The President's Medal is awarded to a Fellow of the Academy who has contributed significantly to the Academy's aims and work through their initiative in promoting excellence in engineering.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
The Medal is awarded to an Academy Fellow who has contributed significantly to the Academy's aims and work through initiatives in promoting excellence in engineering.
For the President’s Medal, only Academy Fellows may submit nominations, and only Academy Fellows are eligible for nomination.
The recipient of the President's Medal will be selected by the Royal Academy of Engineering's Awards Committee.
The Award consists of a medal and will normally be awarded annually. The Medal will not be awarded if in any year the Academy so decides.
Meet our 2025 winner
Professor Nilay Shah OBE FREng
Professor of Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London and Chief Scientific Officer, Zero Petroleum
Chemical processing and sustainability expert Professor Nilay Shah OBE FREng receives the 2025 President's Medal in recognition of his enormous contribution to the Academy’s work, from policy advice to promoting the Fellowship Fit for the Future initiative.
Previously Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, Professor Shah has recently been appointed as one of four co-directors – one each from engineering, science, business and health – of a new School of Convergence Science in Sustainability at Imperial. The new school aims to address big intractable challenges, such as climate change, decarbonisation and sustainability.
Professor Shah has brought his business and academic expertise to his work with the Academy, as an active policy advisor on energy, biofuels and sustainability, serving as Deputy Chair of the National Engineering Policy Centre Net Zero working group. Through that he was involved in the NEPC’s advice to government on the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan and the role of hydrogen in a net zero energy system.
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