Harrison Steel wins Royal Academy of Engineering’s Sir George Macfarlane Medal

Harris Manchester’s Fellow and Tutor in Engineering – and Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford - Professor Harrison Steel, has won a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year award. The awards highlight the outstanding potential of young British engineers who have showcased exceptional skills in their careers. As the overall winner of the prize competition, Harrison has also been honoured with the Academy’s prestigious Sir George Macfarlane Medal. This distinguished accolade recognises the potential of engineers working in the UK who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career.  This achievement comes less than a month after Harrison was awarded with the Early Career Impact Award and less than a year since winning the Phillip Leverhulme Prize. The Principal and Fellows are delighted to be able to congratulate Harrison on his most recent achievement.

Harrison says, "I very much appreciate the spotlight this award puts on our past work on open and accessible Engineering. None of this would have been possible without the efforts of our lab team, collaborators, and mentors who have contributed so much over the past several years toward helping build our research program. Similarly, the resources at Oxford and in the Department of Engineering Science have been integral to our success; we've been able to quickly prototype new technologies, test these on biological challenges, then work to scale-up their manufacturing to get them in the hands of users worldwide."

Press release from The Department of Engineering Science