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Student being awarded a certificate

2025 Engineering Research Symposium

PGR and PDRAs from the Faculty came together for the annual Engineering Researcher Symposium and the School had two winners: Best Presentation (Session 4) for Fran Slater and Best Head of School for Prof. Martin Mayfield-Tulip.
Winning student team with certificates

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

Student's from the School win People's Prize at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25.
Technician holding his certificate

Technician takes top status with IEng professional registration

Adam Higham-Naylor, Engineering Technician from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, has been awarded Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.
Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of Sheffield in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
A close up of a railway line covered in leaves

A sticky situation: managing rail adhesion

Leaves on the line may seem trivial to the average passenger, but the consequences when it comes to rail adhesion could be substantial: Professor Roger Lewis and team feature talking about Cryogrip as a solution to this issue.

| Published in Railway Technology
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From Rubble to Green Building Materials: UK-Ukraine Project Launched

New project seeks to revolutionize Ukraine's post-conflict reconstruction, expediting its recovery and promoting environmentally sustainable rebuilding practices in a new joint venture.
Engineering role models

Inspiring the next generation: academics nominated as role models in National Engineering Day initiative

Congratulations to Professor Claire Brockett, Professor of Biomechanics and Dr Kat Fish, Research Fellow in Water Systems Microbiology who were both nominated as Engineering Role Models.
Kazakhstan

The University of Sheffield forges global ties in Kazakhstan

Memorandum of Understanding with Eurasian National University signed and engineering delegates explore opportunities in Kazakhstan with a view to collaborate on research projects in civil engineering, joint programmes and structured internships.
Helen & Karolina at CIBSE Awards 2024

University of Sheffield graduates come out on top at the CIBSE Young Engineers Awards 2024

Mechanical Engineering graduate Helen Meutermans & Architectural Engineering alumna Karolina Prusicka won Graduate of the Year & Undergraduate of the Year respectively at the annual Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers celebrations.