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The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Andrew Garrad CBE and Henrik Stiesdal.

The 2024 QEPrize is awarded to Andrew Garrad CBE and Henrik Stiesdal.

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded for advancing the design, manufacture and deployment of high-performance wind turbines.

Winners

2023 Winner

PERC Solar Photovoltaic Technology

The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Professor Martin Green, Professor Andrew Blakers, Dr Aihua Wang and Dr Jianhua Zhao for the invention and development of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) solar photovoltaic technology.

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2022 Winner

The World's Strongest Permanent Magnet

Dr Masato Sagawa was awarded the QEPrize in 2022 for the discovery, development and global commercialisation of the sintered neodymium iron boron permanent magnet

2021 Winner

LED Lighting

Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis were awarded the QEPrize in 2021 for their work on LED lighting.

Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis were awarded the QEPrize in 2021 for their work on LED lighting.

Create the Trophy

The 2024 Create the Trophy competition winner is Sunil Thakkar, age 17, from India

Latest Podcasts

13 Dec 2024

The Future of Space Junk

Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth. It's estimated that there are 30,000…

Over decades of space exploration, thousands of rockets have launched, resulting in a sea of debris circling the Earth. It's estimated that there are 30,000…

29 Nov 2024

The Future of Coffee

When you have your morning shot of caffeine, do you stop to savour the engineering involved? Chemistry and mechanics are vital to the growing, roasting,…

15 Nov 2024

The Future of 3D Printing Assistive Devices

First described in sci-fi writing in the '50s, the revolutionary dream of 3D printing became a basic reality in the 1980s. One field that is truly has…

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News and Features

20 December 2024

2024: A look back

As we come towards the end of 2024, we take a look back at some of the highlights from a busy and exciting year for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for…

HRH The Princess Royal, left, meets, Laureates of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal, centre, and Britain’s Andrew Garrad, right, at the Science Museum in London, UK, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Photographer: Jason Alden/QEPrize

As we come towards the end of 2024, we take a look back at some of the highlights from a busy and exciting year for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for…

11 December 2024

My highlights and learnings from COP29

Last month, COP29 took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a primary focus on scaling up climate finance—exploring strategies to support lower-income countries in…

11 November 2024

Recognising the importance of engineering role models

To celebrate National Engineering Day on 13 November, we spoke with QEPrize Ambassador, Emily Backhouse, about her route into engineering and how she found her…

13 June 2024

Celebrating Global Wind Day 2024

Ahead of Global Wind Day, QEPrize Ambassador and Graduate Power System Engineer, Emily Chowne, discusses how the work of our 2024 QEPrize Laureates has…

Ahead of Global Wind Day, QEPrize Ambassador and Graduate Power System Engineer, Emily Chowne, discusses how the work of our 2024 QEPrize Laureates has…

29 April 2024

Power Up: QEPrize Ambassador launches new energy book!

Power Up: An Engineer's Adventures into Sustainable Energy by Yasmin Ali, chemical engineer and Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Ambassador. A review by…

Yasmin with her guests at the book launch

Power Up: An Engineer's Adventures into Sustainable Energy by Yasmin Ali, chemical engineer and Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Ambassador. A review by…

11 April 2024

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering names Sir Patrick Vallance as new Chair of Trustees

The Board of Trustees of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation has announced the appointment of Sir Patrick Vallance as the Foundation’s new…

The Board of Trustees of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation has announced the appointment of Sir Patrick Vallance as the Foundation’s new…

7 February 2024

2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering awarded for Modern Wind Power Technology

The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal and Britain’s Andrew Garrad CBE for their achievements in advancing the…

The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal and Britain’s Andrew Garrad CBE for their achievements in advancing the…

20 December 2023

2023: A look back

As we come towards the end of 2023, we take a look back at some of the highlights from the year which marked the tenth anniversary of the first award of the…

7 December 2023

Championing diversity in engineering

For the Institution of Engineering and Technology's 2023 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, three QEPrize Ambassadors have been nominated as finalists.…

For the Institution of Engineering and Technology's 2023 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, three QEPrize Ambassadors have been nominated as finalists.…

7 November 2023

World's first heart simulation goes live in the Engineers gallery

Today a complex and beautiful simulation of a beating human heart was unveiled in the Engineers gallery at the Science Museum. Created by bioengineer Dr Jazmin…

Gallery view of the Virtual Heart display located on the Engineers gallery Science Museum 4

Today a complex and beautiful simulation of a beating human heart was unveiled in the Engineers gallery at the Science Museum. Created by bioengineer Dr Jazmin…

20 December 2024