New Year Honours 2015
Professor Sarah Katherine Spurgeon OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: University of Kent
“Professor of Control Engineering, University of Kent. For services to Engineering.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Professor of Control Engineering, University of Kent. For services to Engineering.
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“Professor of Control Engineering, University of Kent. For services to Engineering.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 297 times in the New Year Honours List 2015 — about 20% of the list.
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1,706 people have been recognised for Science, Engineering & Technology.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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London, Greater London
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Peter Robertson
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Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Research and Innovation in Northern Ireland.”
Professor Riley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Research and Education around Black British Music.”
Beena Puri
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“For services to Digital Inclusion.”
Ghulam Ng
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Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Medical Research and Healthcare.”
Ian Marson
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London, Greater London
“For services to Migration and Borders Technology.”
James Markey
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Guildford, Surrey
“For services to the Technology Sector.”
Carolyn Heitmeyer
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London, Greater London
“For services to Social Science.”
Jane Gate
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Thatcham, Berkshire
“For services to Science and the Innovation Ecosystem.”
Maurice Geddis
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Dromore, County Down
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Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2015).
Published 1 January 2015.
Location (Kent) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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