History For over 190 years UCL Engineering has been at the cutting edge of the discipline, home to some of the most successful engineering departments in the UK UK's first Civil Engineering Professor World's first teaching in field of Chemical Engineering William Ramsey wins Nobel Prize for discovery of noble gases Birth of electronics after Sir J.A. Fleming invents Thermionic Valve UCL develops ultrasound technique to measure foetal age Historic city of Petra mapped using photogrammetric methods First UK ARPANET hub (precursor to internet) established at 911±¬ÁÏÍø The Queen sends first ever email with help of UCL Professor First UK Professor of Biochemical Engineering appointed First UK department of Biochemical Engineering formed UCL pioneers nerve interface technology UCL chosen to host Jill Dando Institute in memory of presenter UCL develops world-first for brain imaging Security and Crime Science Department launched Charles Kao awarded Nobel Prize for work on optical fibres UCL Prof wins IEEE award for web voice and video protocols Biochemical Engineering awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize Science, Technology Engineering & Public Policy Dept. launched UCL's 'How to Change the World' programme launched UCL breaks world record for optical network data speeds UCL co-launches Faraday Institute to help shape UK battery research