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Race2Space team winning award
Photo credit: BIS/Geir Engene

'The Arthurs' honour Sheffield’s Race 2 Space initiative for notable achievement in space activities

The Faculty’s Race 2 Space (R2S) team was awarded the 2025 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for best Industry/Project Team by the British Interplanetary Society at an awards ceremony in London last month.

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Major award for Flue2Chem Project at COP30 in Brazil

The Flue2Chem project has been recognised at the Net-Zero Industries award. The project received the National Winner United Kingdom award in the category of Outstanding Project.
polyurethane mesh
A section through the new material showing how it mimics the native female tissue in having three layers of interconnected fibres which distend when stretched but then bounce back to their size and shape

Hope on the horizon for women with urinary incontinence

Researchers have identified a promising alternative material for treating the condition of stress urinary incontinence.
Academics receiving an award

Success at the IChemE 2025 Global Awards

Two projects from the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering were shortlisted as finalists at this year's IChemE 2025 Global Awards.
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University of Sheffield to train the next generation of fusion energy experts

The Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025, equipping STEM post-graduates with the skills to support the UK’s fusion energy future.

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Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach

With expert input from the University of Sheffield, a team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials’ (IFM) have delivered a world first in next generation materials research.
Astronaut Daniel Tani in a workshop with student team Sunride

NASA's Daniel Tani touches down in Sheffield!

Retired NASA astronaut and Mechanical Engineer, Daniel Tani, visited the University of Sheffield to give a captivating talk to engineering students in the Diamond last December.
Richard Hodgkinson (University of Sheffield), shaking hands with Ted Young (Wortley Top Forge), standing within the workshop of Wortley Top Forge. Tooling donated to the forge is laid out on benches.

Sheffield donates workshop tooling to local industrial heritage centres

The Open Access Mechanical Workshop team has donated surplus tooling to two local heritage sites: Wortley Top Forge and the Midland Railway at Butterley. These organisations both play a vital role in preserving Sheffield’s local engineering history.
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A shared vision: Sheffield and South Africa collaborate for a sustainable and equitable future

Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Stellenbosch University are working together to create safer wall panelling in housing in economically challenged communities in South Africa.