Congratulations to Professor Martin Booth FREng, St Hugh’s Professor of Electrical Engineering, a Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University and founder director of the spin out Opsydia Ltd, who has been elected as a Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering.
Professor Booth is among 75 new Fellows who are making an incredible impact across the engineering and technology sector with innovations in clean energy, AI, medicine and public health. These leading figures have influenced academia and business, worked to widen participation in engineering for people from underrepresented backgrounds, and provided expert policy advice to government.
Professor Booth said, ‘I’m honoured to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. This recognition reflects not only my own work, but the support, collaboration and achievements of many colleagues over the years. I look forward to contributing to the Academy’s community and its work to advance engineering for the benefit of society.’
The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy at a special ceremony in London on 19 October, when each Fellow will sign the roll book. In joining the Fellowship, they will lend their unique capabilities to achieving the Academy’s overarching strategic goal to engineer better lives.
Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said, ‘As we celebrate our 50th anniversary this year, we also mark the Academy’s achievements since it was founded as the Fellowship of Engineering on 11 June 1976 at Buckingham Palace, with the enthusiastic backing of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, our Founding Senior Fellow. Our Fellowship has been at the core of our work for the past 50 years, connecting the businesses leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers and policymakers who are at the heart of the UK’s technological progress.
‘This year’s cohort will be joining a community of over 1,700 top engineers and innovators in the UK and around the world. Together, we ensure that bright ideas are supported, scaled and shared, turning ambition into innovation and innovation into impact. We aim to strengthen education, skills and inclusion to inspire and equip the engineers of today and tomorrow.’
