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Group of students cheering on stage celebrating Emerge Awards Showcase 26

The elite award showcase rewarding the founders of the future

Congratulations to James, John, Sujaya and William who won with their pitches to regional investors and business leaders at The Emerge: Be enterprising Awards Showcase this month.
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UK-first aviation fuel testing centre delivers first results in push for greener flights

The University of Sheffield has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a new sustainable aviation fuel.
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ARIA Funding Launches New Innovator Circle in Sheffield

Dr Charles Grellois, Lecturer in Verification at the School of Computer Science, has secured £20,000 in funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

targetjobs UG of the Year Awards 2026

Faculty of Engineering students shortlisted for the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

We're thrilled to share that Computer Science student Jasper Sion and Civil & Structural Engineering student Hollie Wilson were shortlisted for the Engineer of the Year and Female Undergraduate of the Year Awards respectively -a fantastic achievement
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Sheffield academics secure prestigious awards for teaching excellence

Our Multidisciplinary Engineering Education (MEE) team have won the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) alongside Deputy Head of MEE, Dr Andrew Garrard being honoured with the Principal Fellowship.
Professor Jim Litster

‘RiFTMaP’ project to advance pharmaceutical manufacturing

An upcoming project led by Vice President and Head of Engineering Professor Jim Litster aims to develop a systematic framework for smart continuous manufacturing within the pharmaceutical industry using ‘right-first-time’ principles.

| The Engineer
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Engineering to play a key role in how the UK recovers from the pandemic.

Retiring Vice President Professor Mike Hounslow reflects on his tenure in the faculty and how over the past decade and more, we've become one of the biggest and best engineering universities in the country.

| The Sheffield Telegraph
Dr Brant Walkley

Cement industry must be regulated to eliminate its carbon emissions

Dr Brant Walkley from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering discusses with Sky News how his research is influencing the cement industry to reach net zero.

| Sky News
Professor Serena Corr

Professor Corr wins the 2021 ISIS Science Impact Award

The winner of the ISIS Science Impact Award is Professor Serena Corr for her work applying muon spin relaxation spectroscopy to investigating ion diffusion in battery materials.