Listen to Sir
@LewisHamilton
outline how our new MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme could help eligible students achieve their dreams of working in motorsports. Applications close 6 March:
@MercedesAMGF1
#EngDiversity
Last night, our Royal Fellow HRH The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
presented the Prince Philip Medal to Dr Asad Madni. Named for her father, who served as our Senior Fellow, the prize is our most prestigious individual award:
#RAEngAwards
Are you an engineering student or a recent graduate, from a Black or mixed Black ethnic background, who is passionate about motorsport? Check out our new MSc Motorsport Scholarship programme!
Watch Sir
@LewisHamilton
explain more:
@MercedesAMGF1
In collaboration with
@LewisHamilton
, we are pleased to announce the board members for The Hamilton Commission, a project that will work to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport: To see who is on the board:
HRH The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
has presented our Prince Philip Medal via video link to
@DrGladysBWest
, whose mathematical modelling paved the way for
#GPS
. The medal, named in honour of our Senior Fellow, is our highest individual award:
#RAEngAwards
“F1 can be a leading example on how working together, committing to action and not just words, leads to positive change.”
Delighted to see Honorary Fellow
@LewisHamilton
and the
#HamiltonCommission
have inspired
@F1
to accelerate diversity initiatives:
Rebecca Enonchong (
@africatechie
), found and CEO of Appstech, is elected an International Fellow as one of the most influential technology entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa:
#RAEngFellows
We’re delighted to be working with
@LewisHamilton
HonFREng to develop the Hamilton Commission, a research partnership to explore how to engage more young people from black backgrounds with STEM subjects & gain employment in engineering
#EngDiversity
#STEM
We are honoured to work with
@LewisHamilton
on The Hamilton Commission, a research project to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Learn more about the project:
#BHM20
#EngDiversity
"I know from this past year of working with
@LewisHamilton
just how deep his commitment to change goes. We’ve marshalled the evidence and we’re ready for action"
Academy CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem pens a
@TRF_Stories
piece on the
#HamiltonCommission
report:
Today we're delighted to open applications for a new scholarship programme in partnership with The Ignite Partnership which will provide financial and career support to students taking
#MScMotorsports
courses.
Find out more:
@MercedesAMGF1
@LewisHamilton
It's International Women In Engineering Day! We're throwing the spotlight on our women
#EngineeringHeroes
- the women engineers who have made vital contributions to society and our livelihoods. See what else we've got planned for
#INWED21
:
#EngDiversity
We are delighted to see that our Honourary Fellow
@LewisHamilton
has been named as the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2020! What a great addition to his already long list of fantastic achievements this year. See his acceptance speech:
#RAEngFellows
Congratulations to all our new Fellows who we officially welcomed this week. Get to know them all on our website:
Pictured: our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, welcoming Honorary Fellow Sir Patrick Vallance
@uksciencechief
.
#RAEngFellows
The designs of a new breathing aid developed by engineers at
@UCL
&
@MercedesAMGF1
have been made available at no cost to support the global response to
#COVID19
. Find out how this was done in a rapid timeframe and how your organisation can request designs
NEW: ‘Hidden Figure’ whose mathematical modelling enabled
#GPS
becomes first woman to win the Prince Philip Medal - our highest individual award. Congratulations to
@DrGladysBWest
:
#RAEngAwards
👩🏫👨⚕️👩🔧👨💼👩💻👨🏭👷♀️👨🔬
We're delighted to reveal the 72 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday's AGM:
#RAEngFellows
It's International Women In Engineering Day! Women play a vital role in helping to
#ShapeTheWorld
through engineering. This
#INWED20
, let's commit to making the profession more inclusive to attract and retain even more world-shapers. See how
#EngDiversity
We were thrilled to host
@LewisHamilton
, fresh from winning his 6th F1 World Champion title, and formally welcome him to the Academy as an Honorary Fellow in recognition of his role in inspiring interest in engineering, especially among young people:
VP of Research & Technology at
@DeepMind
,
@koraykv
is elected a Fellow in recognition of his leadership in deep learning, unsupervised learning, generative models, and applying artificial intelligence to real-world problems:
#RAEngFellows
Congratulations to our CEO, Dr Hayaatun Sillem, who received her CBE from HRH The Prince of Wales last week.
Hayaatun was recognised in the 2020 New Years Honours for services to International Engineering.
Today, we're proud to launch
@ThisIsEng
- a new campaign to tackle the critical shortfall of engineering talent holding back the UK economy:
#ThisIsEngineering
We were delighted to be joined by our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
, at our Awards Dinner on Thursday.
HRH presented the
#MacRobertAward
, the UK's premier award for engineering innovation, to the team from
@CeresPower
:
Dr Mark Little, VP of Engineering at
@RedHatUK
, is elected a Fellow as an internationally recognised expert on the design of fault tolerant distributed middleware. He has 100 patents, 60 published papers, and has co-authored four books:
#RAEngFellows
Do you remember when a new character of the Mr Men/Little Miss family was announced last year, Little Miss Inventor? The book telling her story will be released next week on International Women's Day, 8 March 2018:
#EngDiversity
We're thrilled by today's launch of
@RoyalMailStamps
celebrating UK engineering innovation! From superconducting magnets to innovative microcomputers, the stamps feature the very best of British, including a few
#MacRobertAward
winners!
#BritishEngineering
Tune in to
#R4Today
to hear our Honorary Fellow
@LewisHamilton
guest editing.
We're working with Lewis on The Hamilton Commission, a project to identify key barriers to recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Find out more:
On BBC News now, our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem introduces today's
#ThisisEngineering
Day, an opportunity to celebrate engineers and show young people what engineers really do:
Professor Zhanfeng Cui and his team from
@UniofOxford
developed a rapid viral RNA test for COVID-19. It can detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in 30 minutes and could be invaluable in developing countries because no specialist equipment is needed.
"I started off fixing bikes and it took me to where I am now." From working on
@lewishamilton
's electric racing team,
@teamx44
, to helping more underrepresented young people find opportunities in STEM, see why
@mrimafidon
won our 2022 Sir George Macfarlane Medal.
#RAEngAwards
Today we’re proud to announce 19 winners of our President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service – teams and individuals recognised for their exceptional engineering achievements in tackling COVID-19:
HRH The Prince of Wales will today present the four engineers behind
#GPS
with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, in recognition of their technology that has impacted billions of lives. Follow
@QEPrize
for updates throughout the exciting occasion:
#QEPrize2019
Last week we were joined by our 2023 new Academy Fellows to mark the start of their Fellowship journey. This included a dinner attended by our Royal Fellow, HRH The Princess Royal, pictured here with our 2023 Fellows. Meet this year’s cohort:
"We've made 6 November
#ThisisEngineering
Day - a day when we can celebrate, with the general public, the role that engineers play in shaping the world around us." - find out more:
The Academy is delighted with the news that the UK is to associate with Horizon Europe. We congratulate all those whose careful negotiations confirmed the agreement and whose commitment to investment in innovation makes it possible. Read our full response:
We are delighted to announce our new Fellows for 2021. 69 leading figures from the world of engineering who have made exceptional contributions to their sectors in many different ways. Welcome to our Fellowship!
#RAEngFellows
Professor
@CathNoakes
of
@LeedsUniEng
is elected as a Fellow distinguished for her research on infection risk in the built environment, with global impact in understanding transmission of COVID-19 through her role on the UK government’s SAGE:
#RAEngFellows
We're delighted to announce the 73 leading figures from the world of engineering and technology elected to our Fellowship at yesterday's AGM. Meet them all:
#RAEngFellows
🎉 🎉 🎉
We love the new Little Miss - Little Miss Inventor! Engagement at primary school level is crucial for inspiring the next generation of engineers:
#womeninSTEM
#EngDiversity
How many different ways are there to ventilate a building? Explore the different methods, using natural or mechanical systems and supporting technologies, in our new
#VentilationMatters
interactive:
We are pleased to launch The
#HamiltonCommission
report, a collaboration between Honorary Fellow
@LewisHamilton
and the Academy to identify the key barriers to the recruitment and progression of Black people in UK motorsport. Find out more:
Professor Manish
@Chhowalla
, Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at
@cu_mat
, is elected a Fellow as a pioneer in 2D materials and their applications in electronics, optics and catalysis:
#RAEngFellows
“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign,
#ThisIsEngineering
:
#inspireanengineer
NEW research from
@RAEngNews
reveals that the UK is an engineering powerhouse - contributing to 32% of the country’s economic output. Over 8 million people make up the UK's engineering economy, which is over a quarter of all UK's workers.
#NationalEngineeringDay
Professor Hannah Fry (
@fryrsquared
), Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at
@CASAUCL
, is elected an Honorary Fellow as a researcher, author and presenter who brings maths to life for audiences of all interests and abilities:
#RAEngFellows
It's
#ThisisEngineering
Day! And there's so much going on...
➡️ Read about the Museum of Engineering Innovation, announced today:
➡️Follow
@ThisIsEng
for updates throughout the day
➡️Share your inspiring engineering stories using
#BeTheDifference
Professor Cath Noakes - member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and winner of our President's Special Award for Pandemic Service, is now on
@BBCRadio4
's The Life Scientific discussing vital ventilation in buildings:
"It can’t be right that UK engineering is 91 per cent male and 94 per cent white" - our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem in today's
@FTMag
on making the engineering profession more representative of the UK population:
#EngDiversity
Today is
#ThisIsEngineeringDay
!
@ThisIsEng
has commissioned four reworked classic paintings to illustrate a net zero future created by engineers. Explore the paintings and the how we can
#EngineerTheFuture
in the online exhibit:
To tackle the UK's shortage of engineers we need to challenge perceptions of what an engineer is. From celebrating the work of people shaping our world to changing the results of online image searches, that's what today's
#ThisisEngineering
Day is doing:
Engineering is more varied than you think!
Engineers don't just make and create - they help solve challenges facing society, From healthcare and AI to energy and transport. We're grateful to all the engineers who provide expert advice to policymakers.
#ThisisEngineering
Our 2023 Rooke Award, recognising public promotion of engineering, has been awarded to
@RuthAmos
. As co-founder of
@KidsInventStuff
, Ruth is recognised for her work engaging children with STEAM. Congratulations! Read more:
#RAEngAwards
#AwardeeExcellence
To mark our Senior Fellow's extraordinary contributions, we established the Prince Philip Fund to enable our community to create an enduring legacy reflecting his passions. The fund was announced in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal, our Royal Fellow:
World-leading materials engineer
@ProfRachelGaN
is elected as a Fellow renowned for her study and innovative applications of gallium nitride (GaN) for electronic and optoelectronic devices:
#RAEngFellows
The Academy is thrilled to reveal, the four new appointments made to the prestigious Chairs in Emerging Technologies scheme. £10 million will be awarded to fund pioneering disruptive technologies to deliver economic and societal benefit:
#RAEngResearch
We are pleased to announce we have 18 new engineering
#RAEngResearch
Fellowship awardees, each receiving five years’ worth of funding and mentorship to advance their research careers. Find out who are they are here:
"It can’t be right that UK engineering is 91 per cent male and 94 per cent white." Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem spoke to the FT about her ambitions:
#EngDiversity
#INWED18
Co-founder of
@Stemettes
,
@aimafidon
is elected as Honorary Fellow for her wealth of experience and pioneering spirit that has helped inspire the next generation of young women in science and technology:
#RAEngFellows
We are pleased to announce that our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem has been named as a role model, and one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector by
@inclusiveboards
. Hear what the board, a judge and Hayaatun have to say here:
#WIE100
It's International Women's Day! For
#IWD2020
, we're celebrating leading women in engineering and raising awareness of gender equality issues in the sector over the coming week. Currently, women make up 12% of those working in UK engineering - this needs to change!
#EngDiversity
Did you see
#TheApprentice
last night?
@ScarlettAH_
focused her pitch on the need to attract diverse talent to engineering in order to address the skills shortfall, and we couldn't agree more! It was great to see some familiar engineering faces helping her out, too.
#EngDiversity
“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign,
#ThisIsEngineering
:
#inspireanengineer
“I would love engineering to be an absolute career of choice where people from all backgrounds feel that it’s accessible to them and are excited by it.” Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem on our recently-launched campaign,
#ThisIsEngineering
:
#inspireanengineer
We will always be indebted to our Senior Fellow HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, for his active interest in engineering and technology, and his tireless to support for right from our inception in 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering:
Congratulations to our President, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, who is today announced as recipient of the
@royalsociety
's Royal Medal for her research into aircraft design and noise and emission reduction, and distinguished service to engineering:
#RSmedals
New
@ThisIsEng
campaign is designed to reshape the perception of engineering, giving more young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to explore how they could follow what they love into a varied and fulfilling engineering career:
#ThisIsEngineering
Today is an important occasion to give thanks for the life of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
As our Senior Fellow, HRH worked tirelessly to support the Academy. We will always be indebted for his active interest in engineering and technology:
Many congratulations to our President, Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE, who has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to engineering, to education, and to energy:
Our MSc Motorsport Scholarship programme is ground-breaking, but don't just take our word for it. Listen to what
@LewisHamilton
has to say.
@mission44
Applications close 8 March:
"I have this hunch that minority folk bring a fresh angle on things and that is often a very productive thing." Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who will donate £2.3m Breakthrough Prize winnings towards tackling unconscious bias in physics:
#EngDiversity
One reason for the UK’s shortage of technical talent is that many people hold outdated views of what engineering is. We've launched a digital campaign
@ThisIsEng
to challenge this:
#yoe
#EngDiversity
It's
#NationalEngineeringDay
! Join in by:
1. Reading our latest news article about how outdated perceptions of engineering could hold the UK back on its net zero goals:
2. Celebrating the engineers and engineering that inspire you 🎉
"Who would have guessed that the programming of the black box flight recorder for the supersonic Concorde was done by a team of some 30 women working in their homes?"
@DameStephanie_
shares highlights of her impressive career at
#Hinton2018
Professor
@DanStoyanov
, Professor of Robot Vision at
@uclcs
, is elected a Fellow as an international research leader on surgical AI and robotics:
#RAEngFellows
Dr
@nikefolayan
, Chair and co-founder of
@AFBE_UK
, is elected an Honorary Fellow as an engineer who promotes higher achievements in education and engineering, particularly among people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds:
#RAEngFellows
One reason for the UK’s shortage of technical talent is that many people hold outdated views of what engineering is. We've launched a digital campaign
@ThisIsEng
to challenge this:
#yoe
#EngDiversity
We know that young people are put off engineering by images of hard hats, white coats, and people working alone. That's why our new digital campaign,
#ThisisEngineering
, shows another side to the profession.
#inspireanengineer
Engineers have a huge role in designing the physical and digital infrastructure of our world - it cannot be healthy that they don’t reflect society. Our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem speaks to the Guardian about UK engineering's gender imbalance.
#EngDiversity