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09 July 2007
Academy announces new Fellows for 2007
Professor Helen Atkinson, who has developed metal alloys you can spread like butter, Sergio Pellegrino, the father of ultra-lightweight expanding space mirrors, and Dervilla Mitchell, who led the engineering design for the roof at Terminal 5, are among the 30 pioneering engineers elected this year to The Royal Academy of Engineering.
The Academy, which promotes the engineering and technological welfare of the UK, has also elected leading engineers from the business world including Andrew Herbert, Managing Director of Microsoft Research, Andrew McNaughton, Chief Engineer at Network Rail and David Waboso, Director of Engineering at London Underground.
Astronomer Royal Lord Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society, and Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard University, have also been elected as Honorary Fellows.
"Our new Fellows demonstrate the importance of engineering in the modern world," says Academy President Lord Browne of Madingley. "They are the cream of the UK's engineering talent and many of them are actively involved in meeting some of the world's greatest challenges: energy provision, climate change and sustainable use of materials. We salute their achievements and invite their help in moving engineering to the centre of society."
The complete list of new Fellows for 2007 is as follows:
HONORARY FELLOWS
JUMA, Calestous
Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology and Globalisation Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
REES of Ludlow, Lord (Martin)
President of the Royal Society; Astronomer Royal; Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics and Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
FELLOWS
ALFORD, Neil McNeill
Professor of Physical Electronics and Thin Film Materials, Imperial College London
ATKINSON, Helen Valerie
Professor in Metals Processing, University of Leicester
BEAUMONT, Steven Peter
Vice Principal for Research and Enterprise, University of Glasgow
BENNION, Ian
Professor and Head of Electronic Engineering and Head of Photonics Research, Aston University
BEYNON, John Howard
Dean of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
BROOK, Richard Anthony
Director, E-Synergy Ltd
COLLINGS, Nicholas
Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, Cambridge University; Founder and Director, Cambustion Inc, Cambridge
DOPPING-HEPENSTAL, Lambert Leif
Technical Director, BAE Systems
EAST, (David) Warren Arthur
Chief Executive Officer, ARM Holdings
FIRTH, Ian Peter Thomas
Senior Partner, Flint & Neill Partnership
GOODALL, Roger Morgan
Professor of Control Systems Engineering, Loughborough University
GUILD, Nigel Charles Forbes
Chief Naval Engineer Officer, Ministry of Defence
HERBERT, Andrew James
Managing Director, Microsoft Research Ltd Cambridge
HICKS, Michael Arthur
Chief Technologist - Materials, Rolls-Royce plc
MARSH, John Haig
Board Director and Chief Technical Officer, Intense Ltd (on secondment from University of Glasgow)
McNAUGHTON, Andrew
Chief Engineer, Network Rail
MITCHELL, Dervilla
Director, Arup
MULGREW, Bernard
SELEX S&AS/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Signal Processing,
University of Edinburgh
PAGE, Trevor
Cookson Group Chair of Engineering Materials and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (External Affairs and Research), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Director of the NE joint Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and the Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Microsystems and Photonics (CENAMPS)
PELLEGRINO, Sergio
Professor of Structural Engineering and Fellow of Corpus Christ College,
University of Cambridge
PURSHOUSE, Michael
Head of Systems Engineering, Thales Naval UK
SCRIVENER, Colin Terence John
Formerly Chief Audit Engineer Aerospace Engineering, Rolls-Royce Engineering Fellow Aerothermal Technology, Rolls-Royce plc
STEPHENSON, David John
Professor of Materials Processing and Head of Department of Materials Processing,
Cranfield University
THOMAS, Martyn Charles
Director, Martyn Thomas Associates Ltd Visiting Professor: University of Oxford,
University of Bristol and University of Wales
VARDY, Alan Edward
Part Time Research Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee;
Consultant, Dundee Tunnel Research
VINTER, Richard Bertrand
Head, Control and Power Research Group, Imperial College London
WABOSO, David
Director of Engineering, London Underground
WATTON, John
Professor of Fluid Power, Cardiff University
YORK, David W
Research Fellow, Proctor & Gamble Newcastle Technical Centre;
Visiting Professor, Leeds University Institute of Particle Science Engineering
YOUNGER, Paul Lawrence
HSBC Professor of Energy and Environment, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
INTERNATIONAL FELLOW
KASAGI, Nobuhide
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo
(For more information about the new Fellows download PDF (58KB) )
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Notes for editors
- Founded in 1976, The Royal Academy of Engineering promotes the engineering and technological welfare of the country. Our fellowship - comprising the UK's most eminent engineers - provides the leadership and expertise for our activities, which focus on the relationships between engineering, technology, and the quality of life. As a national academy, we provide independent and impartial advice to Government; work to secure the next generation of engineers; and provide a voice for Britain's engineering community.
For more information please contact:
Jane Sutton at The Royal Academy of Engineering
Tel. 020 7227 0536; email: jane...@...org.uk
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