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…
Beth Gwyer, student at Brunel University, wins Cadzow Smith Award 2022
Beth Gwyer, a final year student on Brunel University’s five year MEng degree in Engineering, has won the Cadzow Smith medal and £2500 prize for 2022. She is a technically capable, articulate and enthusiastic candidate who demonstrates the attributes of a future engineering leader. Her…
Andrew Marsden’s Speech at Awards Dinner
Master, Wardens, visiting Masters, Distinguished guest, L&G From the point of view of your guests Master, the evening has been very far from that. This is a very special evening for us all to attend, a wonderful venue, excellent food, and convivial company. An evening…
Dr Alalea Kia wins the 2022 Hawley Award for Net Zero Carbon Innovation for ‘Kiacrete’
Alalea has developed a next-generation climate change resistant permeable pavement (Kiacrete) to mitigate urban flooding, solve long-standing challenges with conventional systems and enhance infrastructure resilience. Kiacrete will help to attain net-zero emissions by 2050 through material savings, longer service-life, recycled material usage, water reuse and…
Alexandra Keeler, IEng MIMechE wins the Engineers Trust Baroness Platt of Writtle Award
Alexandra Keeler, an Overhead Line Design Engineer (Mechanical Engineer) with Amey, is the most outstanding individual registered as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) in 2021. Alex impressed the judges by her clear, confident, and well-structured presentation and her fast career progression from Assistant Signalling Designer to…
The MacRobert Award 2022 – Finalists Announced
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the three finalists for the 2022 MacRobert Award, due to be announced on 12 July – with the winners, hopefully, attending the Company’s own Awards Ceremony and Dinner on 14 July. The finalists are: Intelligent Growth Solutions for…
Installation Day 2022
With a welcome return to events in person, the Company gathered on 4th May 2022 at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall for its 18th Annual General Meeting (Common Hall). This followed on from a meeting of the Court where very sadly the outgoing Master, Dr Peter…