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Professor Damien Lacroix joins Jim Wild as Co-Director of the Insigneo Institute

Professor Damien Lacroix, from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, has taken on the role of Co-Director of the Insigneo Institute.
Placement Year Awards 2024 winner Daniel Holloway

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Aerospace Engineering student Daniel Holloway wins the Celebrating Resilience Award in this year's placements honours.
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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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Battery health problems may have just been solved by ºù«Ӱҵ Mechanical Engineers

A new way of determining the internal structure and health of batteries that power many of the electronic devices and vehicles at the centre of our everyday lives, has been developed by researchers in Mechanical Engineering at ºù«Ӱҵ.
The Sunride team visits Parliament

Engineering students visit Parliament

Recently, the Sunride Committee, (an extracurricular rocket engineering project) and Dr Alistair John, (Mechanical Engineering academic) visited Parliament to speak to MP, Mark Garnier, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Space.
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Engineering ranked in the Top 100 in the 2024 Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

The Faculty of Engineering is recognised as a top university in today’s (26 October 2023) announcement by the Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

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Dr Sam Rigby awarded a RAEng Industrial Fellowship in collaboration with Arup

Dr Sam Rigby has been awarded a two-year Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship in Machine Learning Applications for Blast Protection Engineering, in collaboration with Arup's Resilience, Security and Risk (RS&R) team.
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ºù«Ӱҵ Formula Racing team win Racing Pride Aston Martin Award for Diversity & Inclusion 2023

Award encourages inclusivity in day-to-day operations across the year