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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