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…
Just a Drop – Lusumpuko Community School, Zambia
Lusumpuko Community School, Kalomo District, Zambia – improving sanitation and hygiene facilities to enable continuity of education In late 2021, the Engineers Trust awarded the first Engineering Outreach Grant of £5,000 to Just A Drop for an engineering project that contributes to the relief of…
New Year’s Honours 2022
With great pleasure, the Master and Wardens congratulate Court Assistant Dr Clive Hickman on his award of an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to engineering, manufacturing and technology. This honour follows swiftly on the heels of his award of the Royal…
Business Woman of the Year 2021
The Master and Wardens extend their warmest congratulations to Livery member Louise Hardy for recently winning not one but two Business Woman of the Year Awards. Louise won the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ for large companies with a turnover greater than £25m at the…
The Annual Banquet
After a year’s absence the Company was privileged to return to the Mansion House for its Annual Banquet on Friday 29 October. Despite the lingering pandemic and a demonstration by climate change protestors outside the Bank of England, an excellent evening was enjoyed by all…