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The 2021 winner(s) of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
have now been announced.

Watch announcement

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis for their work on LED lighting.

Winners

2019 Winner

The Global Positioning System

Dr Bradford Parkinson, Professor James Spilker, Hugo Fruehauf, and Richard Schwartz were awarded the QEPrize in 2019 for their work on the Global Positioning System.

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.

Create the Trophy

The 2021 Create the Trophy competition winner is Hannah Goldsmith, age 20, from the UK.

News and Features

9 April 2021

Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh: 1921-2021

The Trustees of the QEPrize Foundation are deeply saddened to learn of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

The Trustees of the QEPrize Foundation are deeply saddened to learn of the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

6 April 2021

Obituary: Professor Isamu Akasaki

2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering laureate Professor Isamu Akasaki, a Japanese engineer renowned for his work on LED lighting, has died aged 92.

2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering laureate Professor Isamu Akasaki, a Japanese engineer renowned for his work on LED lighting, has died aged 92.

2 February 2021

Winner of 2021 Create the Trophy competition announced

Today the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering announced 20-year-old Hannah Goldsmith as the winner of the 2021 Create the Trophy competition.

Today the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering announced 20-year-old Hannah Goldsmith as the winner of the 2021 Create the Trophy competition.

2 February 2021

QEPrize appoints new chair of judging panel

Professor Dame Lynn Gladden to lead international panel of judges for world’s most prestigious engineering prize.

Professor Dame Lynn Gladden to lead international panel of judges for world’s most prestigious engineering prize.

2 February 2021

LED lighting development wins 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis have been awarded the world’s most prestigious engineering accolade.

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.

9 April 2021