The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London,United Kingdom,that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. With over 120,000 members in 140 countries,working across industries such as railways,automotive,aerospace,manufacturing,energy,biomedical and construction,the Institution is licensed by the Engineering Council to assess candidates for inclusion on its Register of Chartered Engineers,Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions:the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE),dating back to 1871,and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) dating back to 1884. Its worldwide membership is currently in excess of 158,000 in 153 countries. The IET's main offices are in Savoy Place in London,England,and at Michael Faraday House in Stevenage,England.
Robert James Mair,Baron Mair is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is the Founding Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). He was Master of Jesus College,Cambridge,from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College,Cambridge,from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–18,its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 where he has been active on matters relating to infrastructure,science and technology,and education. He was a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology for four years,and has also been a member of Select Committees on Assessment and Management of Risk,and Education and Skills;he is presently a member of the Select Committee on the Built Environment.
Dame Ann Patricia Dowling is a British mechanical engineer who researches combustion,acoustics and vibration,focusing on efficient,low-emission combustion and reduced road vehicle and aircraft noise. Dowling is a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,and from 2009 to 2014 she was Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge,where she was the first female professor in 1993. She was President of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019,the Academy's first female president.
Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers,inventors and technologists in the UK and from around the world to promote excellence in engineering and to enhance and support engineering research,policy formation,education and entrepreneurship and other activities that advance and enrich engineering in all its forms.
Pamela Edwards Liversidge was the first female president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
John Baxter,is a British nuclear engineer,and currently the Group Engineering Director at BP.
Sir Hugh Ford FREng FRS was a British engineer. He was Professor of Applied Mechanics at Imperial College London from 1951 to 1978.
Duncan Dowson was a British engineer who was Professor of Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Tribology at the University of Leeds.
Joseph Anthony McGeough FREng FRSE is a former Regius Professor of Engineering,and now an honorary professorial fellow,in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
Elena Rodriguez-Falcon is a Mexican professor of engineering education. She is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Study Group.
Brigadier Stephen John Tetlow is a chartered engineer and former senior British Army officer.
In 2016 the Women's Engineering Society (WES),in collaboration with the Daily Telegraph,produced an inaugural list of the United Kingdom's Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering,which was published on National Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2016. The event was so successful it became an annual celebration. The list was instigated by Dawn Bonfield MBE,then Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society. In 2019,WES ended its collaboration with the Daily Telegraph and started a new collaboration with The Guardian newspaper.
Dame Dawn Elizabeth Childs is a British engineer who has moved between several engineering disciplines including mechanical engineering,aeronautical engineering and civil engineering. She has been the first woman engineer in several posts in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the first female head of engineering at a major international airport. Childs has a track record of developing women within her organisation as well as working to bring more women and girls into the discipline. Childs is currently the chief executive officer of Pure Data Centres Group Ltd,following her role as UK Change Director at National Grid plc.
Abigail Hutty is a British mechanical engineer based in Stevenage. She has worked as the lead structures engineer on the European Space Agency ExoMars rover,now the Rosalind Franklin rover vehicle. In 2016,she was elected as the youngest ever Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. She advocates the science and technology education of young people and promotion of careers in the space industry. Her public appearances have included the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and The Sky at Night.
Hugh Alexander Spikes is a British mechanical engineer. He is emeritus professor of tribology at Imperial College London. He is the former head of the Tribology Group at Imperial College. Tribology is the science and engineering of friction,lubrication and wear.
Emma Taylor is a UK-based safety engineer. She is a Lead System Safety Engineer at the UK's RSSB. Taylor is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE),where she acts as a CPD auditor and Professional Registration Interviewer. She is a Chartered Engineer (UK),and a Fellow and Chair-Elect of the Safety and Reliability Society.
Daniele Dini is an Italian/British Mechanical Engineer. He is a Professor of Tribology at Imperial College London,where he is Head of the Tribology Group. Tribology is the science and engineering of friction,lubrication and wear.
