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New Fellows 2008
HONORARY FELLOWS DA SILVA, Jo JAMIESON, Andrew
Director, Arup International Development, Executive Vice-President Gas & Projects,
CONWAY, Sir Gordon Arup Group Shell Global Solutions; Director, Woodside
Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department Energy Limited
for International Development (DFID) and DAVIES, Charles William
Chair of International Development, Centre Chief Technical Officer, Symbian plc KRAMER, Jeffrey
for Environmental Policy, Imperial College Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial
London FLECK, Norman Andrew College London
Professor of Engineering, Director of
GLOVER, Anne Cambridge Centre for Micromechanics; LEE, Joseph Hun-Wei
Chief Executive Officer, Amadeus Capital Head of Mechanics, Materials & Design, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Redmond Chair of
Partners Ltd Engineering Department, Cambridge Civil Engineering, The University of Hong
University Kong
LAWRENCE, Vanessa
Chief Executive and Director General, GALLIMORE, Simon John LEVERTON, Timothy Andrew
Ordnance Survey Chief of Thermo Fluids Systems Engineering Group Engineering Director, JCB
& Engineering Fellow, Turbo Machinery
WINSTON, Lord (Robert) Aerodynamics, Rolls-Royce plc LOUGHHEAD, John Neil
Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Executive Director, UK Energy Research
Imperial College; Member, Council of EPSRC GOULETTE, Michael James Centre
and Chair of EPSRC Societal Issues Panel Executive Vice President Engineering and
Technology - Operations, Rolls-Royce Group LYNCH, Michael
Chief Executive Officer, Autonomy
GRAINGER, Philip Stanley Corporation plc
FELLOWS Technical Director & Chief Technologist,
GKN Aerostructures McEWAN, Ian Kenneth
BACON, David John Founder, Brinker Technology; Reader,
Professor of Materials Science, University of GRATTAN, Kenneth Thomas Victor Aberdeen University
Liverpool Professor of Measurement and
Instrumentation and Deputy Dean, City McGEOUGH, Joseph Anthony
BOLTON, Malcolm David Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, School
University, London
Professor of Soil Mechanics and Head of the of Engineering and Electronics, University of
Geotechnical and Environmental Group, GRAY, Iain Gilmour Edinburgh
University of Cambridge Chief Executive, Technology Strategy Board,
Department for Business Enterprise and NOBLE, Julia Alison
BRANDON, Nigel Peter Professor of Engineering Science and
Regulatory Reform (BERR)
Chief Scientist, Ceres Power and Shell Director, Wolfson Medical Vision Laboratory,
Professor of Sustainable Development in HONEYMAN, Graham Aubrey Department of Engineering Science,
Energy, Imperial College London Chief Executive, Sheffield Forgemasters University of Oxford
International Ltd
BUNDY, Alan OWENS, David Howard
Professor of Automated Reasoning, School HOWISON, Simon Professor of Control Systems Engineering
of Informatics, University of Edinburgh Group Engineering Director, BAE Systems Air and Head of Department of Automatic
Systems Control Systems, University of Sheffield
CARR, Michael Douglas
Chief Science Officer, BT plc HUDSON, John PADFIELD, Gareth Davies
Design Authority and Engineering Director, Professor of Aerospace Engineering & Head
CLEEVELY, David Douglas
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions of Department of Engineering, University of
Industrial Fellow, University of Cambridge
Liverpool
Computer Laboratory JACK, Alan Galloway
Professor of Electrical Engineering, The PAYNE, Stephen Michael
CLYNE, Trevor William
University of Newcastle Vice President, Chief Naval Architect,
Professor of Mechanics of Materials and
Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding,
Director of Gordon Laboratory, Cambridge
Southampton
University
The Royal Academy of Engineering is pleased to announce that the
above were elected Fellows at the AGM on 7 July 2008.
PRICE, Peter David GREITZER, Edward HONORARY FELLOWS
Director of Engineering and Technology, Slater Professor of Aeronautical Engineering,
Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce plc Department of Aeronautics and Professor Sir Gordon Conway KCMG FRS
Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Professor Sir Gordon Conway has been the
RAWSTHORNE, Alasdair Technology Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department
Chief Technology Officer, Transitive for International Development (DFID) since
Corporation Ltd IMBERGER, Jorg January 2005. He also holds a part-time
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Chair in International Development at the
RICKELL, Robert Andrew Director of Centre for Water Research, Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial
Global Engineering Director, GKN Driveline University of Western Australia College. Prior to joining the DFID, Sir Gordon
Driveshafts was President of the Rockefeller Foundation
MUKHERJEE, Tridibesh (1998-2004) and Vice-Chancellor of the
SHOTT, Ian Group Director (Technology and University of Sussex and Chair of the
Founder and Chairman, Excelsym Integration), Tata Steel Group Institute for Development Studies (1992-
1998).
SILVA, Sembukuttiarachilage Ravi Pradip SEO, Jung Uck He was educated at the Universities of
Director, Advanced Technology Institute Chairman of the Korea Foundation for Wales (Bangor), Cambridge, Trinidad and
and Nano-Electronics Centre, University of International Cooperation of Science and California (Davis) in the discipline of
Surrey Technology, Ministry of Science and agricultural ecology. He has spent much of
Technology, Republic of Korea; President
SPURGEON, Sarah Katherine his life working in developing countries and
Emeritus, Institute of Electronics Engineers
Professor of Engineering and Head of in the early 1960s, while based in Sabah,
of Korea; Chair Professor, Sunchon National
Department of Engineering, University of North Borneo, he became one of the
University, Korea; Chairman, e-Trade
Leicester pioneers of sustainable agriculture. In 1976
Facilitation Committee, Korea
he founded the Centre for Environmental
TITCHENER-HOOKER, Nigel Technology at Imperial College of Science
Professor of Biochemical Engineering, and Technology in London, serving as
University College London professor for Environmental Technology at
the College between 1970 and 1986. During
TOPHAM, Nigel Peter this period he lived and worked in many
Professor of Computer Systems, University of countries in Asia and the Middle East. He
Edinburgh then directed the sustainable agriculture
program of the International Institute for
TOUMAZOU, Christofer Environment and Development in London
Director and Chief Scientist, Institute of before becoming the Representative of the
Biomedical Engineering and Winston Wong Ford Foundation in New Delhi (1998 to
Chair in Biomedical Circuits, Imperial College 1992).
London
He has honorary degrees from the
UNDERWOOD, Ian Universities of Sussex, Brighton, Wales and
Professor of Electronic Displays, University of the West Indies, is an honorary fellow of the
Edinburgh; Chief Scientific Advisor, Institute of Biology and a fellow of the
MicroEmissive Displays Ltd, Edinburgh American Academy of Arts & Sciences and
the Royal Society. He has authored
VAN SOMEREN, Nicholas Benedict numerous publications, including
Co-founder of ANT plc and nCipher plc Unwelcome Harvest: agriculture and
pollution (Earthscan, Island Press) and The
WIESNER, Christoph Stefan Doubly Green Revolution: Food for all in the
Director, Research and Technology, TWI 21st century (Penguin and University Press,
Cornell).
WILSON, Tony Throughout his career, Sir Gordon has been
Professor of Engineering Science and Fellow a tireless communicator of the potential for
of Hertford College, University of Oxford technology to alleviate poverty. His work,
both in the UK and internationally, has done
much to raise awareness of the relevance of
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS science, technology and engineering to
sustainable development. He has also
DEWEY, Clarence Forbes overseen the expenditure of many millions
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, of pounds on research to support the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; application of technology to development,
Member of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has personally been responsible for
and Technology, Harvard and MIT innovations that have made a real difference
to the lives of poor people.
DURST, Franz Josef Sir Gordon is DFID's first ever Chief Scientific
Managing Director, FMP Technology GmbH Adviser. In this post, he has been influential
in shaping the Department's thinking on
evidence-based policy making and
championing the role of scientists and Vanessa Vivienne Lawrence CB he has made a very considerable personal
engineers in the development of UK policies Vanessa Lawrence has been Chief Executive commitment to science communication;
on poverty reduction and sustainable and Director General of Ordnance Survey amongst the public he is perhaps best
development across Government. He has since 2000, following an earlier successful known for his work in popularising science.
taken a particular interest in engineering international career in the information and Broadcasting regularly, he has made many
and the Academy's work, meeting regularly software industries. Ordnance Survey is highly successful television series on
with Academy staff to provide input to the known to most people for its range of science, written a number of popular
Academy's plans for engineering capacity leisure maps. However, its core business is science books for both adults and children,
building projects with African partners. Sir the production of very large scale accurate and is a sought-after speaker to adult
Gordon has also spoken at the Council and up to date mapping of the whole audiences and to children in schools. But he
Dining Club (January 2007) and contributed country. This provides the essential has not limited his energies to
an essay for inclusion in the Academy's underpinning for a wide range of communicating 'his own' science; he
booklet on engineering and development engineering activities: in transport, believes that public engagement with
(due to be published in 2008). construction, resource extraction, energy science and engineering is vital and has
Anne Glover CBE, MPPM (Yale) and water distribution, agriculture, done much to further this objective.
MA(CANTAB) environmental and emergency services and Belonging to that rare breed of scientists
In 1997, along with Hermann Hauser FREng so on. who combine academic brilliance with
and Peter Wynn, she co-founded Amadeus Under her leadership, the Survey has charisma and a flair for communication with
Capital Partners Ltd. She is the Chief completely re-engineered the whole the general public, he served as President of
Executive Officer of this company, which process for the collection and publication of the British Association for the Advancement
provides investment services to three this vital survey information. Its earlier series of Science in 2005. In the House of Lords he
venture capital funds and has already of 230,000 digitised paper maps have been speaks regularly on education, science and
backed more than 60 companies. Anne replaced by a single, seamless database of ethics. He was Chairman of the Lords Select
contributes as a scientist, engineer, topographic information covering the Committee on Science and Technology
operating manager and venture capitalist. In whole of Great Britain. Unlike the earlier 1999-2002, initiating enquiries into
recent years, she has helped to fund the digitised maps, this database contains Antibiotic Resistance, Non-Food Crops,
launch of Optos, Southampton Photonics extensive details of every feature in the Nuclear Waste, Science and Society, Genetic
(SPI), Teraview, lastminute.com, Orchestream landscape, making it ideally suited for use in Databases, Aircraft Passenger Environment,
and more other currently quoted or modern planning, design, architecture, and Science in Schools. He is a board
acquired technology companies. She is navigation, emergency response and member and Vice-chairman of the
currently on the board of two of them: national security systems. This conversion Parliamentary Office of Science and
MacRobert gold-medallist LSE-quoted from digitised maps to general purpose Technology.
Optos, which developed a laserbased database is an accomplishment unique
imaging device for capturing a wide-field among the world's major mapping
image of the retina; and AIM-traded SPI agencies, and the task was thought by many
Lasers plc, which develops optical FELLOWS
to be impossible. Parallel initiatives in the
components for use in industrial, medical, use of GPS and other technologies to gather David John Bacon BSc PhD DSc FIMMM
defence and aerospace industries. Evidently, survey data have led to significant FInstP CEng (67)
she has played a major part in fostering improvements in the speed and accuracy Internationally recognised for his research
British technology businesses. with which Britain's ever changing into the mechanical properties of metals
Anne Glover is a past Chairman of the British landscape is recorded. and alloys and phenomena associated with
Venture Capital Association (BVCA), which radiation damage. He has also made a
Her accomplishments at Ordnance Survey
represents around 165 UK-based private distinguished contribution to engineering
have been recognised by the awarding of
equity and venture capital firms. The BVCA is education as Dean of the Faculty of
Honorary Doctorates from several
the public face of the industry, providing Engineering at the University of Liverpool
Universities. In addition to her role at
services to its members, investors and over extended periods.
Ordnance Survey, Vanessa is an active leader
entrepreneurs as well as the UK government in the encouragement of best management, Malcolm David Bolton BA(Cantab) MSc
and media. For the past seven years, she has commercial and customer practices across PhD(Cantab) CEng MICE (62)
been a member of the council that runs the many parts in Whitehall and other broader Distinguished for his outstanding
organisation and has served as vice- public sector; a role recognised by her being contributions to many aspects of soil
chairman and Chairman of the Technology Chair of the Association of Chief Executives mechanics and geotechnical engineering,
Subcommittee. Anne Glover is also a of Governmental Agencies. covering a wide range of topics. Eminent for
member of the Technology Strategy Board, leading research on geotechnical centrifuge
an arm's length organisation set up by Lord Professor Lord Robert Winston FMedSci
testing, fundamental soil mechanics and
Sainsbury to advise government and getting FRCOG FRCP
their applications to many practical
up to £178m per annum to back key Robert Winston is a renowned scientist with
engineering problems, including retaining
technologies where the UK can gain a an international reputation for his research
walls, pile driving and offshore pipeline
competitive advantage. In 2006, she was into human reproduction. He is Emeritus
behaviour.
appointed CBE for services to business. She Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial
is a fine role model for a vital part of the College, a Member of Council of EPSRC and Nigel Peter Brandon BSc PhD CEng
Chair of EPSRC Societal Issues Panel. FIMMM FInstE (48)
British economy and can confidently be
Distinguished for his personal leadership
expected to contribute to the Academy's He has pioneered advances widely used in
and innovation in pioneering the rapid
interests in national policy and national fertility and IVF treatment. Above and
development and application of fuel cell
policy formation and academic-industrial beyond his personal standing and
technology through the establishment of
innovation. contributions as a leading scientist, though,
leading research groups and a commercial for embedded devices, achieving high engineering within the UK and his work is
spin-out company to meet societal needs function with limited memory and low internationally acclaimed. His industrially
power. Exceptional for co-founding and relevant research has attracted generous
Alan Bundy BSc PhD FRSE FBCS FAAAI
FECCAI FAISB FIET (61) strategic leadership of Symbian, world- funding from EPSRC/EU and, apart from his
A leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence. beating wireless software company. An early own field, involves extensive interactions
He has distinguished himself with adopter of open source software. with Mechanical, Civil and Structural
outstanding contributions to the Engineers.
Norman Andrew Fleck MA(Cantab)
automation of reasoning and its BA(Cantab) PhD(Cantab) FRS FIMMM CEng Iain Gilmour Gray BSc MPhil CEng FRAeS
applications to mathematics and formal (50) (51)
methods of ICT system development. Pre-eminent in advances in solid mechanics Distinguished for his outstanding leadership
Particularly recognised for the invention of in the UK. He has made seminal of Airbus UK, preserving the continued
the technique of proof planning and the contributions to the understanding and development of large air transport wing
consequent construction, repair and practice of Solid Mechanics in the design of technologies and manufacture in the United
evolution of formal models. This research structures and the material of which they Kingdom. He was appointed as Chief
has been recognised by receipt of major are made. He established the basic Executive of the BERR Technology Strategy
international prize awards and been readily understanding of the compressive Board in November 2007.
adopted by a number of UK companies. microbuckling of fibre composites, optimal
Graham Aubrey Honeyman BSc MSc PhD
design of metallic foams and lattice
Michael Douglas Carr BSc FIET CEng (52) FIMMM CEng (56)
materials, multifunctional sandwich panel
Distinguished for leadership of a major Distinguished for the development and
design, the theory of cold rolling thin foil,
research organisation and his success in commercial realisation of super-clean, low-
powder compaction theory, and of the
creating tangible value from research residual, forging good-strength steels,
mechanics of ferro-electrics. He pioneered
results. Outstanding for his personal ductility and resistance to embrittlement in
and leads the development of strain
technical contribution to visual and service at temperatures in the range 300-
gradient, plasticity theory. His mathematical
multimedia communications and 500°C. Also for serving the Power
models for these are new standards in
International Standards. Eminent for his Generation, Petrochemical and Offshore
stressanalysis design software such as
leadership of international consensus industries; and for technical, commercial
ABACUS.
forming bodies focusing on Technology and managerial leadership of Sheffield
solutions for Telecommunications systems. Simon John Gallimore MA(Cantab) Forgemasters International Ltd.
PhD(Cantab) FRAeS CEng (50)
David Douglas Cleevely BSc PhD(Cantab) Simon Howison BSc FRAeS FIET (56)
Recognised nationally and internationally for
FIET MIOD CEng (54) One of the UK's most eminent aerospace
his outstanding expertise and contributions
Outstanding for his contributions to engineers. He is the engineering leader and
to Rolls-Royce's turbomachinery
telecommunications, particularly the designated design approval signatory for
aerodynamics. These have resulted in highly
integration of engineering and economics many of the UK's most complex and
competitive and innovative compressor
and its application in technology technically challenging air programmes,
designs and helped Rolls-Royce secure a
development and regulation. Also for his such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, Nimrod
major share of the aero-engine market. He is
work in combining academic and industrial MRA4 and Hawk. Through his Chairmanship
now pioneering aerodynamic technology
projects and for promoting of the BAE Systems UK engineering council
advances in turbine design.
telecommunications. he plays a leading role in the development
Michael James Goulette HND CEng FRAeS of the company's overall engineering
Trevor William Cyne BA(Cantab) PhD
FIoM (59) capability. His personal engineering acumen
FIMMM CEng (56)
Distinguished for engineering leadership of and leadership remain instrumental in
Distinguished for his work on the thermo-
major modules of Rolls-Royce's gas turbines securing the UK's place as a global centre of
mechanical behaviour of metal composites,
and acquisition of their technologies. He excellence in the air sector.
layered systems, sandwich sheets, metallic
developed and patented turbine blade
foams and surface coatings; he is one of the John Hudson BSc MBA CEng FRINA (48)
alloys; became Head of Materials, the Project
few UK highly cited researchers (ISI). His One of the UK's most eminent Naval
Director for RB211 and Trent 700 and has
work is characterised by close collaborations Engineers. Following a distinguished career
contributed extensively to professional,
with small companies engineering new in ship design, spanning practical research,
government, academic and industrial
science into new products. design engineering and engineering
bodies.
Jo Da Silva MA(Cantab) MIStructE MICE (41) leadership, he is now responsible for the
Philip Stanley Grainger BSc FRAeS CEng design and development of the UK's most
Outstanding for her delivery of engineering
(56) advanced and complex naval engineering
to ensure the relief and rehabilitation of
Distinguished for his establishment of project, the Astute Class Nuclear Powered
communities and property following
leading capability in precision structural Attack submarine.
extensive damage from major - mostly
composites for UK aerospace and for GKN in
natural - physical disaster. She is also Alan Galloway Jack BSc PhD CEng FIET (58)
particular. He is an outstanding aeronautical
distinguished for the engineering design of Distinguished for his outstanding
engineer who has both made key personal
a series of important buildings developing contribution in the field of electrical
contributions to helicopter design and
the art of structural design and inter- machines and drive systems. After an early
manufacture and directed and developed
disciplinary design addressing sustainability. productive career in industry he had been
innovative teams of aerospace engineers.
Charles William Davies BSc PhD FIET (54) responsible for developing an
Kenneth Thomas Victor Grattan BSc PhD internationally renowned research group at
Distinguished for co-inventing and
DSc FIET FInstP FinstMC (54) Newcastle University. He has made a
developing software for the Psion electronic
Has made an outstanding contribution to significant contribution to the analysis of
organiser. Outstanding for pioneering
the application of fibre optic sensor electrical machines. This work has
object-oriented methods to write software
contributed to the design of large turbo demonstrated inspirational technical Industry and now heads up a multi-
generators. He is responsible for the leadership, not merely managerial disciplinary University Department of
development of several novel machines, competence, fully justifying Fellowship of Engineering while maintaining an
these include: fault tolerant permanent the Academy. outstanding research output.
magnet machines and segmented rotor Michael Lynch OBE, BA(Cantab) Stephen Michael Payne OBE RDI, BSc(Eng)
switched reluctance motors for aerospace PhD(Cantab) MIET CEng (43) HonPhD(Science) CEng FRINA (48)
applications and machines using powder Outstanding engineer and entrepreneur Internationally recognised as the world's
iron technology for high volume who has pioneered the use of Bayesian pre-eminent designer of large passenger
production. methods for classifying and processing data. ships, both ocean liners (and Queen Mary 2
Andrew Jamieson OBE, BSc PhD FIChemE Founder and Chief Executive Officer of in particular) and cruise ships; together with
CEng (60) Autonomy Corporation PLC, a world-class project management and safety
Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd, from leader in information search, processing and responsibility during construction.
1999 to 2004 during which time he steered personalisation technology for text, audio
Peter David Price BSc FRAeS CEng (49)
the company to complete its initial and video.
An outstanding engineer whose
construction of two LNG trains, their start up Ian Kenneth McEwan BSc(Eng) PhD BD distinguished career at Rolls-Royce includes
and outstanding operation. Distinguished CEng FICE FRSE (42) major contributions to civil and military
for his contribution to the commercial Inventor and entrepreneur who has led the aero-engines. He received The Royal
production and transportation of LNG, development of platelet® technology; an Academy of Engineering Silver Medal for his
especially in sub- Sahara Africa. entirely new approach to sealing pipeline eminent contribution to vertical lift
Jeffrey Kramer BSc MSc PhD FACM FIET leaks. Multiple deployments in UK and propulsion design. His innovative and
FBCS FCGI CEng (59) Norwegian Continental Shelves have systems engineering skills now underpin all
Distinguished for innovative (and lasting) produced outstanding successes and the of the company's new civil aero-engine
research contributions spanning the theory technology is now being fast tracked for projects.
and practice of Distributed Software commercial usage in the UK water industry.
Alasdair Rawsthorne BSc FBCS (55)
Engineering. Eminent in the field of Joseph Anthony McGeough BSc PhD DSc Distinguished for inventing and bringing to
Software Engineering with particular FRSE FIMechE FIET FCIRP (68) market disruptive technology, initially
contributions in software Architecture (eg Outstanding for his research, patents, conceived in the University of Manchester.
Conic and Darwin) and concurrent software applications and transfer to the UK, This enables software to be migrated
analysis (eg LTSA) which have been adopted European and Global industry of his ground between incompatible computer processors
internationally by industry especially in the breaking work on non-traditional, and operating systems - with total integrity,
development of product software and particularly electrochemical, machining and in real time and with insignificant
academia - in teaching and research. engineering directorships of university spin- performance degradation. Outstanding for
Joseph Hun-Wei Lee BSc(MIT) MSc(MIT) out companies. Distinguished for his work nurturing talented young software
PhD(MIT) FHKAES FASCE FHKIE MCIWEM with surgeons on novel cutting tools for engineers.
(55) bone and tissue as an alternative to existing
Robert Andrew Rickell BSc MTech FIMechE
Distinguished for his contributions to mechanical methods.
CEng EurIng (48)
environmental hydraulic engineering. His
Julia Alison Noble BA(Oxon) DPhil(Oxon) An exceptional mechanical engineer whose
methods for predicting initial mixing of FIET FIEEE CEng FRSA MICCAI (43) development of constant velocity front
effluent discharges in moving water Distinguished for her research in ultrasound wheel drive (CV) systems has enabled GKN
(including the Lee and Neville-Jones imaging, as applied to cardiology, to become world leader in this field.
Equation and the JETLAG model) enabled gynaecology, and oncology, and for image Outstanding for the first major advance in
the design of sustainable wastewater analysis in support of neuro-interventions. CV technology for seventy years.
disposal systems and are used world wide. She continues to lead developments of her Distinguished for deriving product test
Outstanding leadership in hydraulic subject through conference organisation, standards which have been globally
engineering in Asia. development of new graduate courses, the adopted by the automotive industry.
Timothy Andrew Leverton BSc MBA EngD Oxford Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Ian Shott BSc MDip INSEAD CEng FIChemE
FIMechE CEng (49) and engineering entrepreneurship.
(51)
Outstanding for best practice high volume
David Howard Owens BSc PhD FIET Distinguished for his engineering and
automotive concurrent engineering, FIMechE FIMA CMath CEng (60) leadership in the fine chemicals and
including innovative team working, Distinguished for his fundamental scientific pharmaceutical industry and for the creation
reducing time to ship and improving early contributions to control systems of Excelsym a successful integrated group of
production component reliability.
engineering research, education and Management Consulting, Molecular
Distinguished for developing the top-of-the-
professional activities whilst holding senior Development and Engineering Technology
range, best selling Rolls-Royce Phantom and
management positions in three leading companies.
for leading JCB's record breaking Dieselmax
engineering universities including Dean of
land speed project. Sembukuttiarachilage Ravi Pradip Silva
Engineering and Head of Control and
BA(Cantab) PhD(Cantab) FIET CPhys FInstP
John Neil Loughhead BSc(Eng) FCGI MSc Systems Engineering at Sheffield University.
CEng (39)
CEng FIMechE FIET DIC (59)
Gareth Davies Padfield BSc PhD CEng Nominated for his outstanding
Global warming is the most important issue
FRAeS AHSM (60) contributions to nanotechnology. He is
facing the international community. In his
A world authority on helicopter flight distinguished for seminal achievements in
various roles in GEC, Alstom and UKERC, he
dynamics, control and handling qualities. As electron field emission and the low
has made an outstanding contribution to
Rotorcraft Chief Scientist at DERA, Padfield temperature growth of carbon nanotubes.
energy systems research and development
led a range of key national and international These discoveries have attracted
contributing to a solution. He has
research programmes for the MoD and considerable industrial interest, resulted in
twelve patents and he has established two commericalise his invention of the polymer instrumentation devices, especially those
start-up companies that promise to organic light emitting diode micro display associated with the laser and phase Doppler
revolutionise nanotechnology. that has raised over £40million in anemometer. His vision and innovation has
investment and now employs more than 50 taken these instruments from delicate one-
Sarah Katherine Spurgeon BSc DPhil FIET
FInstMC FIMA SMIEEE CEng CMath (44) staff in Germany and the UK. off laboratory devices to robust, versatile
Eminent for fundamental contributions to and highly accurate optical sensors capable
Nicholas Benedict Van Someren
the development of nonlinear control and BA(Cantab) MA(Cantab) PhD(Cantab) FBCS of measuring the statistics of turbulent flows
estimation methods, from theoretical CITP (41) in hostile environments including those
developments through to trials and Co-founder and technical leader of world- involving unsteadiness, multi-phases and
subsequent industrial support of leading cryptographic FTSE plc nCipher. combustion. Every major fluid-mechanics
technological exploitation. Distinguished for Outstanding for versatile and wide-ranging laboratory in the world has purchased
advancing the practice of both UK and hardware and software engineering derivatives of his inventions. His restless
International professional bodies and addressing fundamental data security ambition to exploit new possibilities for his
promotion of new methods of supporting challenges arising from electronic till and instrumentation is matched only by his
early career stage female engineers. internet data encryption key management. remarkable skills both as a lecturer and
Distinguished for enduring myoelectric author in explaining the operational
Nigel Titchener-Hooker BSc PhD FIChemE principles.
technology, enabling stroke and cerebral
MAIChE (46)
palsy patients to learn fine muscle control. Edward Greitzer AB SM PhD (Harvard)
Distinguished for a pioneering role in laying
foundations for the processing of a new Christoph Stefan Wiesner EurIng Dr és Sci FAIAA FASME MNAE (67)
generation of macromolecular medicines Tech DipMgmt CEng FIMMM FWeldI (45) Distinguished for expertise in engineering
and for linking this to methods for making Distinguished for his work on crack arrest fluid dynamics, especially aerodynamics of
more systematic development decisions. In and crack approach methodologies in compressors, having contributed extensively
parallel he has made major contributions to fracture mechanics and for his contributions to improvement in compressor and gas
establishing the education of a new type of to international standards/codes of defect turbine performance through the
engineer and in linking the new field to acceptance in welded structures. An understanding of their behaviour.
established professional bodies. outstanding manager, he led TWI structural He has also played a leading role in
integrity businesses for six years and now as the dissemination of knowledge and
Nigel Peter Topham BSc PhD FBCS CEng understanding of fluid dynamics.
Director of Research and Technology has
CITP (47)
overall responsibility for TWI's research and Jorg Imberger AM FAA FTSE FIWA FIE Aus
Distinguished for engineering excellence in
consultancy business. FANI (Argentina) NAE (USA) FAGU (65)
the design of high performance, low-power
embedded processors. Evidenced by his Tony Wilson BA(Oxon) MA(Oxon) Distinguished for establishing the
outstanding advances in the engineering of DPhil(Oxon) FIET FInstP CEng CPhys CSci foundations of Physical Limnology. Imberger
all ARC's licensable IP cores. He has HonFRMS (53) has developed state-of-the-art engineering
personally advanced the state-of-the-art in Distinguished for his seminal contributions tools for the sustainable management of
microprocessor design through two start-up to confocal microscopy, arguably one of the lakes, estuaries and coastal seas, with the
companies, one LSE-listed company, and he most significant advances in light objective of optimising the balance
continues this with a strong academic microscopy in the last century. His work, between water yield, flood control,
publication record. which led to the marketing of the first hydropower, water quality, carbon cycling
commercial instrument, has also resulted in and human capital. In this field he has no
Christofer Toumazou FRS, BSc PhD FIET peers.
the introduction of two fundamentally new
FIEEE (46)
approaches to 3D imaging in microscopy. Tridibesh Mukherjee BEMet MMet PhD
Distinguished for pioneering 'current mode'
signal processing, using transistors in the FNAE HonMIIM INSDAG (65)
weak inversion regime. His researches Has had an outstanding career as a
initiated the new direction for ultra-low metallurgist, manager and innovator in the
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS steel industry. He has championed
power analogue processing and opened
radically new possibilities in Clarence Forbes Dewey BE (Yale) MS development projects and has been the
telecommunications and biomedicine. (Stanford) PhD (CalTech) FAIMBio FIEEE driving force behind technological
His enthusiasm for bringing inventions into Biomed Eng Soc (73) improvements and business acquisitions
practical usage has led him to form several Distinguished American engineer, eminent that have raised the status of Tata Steel to its
companies, one of which is now in the in Biomedical Engineering. He has current globally recognised position.
public domain. undertaken outstanding research in Jung Uck Seo FIET CEng FIEEE BS ME PhD
biological fluid mechanics, medical IT and HonDr (73)
Ian Underwood BSc MSc PhD FRSE FInstP optics. Dewey founded the Massachusetts
MIEEE MSID (55) Distinguished for being the major force in
Computer Corporation (now Concurrent, enabling Korea to lead the world in the
Distinguished as a researcher, academic, NASDAQ listed) and has been a consultant
inventor, innovator, entrepreneur and introduction of CDMA cellular mobile phone
to international companies over many years. technology. His many industrial, academic
inspiration to younger scientists and
engineers. Following a successful research Franz Josef Durst Dipl-Ing MSc PhD Dr-Ing and Government posts have been at the
career primarily in liquid crystal and other Habil DSc(Eng) (67) highest possible level including that of the
optoelectronic devices and systems, he co- Distinguished for outstanding contributions Minister of Science and Technology
founded the spin-out company over 35 years to the invention, development
MicroEmissive Displays (MED) to and insightful application of flow-
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