Research themes
Our world-class research provides solutions that have a positive impact on the world ranging from improving the flow of data via wireless communications, renewable energy production and storage, improved efficiency and accuracy of manufacturing and the electrification of transport.
![Engineers working on a large turbine at the Rolls-Royce Control and Monitoring Systems University Technology Centre.](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2019-12/Rolls-Royce.png.jpg?itok=Qxkg_ZuT)
Control and Systems Engineering
![A close up of an electric motor stator and winding stack](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2019-10/iStock-155374274.jpg?h=e38267f3&itok=Sal7J-UD)
Electrical Machines and Power
![Communications Technology](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2019-11/GettyImages-1130053721.jpg?h=8a0bddeb&itok=4mhFzGJD)
Information and Communication Engineering
![A large group of small swarm robots](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2020-02/Swarmbots.jpg?h=9ae68ab3&itok=ikUp8gnA)
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
![A close up of semiconductors during the manufacturing process](http://cdn.sheffield.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_single_column_1x/public/2023-08/GettyImages-1468266144.jpg?h=1e6a04fa&itok=glwXhZy7)