Royal Academy of Engineering Elects 75 New Fellows, Including a Record 24 Women
The 2026 intake spans AI, clean energy, national security and sustainable materials
The Royal Academy of Engineering has elected 75 new Fellows, recognising some of the most influential engineers working in the UK and around the world. Announced in late September 2026, the intake includes a record 24 women, and more than half of the new Fellows come from groups that are under-represented in the Fellowship.
The 2026 intake in numbers
This year’s 75 new Fellows are made up of 60 Fellows, 10 International Fellows and 5 Honorary Fellows. The record number of women reflects the Academy’s Fellowship Fit for the Future initiative, which aims to make the Fellowship more representative of the people who make up engineering today.
According to the Academy, more than half of the new intake come from under-represented groups, including women, disabled engineers, LGBTQ+ engineers, people from ethnic minority backgrounds and those who entered engineering through non-traditional routes.
Some of the new Fellows
The new Fellows work across clean energy, artificial intelligence, medicine, public health and sustainable materials. They include:
- Professor Lourdes Agapito (UCL), a leader in 3D computer vision and AI
- Professor Danielle George CBE (GCHQ), an expert in radio frequency engineering and national security
- Lila Ibrahim, Chief AI Readiness Officer at Google DeepMind
- Professor John Rogers FRS (Northwestern University), known for his work in materials science
- Professor Meihong Wang (University of Sheffield), a specialist in process and energy systems
MIT’s Professor Muriel Médard was among those elected as an International Fellow.
What Fellowship means
Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering are elected by their peers in recognition of exceptional contributions to engineering, and can use the letters FREng after their name. They help the Academy advise government, support young engineers and promote engineering to the public.
“Together, we ensure that bright ideas are supported, scaled and shared, turning ambition into innovation and innovation into impact,” said Academy President Sir John Lazar CBE.
Why it matters for the profession
The focus areas of this year’s Fellows mirror where engineering demand is growing fastest: AI and digital systems, the energy transition, healthcare technology and more sustainable materials. The record number of women elected is also a welcome sign for a profession that still needs to widen the talent pool to meet future demand.
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Sources: Royal Academy of Engineering · University of Oxford · MIT NCRC
Images are illustrative. Credits: Find a Future, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; Mx. Granger, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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