List of female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), founded in 1976, is the youngest of the five national academies in the UK. The RAEng represents the nation’s best practising engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs, who are very often in leading roles in industry, business and academia.[1] Fellowship of the RAEng is a national honour, bringing prestige to both the individual and any organisation the Fellow is associated with. In recent years between 50 and 60 new Fellows have been chosen each year by peer review from nominations made by the current Fellowship;.[2] Those proposed for Fellowship must come “from among eminent engineers regarded by virtue of their personal achievements in the field of engineering as being of exceptional merit and distinction”.[3]

All 130 of the Founding Fellows in 1976 were men. Four women were elected in the first 20 years, the first in 1982. In all, 13 female Fellows pre-date 2000, with a further 23 elected before 2010. In 2010 the Council determined a policy that over time 10-20% of newly elected Fellows should be women.[4]

The Academy currently has a diversity policy and staff appointed to pursue it, both within the institution and across the engineering profession.[5]

As of 2016, 70 women have been elected to Fellowship, plus five International Fellows, two Honorary Fellows and one Royal Fellow. Female engineers make up 4% of the total current Fellowship.[6]

Fellows

List of female Fellows
Year of election Image Fellow Field(s) of work; Academia/Industry RAEng Appointments/Awards and Notes Refs.
1982 Killick, ElizabethElizabeth Killick Electronic engineering, Marine technology; Industry
1987 Platt, BerylBeryl Platt Aeronautical engineering; Industry Died 2015 [7][8][9]
1992 Kaposi, AgnesAgnes Kaposi Electrical engineering; Academia and Industry [10]
1995 Foster, PatriciaPatricia Foster Electrical engineering; Industry
1996 Dowling, AnnAnn Dowling Mechanical engineering, Aeroacoustics; Academia First woman President of the RAEng, 2014–present [11][12]
Ion, SueSue Ion Nuclear engineering; Industry A Vice-President of RAEng, 2002-2008; first woman to be awarded RAEng President’s medal 2014 [13][14][15]
Spooncer, RachelRachel Spooncer Chemical engineering; Industry First woman to win MacRobert Award, (with ICI, 1993) [16][17]
1997 Kennedy, JoannaJoanna Kennedy Civil engineering; Industry [9][18][19]
King, JuliaJulia King Fracture mechanics; Academia Led RAEng working party on ‘Educating Engineers for the 21st Century’ 2007 [9][20][21]
Lyons, SusanSusan Lyons Manufacturing engineering; Industry and Academia
1999 Barton, YvonneYvonne Barton Geotechnical engineering; Industry and Academia
Higgins, JuliaJulia Higgins Chemical engineering; Academia A Vice-President of RAEng, 2008-2011
Liversidge, PamelaPamela Liversidge Mechanical engineering; Industry
2000 Hall, WendyWendy Hall Computer science; Academia First woman to be RAEng Senior Vice-President 2005-2008 [9][22]
2001 Shirley, StephanieStephanie Shirley Information technology; Industry and Philanthropy
2002 Bayvel, PolinaPolina Bayvel Optical networking; Industry and Academia [23]
Chessell, AmandaAmanda Chessell Computer science; Industry and Academia First woman to be awarded the RAEng Silver Medal 2001 [24]
Stone, HelenHelen Stone Civil engineering; Industry [25]
2003 Gladden, LynnLynn Gladden Chemical engineering; Academia [26]
Wainwright, FaithFaith Wainwright Structural engineering; Industry [27]
2004 Petrou, MariaMaria Petrou Signal processing; Academia Died 2012 [28]
2005 Petford-Long, AmandaAmanda Petford-Long Materials science; Academia [29]
2006 Tanner, (Kathleen) Elizabeth(Kathleen) Elizabeth Tanner Biomedical engineering; Academia Editorial Board member of RAEng magazine Ingenia [30][31]
Venables, JeanJean Venables Civil engineering; Industry and Academia [32]
2007 Atkinson, HelenHelen Atkinson Materials engineering; Academia A Vice-President of RAEng, 2012-2014; RAEng Trustee Board 2014- [33]
Mitchell, DervillaDervilla Mitchell Civil engineering; Industry A Vice-President of RAEng, 2011-2014 [34]
2008 da Silva, JoannaJoanna da Silva Civil engineering; Industry and International development [35]
Noble, (Julia) Alison(Julia) Alison Noble Biomedical engineering; Industry and Academia [36][37]
Spurgeon, SarahSarah Spurgeon Control engineering; Industry and Academia [36][38]
2009 Springman, SarahSarah Springman Geotechnical engineering; Industry and Academia [39]
Thornhill, NinaNina Thornhill Chemical engineering; Industry and Academia [39]
Wernick, JaneJane Wernick Structural engineering; Industry and Academia [39][40]
Wilson, SophieSophie Wilson Computer science; Industry and Academia [39]
2010 Atkinson, JaneJane Atkinson Chemical engineering; Industry [41]
Bryant, JayneJayne Bryant Chemical engineering; Industry [41][42]
Burke, CarolCarol Burke Manufacturing engineering; Industry [41][43]
Goble, CaroleCarole Goble Computer science; Academia [41]
Hackitt, JudithJudith Hackitt Chemical engineering; Industry [41]
Neville, AnneAnne Neville Mechanical engineering; Academia RAEng chair in Emerging technologies, University of Leeds [41]
2011 Clarke, (Sarah Regina) Ginny(Sarah Regina) Ginny Clarke Civil engineering, Highway engineering; Industry [44]
Deeming, LianneLianne Deeming Materials engineering; Industry [45]
Harkin-Jones, EileenEileen Harkin-Jones Polymer engineering; Academia Bombardier-RAEng chair in Composites Engineering at Ulster University from 2014 [46]
McDowell, MichelleMichelle McDowell Civil engineering; Industry [47][48][49]
Mundy, JeniJeni Mundy Electronic engineering; Industry [50]
Saunders, FrancesFrances Saunders Electronic engineering; Industry RAEng Trustee Board 2015- [51]
Sellen, AbigailAbigail Sellen Human-computer interaction; Industry [52]
Smith, LianeLiane Smith Materials science, Corrosion engineering; Industry [53]
2012 Best, SerenaSerena Best Materials science; Academia [54]
Carroll, CynthiaCynthia Carroll Mining engineering; Industry [54][55]
Jiang, Xiangqian (Jane)Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang Precision engineering; Industry and Academia [54][56][57]
Martin, ElaineElaine Martin Chemical engineering; Academia Formerly Editorial Board member of RAEng magazine Ingenia; RAEng Trustee Board 2014- [54][58]
Plant, JaneJane Plant Geochemistry; Academia [54][59]
2013 Azapagic, AdisaAdisa Azapagic Chemical engineering, Sustainable engineering; Academia [60][61]
Calder, MuffyMuffy Calder Computer science; Academia [60]
Climer, NaomiNaomi Climer Media technology; Industry [60][62]
Crawford, JaniceJanice Crawford Chemical engineering; Industry [60]
Griffiths, CarolynCarolyn Griffiths Mechanical engineering, Railway engineering; Industry [60][63]
Ocone, RaffaellaRaffaella Ocone Chemical engineering; Academia [60][64]
Stevens, MollyMolly Stevens Biomaterials science; Academia [60][65]
2014 Connolly, PatriciaPatricia Connolly Bioengineering; Academia and Industry [66]
Gai, PratibhaPratibha Gai Electron microscopy, Nanotechnology; Academia and Industry [66][67]
Scrivener, KarenKaren Scrivener Materials science; Academia [66]
2015 Adjiman, ClaireClaire Adjiman Chemical engineering; Academia [68]
Holford, KarenKaren Holford Mechanical engineering, Acoustic emission; Academia and Industry [68]
Ryan, MaryMary Ryan Electrochemistry; Academia Shell-RAEng chair in Interfacial Nanoscience for Engineering Systems, Imperial College London from 2015 [68][69]
Sasse, AngelaAngela Sasse Computer science, Information security; Academia [68]
2016 Butler, JaneJane Butler Electronic engineering, Computer science ; Academia and Industry [70]
Hainsworth, SarahSarah Hainsworth Forensic materials engineering; Academia [70]
Lane, BarbaraBarbara Lane Fire protection engineering; Industry and Academia [70]
Schmolke, CatrionaCatriona Schmolke Civil engineering; Industry [70]

International Fellows

International Fellows are engineers of international distinction who are not of British nationality and who are not resident and working in Britain. The number of International Fellows cannot exceed one-tenth of the number of Fellows, and no more than ten may be elected in any year.[3]

List of female International Fellows
Year of election Image Fellow Field(s) of work; Academia/Industry Notes Refs.
2004 Grimson, JaneJane Grimson Computer science; Academia [71]
2011 Lauvergeon, AnneAnne Lauvergeon Chemical engineering; Industry [72]
2012 Jackson, Shirley AnnShirley Ann Jackson Particle physics; Academia [54]
Lawless, AllysonAllyson Lawless Civil engineering; Industry [54]
2013 Burns, UrsulaUrsula Burns Mechanical engineering; Industry [60]

Honorary Fellows

Persons not being Fellows who have made or are making a distinguished contribution to the practice of engineering are eligible for election as Honorary Fellows. Their number cannot exceed fifty and no more than five may be elected in any year.[3]

List of female Honorary Fellows
Year of election Image Honorary Fellow Refs.
2008 Glover, AnneAnne Glover [36]
Lawrence, VanessaVanessa Lawrence [36]

Royal Fellows

Royal Fellows are such members of the Royal Family as on the invitation of the Board shall agree to become Royal Fellows.[3]

List of female Royal Fellows
Year of invitation Image Royal Fellow Refs.
2010 Princess Royal, Anne,Anne, Princess Royal [73]

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