Nottingham celebrates two new Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

PA 218/11 - Two leading academics at The University of Nottingham have been admitted as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Hai-Sui Yu, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Paul Shayler, Ford Professor and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, have joined a total of 59 new Fellows of the Academy who represent the most eminent names in the profession from the UK and overseas. Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, said: "This is an outstanding achievement for both Professor Yu and Professor Shayler and reflects their outstanding contributions to Engineering in the UK and beyond." Also named as a new Fellow is David Clarke, Chief Executive of the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is hosted by the Midlands Energy Consortium - comprising The University of Nottingham the University of Birmingham and Loughborough University. Professor Yu said: "I am delighted and thrilled by this election. The Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering is widely regarded as the highest accolade for British engineers so to be a part of this distinguished group is truly an honour. This is a wonderful acknowledgement of the quality and impact of the research that my students and I have been undertaking over the past twenty years. I feel very proud of what we've achieved".