Rapita Chairman is elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Professor Alan Burns, Chairman of Rapita Systems and Professor of Real-Time Systems at the University of York, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering at its AGM in July 2009. Professor Burns is a recognised authority in real-time systems and the Ada programming language, having authored and co-authored over three hundred publications. He has been the chairman of Rapita Systems since its inception in 2004. Guillem Bernat, CEO of Rapita Systems commented "We're delighted that Alan's contribution has been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering. His experience and knowledge have certainly been an invaluable resource to the development of Rapita Systems." The Royal Academy of Engineering honours the UK's most distinguished engineers. It aims to take advantage of the enormous wealth of engineering knowledge they possess and, through the interdisciplinary character of its membership, it provides a unique breadth of engineering experience to further the art and practice of engineering in all its forms.