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Have you seen our MacRobert Award judges' visit blog series yet? This series takes you behind the scenes of the 2024 MacRobert judges' visits to this years' finalists. During these visits, the judges had the unique opportunity to meet the teams, explore the facilities and see the innovation in action. Discover more about each finalist’s visit here: 🌀 2024 winners Google DeepMind gave the judges a live demonstration of GraphCast, where they were “impressed by GraphCast’s ability to deliver highly localised, accurate forecasts in under 45 seconds - significantly faster than traditional methods”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/ew5wtUJb 🔋 2024 finalist Sunamp and their thermal storage solutions were praised for their innovative heat batteries, which “left the judges with a deep appreciation for Sunamp’s ability to revolutionise heat energy management and its potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/e4kYDTYH 🧬 2024 finalist AstraZeneca & Partners provided the judges a glimpse into the breakthrough that “will shape the future of pandemic preparedness and vaccine manufacturing across the globe, ensuring that the world is better equipped to face future health crises”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eMNnP-pb [A series of pages showcasing key quotes from each of the 2024 MacRobert judges visit blog series. Each pages contains the MacRobert Award logo. Text on first page: What happens when MacRobert Award judges meet the finalists? Read our blog series to find out. Second Page: "The MacRobert Award judges were left in no doubt as to the essential nature of GraphCast's technology". Third page: "Sunamp's innovative heat batteries are a game-changer in thermal energy storage". Fourth page: "The judges [recognised] it as a pivotal moment in the history of vaccine development". Fifth page: 2024 judges visit blog series. Read it now.]

🏠 Did you know that heating and cooling buildings contribute 17% of the UK’s national emissions? Our latest report highlights the crucial role of building retrofit programmes in improving the quality of homes and buildings, tackling health inequalities, and meeting national net-zero targets. Discover key recommendations in our report to embed a systems-based approach to maximise the benefits of retrofit: https://lnkd.in/ebMnaA-2

Named in honour of Lady Rachel MacRobert, the #MacRobertAward has been the premier award for UK engineering and innovation for over 50 years. There is still time to nominate a team that deserves recognition for its societal impact and commercial success. Find out more and nominate a team today: https://lnkd.in/ewGA65sv #RAEngAwards #Innovation The Worshipful Company of Engineers The MacRobert Trust [GIF text: First slide - Image of the MacRobert Award gold medal Second slide - The UK's longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation. Third slide - is now open for nominations Fourth slide - MacRobert Award logo]

Today we are sending huge congratulations to all Fellows of the Academy honoured in His Majesty The King’s New Year Honours List. Dr John Lazar CBE FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has received a Knighthood for services to engineering and technology. Sir John, a technology pioneer and investor who took up his five-year term as President in September 2024, is the first tech entrepreneur to hold the post since the Academy was founded in 1976. Read more about the Fellows honoured today here: https://lnkd.in/e99cyxA7 John Lazar, Bashir M. Al-Hashimi CBE FREng FRS, Tom Rodden, Rahim Tafazolli, Peter Thompson, Richard Andrew Williams, Alan Belfield FREng, Melissa Terras

Have you seen our MacRobert Award judges' visit blog series yet? This series takes you behind the scenes of the 2024 MacRobert judges' visits to this years' finalists. During these visits, the judges had the unique opportunity to meet the teams, explore the facilities and see the innovation in action. Discover more about each finalist’s visit here: 🌀 2024 winners Google DeepMind gave the judges a live demonstration of GraphCast, where they were “impressed by GraphCast’s ability to deliver highly localised, accurate forecasts in under 45 seconds - significantly faster than traditional methods”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/ew5wtUJb 🔋 2024 finalist Sunamp and their thermal storage solutions were praised for their innovative heat batteries, which “left the judges with a deep appreciation for Sunamp’s ability to revolutionise heat energy management and its potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/e4kYDTYH 🧬 2024 finalist AstraZeneca & Partners provided the judges a glimpse into the breakthrough that “will shape the future of pandemic preparedness and vaccine manufacturing across the globe, ensuring that the world is better equipped to face future health crises”. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eMNnP-pb [A series of pages showcasing key quotes from each of the 2024 MacRobert judges visit blog series. Each pages contains the MacRobert Award logo. Text on first page: What happens when MacRobert Award judges meet the finalists? Read our blog series to find out. Second Page: "The MacRobert Award judges were left in no doubt as to the essential nature of GraphCast's technology". Third page: "Sunamp's innovative heat batteries are a game-changer in thermal energy storage". Fourth page: "The judges [recognised] it as a pivotal moment in the history of vaccine development". Fifth page: 2024 judges visit blog series. Read it now.]

As we wrap up an incredible year and look ahead to 2025, we want to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part of our journey in 2024 – from Fellows and awardees to our partners, supporters, and the entire engineering community. 🌟 We’ve worked alongside brilliant individuals and organisations to invest in talent and skills, drive innovation across the UK and internationally, influence policy, and engage the public with engineering. 🌎 Some of our key milestones include: ✨ Green Future Fellowships: The launch of a £150 million, five-year programme to fund the best ideas and scalable technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. ✨ Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation: Celebrating 10 years of supporting nearly 150 entrepreneurs across 23 African countries, to develop scalable engineering solutions to local challenges. ✨ Enterprise Hub in Scotland: Opening a new hub to help engineering entrepreneurs commercialise deep-tech innovations and boost investment. ✨ Wastewater treatment report: The first of its kind, providing key insights into mitigating health risks from wastewater pollution. ✨ National Engineering Day: Unveiling a new statue of a living engineer, Alice Kan, and launching a digital artwork celebrating five extraordinary engineering role models. ✨ Innovation Late: Ending National Engineering Day with a bang – an unforgettable evening of cutting-edge engineering and tech innovations. ✨ Royal patronage: His Majesty King Charles III graciously agreeing to become Patron of the Academy. With your support, we're excited to kick off 2025, where we’ll continue to bring together an unrivalled community of engineers, to address the challenges of our age. We will be launching a new strategy, for 2025 to 2030, and work towards our 50th anniversary in 2026. We wish you a happy and healthy new year! 🎉

How can we make indoor spaces, like homes, schools and hospitals, healthier, safer and more sustainable for occupants? Our new National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) report discusses how to improve indoor environments through building retrofit. Click through to discover why there is a critical need to retrofit buildings 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ebMnaA-2

At the Academy we have put diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the heart of our strategy. Engineering needs people with different experiences, ideas, and perspectives so that we can respond with the best and most innovative solutions to the problems our world is facing. 2024 has been a great year for the D&I team at the Academy, and we can't wait to see what 2025 has in store. To watch the full versions of the events featured, please see below. - 2024 Diversity and Inclusion conference. This year's all day conference was themed 'Harnessing the Power of Diverse Thought', focusing on neurodiversity and fresh ways of thinking to spark innovation. Thank you to Pareisse Wilson for joining us as a panellist for a session: https://lnkd.in/ewKZF4bE - The EDI Engine report launch. Get insights into the findings from the report published earlier this year with our expert panel. Thank you to Henrik Hagemann, Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Puraffinity for joining us as a panellist: https://lnkd.in/dDYimwtx - International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is celebrated every year on 23 June. The Academy hosts a Leadership Lunch annually to celebrate leading women in engineering. Huge thanks to Academy Fellow Rachel Skinner CBE for joining us as our guest speaker: https://lnkd.in/eFik7zK7 - Black History Month is celebrated every October. The Academy hosts a Leadership Lunch annually to celebrate leading Black engineers. This year, we were honoured to have Academy Fellow Dr Nelson Ogunshakin FREng OBE and Virtue Igbokwuwe join us as speakers: https://lnkd.in/eu9uXF2F #EngDiversity #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion

Nominations for our 2025 medals and awards are now open, celebrating engineering excellence across all sectors of the profession ✨ Do you know an outstanding engineer or team that deserves wider recognition? Nominate them for one of our medals or awards: 🏅 Rooke Award: for the public promotion of engineering. 🏅 Colin Campbell Mitchell Award: for an outstanding contribution to the advancement of UK engineering. 🏅 Sir Frank Whittle Medal: for outstanding and sustained achievement with a profound impact on an engineering discipline. 🏅 Major Project Award for Sustainability: for a team who have delivered a sustainable solution to a societal problem. 🏅 RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year: for excellence as an early-career engineer. Anyone can nominate a deserving individual or team, so make 2025 a special year for someone by recognising their engineering excellence. To find out more about our medals and awards, meet our previous winners, and submit your nominations, visit https://lnkd.in/eNfVCtzz 🗓️ Nominations close on 11 February. #RAEngAwards [GIF text reads: 'Nominations are open for our 2025 medals and awards', followed by images and descriptions of each medal and award, as included in the post copy above.]

We are pleased to reveal our new Frontiers report, blog and seed funding awardees from our most recent Frontiers event in Australia, titled 'Empowering resilience: integrating innovation, sustainable communities, and climate adaptation strategies' event. This event was hosted in partnership with the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE). Page 1: Sixty-five delegates from 19 countries, spanning different disciplines, convened together in Perth, Australia. This report collates together their key findings and discussions on how we can explore innovative climate adaptation approaches to foster sustainable and resilient communities. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/e4tA3Fmj Page 2: How can we empower people and communities to build resilience and adapt to the impacts of climate change? Our Frontiers event co-chairs Professor Lyn Beazley and Academy Fellow Professor Simon Pollard have co-written a blog, summarising their key takeaways from the event. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/e7y_sybu Pages 3 to 12: When our Frontiers events conclude, participants are given the opportunity to design projects based off the event theme. Teams can apply for up to £20k in seed funding to help carry out their projects. We are excited to reveal the latest awardees - congratulations to the teams! To learn more about their individual projects, visit: https://lnkd.in/ekUU3Dxg Congratulations to: Page 3: Amalka Nawarathna, (PhD, MSc, BSc), Maxine Chan, Alireza Moghayedi, Chethana Illankoon. Page 4: Rachel Fisher and Meaghan White. Page 5: Yangming Gao, Ella Meilianda, Sharon Koitut, Vaibhav Kumar, Anas Bras, Yusria Darma, Fan Gu. Page 6: David McGovern. Giorgia Giardina, Marzia Hoque Tania, Leslie Mabon, Ella Meilianda and Keith Adams. Page 7: Truong Dang, Maria Wilvenna Añora, Joseph A., Anh Trang, Dinh Le Van, Hoang Yen Mai. Page 8: Surabhi Mehrotra, Grace Tudreu, yasemin didem aktas, Wendy Leong, Manmohan Kapshe. Page 9: Viviana Iris Novelli, Lisa Valdo, Zaishang Li, Giorgia Giardina, Megan Boston, Nitesh Lohan, sneha krishnan. Page 10: Marie Williams, Emily Ipi, Marzia Hoque Tania, Louisa Jorm Page 11: Liang Zheng Gooi, Leslie Mabon, Taku Fujiyama, Jingyu Wang, Marzia Hoque Tania, Natchaya Neaw Tortainchai, Muhammad Aliff Bin Azhar, Yung-Wey Chong, Ts. Kwang Ming Ng. Page 12: Livia Lantini, David Sanderson, Yasemin Didem Aktas #FrontiersDev #SustainableDevelopment #Changemakers #PositiveAction #GlobalChallenges #Climate #ClimateChange #Resilience