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The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a global £1 million prize
that celebrates a ground-breaking innovation in engineering.

The 2019 QEPrize is awarded to the creators of GPS - The Global Positioning System

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to Dr Bradford Parkinson, Professor James Spilker, Hugo Fruehauf, and Richard Schwartz for their work on the Global Positioning System (GPS).

Winners

2017 Winner

Digital Imaging Sensors

Eric Fossum, George Smith, NobuKazu Teranishi and Michael Tompsett won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in 2017 for their groundbreaking work on Digital Imaging Sensors

2015 Winner

Controlled Drug Delivery

The ground-breaking chemical engineer Dr Robert Langer was awarded the QEPrize in 2015 for his revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and medicine.

2013 Winner

The Internet and the Web

Louis Pouzin, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen were awarded the QEPrize in 2013 for creating the Internet, the World Wide Web and the browser.

Create the Trophy

The 2019 QEPrize trophy has been designed by 16-year-old Jack Jiang, winner of this year's Create the Trophy competition

News and Features

18 August 2020

The power of open source in self-driving

The self-driving car is the most complex system challenge humanity has ever tried to solve. To succeed, we must leverage the power of community.

The self-driving car is the most complex system challenge humanity has ever tried to solve. To succeed, we must leverage the power of community.

4 August 2020

New anti-viral aircon filter catches and kills the COVID-19 virus

Researchers have created an air filter to trap and Kill the coronavirus

Researchers have created an air filter to trap and Kill the coronavirus

31 July 2020

How AI is changing pharmaceuticals

We sat down with Peter Richardson, VP Pharmacology at BenevolentAI, to hear more about how AI is revolutionising drug research and treatments across the board

Tablets lie half our of a container onto a flat surface. Image taken from above facing down.

We sat down with Peter Richardson, VP Pharmacology at BenevolentAI, to hear more about how AI is revolutionising drug research and treatments across the board

28 July 2020

MACS: an environmentally-friendly approach to water treatment

Swansea University researchers have developed MACS, a new machine with a range of applications that includes an environmentally-friendly way to treat water.

Water glass on a wall in front of a blurred landscape.

Swansea University researchers have developed MACS, a new machine with a range of applications that includes an environmentally-friendly way to treat water.

17 July 2020

Ask an engineer – A live Q&A with Dr Larissa Suzuki

The QEPrize organised a special live Q&A with engineer Dr Larissa Suzuki for the pupils of St Christopher’s School for girls.

17 July 2020

To create an equal future, engineering needs everyone!

With everyone working together, we can help girls to realize their potential in engineering so they can go on to change the world in this amazing field.

With everyone working together, we can help girls to realize their potential in engineering so they can go on to change the world in this amazing field.

30 June 2020

A novel way to 'pull' clean water from the sea

Researchers from National University of Singapore have developed a novel way to 'pull' clean water from the sea.

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Researchers from National University of Singapore have developed a novel way to 'pull' clean water from the sea.

23 June 2020

For an equal future, engineering needs risk takers

My name is Kalita and I graduated with a masters in chemical engineering in 2014 from the University of Birmingham. I am now a Process Engineer working within…

23 June 2020

Polina Zabelina - Supportive mentors

Polina Zabelina explains how important mentoring is for creating an equal future in engineering.

Polina Zabelina explains how important mentoring is for creating an equal future in engineering.

21 May 2020

Developing a portable Covid-19 testing lab... inside a shipping container

A team of researchers have created a low-cost Covid-19 testing laboratory inside a 12m (40ft) shipping container that can perform 2,400 tests per day.

18 August 2020