{"id":574,"date":"2025-10-07T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/vice-chancellor\/?p=574"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:16:03","slug":"from-the-vice-chancellor-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/vice-chancellor\/2025\/10\/07\/from-the-vice-chancellor-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Vice-Chancellor \u2013 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In my first newsletter of the new academic year: Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowships, Clearing and Conversion, success at the World Athletics Championships, the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Awards, and shaping our People and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was delighted to see that three of our academics \u2013 Professor Malcolm Cook<\/a>, Dean of the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering; Professor Rajkumar Roy<\/a>, Dean of the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering; and John Moran<\/a>, Professor of Practice in Combustion Technology in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering \u2013 have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellowship of the Academy is one of the most prestigious honours in the profession, awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and technology. Fellows are drawn from across academia and industry \u2013 from energy and defence to emerging materials \u2013 and are recognised for pioneering innovation, shaping national policy and advancing public understanding of engineering.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest appointments mean we now have seven current staff who are Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering \u2013 more than we have ever had before. We also had two alumni \u2013 Dr Daniel Elford, who founded the\u202fUniversity spinout Sonobex<\/a>, and Chetan Kotur, who is now\u202fHead of Technology and Innovation at Laing O\u2019Rourke \u2013 elected in this round. To have staff and graduates made Fellows of prestigious Academies underlines our standing as a leading research university, and also helps to further our strategic ambition to raise the University\u2019s global profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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