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A mannikin head wearing glasses that have been fitted with metamaterials so the wearer could see AR images. There is a tablet at the side of the mannikin head displaying what the wearer would see - this is showing a woman's hand holding a hologram of a unicorn.
Metamaterials could be fitted to basic glasses to enable the wearer to see AR images, such as health and safety or assistive technology information. Credit: Professor Andrea Di Falco and Dr Yuhui Gan (University of St Andrews).

University of Sheffield researchers to drive metamaterials development

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are supporting a new national roadmap to establish the UK as a world-leader in metamaterials innovation - advanced materials that could transform critical technologies.
AI generated image of albumin molecules

University of Sheffield researchers join ARIA Universal Fabricators programme

Researchers at Sheffield take on the challenge of developing scalable manufacturing processes that use proteins as the manufacturing tools to assemble advanced inorganic and composite materials.
AI for Research Day - Hari
Hari Hara Subramanian speaking at the event

Sheffield researchers explore AI for research that matters

Researchers from across the University of Sheffield gathered on 1–2 October for AI for Research Days 2026: two days of talks, workshops and networking co-organised by the Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI), Dell Technologies and NVIDIA.
Meihong Wang, James Marshall, Ian Reaney

Three academics from the Faculty of Engineering have been elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows

Congratulations to Professor Meihong Wang, Professor Ian Reaney, and Professor James Marshall who join the Royal Academy of Engineering as Fellows.

INWED24

Faculty of Engineering marks #INWED24: inspiring the future generation of Women in Engineering

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), the Faculty hosted a two-day event at The Wave on 10th-11th June. This inspiring event showcased the remarkable achievements & diverse experiences of women in engineering, staff & students.
Karman Alpha

Karman Alpha: Twelve Feet Under - the documentary

Student-led rocketry team ‘Project Sunride’ premiered their ‘Karman Alpha’ documentary last month, chronicling their journey to America where they launched the two-stage rocket in the Mojave Desert, California.
The robot arm in action

Students wow judges in Siemens Digital Innovation Zone robotic arm competition

Judges were blown away by the ingenuity and creativity of four student teams who programmed a robot arm to navigate complex courses in a recent competition held at the Siemens Digital Innovation Zone (DIZ).
Four students holding posters for video games they have developed

Meet the students making video games for charity

A new range of video games raising vital funds for UK charities has been developed by a team of students, Project Pixel, at the University of Sheffield, founded by two computer science students.
Open access workshop

Creating access routes for researchers to mechanical workshop facilities: the Open Access Mechanical Workshop pilot initiative

Pilot initiative hopes to demonstrate the benefits of providing routes for researchers to access technical mechanical workshop facilities