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Press releases 2022

Appointment of new Engineering Council Chair

Published: 19/12/2022

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Prof John Chudley CEng FIMarEST on his appointment to the position of Chair of the Engineering Council’s Board of Trustees. John will take up the role in June 2022 at the Engineering Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), at which Professor Chris Atkin CEng FRAeS FREng formally completes his term as Chair. …

Setting and maintaining standards, delivering solutions

Setting and maintaining standards, delivering solutions

Published: 28/09/2022

Providing a straightforward guide to professional registration and the professional engineering community, the Engineering Council has updated its ‘Pocket Guide to Professional Registration 2022-2023’. Professional registration is a framework that can help guide your study, training and professional development – and demonstrate the standard you’ve achieved. …

Registrants among 72 new Fellows welcomed by the Royal Academy of Engineering  

Registrants among 72 new Fellows welcomed by the Royal Academy of Engineering  

Published: 27/09/2022

The Engineering Council is pleased to see that half of new Fellows elected are registrants and would like to congratulate them on this significant achievement. At its AGM on 20 September 2022 the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) elected 72 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship. …

Death of Her Majesty the Queen

Death of Her Majesty the Queen

Published: 08/09/2022

The Engineering Council, its Trustees and staff are saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and would like to offer their condolences to the Royal Family.   Her Majesty’s support for professional engineering institutions and for the work of the engineering profession was greatly appreciated. …

Captain Jo Deakin OBE CEng FIMechE RN takes command of HMS Sultan

Captain Jo Deakin OBE CEng FIMechE RN takes command of HMS Sultan

Published: 01/09/2022

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate registrant Captain Jo Deakin OBE CEng FIMechE RN on her appointment as Commanding Officer of HMS Sultan, the home of Royal Navy Marine and Air Engineering. Captain Deakin is the first female Commanding Officer of HMS Sultan, a shore based training establishment. Home of the Defence School of Marine Engineering (DSMarE) and the Royal Naval Air Engineering and Survival School (RNAESS), its primary function is to supply the Fleet with engineering …

Alexandra Keeler wins 2022 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Alexandra Keeler wins 2022 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Published: 19/07/2022

Alexandra Keeler BEng Hons IEng MIMechE, an Overhead Line Design Engineer at Amey, has won the 2022 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award. …

Dr Alalea Kia named winner of the 2022 Hawley Award for Kiacrete – her Climate change resilient permeable infrastructure for a net-zero future

Dr Alalea Kia named winner of the 2022 Hawley Award for Kiacrete – her Climate change resilient permeable infrastructure for a net-zero future

Published: 15/07/2022

The Engineers Trust has announced the winner of its 2022 Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation that helps to achieve Net Zero Carbon. Dr Alalea Kia has been awarded the £5,000 cash prize for her project ‘Climate change resilient permeable infrastructure for a net-zero future – Kiacrete’. …

Almost 4,000 engineers and technicians professionally registered in 2022

Almost 4,000 engineers and technicians professionally registered in 2022

Published: 15/07/2022

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate every one of the 3,893 new registrants so far this year on their achievement. …

Registrant part of MacRobert Award winning team from Quanta Dialysis Technologies

Registrant part of MacRobert Award winning team from Quanta Dialysis Technologies

Published: 13/07/2022

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate Keith Heyes CEng FIET, Systems Engineering Director & Original Inventor from Quanta Dialysis Technologies, named as the winner of the 2022 MacRobert Award, the most prestigious prize for UK engineering innovation. …

Registrants recognised among Top 50 Women in Engineering

Registrants recognised among Top 50 Women in Engineering

Published: 28/06/2022

The Women’s Engineering Society has announced the winners of its annual Top 50 Women in Engineering awards (WE50). We at the Engineering Council would like to congratulate the registrants among these inventors and innovators on their incredible achievements. Now in its seventh year, the 2022 WE50 awards celebrates women who have created or improved a product or process that makes a difference. The awards invited nominations for nominees who work to combat climate change, advocate for women in ST …

Rooke Award goes to EqualEngineers’ Founder

Rooke Award goes to EqualEngineers’ Founder

Published: 24/06/2022

The winner of the Rooke Award has been announced as Chartered Engineer Dr Mark McBride-Wright CEng MIChemE, founder of EqualEngineers. The Rooke Award is one of the most prestigious awards the Royal Academy of Engineering offers. It celebrates the public promotion of engineering. Dr McBride-Wright has tirelessly promoted diversity and inclusion in engineering, as well as rapid cultural change in engineering and technology. Through EqualEngineers, he has reached thousands of people via events, pu …