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Aerospace engineering students holding their 3D printed research

Jet engine innovation earns Aerospace students top prize 

Aerospace engineering undergraduate students take first place for their work on understanding the effects of advanced manufacturing processes on the performance of safety critical titanium alloy parts as part of the Industrial Training Programme.
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image of the protein binding to DNA
University of Sheffield scientists have used state-of-the-art imaging to see how a protein binds to DNA to help maintain both healthy and cancer cells. The discovery could help to find new chemotherapies whilst shielding healthy cells from side effects.

DNA discovery could shield key healthy cells from chemotherapy side effects

A new discovery of how cells maintain their DNA could help protect healthy cells from the side effects of chemotherapy.
An engineer controlling machinery inside the AMRC

University of Sheffield awarded share of £80 million to boost student places and build new facilities to strengthen UK defence industry

The University of Sheffield has been awarded over £2 million of government funding to deliver more than 300 extra places on civil and mechanical engineering undergraduate courses over the next four years.
Lab view of the COMPASS facility

Industry meets academia at 17th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials

Leading international and UK composites industries will participate with academic researchers at FPCM17 at the University of Sheffield from June 30th to July 2nd.

Dana in lab

Three New Horizons grants awarded to Sheffield Engineering academics for transformative research projects

Researchers from across several departments in the Faculty have secured a share of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s (EPSRC) latest £15million investment in transformative projects.

The view from underneath the wing of an ULTRA UAV during a test flight

Swarms of advanced UAVs to collect key environment data

Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft are set to carry out aerial surveys of Antarctica – gathering crucial data on changes to the region’s environment and wildlife – as part of new research with engineers from the University of Sheffield.
COM researchers Phil McMinn and Owain Parry

Researchers find new hope through machine learning for dreaded ‘flaky test’

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science's Testing Research Group are working on innovative solutions to a problem that causes much frustration among software developers - flaky tests.
unPhone rolling off the production line

Innovative unPhone helps students learn and be creative

A locally manufactured device that looks similar to a mobile phone is offering a low-energy route for Computer Science students to learn and be creative.
Photo of the SunbYte team at the balloon launch in Sweden

Students launch new technology into space to observe the sun

Students from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science have launched a solar telescope into the earth’s atmosphere to make observations of the sun.