FREng

In September 2024 I was excited to hear that I had been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. My citation reads “Professor Bruce Drinkwater is Professor of Ultrasonics at the University of Bristol. He is founder of the Ultrasonics and Non-Destructive Testing Research Group with five academic staff and 30 PhD students and research assistants. He is Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in Non-Destructive Evaluation and Editor-in-Chief of Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation International. He has pioneered industrial applications of ultrasonic arrays in non-destructive testing, as well developing innovative devices for condition monitoring and particle manipulation. His research has been commercialised through licencing and spinouts and changed industrial practice by inclusion in international standards.”

The University of Bristol did a nice news article on my election that can be found here.

In November 2024 there was a celebratory New Fellows welcome event at the Royal Academy of Engineering at which I signed the register of Fellows.

Later in the day, I attended a lavish dinner at Drapers Hall in the City of London. At the dinner there was a ceremony at which I was presented with a scroll detailing my election to Fellow, presented to me by HRH the Princess Royal, who is a Royal Fellow of the Academy. So, all this now means I am formally a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and I can use the letter FREng after my name.