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A celebration of innovation

We’re delighted to reveal the winners of The Engineer’s 2024 Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards

From ground-breaking developments in energy systems to key advances in defence, low carbon mobility and healthcare technology this year’s winning projects provide an inspiring reminder of both the UK’s depth of engineering talent and the role that engineers are playing in addressing some of the biggest challenges we face.

Spanning nine categories - including energy & environment, aerospace & defence, automotive, manufacturing, data, and healthcare technology - the full list of winning and highly commended entries for this year’s competition can be viewed here.

Now in its ninth year, Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) was launched to uncover and celebrate great examples of engineering collaboration – a dynamic considered critical to solving many of the challenges and problems faced by society.

The tenth anniversary edition of C2I will open for entries this May. 

Jon Excell
Editor & Publisher – The Engineer


WHAT OUR JUDGES SAY...

The strength and diversity of the entries this year reflect the strength and diversity of our industrial sector

Dr Richard Drake CTO Babcock International Group

As ever it’s great to see the variety of ways that engineers can contribute to solving problems and improving the world we live in

Alan Newby Director Aerospace Technology & Future Programmes Rolls-Royce plc

It’s really heartening to see the amount of innovation that’s going on. This year, I particularly enjoyed the variety and breadth of topics that engineering is being applied to and the innovations that have been made to benefit society across the board.

Abbie Hutty Lead Systems Engineer ispace

Collaboration is the name of the game in engineering and all of this year’s entries showed good evidence of that, as well as a bit of left field thinking.

Katherine Bennett CEO HVM Catapult

I was impressed by the diversity of exciting and innovative ideas that are coming through, the strength of the collaborations that are helping to deliver that, and the fact that they are looking at all of the big problems we’re facing at every level

Dr Rachel Bishop Deputy Director, Research Base UKRI

Another strong year demonstrating engineering innovation and collaboration and its impact on society. This year, as we move towards net zero, the strength of innovation in net zero has really come to the fore across all of the categories.

Professor Andy Wright Independent Consultant

This year’s awards show the importance of innovation and real evidence of impact

Dr Isabel DiVanna Senior Member, Wolfson College University of Cambridge

AND THE WINNERS...

As a growing business, for AEM to be recognised alongside some of the biggest names in UK industry was a fantastic boost. Winning both the Automotive and Grand Prix awards has also helped boost our profile, bringing in customers from as far away as South America and Australia.

Mike Woodcock Chief Commercial Officer Advanced Electric Machine

The C2I awards are the best industry event I have had the privilege of attending. They are less formal than most traditional awards events and consequently provide a more relaxed atmosphere in which to network and engage with other attendees. The result is an event which is, quite frankly, very good fun while at the same time celebrating some wonderful innovation.

Andrew Rae Professor of Engineering University of the Highlands and Islands

Winning a C2I award is an important, independent validation of how AVA has challenged the norms of engineering and construction. We have rethought how passenger bridges and lifts are designed and built. We’re a team of UK SMEs, all with a shared vision - to collaborate and innovate, in order to achieve better outcomes for public infrastructure and the people who use it. The Engineer C2I awards celebrate that same vision, and AVA is proud to be among the winners.

Darren Falkingham Market Engagement Manager SCX