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5 unusual facts about Royal Academy of Engineering


Andrew N. Robertson

In May 2009, Robertson was awarded a research fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering for his work on digital music.

Ann Dowling

Professor Dame Ann Patricia Dowling, DBE, FRS, FREng (born 15 July 1952) is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion, acoustics and vibration, focusing on efficient, low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise.

Julia Higgins

She is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the City and Guilds of London Institute, of which she is also Vice-President.

Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Fellows of the Academy comprise Prince Philip, the Duke of Kent, and Anne, Princess Royal.

Sir Barnes Wallis, father of the UK computer industry Sir Maurice Wilkes, and the Fellowship’s first President, Lord Hinton, who had driven the UK’s supremacy in nuclear power.


Cuadrilla Resources

Its chairman is Lord Browne, former chief of BP and President of The Royal Academy of Engineering from 2006− 2011.

Mike Cowlishaw

Mike Cowlishaw is a retired IBM Fellow, a Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (roughly the equivalent of the NAE in the USA), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (formerly IEE), and the British Computer Society.

Misha Black

The Royal College of Art (RCA), the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (RDI), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Design and Industries Association and the College of Medallists established the Sir Misha Black Awards to commemorate professor Sir Misha Black, whose pioneering work played a crucial role in the development of design in Britain.

Mountbatten Medal

The Mountbatten Medal Advisory Panel, comprising the Presidents of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the British Computer Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, meets in June, each year, to consider nominations for the Mountbatten Medal and to agree two names to be put before HRH The Duke of Kent, who then makes the final decision.

Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell

His car was due to be examined by the expert witness Michael Laughton, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.


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