October 2026
Professor Phil Blythe CBE FREng has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Intelligent Transport Systems.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FREng FRS has been made an Honorary Fellow by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET).
September 2026
The Academy elected 75 new Fellows at the 2026 AGM.
Professor Marian Wiercigroch FREng FRSE has been elected a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Professor Asad Madni FREng HonFRSE has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Professor Sir Cato Laurencin FREng has been awarded the 2027 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention.
Ilya Espino de Marotta FREng has been appointed Administrator of the Panama Canal having previously been Deputy Administrator. She is the first woman to run the waterway in its 112-year history.
Professor Chinemelu Anumba FREng, has been named a Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida in recognition of his seminal research contributions to construction engineering and informatics and his global stature in the field.
August 2026
Professor Jennifer Schooling OBE FREng has been elected her as a Distinguished Fellow by the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI).
July 2026
Dr Fuzzy Bitar FREng has been appointed CEO of the Energy Institute.
June 2026
Professor Nick Jennings CB FREng FRS has been awarded the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence Award for Research Excellence.
Ursula Burns FREng has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FREng FRS has been appointed President of the British Science Association for 2026-27.
Raffaella Ocone OBE FREng FRSE has received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Surrey.
Nigel Perry MBE FREng is to become Durham University's new Chair of University Council from 1 August 2026.
Professor Antonio Gens FREng has been elected to the Academia Europea (The Academy of Europe).
Dr Ollie Folayan MBE FREng has begun his term as the 85th president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
May 2026
Professor Ashwani Gupta FREng has been awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dedicated Service Award.
Raffaella Ocone OBE FREng FRSE has been elected to the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (the Italian National Academy of Science).
Congratulations to the following Academy Fellows who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society:
- Dr Jan-Theodoor Janssen FREng FRS
- Dr Andrew Shields FREng FRS
- Professor Malcolm Smith FREng FRS
- Professor Michael Wooldridge FREng FRS
Professor Joseph Hajnal FREng FMedSci has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Professor Yonggang Huang FREng FRS has been ranked first in Research.com's list of the world's Best Aerospace and Mechanical Scientists 2026.
Professor Hussam Jouhara FREng has been awarded the IMechE’s 2025 James Clayton Prize.
April 2026
Professor Rod Muttram FREng has been elected President of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers.
Dr Barbara Lane FREng FRSE has been appointed as the first independent chair of the Building Advisory Committee within the Building Safety Regulator.
Professor Roger Falconer FREng has been elected to the Academia Europea (The Academy of Europe).
February 2026
Professor Jan Cilliers FREng has been awarded the 2025 Antoine M Gaudin Award by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
Professor Constantinos Soutis FREng has been elected as an International Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), in recognition of exceptional and sustained scientific contributions to aircraft composite materials.
Professor Muriel Médard FREng has been awarded the IEEE’s Richard W Hamming Medal.
Dr Ian Ritchey FREng has been appointed Deputy Chair of Enginuity Group.
Sir Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Professor Sir Michael Brady FREng FRS FMedSci
- Bob Dudley CBE FREng
- Sir Demis Hassabis CBE FREng FRS
- Professor Chwee-Tek Lim FREng FRS
- Prof Sir David Payne CBE KBE FREng FRS
January 2026
Professor Philip Bond FREng has been elected a Founding Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
Steph McGovern HonFREng has launched the Steph McGovern Women in Engineering Scholarship at Teeside University, a major new scholarship programme aimed at increasing the number of women entering the engineering profession.
December 2025
Congratulations to the following Fellows, who have been recognised in the New Year Honours list for their services to engineering research, industry and wider society:
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FREng. Royal Society Research Professor and Professor of Optical Communications and Networks, University College London. For services to Engineering and to Optical Communications.
- Dr Fiona Elizabeth Rayment OBE FREng FRSE. Non-Executive Director, Trustee and Nuclear Advisor. For services to Nuclear Engineering.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Professor Suzanne Farid FREng. Professor of Bioprocess Systems Engineering and Head of Biochemical Engineering, University College London. For services to Biochemical Engineering.
- Dr Luisa Maria Freitas Dos Santos FREng. Vice-President, Global Clinical Supply Chain, GlaxoSmithKline. For services to Pharmaceutical Engineering.
- Andrew James McNaughton FREng. Executive Director Infrastructure Projects, AWE plc. For services to National Infrastructure.
- Professor Sarah Catherine Sharples FREng, Lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport. For services to Transportation, to Manufacturing Research and to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Dr Aderonke Matilda Adebiren (Roni) Savage FREng. Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Jomas Associates Ltd. For services to Young People, to Business and to the Construction Industry.
Professor Max Lu DL FREng has been elected an International Fellow of the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Professor Patricia Thornley FREng has been appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Transport.
November 2025
Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng FLSW has received the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat Public Service Medal in recognition of his significant contributions to nuclear safety in Singapore.
Professor Mark Rainforth FREng has been awarded the IMechE’s 2025 Tribology Silver Medal.
Dame Dervilla Mitchell DBE FREng has been elected to the Council of the Irish Academy of Engineering.
Professor Sir Cato Laurencin FREng has received the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award.
October 2025
Richard Rooley FREng has been awarded a Gold Medal by CIBSE.
Professor Bikash Pal FREng has been elected the President-Elect for IEEE Power and Energy Society.
Professor Vincent Fusco CBE FREng FRS has been awarded the Parsons Medal by the Irish Academy of Engineering.