Royal Academy of Engineering
UK national association of engineers
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2024 | Rebecca Fitzgerald elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. |
2024 | Twenty-one out of 60 new fellows elected are female. |
2023 | Three women elected as Honorary Fellows: Kate Bingham, Martha Lane Fox, and Angela McLean. |
2023 | Nadine Aubry elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of fluid mechanics, representing academia. |
2023 | Viola Vogel elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of bioengineering, representing academia. |
2023 | Marlene Kanga elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of chemical engineering, representing industry. |
2023 | Six out of 60 new fellows elected are female. |
2022 | Three women elected as Honorary Fellows: Nike Folayan, Hannah Fry, and Damilola Ogunbiyi. |
2022 | Grazia Vittadini elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of aeronautical engineering, representing industry. |
2022 | Andrea Goldsmith elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of electrical engineering, representing both academia and industry. |
2022 | Rebecca Enonchong elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering as an entrepreneur, representing industry. |
2021 | Four notable women elected as Honorary Fellows: Roma Agrawal, Yewande Akinola, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and Steph McGovern. |
2020 | Esther Rodriguez-Villegas received the RAEng Silver Medal. |
July 2020 | RAEng launches a campaign to create a 'Fellowship that is Fit for the Future', aiming to increase diversity by its 50th anniversary in 2026. |
2018 | Frances Arnold elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of chemical engineering, representing academia. She was also the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018. |
2018 | Jade Alglave received the RAEng Silver Medal. |
2016 | Tong Sun received the RAEng Silver Medal. |
2014 | Sue Ion became the first woman to be awarded the RAEng President's Medal. |
2014 | Máire O'Neill received the RAEng Silver Medal. |
2014 | Ann Dowling became the first woman President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), serving from 2014 to 2019. |
2013 | Ursula Burns elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of mechanical engineering, representing industry. |
2013 | Elspeth Finch received the RAEng Silver Medal. |
2012 | Allyson Lawless elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of civil engineering, representing industry. |
2012 | Shirley Ann Jackson elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of particle physics, representing academia. |
2011 | Anne Lauvergeon elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the field of chemical engineering, representing industry. |
2010 | RAEng Council determines a policy targeting 10-20% of newly elected fellows to be women. |
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