Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a global £1 million prize that celebrates a ground-breaking innovation in engineering. The QEPrize rewards an individual or team of engineers whose work has had a major impact on humanity and celebrates stories of these engineering successes, raising the profile of engineering and inspiring new generations of engineers to take up the challenges of the future. The competition for the Prize is run every two years. The first Prize was presented by Her Majesty The Queen in spring 2013 at a ceremony in London, UK. The following are Tau Beta Pi recipients and their achievements:
| Year | Award Recipient | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nick Holonyak Jr., Illinois Alpha '50 |
for the creation and development of LED lighting, which forms the basis of all solid state lighting technology |
| 2019 | Richard Schwartz, New York Iota '57 |
for work on the Global Positioning System (GPS) |
| 2015 | Robert S. Langer Jr., New York Delta '70 |
for revolutionary advances and leadership in engineering at the interface with chemistry and medicine |
| 2013 | Robert E. Kahn, New York Eta '60 |
for work on the Internet and the World Wide Web; technologies that have revolutionised the way we communicate and enabled the creation of whole new industries |