The University of Sheffield
Research and Innovation

National and international honours

Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering


Professor Mike Hounslow

2010

Professor Mike Hounslow, Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Engineering, was elected fellow in 2010.
Professor David Owens

2008

Professor David Owens, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, was elected fellow in 2008 in recognition of his contributions to control theory and practice and the profession over the past four decades.
Picture of Professor Peter Fleming

2005

Professor Peter Fleming, Professor of Industrial Systems and Control and Director of Rolls Royce University Technology Centre in Control and Systems Engineering, was elected fellow in 2005.
Picture of Professor Keith Ridgway

2005

Professor Keith Ridgway, Professor of Design and Manufacture and Research Director for the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing, was elected a fellow in 2005. He was also awarded the OBE in the 2005 Birthday honours list for "services to UK Manufacturing Industry".
Picture of Professor David Howe

2003

Professor David Howe, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, was elected a fellow in 2003 for his research on electrical machines and controlled drive systems.
Picture of Emeritus Professor Derek Linkens

2003

Professor Derek Linkens, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, was elected a fellow for his research on biological systems modelling and control.
Picture of Professor Hywel Davies

2003

Professor Hywel Davies, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Engineering Materials, was elected a fellow in 2003 for his research on metallic glasses, nanocrystalline alloys and other rapidly quenched materials.
Picture of Professor David Lerner

2001

Professor David Lerner, Head of the Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group and co-Director of Catchment Science Centre, was elected a fellow in 2001.
Picture of Professor Rod Smallwood

2001

Professor Rod Smallwood, Director of Research (Engineering) and Head of Computational Systems Biology Group, was elected a fellow in 2001.
Picture of Professor Geof Tomlinson

2001

Professor Geof Tomlinson, Director of the Singapore Dainton-Boucher Institute, was elected a fellow in 2001. He has also sat on the Royal Academy's Research and Secondment Committee and their International Committee.
Picture of Professor Ray Allen

1993

Professor Ray Allen, Head of Process Fluidics Group, was elected fellow in 1993. He also held various roles on the Membership Committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering between 1996 and 2002.
Picture of Emeritus Professor Jim Swithenbank

1978

Emeritus Professor Jim Swithenbank, a member of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering since 1961 and Chairman of The Sheffield University Waste Incineration Centre, has been a fellow of the Royal Academy since 1978