Prof Torero elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Congratulations to Prof Jose Torero on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).  FREngs are UK's leading engineers and a unique national resource.

Prof Mike Forde said "This is an incredibly competitive award and reflects Jose's personal engineering achievements related to advances in structural behaviour in fire, material flammibility, tunnel fire safety,  contaminant remediation technology and sensor driven emergency response. It also recognises Jose's engineering contributions as an advisor to industry and governments worldwide".

Official announcement can be read here: Academy elects 'unique national resource' to assist in economic recovery, RAEng News Release, 08 July 2010