New Year Honours 2016
David Lane CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
“For services to Engineering.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2015
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor David Michael LANE
Professor of Autonomous Systems Engineering and Founding Director, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot Watt University
For services to Engineering.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61450 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Engineering.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 119 times in the New Year Honours List 2016 — about 8% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.
How widely is this recognised?
1,797 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2016
London Gazette (official record), issue 61450, notice 2454029. View the official notice ↗
Published 31 December 2015.
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