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Institution of Royal EngineersWinners – Military Engineering and Innovation Prize 2025 |
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The President and Trustees of the Institution are pleased to present the Winners of the Military Engineering and Innovation Prize 2025:
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Submission Category |
Prize |
Details |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Professional Development Prize |
£1,500 |
Best promotes or fosters education in the art and science of Military Engineering – On Breaching Complex Obstacles – Maj C M Adams MInstRE |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Future Opportunities Prize |
£1,000 |
Best identifies the opportunities for the future of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Eyes in the Sky: Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems and Artificial Intelligence in British Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search – Lt J J Severn MInstRE |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Learning from the Past Prize |
£500 |
Best identifies pertinent lessons from the past which are applicable on today’s and tomorrow’s challenges for the Corps – Hebridean Helipad: Landing a Legacy with a Community Construction Project – Maj P J Bryden MInstRE |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Planning and Command Prize |
£500 |
Best submission on planning and command aspects of the Royal Engineers work today and in the future – Sharpening the Axe: How to deliver 21st Century Assault Pioneers – Maj G Jackson IEng MInstRE |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Adaptation and Ingenuity Prize |
£500 |
Best submission on an adaptation or ingenuity that Royal Engineers have done in the past three years – Doing a Rommel: Improved Innovation army training for war …from the future – Lt Col M W Whitchurch MBE FInstRE |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Logistics and Technical Prize |
£250 |
Best submission on either logistical or technical aspects of the Royal Engineers work today and in the future – Health-First Infrastructure: Lessons from the GSK HQ for the Royal Engineers – SSgt K M Duddridge IEng MInstRE |
| Highly Commended | £100 | Operational Energy – The Nuclear Option – Lt Col J Q Killip CEng MInstRE |
| Highly Commended | £100 | Seeing Through the Storm: SAR and the Future of Military Mapping – Maj G H S Gibson MBE MInstRE |
| Highly Commended | £100 | A Counter space-based Remote Sensing strategy for the British Armed Forces and opportunities for the future of the Corps of Royal Engineers – Maj J M Robertson MInstRE |
| Commended | £50 | Optimising Thermal Efficiency in Military Housing: A Lifecycle Cost Analysis of External Wall Insulation – Maj C T R Moore MINstRE |
| Commended | £50 | Leveraging UOTC Student projects to support innovation in the Corps – Capt T E P Archer MInstRE |
| Commended | £50 | The emergence of Autonomous Vehicles on the Battlefield – an opportunity for the British Army – Lt R d H Aylmore MInstRE |
| Commended | £50 | Reframing Mode Factors: Correcting Misapplications in Choke Hitch Calculations for Safer Lifting Operations – Mr P L Wright MINstRE |
The 2025 Challenge!
Members may write on any military engineering subject that deserves attention and will be of interest to others – it is entirely up to you! Remember that all entries are judged by an independent panel (redacted to removed details of name, rank or experience to ensure a level playing field) on their merit by the judging panel.
The Institution is particularly keen to acknowledge the contribution of junior members, who are more than capable of winning the main prize – just ask Lance Corporal David Wong, who won the main Professional Development Prize of £500 in 2024!
Please submit your entry to the editor of The RE Journal (journal@instre.org) by 30 Aug 25 to allow the prize for respective categories to be selected. The best submission will then be presented at the Corps of Royal Engineers Awards for Engineering Excellence 2025 being held in November 2025 at One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA.
Articles should be submitted with a covering email stating the category being entered. All submissions should be submitted in Microsoft Word with illustrations (with appropriate captions) both embedded and attached separately to aid formatting. Articles should be no more than 3,000 words (this is a limit not a target!). Entries should not be work already submitted as a Staff College paper or a degree dissertation – Members wishing to use such materials should revise them as articles and use footnotes for references rather than Harvard or other referencing systems.
If you have any questions, please contact the editor of the Journal on journal@instre.org
InstRE Publications House Style
Please conform to the House Style above and submit your entry to the Editor RE Journal (journal@instre.org) by 30 Aug 25 to allow the prize for respective categories to be selected.
