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The standard of articles entered for the year’s Military Engineering and Innovation Prize has continued the high standards of previous years. Collectively, the submissions have embraced the changed aim with a greater emphasis on innovation and the winner of the Professional Development Prize has set a high bar with some genuinely original research. The strength of submissions from SNCOs this year led the judges to award 3 prizes in this category. |
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The President and Trustees of the Institution are pleased to announce the winners:
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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 Engineers: Capt R M S Johnston MInstRE ‘Bridging the Gap: Building and Artificial Intelligence model to detect and classify river widths from optical imagery’ |
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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: Capt A J Tew IEng MInstRE ‘Enhancing the Construction of Force Protection Structures with 3D Concrete Printing: Opportunities and Challenges for the Royal Engineers’ |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Learning from the past Prize |
£500 |
Identifies pertinent lessons from the past which are applicable in today’s and tomorrow’s challenges for the Corps: Lt Col J Q Killip CEng MInstRE MIExpE ‘Progression the Prevention of Progress’ |
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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: Maj J W Wyatt MInstRE ‘The British Army, Counter Explosive Ordnance (C-EO) and Combat Operations’ |
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Military Engineering and Innovation Adaptation and Ingenuity Prize |
£500 |
Best submission on any adaptation or ingenuity that Royal Engineers have done in the past 3 years: Cpl Y D Wong EngTech MInstRE ‘Could BIM transform the Corps’ work approach in sustainable infrastructure design and planning and pave the way forwards (Part 2)’ |
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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: SSgt S K T Milliner MInstRE ‘All Roads lead to sustainability – Sustainable Soil Stabilization Using Pulverised Fuel Ash’ |
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Military Engineering and Innovation WO or SNCO Prize |
£250 |
Best submission (any category) from a WO or SNCO: SSgt K Duddridge EngTech MInstRE ‘Integrating Solar Thermal Systems in Military Construction Projects: A Sustainable and Ethical Approach.’ |
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Military Engineering and Innovation WO or SNCO Prize |
£250 |
Best submission (any category) from a WO or SNCO: SSgt J D Hawes BEng MInstRE ‘Operation Trig Med 24 – Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Boundary Survey. Bridging and Enduring 74-year-old Operational Commitment into the Digital Age’ |
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Military Engineering and Innovation WO or SNCO Prize |
£250 |
Best submission (any category) from a WO or SNCO: SSgt Nripesh Kumar Rai EngTech MInstRE ‘Building Information Management – An opportunity for the Corps’ |
Be prepared, 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 £1,500 in 2022!
Please submit your entry to the editor of The RE Journal (journal@instre.org) by 30 Aug 24 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 2024 being held on Wednesday 20 November 2024 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 24 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 2024 being held on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA.
See the 2023 winners details here
