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

Response to COVID-19

Find out how the QEPrize will be continuing its activities over the coming months.

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

26 March 2020

Innovation in the face of COVID-19

There's a lot of positive action in the wake of COVID-19, so we’ve rounded up a handful of examples of people helping others using, or thanks to, engineering.

There's a lot of positive action in the wake of COVID-19, so we’ve rounded up a handful of examples of people helping others using, or thanks to, engineering.

19 March 2020

Engineering resources for students

As a lot of students around the world may be out of school for a while, we wanted to share some resources to help keep them engaged with STEM.

A girl with red hair is wearing a blue t-shirt and reading a book.

As a lot of students around the world may be out of school for a while, we wanted to share some resources to help keep them engaged with STEM.

10 March 2020

Hollywood Magic: Engineering in the Movies

We explore iconic scenes in cinema and the crucial role of visual effects across cinema, television, and advertising with Roy Trosh and David Spilsbury.

A person holds out a clapperboard to start a film. The production title on the board reads: "Engineering in the movies"

We explore iconic scenes in cinema and the crucial role of visual effects across cinema, television, and advertising with Roy Trosh and David Spilsbury.

3 March 2020

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

Today is the inaugural World Engineering Day, an international opportunity to celebrate the profession and encourage the next generation of engineers.

21 February 2020

Earthquake Engineering: Predicting Mother Nature

Seismic expert Ziggy Lubkowski speaks about the impact of earthquakes around the world, ‘flexible’ buildings, and building more resilient future structures.

A seismograph recording quakes on a long piece of 'paper'

Seismic expert Ziggy Lubkowski speaks about the impact of earthquakes around the world, ‘flexible’ buildings, and building more resilient future structures.

13 January 2020

The eighth wonder of the world: The Panama Canal

In this episode of Create the Future, we discuss the Panama Canal with QEPrize Judge Ilya Marotta.

A large shipping vessel on the Panama Canal next to a smaller vessel. There are trees rolling out into the distance.

In this episode of Create the Future, we discuss the Panama Canal with QEPrize Judge Ilya Marotta.

18 December 2019

The origins of GPS

For a special sixth episode of the Create the Future podcast, we spoke to the 2019 QEPrize winners about their work developing GPS.

Person holding a phone with Google Maps open in front of a blurred Buckingham Palace. The text "Create the Future" is in front of the image in bold.

For a special sixth episode of the Create the Future podcast, we spoke to the 2019 QEPrize winners about their work developing GPS.

12 December 2019

Cleaning our oceans with… magnets?

Researchers at the Institute of Polymer Materials have developed a novel solution for cleaning our oceans using magnets.

A photo taken by a drone looking down at a beach.

Researchers at the Institute of Polymer Materials have developed a novel solution for cleaning our oceans using magnets.

3 December 2019

Create the Trophy competition winner attends QEPrize award ceremony

17-year-old Jack Jiang, from Hong Kong, attended the QEPrize award ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 3 December.

2019 Create the Trophy competition winner Jack Jiang and his parents speaking with HRH the Prince of Wales.

17-year-old Jack Jiang, from Hong Kong, attended the QEPrize award ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 3 December.

3 December 2019

HRH The Prince of Wales Honours GPS Inventors at Buckingham Palace

Today, four US engineers were awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace for their work on creating GPS.

HRH the Prince of Wales speaks with the winners of the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Today, four US engineers were awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace for their work on creating GPS.

26 March 2020