Royal Academy of Engineering#Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Conceived in the late 1960s, during the Apollo space program and Harold Wilson's espousal of "white heat of technology", the Fellowship of Engineering was born in the year of Concorde's first commercial flight.[http://www.britishairways.com/concorde/aboutconcorde.html#facts_figures Celebrating Concorde]. Britishairways.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

The Fellowship's first meeting, at Buckingham Palace on 11 June 1976, enrolled 126 of the UK's leading engineers.{{cite web|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/founder_fellows/pdf/Founder_Fellows.pdf |title=Founder Fellows |publisher=Royal Academy of Engineering |date=10 June 1976 |archive-date=14 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214020618/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/founder_fellows/pdf/Founder_Fellows.pdf}} The first fellows included Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, the jet engine developer, the structural engineer Sir Ove Arup, radar pioneer Sir George G. MacFarlane, the inventor of the bouncing bomb, Sir Barnes Wallis, Francis Thomas Bacon, the inventor of the alkaline fuel cell, and father of the UK computer industry Sir Maurice Wilkes. The Fellowship's first president, Christopher Hinton, had driven the UK's supremacy in nuclear power.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/history/earlydays.htm History of The Academy - Early Days]. Raeng.org.uk (1976-06-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

The Fellowship focused on championing excellence in all fields of engineering. Activities began in earnest in the mid-1970s with the Distinction lecture series, now known as the Hinton lectures. The Fellowship was asked to advise the Department of Industry for the first time, and the Academy became host and presenter of the MacRobert Award.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/history/establish.htm History of The Academy - 1976–1981: Establishing a track record]. Raeng.org.uk. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

In the 1980s, the Fellowship received its own royal charter along with its first government grant-in-aid. At the same time, it also received significant industrial funding, initiated its research programme to build bridges between academia and industry, and opened its doors to international and honorary fellows.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/history/growing.htm History of The Academy - 1981–1986: Growing influence and activities]. Raeng.org.uk. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

In 1990, the Academy launched its first major initiative in education, Engineering Education Continuum, which evolved into the BEST Programme{{cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/best.htm |title=Education - Best Programme |website=www.raeng.org.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020218224550/http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/best.htm |archive-date=18 February 2002 |url-status=dead}} and Shape the Future and Tomorrow's Engineers.{{cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/stf/default.htm |title=Shape the Future |website=www.raeng.org.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011212837/http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/stf/default.htm |archive-date=11 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}

The Academy's increasing level of influence – in policy, research and education – was recognized when it was granted a royal title and became The Royal Academy of Engineering in 1992.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/history/fromfellow.htm History of The Academy - 1991–1996: From Fellowship to Royal Academy]. Raeng.org.uk (1992-07-02). Retrieved on 2013-08-13. In 2014 the academy launched its annual Africa Prize.{{Cite web |title=Africa Prize 10th Anniversary |url=https://africaprize.raeng.org.uk/about-the-prize/africa-prize-10th-anniversary |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=africaprize.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}

The Academy's current logo{{cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/publications/visual-identity-style-guide/logos|title=Academy logos}} is inspired by the Neolithic hand axe, humans' first technological advance, which was taken to be a symbol appropriate to the Academy, supposedly representative of the ever-changing relationship between humanity and technology.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/housestyle/default.htm Visual Identity Guidelines]. Raeng.org.uk. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

The Academy's premises, 3–4 Carlton House Terrace, are in a Grade I listed building overlooking St James's Park, designed by architect John Nash and owned by the Crown Estate. The Academy shares the Terrace with two of its sister academies, the British Academy and the Royal Society, as well as other institutes.

The building was renamed Prince Philip House,[http://www.princephiliphouse.com/ Home | Prince Philip House] after renovation works were completed in 2012.

The Academy is instrumental in two policy alliances set up in 2009 to provide coherent advice on engineering education and policy across the profession: Education for Engineering{{cite web|url=http://www.educationforengineering.org.uk/|title=Education for Engineering (E4E)|website=Education for Engineering (E4E)|access-date=7 September 2018}} and Engineering the Future.{{cite web|url=http://www.engineeringthefuture.co.uk|title=Engineering the Future|website=Engineering the Future|access-date=7 September 2018}}

The Academy is one of four agencies that receive funding from the UK's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for activities that support government policy on public understanding of science and engineering.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-public-understanding-of-science-and-engineering/2010-to-2015-government-policy-public-understanding-of-science-and-engineering|title=2010 to 2015 government policy: public understanding of science and engineering|website=Gov.uk|access-date=7 September 2018}}

As part of its programme to communicate the benefits and value of engineering to society, the Academy publishes a quarterly magazine, Ingenia [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034924/http://www.ingenia.org.uk/Online]. The Academy says that Ingenia is written for a non-specialist audience and is "aimed at all those with an interest in engineering, whether working in business and industry, government, academia or the financial community". The Academy also makes Ingenia available to A-Level students in 3,000 schools in the UK.

The president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the elected officer of the Academy, presides over meetings of the council. The president is elected for a single term of not more than five years.

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The Fellowship currently includes more than 1,500 engineers from all sectors and disciplines of engineering. The fellows, distinguished by the title Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering and the post-nominal designation FREng, lead, guide, and contribute to the Academy's work and provide expertise.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/fellowslist.htm The Fellowship - List of Fellows]. Raeng.org.uk. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

The Royal Fellows of the Academy are the Duke of Kent and the Princess Royal.

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The Academy strives to ensure that the pool of candidates for election to the Fellowship better reflects the diverse make-up of society as a whole. It set up the Proactive Membership Committee{{cite web|url=http://raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/council/pro_active_membership.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213172155/http://raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/council/pro_active_membership.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2011|title=Council and Committees: Proactive Membership Committee|date=13 December 2011|access-date=7 September 2018}} in 2008 to identify and support the nomination of candidates from underrepresented areas, with the aim of boosting the number of women candidates, engineers from industry and small and medium enterprises, those from emerging technologies and ethnically diverse backgrounds.[http://www.raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/council/pro_active_membership.htm Council and Committees: Proactive Membership Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213172155/http://raeng.org.uk/about/fellowship/council/pro_active_membership.htm |date=2011-12-13 }}. Raeng.org.uk. Retrieved on 2013-08-13.

• With the support of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, the Academy manages the annual Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, the premier prize for UK innovation in engineering. First presented in 1969, the award honours the winning company with a gold medal and the team members with a prize of £50,000.
• The Academy oversees the awarding of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize). The QEPrize is an international, £1 million engineering prize that "rewards and celebrates the engineers responsible for a ground-breaking innovation that has been of global benefit to humanity". The objective of the prize is to "raise the public profile of engineering and to inspire young people to become engineers".{{cite web|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/prizes-and-medals/other-awards/queen-elizabeth-prize-for-engineering|title=Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering - Royal Academy of Engineering|website=Raeng.org.uk|access-date=7 September 2018}}
• The Academy's Sir George Macfarlane Medal is an annual award that "recognizes a UK engineer who has demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career".{{cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/prizes-and-medals/individual-awards/sir-george-mac-farlane-award |title=Sir George Macfarlane Medal - Royal Academy of Engineering |website=www.raeng.org.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810042633/http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/prizes-and-medals/individual-awards/sir-george-mac-farlane-award |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}
• The President's Medal
• The Prince Philip Medal, named after Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and "awarded periodically to an engineer of any nationality who has made an exceptional contribution to engineering as a whole through practice, management or education."RAE: [http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/philip/default.htm Prince Philip Medal]
• The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation has been awarded annually since 2014. In its first ten years it provided a million pounds of finance in addition to assistance with legal, IT and networking. The 2015 prize was won by Tanzanian Askwar Hilonga who had devised a novel water filter{{Cite news |date=2015-06-02 |title=Tanzanian low-cost water filter wins innovation prize |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32973591 |access-date=2024-11-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
• Chair in Emerging Technologies, a scheme providing long-term support to visionary researchers in developing technologies with potential to deliver benefits to the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2018/april/academy-funds-global-research-visionaries-to-advan|title=Academy funds global research visionaries to advance emerging technologies|date=10 April 2018|website=Royal Academy of Engineering|access-date=11 April 2018}}
• Engineering Leadership Scholarship, awarded to engineering undergraduate engineering students in the UK with high potential for leadership in the sector. Awardees undertake an accelerated personal development programme to assist awardees in becoming future leaders.{{cite web | url=https://raeng.org.uk/els | title=Engineering Leaders Scholarship }}

• Engineering Development Trust
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• Glossary of engineering
• Royal Academy of Engineering International Medal
• UK Young Academy

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