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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

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.

25 November 2019

Recognising the profession: World Engineering Day

UNESCO’s declaration that 4 March will be celebrated as World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was a significant moment for the profession.

A world map superimposed onto a wooden board.

UNESCO’s declaration that 4 March will be celebrated as World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was a significant moment for the profession.

11 November 2019

A material world

What makes for a good material? What makes a material ‘smart'?

Abstract: a course material twirling around a dark center in the bottom right corner of the image.

What makes for a good material? What makes a material ‘smart'?

28 October 2019

How robotics and AI are transforming different industries

Machine learning and robotics are two fields fast becoming an essential part of our everyday lives.

Three identical robots, with wheels, side by side on a shelf. The dominant colours of the image are white, black, and grey. The robots have some components with red and yellow.

Machine learning and robotics are two fields fast becoming an essential part of our everyday lives.

21 October 2019

How AI will help us live more sustainably

It might not seem like it on the surface – but technology like AI could help us meet our sustainability goals in the future.

25 September 2019

Obituary: Professor James Spilker, Jr

2019 QEPrize laureate Professor James Spilker, Jr, renowned for his pioneering work on the Global Positioning System (GPS), has died aged 86.

James Spilker in front of a QEPrize banner.

2019 QEPrize laureate Professor James Spilker, Jr, renowned for his pioneering work on the Global Positioning System (GPS), has died aged 86.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

25 November 2019

Recognising the profession: World Engineering Day

UNESCO’s declaration that 4 March will be celebrated as World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was a significant moment for the profession.