We narrowed your nominations down to a shortlist of just five contemporary British engineers whose work demonstrated outstanding innovation and has had a positive impact on society.

They are inventor and entrepreneur Sir James Dyson, mechanical engineer David Gow, electrical generation engineer Sam Etherington, inventor and entrepreneur Tim Morgan and Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of design.

The engineer chosen to be invested into the Engineering Hall of Fame at the Semta Skills Awards in February 2014 was 24 year old mechanical engineer Sam Etherington.