The award was first presented to celebrate the developers of the web Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous families.

The winners of the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering were announced Monday in London. Five Internet pioneers — Marc Andreessen, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn ...

In a move to counter the outdated image of engineering, and make it an attractive career choice for young people, the Queen of England will be handing out the first ever Queen Elizabeth Prize for ...

(Photo: QEPrize/PR Newswire) The United Kingdom’s 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to the creators of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). Four engineers — Dr. Bradford ...

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to Professor Bradford Parkinson, who is the father of San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson. Professor Parkinson was a part of the ...

LONDON, Feb. 7, 2023 /CNW/ -- The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is today awarded to Professor Martin Green, Professor Andrew Blakers, Dr Aihua Wang and Dr Jianhua Zhao for ...

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has gone to developers of LED Lighting. Specifically, it has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura, Nick Holonyak Jr, M. George Craford and ...

The 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has been awarded to Henrik Stiesdal and Andrew Garrad for advancing the design, manufacture and deployment of high-performance wind turbines.

Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, has been named one of seven recipients of the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The annual ...

Seven AI pioneers on Tuesday took home the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, a top award for groundbreaking innovations in science and engineering. Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton ...

The pioneers of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) solar photovoltaic technology have been awarded the 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize). Professor Martin Green, Professor ...