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All the latest news from the Faculty of Engineering. 
KE Awards 2025

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

The University's second annual Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards honoured colleagues for their exceptional achievements and the far-reaching impact of their collaborations with partners at local, national and international levels.
Winning student team with certificates

Engineering student team wins People’s Prize in global design competition

Two student teams from the University of Sheffield's Global Engineering Challenge (GEC) programme represented the faculty at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25.
Students watching a presentation at a conference

2025 Engineering Research Symposium

PGR and PDRAs from the Faculty came together for the annual Engineering Researcher Symposium.
Digital generated image of H2 hydrogen molecule made out of liquid on green background.

Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Houses being constructed at a site in the UK

Study to explore if circular economy can meet needs of UK's buildings

A new project led by researchers from Civil Engineering will explore the extent to which the circular economy could meet the UK’s building needs using zero new material extractions, zero emissions and zero waste.
loading into the FCT for FASTing into billets for forging

Sheffield to partner in new £42.5m Dstl Materials Centre of Excellence

Sheffield is delighted to be a Partner in this new advanced materials centre of excellence, and to support the development of exciting new materials for extreme environments
Gloved hands holding a syringe and small bottle of liquid

Sheffield researchers to transform vaccine manufacturing with £2m Innovate UK grant

Pandemic readiness is to be significantly boosted through new RNA vaccine manufacturing processes developed by Sheffield researchers.
Professor Rachael Rothman

Prof Rachael Rothman talks to Womanthology about inclusion as a catalyst for innovation

Professor Rachael Rothman from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering discusses her journey into chemical engineering, her current sustainability research (inc plastics & hydrogen) and about encouraging more diversity in engineering
batteries

Charging towards the next generation of batteries

Batteries are everywhere, but the process for manufacturing them is expensive, energy intensive and relies on depleting resources. Our researchers are at the forefront of developing new, innovative materials to create a brighter future for batteries.