Four of the UK’s leading engineering innovators are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards.

Google DeepMind’s AI weather forecasting technology, GraphCast, has been honoured with the 2024 MacRobert Award, a UK accolade for engineering innovation.

Dr Shini Somara, an engineer, author, and television host, is set to receive one of the Royal Academy of Engineering's most prestigious accolades next month in recognition of her outstanding contribution to promoting engineering to the wider public. 

AI-powered weather forecasting, innovative heat batteries using phase-changing materials, and the rapid manufacturing scale-up of a COVID-19 vaccine are competing for a prize for engineering innovation.

Dr Arogyaswami J Paulraj, Emeritus Professor at Stanford University and Senior Advisor for deeptech venture capital firm Celesta Capital, has been honoured with the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Prince Philip Medal.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is pleased to announce that His Majesty King Charles III has graciously accepted the role of Patron of the Academy.

The Royal Academy of Engineering will host the final of the 10th Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, the continent’s largest engineering prize, on 13th June 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.

An international initiative led by Engineering X, a collaborative effort established by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd's Register Foundation, received a grant of £1.3 million from the UNEP’s Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to combat the widespread practice of open burning of solid waste. This practice has dire consequences for human health and the environment globally.

The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) was awarded to Henrik Stiesdal from Denmark and Andrew Garrad CBE FREng from Britain for their significant contributions to the development, manufacturing, and deployment of high-performance wind turbines.

The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced a major new policy project on delivery of rapid electricity system decarbonisation, to help the UK government realise decarbonisation plans by the next decade.

There are just three weeks left for UK engineering innovators to submit entries for this year’s MacRobert Award, the UK’s longest running and most prestigious prize for engineering innovation. 

The President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, was honoured with a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the King’s New Year Honours list.

In honour of National Engineering Day, Transport for London (TFL) has teamed up with the Royal Academy of Engineering to introduce a specially themed tube map that places the spotlight on the illustrious achievements of renowned engineering icons.

The public is being asked to release their ‘inner engineer’ by submitting ideas and creations that aim to make daily life more sustainable in the ‘Everyday Engineering’ competition.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is hosting a free-to-attend panel discussion exploring the future of clean energy technology on Tuesday 3rd October 2023.

Dr Robert Leah, Research Fellow at Ceres Power, is to receive the 2023 Armourers and Brasiers’ Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his successful application of novel materials science and engineering to green energy technology.

Artificial intelligence-based healthcare technologies have great potential to transform health outcomes and the UK’s healthcare system, but there are currently barriers to their adoption and scaleup, and risks that must be managed, according to a report of a FORUM workshop hosted jointly by the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Ceres Power’s clean energy technology has won the 2023 MacRobert Award. Honouring the UK’s top engineering innovations, the MacRobert Award was presented to Ceres in recognition of a fuel cell technology that promises to make a major contribution to decarbonising the world at the scale and pace required to save the planet.

Four of the UK’s leading engineering innovators are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards.

On International Women in Engineering Day, Paige West speaks with Catriona Schmolke, Trustee and Vice President of Fellowship Engagement at the Royal Academy of Engineering.