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	Royal Academy of Engineering medals for UCL professors
		Royal Academy of Engineering medals for UCL professors
		He was elected to the Academy in 1979 and to the Royal Society in 1984.
		He said of the award: “I was president of the Royal Academy of Engineering myself for five years, and it was a wonderful thing to have done.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /news/news-articles/0606/06060601 (686 words)

	Royal Academy of Engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering.
		Founded in 1976, the Academy was initially known as the Fellowship of Engineering.
		A Royal Charter was granted in 1983 and the name Royal Academy of Engineering adopted in 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Engineering (258 words)

	BP Global - Press - Hinton Lecture: Royal Academy of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But, as the eight national scientific academies of the G8 countries declared in their statement before the summit meeting in July, there is sufficient evidence that human activity could affect the earth’s climate in a serious way to justify precautionary action.
		So engineering is helping to address the agenda of energy supply and security, and the need to move to a lower-carbon economy.
		I am proud to be an engineer, and very honoured to have been invited to deliver this lecture in the memory of one of the great men of our profession.
	www.bp.com /genericarticle.do?categoryId=98&contentId=7013014 (4196 words)

	Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or Kungl.
		Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin, founded in 1919 by King Gustav V, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden.
		The Academy is an independent organisation, which promotes contact and exchange between business, research, and government, in Sweden and internationally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Engineering_Sciences (88 words)

	Royal Academy of Engineering Leadership Award -- WES messageboard
		The Royal Academy of Engineering run a scheme aimed at supporting and encouraging the best engineering undergraduates in the UK called The Engineering Leadership Award.
		Applications are welcomed from all second year undergraduates from the UK studying engineering, but hurry as the deadline is fast approaching.
		The RAE also hold a yearly conference for awardees with lectures, discussions and activities in order to network with other holders and more senior engineers and technologists.
	www.voy.com /110891/363.html (284 words)

	DTI - OST - Science Connections - The Royal Academy of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Academy of Engineering was founded in 1976 on the initiative of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and today brings together over 1,200 engineers from all engineering disciplines.
		The Academy aims to promote excellence in all area of engineering for the benefit of the British public, by assisting in policy decisions, supporting engineering education, encouraging engineering research, and promoting public engagement with engineering.
		The Academy runs the widest range of engineering education schemes in the UK, which aim to encourage interest in engineering and to bring the brightest young talent into the field.
	www.consumer.gov.uk /ost/ostbusiness/puset/sciconn/rae.html (306 words)

	Zienkiewicz recognised with Prince Philip Medal: News from Royal Academy of Engineering
		The Royal Academy of Engineering is to confer its solid gold Prince Philip Medal to Professor Olek Zienkiewicz CBE FREng FRS, widely regarded as the 'father of the finite element method'.
		The Royal Academy of Engineering is to confer its solid gold Prince Philip Medal to Professor Olek Zienkiewicz CBE FREng FRS, widely regarded as the 'father of the finite element method', for outstanding contributions spanning the wide field of mechanics and engineering.
		He was elected to the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1979 and is a Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, the Polish Academy of Science, the Italian National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese National Academy of Sciences.
	www.engineeringtalk.com /news/rmy/rmy134.html (692 words)

	Southampton wins Royal Academy of Engineering's first–ever prize for Innovation in Education :: School of ...
		The University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences has become the first-ever recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Education Innovation Prize sponsored by BNFL plc.
		The standard of entries was especially high and everyone at the Royal Academy of Engineering was delighted to see such a wide cross section of innovative approaches to engineering education.
		Royal Academy of Engineering/BNFL Education Innovation Prize is a new, single, annual award from the Royal Academy of Engineering with a prize of £10,000 and a trophy.
	www.soton.ac.uk /ses/news/2006/apr/4Apr06.shtml (979 words)

	Royal Academy of Engineering/BNFL Education Innovation Prize - Articles
		This new award from the Royal Academy of Engineering with a prize of £10,000 and a trophy has been instituted to recognize both organizations and individuals who have made significant contributions in the whole field of Engineering Education.
		The Academy will be looking at engineering education in the broadest sense and suitable candidates may be drawn from schools, colleges, universities and business schools; e-learning organizations; company specific and industry-wide training programmes; private or publicly funded award schemes; learned society IPD or CPD programmes; training providers and individuals.
		The award of the Royal Academy of Engineering/BNFL Education Innovation Award is entirely at the discretion of the Selection Committee and any decision of the Committee is final on all matters.
	www.autoindustry.co.uk /articles/06-09-05_1?s=1bz05nbh9mw8cvnn (289 words)

	Langdon Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
		When it moves from the laboratory to industry, the engineer’s groundbreaking work in metal superplasticity will make it possible to mass-produce specialized items - such as curved wings and other unconventionally shaped aerospace parts - in the millions instead of in the hundreds.
		Terry Langdon, a professor of aerospace, mechanical engineering and materials science in the USC School of Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the British equivalent of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
		The academy announcement cites Langdon as "outstanding for his extensive research on high-temperature creep, superplasticity and fracture of metals, ceramics and composite materials" and "distinguished for elegant scientific work applied to the behavior of materials at high temperature and the engineering problems of shaping components."
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/8262.html (715 words)

	Imperial College London - Four new Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering at Imperial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Three Imperial engineers and the College's Rector are among those newly elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering, it was announced today.
		Tony Constantinides and Richard Syms of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and John Hutchinson of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are among the distinguished figures recognised by the Academy today, bringing the College's total to 62.
		He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in the USA and of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in the UK, but despite being used to acclaim is still excited to be honoured by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
	www.ic.ac.uk /P5400.htm (716 words)

	CAREER FOCUS - FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; Harness a Independent, The (London) - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Academy of Engineering is dedicated to developing engineers who fulfil the needs of the economy and society.
		The Royal Academy of Engineering was founded in 1976 as The Fellowship of Engineering on the initiative of the Duke of Edinburgh and a group of distinguished engineers.
		It was granted its Royal Charter in 1983 and, with the consent of the Queen, adopted its present title in 1992.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200307/ai_n12704697 (783 words)

	DTI - OST - Science Connections - The Royal Academy of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Academy of Engineering was founded in 1976 on the initiative of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and today brings together over 1,200 engineers from all engineering disciplines.
		The Academy aims to promote excellence in all area of engineering for the benefit of the British public, by assisting in policy decisions, supporting engineering education, encouraging engineering research, and promoting public engagement with engineering.
		The Academy runs the widest range of engineering education schemes in the UK, which aim to encourage interest in engineering and to bring the brightest young talent into the field.
	www.cst.gov.uk /ost/ostbusiness/puset/sciconn/rae.html (306 words)

	Reporter - Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		THREE Imperial engineers and the rector have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
		Tony Constantinides and Richard Syms, department of electrical and electronic engineering, and John Hutchinson, department of civil and environmental engineering, have brought the number of Fellows at Imperial to 62.
		John Hutchinson, emeritus professor of engineering geomorphology, is elected to the fellowship in recognition of his expertise in combining quaternary geology with the principles of soil mechanics.
	www.imperial.ac.uk /P5648.htm (336 words)

	James Dyson elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering - The IET
		James Dyson, arguably Britain's best-known design engineer of modern times, has been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, joining the very highest achievers in UK engineering and technology.
		Also among the 44 new Fellows elected at the Academy's AGM last week were University of Oxford Professor of Materials, Amanda Petford-Long, robotic surgery pioneer Professor Brian Davies of Imperial College London, BAE Systems Chairman Richard Olver, Siemens Chief Executive Alan Wood and the Technical Director of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link project Mike Glover.
		The Academy elected four new Honorary Fellows: biotechnology pioneer and venture capitalist Sir Chris Evans, President of the Royal Society Lord May, Director General of the Research Councils Sir Keith O'Nions and the architect Lord Rogers.
	www.iee.org /OnComms/Circuit/benefits/Editorials/News&Views/james_dyson.cfm (254 words)

	About The Academy
		The Academy’s work programmes are driven by three strategic priorities, each of which provides a key contribution to a strong and vibrant engineering sector and to the health and wealth of society.
		We celebrate engineering excellence and use it to inspire, support and challenge tomorrow’s engineering leaders.
		The Academy advocates progressive, forward-looking solutions based on impartial advice and quality foundations, and works to enhance appreciation of the positive role of engineering and its contribution to the economic strength of the nation.
	www.raeng.org.uk /about (309 words)

	Royal Academy of Engineering event - Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences - The University of Manchester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Royal Academy of Engineering event - Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences - The University of Manchester
		The University of Manchester, co-sponsored by The Royal Academy of Engineering, is hosting an industry focused event, entitled 'Industrial funding for research - barriers and incentives to working in the UK'.
		The event is the first of a number of national events sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering to debate the climate for industrial research funding in the UK, with the aim of influencing future Government policy.
	www.eps.manchester.ac.uk /raeevent (204 words)

	News: Professor of Materials elected to Royal Academy of Engineering
		Professor Petford-Long was elected to the Academy last week in recognition of her outstanding contributions to our understanding of magnetic materials using electron microscopy techniques.
		Also elected to the Academy as an Honorary Fellow was Lord May of Oxford, President of the Royal Society, Emeritus Royal Society Research Professor in Zoology and Emeritus Fellow of Merton College.
		Engineering is the lifeblood of responsible development and gathering the very best people together from the industry and academia will help us to give the best possible advice to government and, equally importantly, to inspire young people to see the importance of engineering in today’s world and to consider it as a career.’
	www.admin.ox.ac.uk /po/news/2004-05/jul/14a.shtml (238 words)

	UK Academies Decry Lack of Nanotech Safety Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LONDON, Oct. 24, 2006 -- In a new report published today, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering expressed serious concernsÂ about the UK government's lack of progress in improving the understanding of the potential health and environmental impacts of free nanoparticles.
		Professor Ann Dowling, chair of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering working group on nanotechnologies, said, "The UK government was recognized internationally as having taken the lead in encouraging the responsible development of nanotechnologies when it commissioned our 2004 report.
		She said the academies' report welcomed the government's support of a variety of public engagement initiatives on nanotechnologies.
	www.photonics.com /content/news/2006/October/24/84805.aspx (653 words)

	ECS - ECS Professor made Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The election was made in recognition of Professor Shadbolt’s contribution to engineering.
		Professor Shadbolt is one of 29 individuals elected to join the Academy Fellowship this year along with two International Fellows and three Honorary Fellows, including Sir David King, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government and Jonathan Ive, Vice President of industrial design at Apple.
		‘Engineering is everywhere, it’s pervasive and the Royal Academy of Engineering reflects this with Fellows elected from range of disciplines.’
	www.ecs.soton.ac.uk /news/957 (423 words)

	How are the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering involved?
		The UK Government commissioned the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering to carry out an independent study on nanotechnologies.
		The group consisted of scientists and engineers, and experts on consumer affairs, the environment, social sciences and ethics.
		They consulted with a wide range of people, including members of the public, and the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering published their joint report in July 2004.
	www.royalsociety.ac.uk /page.asp?id=1212 (172 words)

	Royal Academy of Engineering to lead National Engineering Programme and support Engineering Higher Education
		A new national initiative set to widen and increase participation in engineering higher education (HE) is to be launched by The Royal Academy of Engineering with funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as part of HEFCE’s forward programme of support for strategically important and vulnerable subjects.
		If this is to be achieved in engineering and technology however, what is required is many more than the 17,000 engineering and technology graduates that the current HE system would provide the economy with over that period.
		Matthew says, “The Royal Academy of Engineering is delighted to be leading this exciting new programme: one that both strengthens engineering by bringing in a more diverse pool of students and helps neighbourhoods where participation rates in higher education are low.
	www.innovations-report.de /html/berichte/bildung_wissenschaft/bericht-45925.html (704 words)

	Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Election to The Academy is by invitation only and less than 60 Fellows are elected each year from nominations made by existing Fellows.
		Professor Slater is head of the Bioscience Engineering Research Group at the Department of Chemical Engineering, he is one of the founders of biotechnology company Vivamer and he is also one of the team which has developed a cholesterol reducing cheese that has just won a SIAL d'Or Country prize.
		The current President of The Royal Academy of Engineering is Lord Broers DL FREng FRS, who was until recently Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
	www.cheng.cam.ac.uk /news/2004/nkhsfreng.html (155 words)

	UCSB's Tony Evans elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
		Evans is also an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
		Election to the Royal Academy of Engineering is by invitation only; up to 60 Fellows are elected each year from nominations made by existing Fellows.
		The College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara is considered a global leader in bioengineering, chemical and computational engineering, materials science, nanotechnology and physics.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-08/uoc--ute080706.php (293 words)

	University of Surrey - Professor elected Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering
		He is one of 45 eminent engineers, from all over the UK, confirmed as new Fellows at The Academy's AGM in London last night (15 July).
		In becoming a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor Kelly will be adding to the enormous wealth of engineering knowledge and experience that The Academy's one thousand Fellows possess.
		The Academy exists to pursue, encourage and maintain excellence in the whole field of engineering to promote the advancement of the science, art and practice of engineering for the benefit of the public.
	www.surrey.ac.uk /news/releases/kelly.html (393 words)

	Engineering Leadership Awards - Home Page
		The objective of the Engineering Leadership Awards is to allow outstandingly able engineering undergraduates, with marked leadership potential, to undertake an accelerated personal development programme.
		They will be afforded the opportunity to acquire and enhance the necessary skills required to fulfil their potential, in preparation for fast track executive careers in engineering industry.
		The Engineering Leadership Awards provide motivation and support for some of the most exceptional engineering undergraduates in British universities, with the potential for high-level industrial leadership.
	www.engineeringleadershipawards.org.uk (184 words)

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