Three leading UK engineers are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards. They will receive their medals at the Academy Awards Dinner in London today, Wednesday 8 July, from HRH The Princess Royal, who is a Royal Fellow of the Academy.
The award celebrates an outstanding personal contribution made to UK engineering by an early to mid-career engineer resulting in market exploitation. This year’s winners have used lasers and optical fibres to develop a new way of capturing information from space, created software that makes batteries more sustainable, and applied AI to make touch-responsive materials.
The recipients of The Princess Royal Silver Medals for 2026 are:
- Dr Ian Campbell, Co-founder of Breathe Battery Technologies
- Dr Liucheng Guo, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of TG0
- Professor Robert Thomson FREng, Professor of Photonics at Heriot-Watt University
Luke Logan FREng, Chair of the Academy’s Awards Committee, said: “This year’s winners of The Princess Royal Silver Medal have each pushed the boundaries of engineering. Through their research and innovative ideas, they have supported the UK in being a leader in engineering and sustainability, making significant contributions to our national economy through inspiring entrepreneurship and collaboration.”
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