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Liquid air energy - a new industry for the UK?
10 May 2013 The Academy hosted a discussion meeting yesterday on the potential of using liquid air as a new and sustainable vector ...

Engineering institutions sign diversity concordat
09 May 2013 A number of Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs) and other stakeholders have joined forces to promote diversity ...

Business-minded researchers receive Enterprise Fellowships
30 April 2013 The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded five more of its prestigious Enterprise Fellowships to outstanding innovators ...

Top technology entrepreneurs pledge over 800 days a year to mentor promising businesses
29 April 2013 70 of the UK's top technology entrepreneurs and business professionals have pledged to volunteer at least one day a ...

More Government support for research and innovation needed to drive UK growth and prosperity
22 April 2013 The Presidents of the four UK National Academies have called on Government to guarantee a stable investment framework ...

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News of Fellows

Professor Robert Langer FREng to receive MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award

Philip Gray FREng awarded Futers Gold Medal by IOM3

Andrew Tyler CBE FREng appointed Northrop Grumman Corporation’s CEO for UK and Europe

Professor Hugh Griffiths FREng wins A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize and delivers IET lecture

Professor Brian Collins CB FREng awarded Doctor of Science honoris causa by City University, London

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A national resource for technology entrepreneurs and investors

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Watch the recording of the announcement of our first prize winners 18 March 2013

Upcoming events

05 June 2013 Cheltenham Science Festival 2013 - Solar superstorms: global threat or storm in a tea cup?

05 June 2013 Next Generation Nuclear Energy - the UK's Role

08 June 2013 Cheltenham Science Festival 2013 - The web and us

09 June 2013 Cheltenham Science Festival 2013 - Call my genetically engineered bluff

19 June 2013 Innovation in medical technologies

A conference highlighting the latest innovations in the medical technologies sector

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Academy in the media

7 May 2013 BBC News: Bacteria detector work by UWE professor wins award

2 May 2013 E&T online: Support to commercialise engineering innovation

1 May 2013 Telegraph online: The fracking debate

29 April 2013 BBC Radio 4: The Academy's Enterprise Hub discussed on the Today programme (2hr 42mins)

26 April 2013 UK ramps up efforts to support high-growth tech companies

26 April 2013 Professional Engineering: Academy offers help to enterprising small firms

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Recent publications

Banner: Decommissioning in the North Sea
Decommissioning in the North Sea: A report of a workshop held to discuss the decommissioning of oil and gas platforms in the North Sea (1239KB)

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Banner: Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure Summary report
Extreme space weather: impacts on engineered systems and infrastructure Summary report

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Banner: Innovation in technology-based companies report
Innovation in technology-based companies - a summary of an event that looked at the latest business theories for technology-based companies

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Banner: Jobs and growth: the importance of engineering skills to the UK economy - Academy econometrics of engineering skills project
Jobs and growth: the importance of engineering skills to the UK economy - Academy econometrics of engineering skills project

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