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Placement Year Awards 2024

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Engineering students from Aerospace, EEE & Computer Science won at the recent University Placement Awards, winning the Celebrating Resilience and Engineering Placement Student of the Year awards, and placing Highly Commended in 3 other categories
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Success at the IChemE Global Awards

At this year’s IChemE Global Awards, we had six finalists and proudly returned with two prize winners and one highly commended project.
S3RoU

From Rubble to Green Building Materials: UK-Ukraine Project Launched

New project seeks to revolutionize Ukraine's post-conflict reconstruction, expediting its recovery and promoting environmentally sustainable rebuilding practices in a new joint venture.
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Call to government to develop a cross-sector UK materials strategy

Professor Joan Cordiner, on behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has signed a joint letter calling on the government to develop a joined-up, cross-sector strategy for using and managing materials in the UK.
Practical PEMD Project Motors launch event

Revolutionising Motor Control: A New Era of PEMD Training

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has celebrated a significant milestone in our project 'Practical PEMD for All', an initiative funded by Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation.
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Computer Science Lecturer Recognised as ELLIS Scholar

Dr. Chen (Cherise) Chen has been recently elected an ELLIS Scholar in the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) under the Robust Machine Learning program.
ASISST Project Hosts STEM Teachers Workshop to Promote Semiconductor Careers

ASISST Project Hosts STEM Teachers Workshop to Promote Semiconductor Careers

Twenty teachers from 13 University Technical Colleges (UTCs) across the UK gathered for the day-long workshop, which aimed to provide both foundational understanding and practical resources.
Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma with the CIDRZ team at the field recording site at Kanyama Level One Hospital, Lusaka.

Computer Science academics strengthen AI health research links with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)

Dr Ning Ma and Professor Guy Brown from the School of Computer Science recently visited Zambia to initiate a second project that will research the potential of using AI analysis of cough sound to screen for tuberculosis (TB).