Chemical and healthcare

We are pleased to announce that Dr Mashelkar will be joining the QEPrize judging panel for the 2019 prize.

Bixels is a DIY protein prototyping system that allows users to test and visualise proteins for less than €100.

QEPrize judge Professor Frances Arnold has been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for her work in “directed evolution”.

Dr Robert Langer, 2015 winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, believes that engineering could help to provide a solution for the Zika outbreak.

I love engineering because in so many ways it has allowed me to positively impact the quality of life of many individuals.

As a child, I was always constructing cars, planes, and houses from Lego and K’NEX. From there I moved onto ‘fixing’ my Mum’s kitchen appliances.

I became an engineer because my favourite subject at school was Mathematics and I love problem-solving! I love engineering because it involves technology.

David Sobell is a chemical engineering graduate at GSK. In this post, he explains what it is that he loves about engineering.

The best part about being an engineer is that you are contributing to society by making or designing new stuff! Stuff that works better, or solves a problem.