Winners 1969-2015

Artemis Intelligent Power - For the innovation of Digital Displacement hydraulic transmission

(Dr Niall Caldwell, Pierre Joly, Dr Win Rampen FREng FRSE, Professor Stephen Salter FRSE, Dr Uwe Stein)

Cobalt Light Systems - For the innovation of the Insight100 airport security liquid scanner

(Stuart Bonthron, Paul Loeffen, Guy Maskell, Pavel Matousek FREng, Craig Tombling)

RealVNC - For the innovation of VNC Remote Access Software

(Lily Bacon,  Adam Byrne, Professor Andy  Harter CBE FREng, Dr Andy Hopper CBE FREng FRS, Tristian Richardson)

Jaguar Land Rover - Range Rover Evoque: World Class British Design and Innovation

(Pete Cockle, Ian Hulme, Brian Lidgard, David Mitchell, David Saddington)

Microsoft Research Cambridge - human motion capture in Kinect for Xbox 360

(Professor Andrew Blake FREng FRS, Matt Cook, Dr Andrew Fitzgibbon FREng, Toby Sharp, Dr Jamie Shotton)

Inmarsat - Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)

(Franco Carnevale, Alan Howell, Eugene Jilg, Marcus Vilaca FREng)

Arup – The Water Cube

( Mark Arkinstall, Stuart Bull, Tristram Carfrae FREng, Marianne Foley, Haico Schepers)

Touch Bionic - i-LIMB Hand

(Hugh Gill, David Gow CBE FREng, Stewart Hill, Nicky Holt, Stuart Mead, Phil Newman)           

Process Systems Enterprise Ltd − gPROMS advanced mathematical modelling software

(Professor Sandro Macchietto, Mark Matzopoulos, Professor Costas Pantelides FREng, Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos, Professor Nilay Shah FREng)

Optos plc − Panoramic200 

(Dr Douglas Anderson OBE FREng, Alastair Atkinson, David Cairns)

CSR plc − single chip BlueCore™ family

(John Hodgson, Dr Phil O'Donovan FREng, James Collier, Glenn Collinson, Chris Ladas)

Awarded for developing and bringing to market, in November 2000, CSR's Bluetooth product BlueCore01™ which was the first Bluetooth single-chip device combining a processor, software and a high frequency 2.4GHz radio implemented in low power, low cost, high volume CMOS technology.  By 2004, CSR had become the market leader for the supply of Bluetooth chips to consumer product manufacturers supplying the computer, mobile phone and headset markets.

IBM − WebSphere MQ.
(Tim Holloway, Peter Lambros, Peter Niblett, Graham Spittle, Dr Tony Storey)

WebSphere MQ software has helped businesses save billions of dollars by providing a failsafe means of exchanging business-critical information between computer systems, irrespective of their location and regardless of whatever hardware, programming language, operating system or communication protocol they use.

Randox Laboratories Ltd − Evidence®. 
(Dr Peter FitzGerald FREng, Mr John Lamont, Mr Ivan McConnell)

The company has developed a fully automated diagnostic analyser (Evidence®) using protein biochip array technology. The Randox vision is to 'develop a complete diagnostic system that will provide more accurate patient diagnosis and enable selection of the most appropriate therapeutic treatment on an individual patient basis.'

CDT − Light-emitting polymers
(Dr Jeremy Burroughes FREng, Professor Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS, Dr David Fyfe, Dr Karl Heeks, Dr Carl Towns)

In 1989, researchers at Cambridge University found that passing an electric current through certain polymers made them emit light. Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) was formed in 1992 to commercialise the technology that evolved from this discovery. CDT owns the fundamental intellectual property and expertise in light-emitting polymers, a form of Organic Light Emitting Diode.

Sensaura Ltd − for Sensaura 3D Positional Audio (S-3DPA)

(Peter Clarke, Richard Clemon, David Monteith, Adam Phillips, Dr Alastair Sibbald)

A new three-dimensional audio technology, capable of reproducing sounds all around the listener – even above and below – using only two conventional stereo loudspeakers or a pair of ordinary headphones. The technology is based on over 11 years of research and development including recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios. It has been shipped on over 40 million PCs and soundcards worldwide and has now been selected as the 3D audio technology for Microsoft's Xbox™ video game system.

Johnson Matthey

(Dr Barry Cooper FREng, Dr Pelham Hawker, Par Jones, Jim Thoss)

A schematic of a CRT For the Continuously Regenerating Trap (CRT™), an emission control device for trucks and buses, that simultaneously controls particulate matter, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions from diesel exhaust.

Buro Happold

(Mr Gary Dagger, Mr Ian Liddell FREng, Mr Darwood Pandor, Mr Paul Westbury FREng)

Awarded for the roof structure of the Millennium Dome, the largest tented structure in the world using straight tensioned cables and flat fabric. The structure weighs less than the air it contains and the technology developed has the potential to be used in the building of covered cities within extreme climate zones.

Norton Healthcare Ltd

(Mr Gary dagger, Mr Ian Liddell FREng, Mr Darwood Pandor, Mr Paul Westbury FREng)

For the Easi-Breathe inhaler, a novel breath-activated inhaler for the treatment of asthma. It automatically releases a measured dose of the asthma drug at exactly the right time for it to reach the lungs most effectively.

Whipp & Bourne − a division of FKI plc

(Steve Lane, Alan Shepherd, Martin Snell)

For the compact, maintenance-free Gas-Filled Vacuum Recloser. This device will increase the reliability of the power supply networks in remote areas, greatly reducing the frequency of power cuts, while at the same time being easier to install and less environmentally obtrusive.

Rolls-Royce plc for the Trent aero-engine

(John Cundy, Philip Hopton, Philip Ruffles FREng, Michael Spencer, Michael Terett)

Through innovative engineering and continued involvement in the development and exploitation of current and emerging technologies, Rolls-Royce has created a world leading aero-engine.

British Gas and Gill Electronic R&D - ultrasonic domestic gas meter

(Norman Chapman, David Etheridge, Michael Gill, Anthony Strickland, Alan Sussex)

This outstanding engineering achievement was the result of a bold, forward-looking project with the objective of creating a solid-state meter with no moving parts.

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) of Newcastle upon Tyne - the development of subsea cable and pipeline ploughs

(Dr Timothy Grinstead, Dr Alan Reece FREng, Dr Tony Trapp FREng)

SMD has become a world leader in its field through the innovative application of soil mechanics to underwater soil, the development of new control systems and the effective integration of many engineering disciplines.

ICI Klea - For the process and production technology for manufacturing the ozone-benign refrigerant KLEA 134a.

(Denis Henderson, John David Scott, Rachel Spooncer FREng)

BP International - For advancing the application of hydraulic fracturing technology used in the exploitation of oil and gas reserves

(Dr Tim Harper, Dr Paul Martins)

Joint winners:

Rover Group - For the new Rover Metro car 

(Mr S.L Hilijemark, Mr S Lunn, Dr Alexander Eric Moulton CBE FREng, Mr A.Rob Oldaker and Mr Nick J Stephenson))

Defence Research Agency and GEC Sensors - For the Nightbird night vision system

(Mr F.C Baggs, Dr Charles Thomas Elliott FRS and Mr S Pickering)

The Science and Engineering Research Council - For the design, construction and commissioning of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

(Ir J.L Casse, Mr Brian W.H Edwards, Dr J.E Hall, Professor Richard E HIlls and Dr Ron W Newport)

British Gas - For the 'intelligent pig', allowing internal inspection of operational pipelines.

(Mr John Braithwaite, Mr Gerald Clerehugh OBE FREng, Mr Brian Parry, Mr Gordon Pickard and Dr Robert Shannon FREng)

Quantel Limited - For the Paintbox television graphics system and the Harry video editing system

(Mr Robin Cawley, Mr Neil Hinson, Mr Paul Kellar and Mr Anthony Searby)

Renishaw Metrology Limited - For the development of a range of accurate industrial measurement probes

(John Deer, David McMurtry FREng, Peter Wells, Peter Willis)

Oxford Instruments Group - For superconducting magnet systems used in medical diagnostic applications

(Mr Ian McDougall, Mr Bill Proctor and Mr John Woodgate)

Joint winners:

The National Institute of Agricultural Engineering - For forage conditioning machinery

(O.D Hale and W.E Klinner)

Rolls-Royce - For techniques for high energy X-ray examination of gas turbines during testing − Rolls-Royce plc

(P.A.E Stewart and Alan George Stubbings)

Netlon Limited - For the development of high-strength polymer grids used in the civil engineering and construction industries

(Dr Brian Mercer OBE FREng FRS)

Ruston Gas Turbines - For the Tornado and other industrial gas turbines

BP and Kaldair Limited - For the Indair/Mardair waste gas flare systems used on offshore platforms

(Professor Denis Henry Desty FRS)

Lucas CAV Limited - For the Microjector, a miniaturised fuel injector for car diesel engines

(Mr Alan Blew, Mr Peter Howes and Mr Roger Mugford)

Johnson Matthey Group - For the development of catalytic systems for motor vehicle exhausts

(Dr Gary Acres OBE, Dr Barry Cooper FREng, Mr Brian Cooper, Dr David Evans and DR Dennis Webster)

Post Office Telecommunications - For the Prestel viewdata software system

(Mr Sam Fedida OBE)

Pilkington Brothers Limited - For the Triplex Ten-Twenty laminated windscreen for cars and aircraft

(Dr H.R.S Jack, Mr S.E Kay, Mr Victor John Osola, Mr J Pickard, Mr D.C Wright)

Royal Signals Research Establishment and Malvern Instruments Limited - For the Malvern Correlator which measures the movement of particles or molecules

(Dr Eric Jakeman FRS, Mr R Jones, Dr C.J Oliver, Dr E.Roy Pike FRS, Mr D.S Trudgill)

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Joint winners:

Westland Helicopters - For the semi-rigid rotor system and conformal gearing of the Lynx helicopter

(Mr David Balmford, Mr K.T MacKenzie, Mr Vic Rogers, Mr George Smith-Pert, Mr John Speechley)

British Railways Board - For developments in railway vehicle suspensions

(Dr Alistair Gilchrist, Dr Sydney Jones Mr Michael Newman,  Dr Kenneth Spring, Professor Alan Wickens)

The agricultural division of ICI Limited

(Mr George Bridger, Dr Derek  Cornwaite, Mr Phineas Davies, Dr John Gallagher and Dr Thomas Pearce OBE)

For the development and manufacture of high-activity catalysts used in methanol production

Dunlop - For the Denovo tyre and wheel system

(Mr Thomas French and Mr Eric Mitchell)

EMI Limited - For the application of X-ray techniques for diagnosing brain disease

(Mr  Godfrey Hounsfield)

The Gas Council - For a range of gas manufacturing processes

(Dr Frederick Dent, Mr Ronald Edge, Dr Denis Hebden, Mr George Percival and Dr Brian Thompson)

British Petroleum - For techniques enabling accurate surveying through permafrost in Alaska

(Dr Percy Edward Kent, FRS, Mr A.N Thomas, Mr H.R Warman)

Joint winners:

Freeman, Fox and Partners - For the superstructure of the Severn Bridge

(Dr William Brown, Mr C.D Crosthwaite, Mr Michael Parsons FREng, Sir Gilbert Roberts FRS and Dr Tom Wyatt FREng)

Rolls-Royce - For the Pegasus engine used in the Harrier aircraft

(Mr John H Dale, Dr Stanley Hooker FRS, Mr Gordon N Lewis, Mr Charles Marchant and Mr Neville RI Quinn)