2023 MacRobert Award Finalists
The MacRobert Award is the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation. The presentation of the Award recognises outstanding innovation coupled with tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success. Originally founded by the MacRobert Trust, the Award is now presented and run by…
‘Just a Drop’ – Zandonda clean water project, Zambia
In late 2022, the Engineers Trust awarded the second Engineering Outreach Grant of £5,000 to Just A Drop for an engineering project that contributes to the relief of poverty in Zandonda, Zambia. The project will utilise the unique drilling method of a rotary mud drill that has…
MacRobert Award for Engineering 2022
The Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award is the premier prize for UK innovation in engineering. It seeks to demonstrate the importance of engineering and the role of engineers and scientists in contributing to national prosperity and international prestige. It is awarded annually for an…
Affiliates Engineering Awards 2022
HMS PRINCE OF WALES AWARDS The aircraft carrier HMS PRINCE OF WALES is affiliated to the Worshipful Company of Engineers, which, jointly with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology supports the Vice Admiral Wildish Memorial Prize for Engineering Innovation and The Commander Marine…
Services Engineering Awards 2022
Undergraduate Award 2022 Awarded to an officer graduating from the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS) who has achieved outstanding academic performance and demonstrated clear leadership and commitment to a professional engineering career in the Armed Forces. Abigail Hallett is a graduate of Aston University where…
Engineering Horizons Bursary Winners, 2021-22
Engineering Horizons Bursaries were awarded for the first time in 2016. In that year the Engineers Trust supported 5 Horizons Bursaries through the IET, aimed at students or apprentices who may face, or have faced, challenges or personal obstacles and are UK residents. Four Horizon…
Young Engineers of the Year, 2022
The RAEng/Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year competition, awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering with support from the Worshipful Company of Engineers, offers five prizes of £3,000 to early career engineers in full time higher education, research or industrial employment whose achievements are…
Wg Cdr Gemma Lonsdale wins the Stephenson Award, 2022
Wing Commander Gemma Lonsdale is an RAF Engineering Officer. Gemma’s own route into engineering was not an easy one. She can therefore directly relate to students who struggle at school and doubt their ability to pursue a technical future. As a role model she embodies…
Maria Roldan wins the Mercia Award 2022
Maria Roldan completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering at EIA University, and her Master of Science Degree in Epidemiology at CES University, both in Medellin, Colombia. She is now in her third year of her PhD studies at the Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering…
Madeleine Crisp wins the Water Engineering Award, 2022
Madeleine Crisp is a System Optimisation Engineer at Anglian Water. She uses statistical and modelling tools to identify and prioritise solutions, whilst carrying out in depth investigations of the current water network by interrogating and obtaining information from corporate data systems for use in developing…