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Academy fundraising campaign kicks off with £5.5 million already pledged
10 March 2010
The Academy's new fundraising campaign, making things better, has made a flying start with gifts of £5.5 million already announced in its first few days from donors including Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, and some highly regarded global engineering companies including BAE Systems plc, BP plc, National Grid, Petrofac Services Ltd and Shell International Ltd. The campaign aims to raise £16.5 million to create a national forum for engineering in the Academy's Carlton House Terrace building and to attract more young people into engineering roles...
Sir Bernard Crossland receives Sustained Achievement Award
05 March 2010
Professor Sir Bernard Crossland FREng has received one of the Academy's most prestigious awards the Sustained Achievement Medal for his contribution to engineering education research work into high pressure engineering and his influence in both the UK and Ireland in forming links with industry and academia in a career spanning seven decades. During his retirement he has also made a significant contribution to public service playing a leading role in high profile investigations including the Kings Cross Underground Fire and Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster...
Making things better for society
04 March 2010
The Royal Academy of Engineering today launches the making things better Campaign. The Campaign aims to raise £16.5 million for the Academy's education and engagement work and to create a national Forum for Engineering.
mHealth could have potential cost saving of £750 million for NHS
01 March 2010
Distance delivery of healthcare by means of mobile phone technology, known as mHealth, could potentially save the NHS £750 million a year by reducing hospital admissions, Professor Lionel Tarassenko FREng told the audience for the Vodafone lecture, mHealth for 21st Century Healthcare. Speaking at the Academy, Professor Tarassenko examined the economic viability of using mHealth to help people manage their long terms conditions and stay out of hospital...
"From spacecraft control to fast computer animation in games"
23 February 2010
Dr Alexandre Pechev, a Lecturer in Control Engineering from the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey has received The Royal Academy of Engineering's ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award 2010. As a result of Alexandre's research into the control of space satellites it is now possible to have for the first-time, truly interactive, real-time, full body animation of many characters and different user generated creatures in a computer game...
Research beyond borders
16 February 2010
The development of Terahertz imaging used in body scanners at airports and extreme objects in the outer solar system are just two of the cutting-edge research projects that have been made possible by the Newton International Fellowship Scheme, a £13 million initiative to bring world class international post-doctoral researchers to the UK. The scheme's 100 Fellows will gather for the first time in London today...
Promoting women engineers and scientists in academia
10 February 2010
The Athena Forum has launched its Signposting Career Paths for Post Doctoral Researchers guide and bookmark at the Academy. The initiative is championed by two female Vice Chancellors - Professor Alison Richard of the Universities of Cambridge and Professor Shirley Pearce of Loughborough University. The aim of the guide is to respond to the two most frequently heard comments from women at the postdoctoral level, by providing accessible, useful and practical advice for individuals starting their careers...
Parliamentary meeting focuses on engineering and the UK economy
03 February 2010
The UK's future prosperity will depend on the creation of a more diverse economic base, which requires a re-balancing of the economy in favour of hi-tech, high value productive industries. That was the topic of a meeting of the Associate Parliamentary Engineering Group which brought together engineers and Parliamentarians to debate the way forward.
Focus on innovation in healthcare
22 January 2010
On 19 January the Academy hosted a briefing seminar on the integration of technologies into the clinical environment. Globally, healthcare is becoming increasingly dependent on engineering technology. The UK has plenty of expertise in the research and development of such technology, but historically we have been less adept at exploiting and integrating these developments into the clinical environment for the benefit of patients and the UK economy. In recent years, it has become recognised that both benefits need to be realised and organisations now exist to encourage those processes. Healthcare technology is complex and expensive - it is important that correct decisions are made regarding its implementation...
Engineering a low-carbon built environment
19 January 2010
The UK will not be able to achieve its target of reducing carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 unless it urgently addresses carbon emissions from the built environment, according to a report published today by the Academy. Buildings currently account for 45 per cent of our carbon emissions but it is estimated that 80 per cent of the buildings we will be occupying in 2050 have already been built...
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