting Data report in September 2015, impact on UK businesses. community to explore and promulgate the Academy held workshops that considered the approach in their NHS and academic aspects of cyber security and resilience On the subject of energy, the Academy institutions. and how to use data to create wealth. The published Living without electricity, a report rst of these workshops investigated how that was put together with Lancaster The Academy’s Panel for Biomedical digital control systems and the Internet of University and the Institution of Engineering Engineering held a three-day conference, Things can be developed to incorporate and Technology. The report detailed the hosted by Imperial College London, on medical higher safety standards, something that is loss of virtually all modern infrastructure in imaging and interventions for cancer for vital as more and more critical systems are Lancaster for four days in December 2015, early-career researchers and their mentors being connected. The second workshop caused by unprecedented ¤ooding in north in September. The conference was designed explored how data generates value and Lancashire and Cumbria. Professor Roger to support the career development of where innovations have led to new ways Kemp MBE FREng, a Professorial Fellow at postdoctoral researchers by giving them the of prompting wealth creation, for both Lancaster University, used this local crisis opportunity to showcase their work, improve individual companies and the UK economy as as an opportunity to observe how modern networking skills and receive guidance from a whole. To mark the one-year anniversary society copes without a regular supply of leading experts. of the publication of the report, a panel electricity. He rst wrote a blog post, which discussion, Creating value from data through was followed by a workshop and publication The Academy was commissioned by statistics and engineering, was held jointly of the report. Stories about the report’s the Department for Transport and the with the Royal Statistical Society. ndings were featured in the Guardian and Department of Energy and Climate Change the Sunday Times and the subject has been (now the Department for Business, Energy As part of the Engineering and Physical aired at a number of meetings of emergency and Industrial Strategy) to put together a Sciences Research Council’s rst Robotics responders and planners around the country. report on the sustainability of liquid biofuels Week in June 2016, the Academy hosted a that will provide evidence to support policy debate on the ethics of autonomous systems: Better delivery of health and social care was developments in this area. Work on the Robots: faithful friend or existential threat? addressed through a year-long project that study progressed throughout the year The discussion covered the technical, brought together engineers and some 50 under a working group of Academy Fellows economic, social and legal aspects of the people involved in service improvement in and experts, supported by Academy staff, development of articial intelligence, focusing the NHS. A series of workshops examined and the final report will be published in on the su›ciency of existing legislation how systems-thinking methods drawn from summer 2017.

14 Royal Academy of Engineering Position engineering at the heart of society

Academy awards evening

The MacRobert Award 2016 winning team from Blatchford receives the gold medal from HRH The Princess Royal and the President

In June 2016, the President Royal Institution Christmas Lectures that AlphaGo project successfully beat the was joined by over 400 guests she presented on engineering. The Major world’s number one Go player, long seen to celebrate the best in UK Project Award was presented to a team as a grand challenge of AI research, in a from BAE Systems’ AI (Applied Intelligence) contest in Seoul in 2016. It was watched engineering at the Academy’s Labs for its Intermediate Frequency Modem online by 280 million viewers. annual Awards Dinner, held at System, which was a key component of the the Pavilion at the Tower of technology used by the Rosetta spacecraft Professor Tong Sun, Director of the London. to study the comet 67P/Churyumov– Photonics and Instrumentation Research Gerasimenko. The Prince Philip Medal, the Centre at City, University of London. The evening saw the announcement Academy’s highest individual accolade, went She was the ˜rst female professor to be of the MacRobert Award, the UK’s to Dr Jonathan Ingram for his groundbreaking appointed at the university’s School of longest-running and most prestigious work on BIM (building information modelling). Engineering (as it then was) in its 100-year prize for innovation in engineering. HRH history and is an international leader in The Princess Royal and the President The Silver Medals, which are awarded to the use of optical ˜bre sensors to monitor presented the prize to the winning team outstanding individuals in recognition of their sensitive equipment, particularly in from Blatchford for the development of its personal contributions to UK engineering, extreme conditions. Linx limb system, a prosthetic with smart were presented to: robotics that constantly monitor and adapt Established with the generous to movement, making walking and other Dr Damian Gardiner, a research scientist support of the Worshipful Company of movement more natural for lower-leg and Business Development Manager at Engineers, the RAEng Engineers Trust amputees. Johnson Matthey, which acquired his Young Engineers of the Year awards University of Cambridge startup company, are given to UK engineers in full-time Apple’s Chief Design O®cer Sir Jonathan ilumink Limited, in 2015. Dr Gardiner higher education, research or industrial Ive KBE HonFREng was guest of honour developed a unique method of printing ‘liquid employment, who have demonstrated at the event and presented MacRobert crystal’ material onto any surface using an excellence in the early stage of their Award ˜nalists Jaguar Land Rover and ink-jet printer, a secure, economical and career. The ˜ve awards were presented Siemens Magnet Technology, as well as practical way of security-tagging products to Dr Sithamparanathan Sabesan from Blatchford, with a certi˜cate. such as cosmetics, perfumes, drugs and the University of Cambridge, Dr T Ben banknotes. Britton from Imperial College London, John A number of other prizes were presented Collins from Arup, Orla Murphy from Jaguar throughout the evening. Professor Dr Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO Land Rover and Dr Paul Shearing from Danielle George MBE, from the University of Google’s DeepMind subsidiary, which has University College London. Dr Sabesan of Manchester, received the Rooke made a number of pioneering breakthroughs also won the Sir George Macfarlane Medal Award for her contribution to the public in arti˜cial intelligence (AI). Founded in 2010 for demonstrating excellence in the early promotion of engineering, including the and acquired by Google in 2014, DeepMind’s stage of his career.

Annual Review 2016/2017 15 Engaging through the media about the report on BBC World News and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. The Academy’s communications activities have grown steadily throughout the year, with The Academy’s work has also been publicised an increase in media coverage and audiences in connection with cultural events this year. engaged with the Academy through social The 20th Century Fox lm Hidden Figures media and public engagement. oŸered an excellent opportunity to promote the Academy’s diversity and inclusion work. Academy activities continue to be promoted The lm is based on the true story of a group through a wide range of traditional and of African American women who worked for social media. Highlights this year include the NASA as ‘human computers’ in the 1950s and President appearing on Desert Island Discs on 1960s. Head of Diversity Bola Fatimilehin was BBC Radio 4 during the week when she was interviewed by both the Daily Telegraph and At a glance formally appointed to the Order of Merit by the Guardian, and she and Surrey Satellite Her Majesty The Queen. Several other Fellows Technology’s Anita Bernie spoke on Radio 4’s were proled in the media this year, including Today programme about the importance of Event highlights Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng in the diverse teams in engineering. Financial Times’ At Home feature and Dr Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS, who also appeared on April 2016 Desert Island Discs. Public a²airs Fellows’ visit to British Airways Engineering. Over the course of the year, the Academy The outcome of the referendum on the UK’s May 2016 was mentioned in national and regional print membership of the EU and the appointment Self-driving cars – a safe bet? – East and online media more than 3,000 times – an of Prime Minister Theresa May and her Midlands regional lecture by Professor Tim average of 250 mentions a month – and has government team provided the backdrop to Gordon, Head of School of Engineering, contributed to 43 TV broadcasts and 113 radio much of the Academy’s external relations University of Lincoln. broadcasts. These ranged from the Enterprise activity during the last year. The Academy Hub Showcase being featured on the Sky took advantage of opportunities to engage September 2016 News’ technology show Swipe to Optos widely across government following Research Forum – exhibiting the work of the founder Dr Douglas Anderson FREng being publication of the joint professional report, Academy’s funded researchers. interviewed for the Daily Express, 10 years on Engineering a future outside the EU, which resulted in the profession having considerable October 2016 from winning the MacRobert Award. interaction at the highest level with those Breaking the code – held as part of the Engineering a future outside the EU, the departments preparing the UK’s position for Ingenia live! series with presentations from Professor Dino Distefano from Facebook, profession-wide report coordinated by the the negotiations. Dr Marily Nika from Google, and Dr Danny Academy following the EU referendum (see Tarlow from Microsoft Cambridge. page 19), reached an estimated audience of The Academy has long called for industrial up to 35 million people when it was published, strategy to be a central priority of Space missions – the what, how and why – through coverage including articles in the government. As such, the creation of the regional lecture by Professor Matt Perkins Daily Telegraph and Financial Times. Deputy Department for Business, Energy and FREng. CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem was interviewed Industrial Strategy was very welcome news,

November 2016 In conversation with MacRobert 2016 Award winners: Blatchford – the development of the world’s most advanced prosthetic limb.

Hinton lecture – Engineering the future of data – Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FREng, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and Principal of Jesus College, explored how advances in computing are transforming the world we live in.

January 2017 Fellows’ Day – a special event for Fellows, highlighting the Academy’s recent and current work.

March 2017 Delivering the nation’s ˆagships – joint annual lecture with the Royal Society of Edinburgh given by Archie Bethel CBE FREng FRSE, Chief Executive of Babcock International Group plc. Speakers at the ˜rst UK schools screening of Hidden Figures, organised by the Manchester United Engineering the future – lecture by Warren Foundation: (l–r) Elspeth Finch (Chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering Innovators Network), Anita Bernie (Director of Spacecraft Platforms at Surrey Satellite Technology), Ginny Buckley (broadcaster and East CBE FREng as part of the View from the motoring journalist), Hazel Macnamara (Audit Partner at PwC), Professor Karen Holford FREng (Deputy top series. Vice Chancellor at CardiŽ University) and Rachel Riley (mathematician and presenter of Channel 4’s Countdown)

16 Royal Academy of Engineering Position engineering at the heart of society and the Academy quickly built on its existing guitar workshop series, where participants The Academy also participated in public relationship with the new Secretary of State, worked together with engineers to learn basic engagement activity at science festivals. Greg Clark MP, actively working with him on a acoustic, circuit design and electromagnetic In September 2016, the Academy hosted a number of issues including the engineering theory. The project culminated in a gallery stand at New Scientist Live, based on the skills shortage. exhibition and video documentary at Edinburgh theme Superhuman vs. Superhero, for which College of Art, and participants took part in Disney/Marvel permitted the Academy busking sessions at a local shopping centre. to use imagery of its popular superhero Public engagement characters. Visitors to the stand were able Ingenious also funded Survival Village, an to get hands-on with the latest brain- and The Ingenious public engagement grant initiative organised by SMASHfest, which body-enhancing technology, such as state- scheme supports projects across the UK that promotes STEM through art and design. The of-the-art prosthetics, a mind-controlled engage people with engineering in creative festival took place in Deptford, London, and game, a working Iron Man-inspired helmet ways, and gives the engineers involved was designed to increase diversity and widen and glove, and a demonstration of smart opportunities to develop their communication participation in STEM subjects within one materials. and engagement skills. Now in its 10th year, of London’s most disadvantaged boroughs. the scheme has funded more than 189 Using a disaster scenario that focused on the The same theme was explored at projects, reached over 2.5 million members of aftermath of a volcanic eruption, participants Cheltenham Science Festival through the public, and worked with more than 5,000 explored engineering solutions to loss of an Academy-hosted panel discussion engineers. shelter, power and clean water. Survival with Professor Mark Miodownik FREng Village will also visit other underserved areas that explored the latest engineering Projects that ran over the last year included of London through a series of mini-festivals developments and asked how much human the eTunes: build your own electro-acoustic and workshops. enhancement is too much.

Visitors to the Academy’s stand at New Scientist Live view a demonstration of an Iron Man-inspired helmet and glove designed by Matt Dickinson, a lecturer in computer-aided engineering at Lancaster University who received an Ingenious grant in 2014

Annual Review 2016/2017 17 Celebrating engineering – the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering winners (l–r) Dr Michael Tompsett, Professor Eric Fossum, Professor Nobukazu Teranishi and Dr George Smith

The Queen Elizabeth transformed medicine, science, personal Entries to the competition were made Prize for Engineering is an communication and entertainment on a via a bespoke design app, launched international £1 million prize global scale. in 2016 and free to download, which that rewards and celebrates allowed entrants to easily create and engineers responsible for a The announcement took place at Prince submit their 3D designs. Samuel’s Philip House in the presence of HRH The winning design will be 3D printed by groundbreaking innovation Princess Royal. It received global coverage, BAE Systems and presented to the 2017 that has been of global beneŠt reaching an international audience of Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering to humanity. around 1.3 billion people across a range of winners at a ceremony at Buckingham media. These included BBC channels, Sky Palace in late 2017. On 1 February 2017, Lord Browne of News, Financial Times, The Times, Daily Madingley FREng FRS, Chairman of the Telegraph and Daily Mail; Time and Forbes Alongside the biennial award, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in the USA; NHK and Fuji TV in Japan; and prize is committed to encouraging Foundation, announced the winners Phoenix TV in China. young people to pursue careers in of the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for engineering. The Queen Elizabeth Engineering. The winners were four On the day, 15-year-old Samuel Bentley Prize for Engineering Global engineers from across the world, Professor from Wales was also named as the winner Engineering Ambassadors Network is Eric Fossum (USA), Dr George Smith (USA), of the international Create the Trophy an international community of young Professor Nobukazu Teranishi (Japan) and competition. Samuel’s trophy design, engineers from business and academia Dr Michael Tompsett (UK), who together inspired by Snowdon, was chosen from that plays a vital role in expanding the were responsible for the creation of digital thousands of entries from 14 to 24 year worldwide recognition of the prize. imaging sensors, technology that has olds in 32 countries around the world. The ambassadors are role models and connect with peers around the world to promote engineering excellence and inspire the next generation, embodying the objectives of the prize.

Samuel Bentley’s winning trophy design, based Create the Trophy winner Samuel Bentley receives his prize from HRH The Princess Royal at the on Snowdon, which was created using the Create announcement of the winners of the third Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on 1 February 2017 the Trophy app

18 Royal Academy of Engineering Lead the profession

The Academy has taken a leadership role across the profession in many areas, from assessing the impact of leaving the EU on engineering to a collaborative approach to diversity and inclusion. It has actively sought engagement from engineers and engineering employers across all of its activities to ensure that its work informs, supports and represents the profession as inclusively as possible.

Allan Cook CBE FREng, Vice President for Committee Coordination

Engineering the Future base, and the risks posed by losing access to EU research and innovation funding programmes. Following the referendum vote for the UK to leave the EU, the Academy led work on the Capitalising on the strong policy Engineering a future outside the EU: securing recommendations outlined in the EU report, the best outcome for the UK report, which the Academy has been well-positioned to make assessed the potential impacts on engineering informed contributions to government policy. of the UK leaving the EU. The President met the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis The report was produced by an alliance of the MP, and other ministers and senior o›cials UK’s professional engineering organisations in relevant government departments, to representing over 450,000 engineers. It drew emphasise the importance of engineering and on wide-ranging consultation with engineers ensure that it is fully recognised in forthcoming from all corners of the profession, including negotiations. The coming together of the industry, academia and the public sector. engineering profession to produce a collective view was universally welcomed. A key nding was the need to maintain the supply of engineering skills to support Throughout the consultation process, one the world-class quality and success of UK opportunity was repeatedly highlighted: the engineering companies and universities. In development of a new industrial strategy response, the report called on government and by the government, in partnership with the engineering community to work together academia and industry, as a route to enabling to take decisive action on the domestic engineering to maintain and increase its engineering skills crisis and advocated contribution to economic development and straightforward solutions, such as temporary social progress after the UK leaves the EU. visas for skilled engineers from EU countries Therefore, when the government announced with the specialist skills that the UK lacks. a nationwide consultation on industrial strategy in January 2017, the announcement The report also highlighted how critical was welcomed by the Academy and hailed innovation is to the UK’s economy and as a major opportunity to reinvigorate the productivity. It addressed the role that EU engineering and manufacturing sectors. support and collaboration has played in Under the leadership of the Academy, the contributing to the UK’s globally excellent and 38 national organisations representing highly productive research and innovation the engineering profession again joined

Annual Review 2016/2017 19 At a glance

Responses to consultations and inquiries The LGBT engineers who took part in the What’s it like? ˜lm series increasing the visibility of LGBT people in engineering April 2016 Responses to inquiries from the House of forces to commission a survey and a series have an increased focus on inclusion and Commons (HoC) Science and Technology of workshops to respond collectively to the provide opportunities for a larger number (S&T) Committee into robotics and AI; the HoC Transport Committee on rail technology: consultation. of companies to be actively involved in signalling and tra®c management; and a the programme. The DILG also comprises submission to the European Commission’s call a small strategic steering group, which is for ideas on a European Innovation Council. Statement of Ethical Principles for supported by ve industry-chaired action the Engineering Profession groups that each focus on a specic work June 2016 theme: measurement, inclusive recruitment, Response to the Higher Education Data and Within the past year, the Statement of Ethical procurement, inclusive cultures and Information Improvement Programme as Principles for the Engineering Profession communication approaches. part of the subject coding reform. has been revised. A joint working group July 2016 was established in late 2016 to review the The Academy collaborated with the Science Statement to ensure that it remains t for Council to create a Diversity & Inclusion Response to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) consultation on 5G. purpose. It was also an opportunity for the Progression Framework for professional Academy to maintain a leadership role on bodies that was launched in December September 2016 ethics within the profession. 2016. The framework is a simple tool to help Responses to inquiries from the HoC S&T organisations plan and prioritise their diversity Committee on leaving the EU: implications This joint publication between the Academy and inclusion activities in eight areas that and opportunities for science and research; and the Engineering Council was rst are relevant to professional bodies, such the Public Bill Committee on the Higher published in October 2005 and was last revised as governance and leadership, awards and Education and Research Bill; and the in 2014. It is intended to be a statement of the grants, and employment. Academy staŸ will Business, Innovation and Skills Committee values and principles that guide engineering use the framework in internal action planning on industrial strategy. practice and should supplement the codes during 2017 and will support the PEIs in October 2016 of practice published by the professional their own framework rollout. The Academy’s engineering institutions (PEIs). Engineering Diversity Concordat work with the A joint submission from the four UK National Academies to the HoC S&T Committee on PEIs has been brought under the Engineering the role and priorities of UK research and the Future umbrella in order to reconnect with innovation. Diversity and inclusion PEI presidents and chief executives. November 2016 Structural changes have been made to the As part of a growing focus on aspects of Response to the Lords Internal Market Academy’s diversity programme in response to diversity beyond gender, a series of online Sub-Committee inquiry on UK-EU trade in recommendations made in an evaluation of its videos proling lesbian, gay, bisexual engineering services. rst phase, which ended in March 2016. The and transgender (LGBT) engineers was Diversity Programme Report, published in June launched by the Academy, in partnership January 2017 2016, captured the work of the programme with InterEngineering and Mott MacDonald. Responses to inquiries from the HoC S&T from 2011 to 2016 and sets out the new Launched as part of LGBT history month, Committee on closing the STEM skills gap. strategic aims for the second phase of the the What’s it like? video series features February 2017 programme: 20 successful LGBT engineers, working in A submission to the Department for Business, • Challenge the status quo. a variety of roles and settings, who share Energy and Industrial Strategy review of the • Lead the profession. their stories of being LGBT in an engineering Small Business Research Initiative. • Sustain and extend networks. environment and encourage others to • Communicate and consult. ‘be yourself’. The lms aimed to inspire March 2017 • Publish measures and benchmarks. prospective engineers who are LGBT, as well Responses to the HoC S&T Committee inquiry as existing engineers who may wish to come into research integrity; and the UK higher The Academy’s Diversity Leadership Group out or transition at work. The launch event education funding bodies consultation on the was restructured to become the Diversity for the lms was supported by Past President second Research Excellence Framework. and Inclusion Leadership Group (DILG) to Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS.

20 Royal Academy of Engineering Lead the profession

Engineering a Better World

In September 2016, the • A short ˜lm, Because Engineering, Academy hosted a major which featured contributions from Bill conference that was organised Gates, Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, and Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba, among others. as part of its presidency of The ˜lm was aimed at young people CAETS, the global federation of and showcased the human impact of engineering academies. engineering. It reached more than two million people on social media. The Engineering a Better World • A thought leadership publication with conference brought together over 400 contributions from leaders including Dr global engineering leaders, international Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General development practitioners and of the UN, and Barbara Frost, CEO of policymakers, industry stakeholders, WaterAid. The comment pieces in the government o®cials, and engineers from publication explained how engineering the developing world to highlight the vital contributes to the UN’s SDGs. As well as importance of engineering in achieving being available at the conference, it was Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Founder of Youth the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals distributed with the December issue of Without Borders, speaks at the Engineering a (SDGs). the Academy’s Ingenia magazine to over Better World conference 11,000 contacts; another 10,000 copies The conference was delivered as part will be distributed to the Academy’s of the Academy’s portfolio of activities corporate and higher education contacts Since the conference took place, an under the Global Challenges Research in the UK and internationally. Engineering a Better World LinkedIn Fund. It focused on making links between • A research study that demonstrated the platform has been created to maintain the engineering and international link between investment in engineering contact and discussion with networks development communities in the UK and and economic growth. An interactive map across the Academy’s international the Global South, and building the capacity has been produced to showcase the key programmes. The Academy also held an and networks of the UK’s engineering results of the research. event during Global Entrepreneurship research community to tackle global • An international survey of young Week that asked the question: Can challenges. engineers, which garnered responses startups drive sustainable development? from over 1,000 engineers on questions The event consisted of a panel discussion The Academy developed a suite of relating to their thoughts and perceptions that explored how engineering communications materials that were of the engineering challenges and entrepreneurs in the UK and in developing launched at the conference, including: opportunities within their own countries. countries can help deliver the SDGs.

Young engineers at the conference were able to meet and work with peers and stakeholders from 40 diŽerent countries

Annual Review 2016/2017 21 Greatly enhance the Academy’s delivery capability

The credibility of the Academy with its partners, funders and the engineering community at large is underpinned by its ability to deliver. Its people and processes have to be more agile and responsive to take advantage of opportunities to work with others who share an agenda for the future of engineering. This is an exciting time for the Academy and strengthening capabilities in these areas will be crucial to its continuing success.

Dr Frances Saunders CB FREng, Chair, Membership Commitee

(l–r) The Academy’s ˜rst Director of Strategy and Deputy CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CEO Philip Greenish CBE, the President Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS, Ian Shott CBE FREng, Professor Haroon Ahmed FREng, and Shirin Dehghan, founder of telecoms company Arieso, at the launch of the new Taylor Centre © Rob Lacey

22 Royal Academy of Engineering Greatly enhance the Academy’s delivery capability

This year, the Academy appointed its rst Director of Strategy and Deputy CEO. The post was created to increase the Academy’s Fellowship engagement capacity to deliver its ambitious ve-year strategy. The Fellowship is the heart One of the highlights of activity this Dr Hayaatun Sillem, formerly the Academy’s of the Academy and a better year was Fellows’ Day, held in January Director of Programmes and Fellowship, took level of engagement with a 2017. More than 160 Fellows and their up her post on 24 May 2016. The new role greater number of Fellows guests attended this informal and social involves overseeing the implementation of occasion. The day provided Fellows with the ve-year strategic plan and, alongside serves to advance the an opportunity to learn about recent the CEO, leading cross-Academy change and Academy’s aims and strategic Academy activities and meet Trustees, modernisation projects. It has also involved objectives. other Fellows and Academy staŽ and working closely with Fellows, Academy staŸ talk to them about how to get involved in and partner organisations to increase the The Academy’s Fellowship engagement leading and shaping Academy work. impact and enhance the contribution that is led by Vice-President Professor Richard engineering makes to society, both within Williams OBE FREng, Principal and Vice- The event also gave Fellows the chance and beyond the UK. Chancellor at Heriot-Watt University. to see the recently opened Taylor Centre and to hear about the Academy’s plans Dr Sillem continues to lead the Academy’s Over the past year, focus has been placed for using it as the home of the Enterprise Fellowship activities, award schemes and on broadening the regional footprint Hub (see page 7). Fellows and their guests research policy, and has taken on a strategic of Academy activity. Fellows around heard from the President, who was joined oversight role across the Academy’s the country have been given support to on stage by Enterprise Hub members increasing portfolio of programmes. organise activities for Fellows in their who spoke about the diŽerence the Hub local area. Activities have successfully has made to them and their companies. taken place in the East Midlands, the The event ended with a talk by Professor Redevelopment North East and Yorkshire, while regional Williams, who highlighted the importance Fellows’ lunches have taken place in that the Fellowship plays in Academy After an extensive period of being closed for CardiŽ, Edinburgh, Coventry and Leeds. activities. refurbishment, Prince Philip House reopened in early 2017. The basement and mezzanine ¤oors of the building have been remodelled to accommodate the Taylor Centre (see page 7), and a modern kitchen has been installed to replace the previous facilities, which were almost 30 years old. RAE Trading Ltd (RAET), the Academy’s trading subsidiary, was eŸectively dormant throughout most of the year, but has recommenced its operations since the reopening. RAET provides high-quality catering for the Academy’s events and meetings in Prince Philip House, as well as marketing the building as an events venue, primarily to the corporate sector. RAET gift aids around £500,000 per annum to the Academy as unrestricted income.

The redevelopment has also resulted in signicant investment being made to Prince Philip House’s IT infrastructure. This has included new Wi-Fi networks for guests and the Taylor Centre, and state-of-the-art projectors and audio-visual equipment in Enterprise Hub member Dr Sam Chapman of KENOTEQ (right) demonstrates his sustainable bricks to meeting rooms and the Taylor Centre. Ian Ritchie CBE FREng FRSE and Professor Richard Williams OBE FREng FRSE at Fellows’ Day

At the beginning of 2017, the Academy entered into a new 125-year lease with the individuals, including Fellows. The continuing outreach activities, while the Sir John Fisher Crown Estate, securing the home of the generosity of all donors and supporters is Foundation, Drayson Foundation, Comino Academy for the future. greatly appreciated, as is the assistance of the Foundation and Ogden Trust were among Development Advisory Board. the many organisations also supporting the Academy’s school STEM programmes. The Development Education programmes received major Motorola Solutions Foundation continued its support during the year. Royal Dutch Shell valuable support of the Academy’s further In the last year, the Academy secured conrmed a further year of support for the education programmes by providing funding £5.1 million in new commitments for Connecting STEM Teachers programme and for continuing professional development for education, engagement, enterprise and Boeing UK joined as a new supporter. BAE lecturers. research programmes. Support came from Systems conrmed a new round of support corporates, charitable foundations and for the Academy’s STEM education and The Academy secured a major grant from

Annual Review 2016/2017 23 the European Regional Development Fund LGBT engineers as part of the Academy’s for the Enterprise Fellowships programme. diversity and inclusion work. The Enterprise Hub’s partnership programme, which along with Fellows’ pro-bono support Long-time corporate supporter Atkins was is helping to enhance and expand the Hub’s headline sponsor for the Academy’s Awards activities, attracted new multi-year funding Dinner 2016, and BAE Systems, BP, GKN, from Weir Group, BP, Ultra Electronics and Jaguar Land Rover, Lockheed Martin and QinetiQ. Petrofac were silver sponsors. BAE Systems also continued its support of the Academy’s International programmes received funding quarterly magazine Ingenia, as did Arup and from the Shell Centenary Scholarship Rolls-Royce. Fund, which supported the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Mott MacDonald This year, the Academy published Build a supported the thought leadership publication Better World, a publication that marked the that was published as part of the CAETS launch of an initiative to develop lifetime and At a glance conference Engineering a Better World, as legacy giving to help the Academy achieve its well as a series of inspiring video proles of ambitions. Examples of new funding

Enterprise The Reece Foundation provided funding for Enterprise Fellowships for engineering graduates in the North East of England.

Research Man Group supported a new Academy Research Chair in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford to develop machine learning and data analysis techniques for large-scale, real-world applications, including ˜nancial modelling.

Education Boeing UK granted funding to expand the Connecting STEM Teachers programme and create new STEM teaching and learning resources

Awards The Wellcome Trust supported a bursary programme to enable delegates from developing countries to attend the 2016 CAETS conference.

Public engagement BAE Systems, GKN, QinetiQ, Weir Group and URENCO supported the Academy’s Forum for Engineering events programme.

The Academy’s education programmes bene˜ted from considerable support over the past year

24 Royal Academy of Engineering Trustee Board

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

Chair Members

Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS Professor Colin Bailey FREng President Professor Sir Michael Gregory CBE FREng

Norman Haste OBE FREng Vice Presidents Dr David Hughes FREng

Allan Cook CBE FREng Dr Robert Joyce FREng Vice-President for Committee Coordination Professor Elaine Martin OBE FREng Professor Richard Williams OBE FREng FRSE John Robinson CBE FREng Vice-President for Fellowship Engagement Dr Frances Saunders CB FREng

Professor Liz Tanner OBE FREng FRSE

Paul Westbury CBE FREng

Annual Review 2016/2017 25 New Fellows 2016

The Academy’s Fellows represent the nation’s leading engineering researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and business and industry leaders. Each year, 50 Fellows are elected by peer review from nominations made by existing Fellows. They are distinguished by the title Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the postnominal FREng. These were the new Fellows announced at the Academy’s AGM in September 2016; their titles were correct at the time of their election.

Fellows

Richard Barber FREng Richard Clegg FREng Group Head of Engineering, MMD Managing Director, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Alan Bel•eld FREng Graham Dalton FREng Group Board Director, Arup Group Chief Executive, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Ministry of Defence

Professor Andrew Bell FREng Professor Giles Davies FREng Chair in Electronic Materials, University of Leeds Professor of Electronic and Photonic Engineering and Pro- Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds

Jane Butler FREng Steven Dearden FREng Vice-Dean (Enterprise), Faculty of Engineering, University President, Nuclear Submarines, Rolls-Royce plc College London

Gavin Campbell FREng Chris Dulake FREng Director (Quality, Airworthiness and Technology Strategy), Major Projects Portfolio Director, Mott MacDonald Bombardier Aerospace

Andrew Carlick FREng Professor Ahmed Elghazouli FREng Chief Executive O›cer, DBD Group Holdings Professor of Structural Engineering and Head of Structures Section, Imperial College London

26 Royal Academy of Engineering New Fellows 2016

Professor Mojtaba Ghadiri FREng Simon Knight FREng Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Leeds Naval Engineering Director, Babcock International

Anthony Graham FREng Dr Barbara Lane FREng Chairman, UK Naval Engineering, Science and Technology Fellow of Fire Engineering, Technology Group Leader, Arup; Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh

Professor Sarah Hainsworth FREng Professor Gary Lye FREng Professor of Materials and Forensic Engineering, University Professor and Head of Department of Biochemical of Leicester Engineering, University College London

Antony Harper FREng Thomas McMichael FREng Head of Research and Technology, Jaguar Land Rover Former Engineering Director (Combat Air), BAE Systems Military Air and Information, BAE Systems

Sir David Higgins FREng Dr Paul Miller FREng Non-Executive Chair, High Speed Two (HS2) Secretary (voluntary), Douglas Bomford Trust; Director, Silsoe Spray Applications Unit Ltd

Professor Sri Hinduja FREng Professor Toby Mottram FREng Professor of Manufacturing Technology, University of Douglas Bomford Trust Professor of Farm Mechanisation, Manchester Royal Agricultural University

Professor David Howard FREng Alan Newby FREng Professor of Electronic Engineering and Founding Head of Director, Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes, Department, Department of Electronic Engineering, Royal Rolls-Royce plc Holloway, University of London

Professor Ron Hui FREng Professor Bucur-Mircea Novac FREng Chair Professor of Power Electronics, The University of Hong Professor of Pulsed Power, Loughborough University Kong and Imperial College London

Professor David Hutchins FREng Professor Paul O’Brien CBE FREng FRS Professor of Engineering, University of Warwick Professor of Inorganic Materials, University of Manchester

Professor William Jones FREng Professor Peter O’Hearn FREng Professor of Combustion and Deputy Head of Thermo¤uids Engineering Manager, Facebook; Professor of Computer Division, Imperial College London Science, University College London

Robert Keiller FREng Roderick Rainey FREng Chair, Scottish Enterprise Director, Rod Rainey and Associates Ltd.

Annual Review 2016/2017 27 Professor Mark Rainforth FREng Sir Hossein Yassaie FREng Professor of Materials Science, University of She›eld Tech Entrepreneur and Investor

Dr Mark Raiss FREng Air Marshal Julian Young CB OBE FREng Engineering Director, Civil Infrastructure, EMIA, AECOM Chief of Materiel (Air), Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence

David Rugg FREng Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu FREng Engineering Senior Fellow, Rolls-Royce plc Royal Academy of Engineering/Siemens Research Chair and Head of the Electrical Machines and Drives Research, University of She›eld

Professor Mark Sandler FREng Professor of Signal Processing, Queen Mary University of London International Fellows

Professor Charbel Farhat FREng

Catriona Schmolke FREng Vivian Church HoŸ Professor of Aircraft Structures, and Chair, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford Senior Vice President, Jacobs Engineering University

Dinesh Verma FREng

Rakesh Sharma FREng IBM Fellow, IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center Chief Executive, Ultra Electronics Holdings plc

Professor Ian Smith FREng Honorary Fellows Professor of Applied Thermodynamics and Director of the Centre for Positive Displacement Compressor Technology, Thomas Heatherwick CBE RDI HonFREng City University London Founder, Heatherwick Studio

Michael Tuke FREng Founder and Chairman, MatOrtho Ltd Professor Peter Jost CBE HonFREng* President, International Tribology Council and World Tribology Congress

Gavin Twidale FREng Chief Engineer, Land (UK), BAE Systems *elected before Professor Jost sadly passed away on 7 June 2016

Professor Robert Wood FREng Associate Dean of Research, and Director, National Centre for Advanced Tribology, University of Southampton

Professor Philip Woodland FREng Professor of Information Engineering, University of Cambridge

28 Royal Academy of Engineering Awards

2016 MacRobert Award 2016 Sir Frank Whittle Medal

The premier award for innovation in UK engineering, with a £50,000 Awarded to an engineer resident in the UK whose achievements have prize, awarded annually to a team of engineers for an exceptional had a profound impact upon their engineering discipline. engineering innovation that has been both commercially successful Awarded to: and delivers benets to society. The MacRobert Award is supported by Professor Roger Sargent FREng, Emeritus Professor of Chemical the Worshipful Company of Engineers. Engineering and Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London Awarded to: Blatchford for its Linx limb system, the world’s most intelligent prosthetic limb 2016 Prince Philip Medal

Awarded biennially to an engineer of any nationality who has made an 2016 RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineers of the exceptional contribution to engineering. Year and Sir George Macfarlane Medal Awarded to: Dr Jonathan Ingram, CSO and Founder, Silent Sensors Ltd These awards are supported by the Worshipful Company of Engineers and recognise the potential of engineers working in the UK who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career. The overall 2016 Major Project Award winner receives the Sir George Macfarlane Medal. Awarded to: The award recognises the contribution of a team of up to ve UK-based Dr Sithamparanathan Sabesan, Chief Executive O½cer, PervasID engineers who have delivered a major engineering project that has had Winner of the Sir George Macfarlane Medal a substantial impact on society. Dr T Ben Britton, lecturer, Department of Materials, Imperial Awarded to: College London Intermediate Frequency Modem System, BAE Systems AI Labs: John Collins, senior engineer, Arup Nick James Matthew Gore Orla Murphy, acoustic engineer, Jaguar Land Rover Mark Westcott Dr Paul Shearing, senior lecturer in chemical engineering, University College London 2016 Rooke Award 2016 Silver Medals The prize is awarded to an individual, small team or project, based in the UK, that has supported the Academy’s aims and work through their For an outstanding personal contribution to UK engineering by an initiative in promoting engineering to the public. early- to mid-career engineer resulting in market exploitation. Up to four medals may be awarded in any one year. Awarded to: Professor Danielle George MBE, Professor of Radio Frequency Awarded to: Engineering, University of Manchester Dr Damian Gardiner, Research Scientist/Business Development Manager, Johnson Matthey Dr Demis Hassabis, Co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind and 2016 Colin Campbell Mitchell Award Vice President Engineering, Google Professor Tong Sun, Professor of Sensor Engineering, City, For an engineer or small team of engineers who have made an University of London outstanding contribution to the advancement of any eld of UK engineering. Awarded to: 2016 President’s Medal Ultrahaptics: Professor Sriram Subramanian Awarded to an Academy Fellow who has contributed signicantly Dr Ben Long to the Academy’s aims and work through initiative in promoting Tom Carter excellence in engineering. Awarded to: Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng

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