News News stories All the latest news from the Faculty of Engineering. 22 May 2024 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. 29 May 2024 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). Credit: Simon Kadula/Unsplash 20 May 2024 Sheffield to partner in pioneering research hubs for sustainable manufacturing Sheffield is partnering in four new EPSRC manufacturing hubs, aiming to address the challenges of commercialising early-stage research within key areas of manufacturing, such as semiconductors and medicines. 8 May 2024 ‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually Sheffield academics from the Faculties of Engineering and Health are part of a team of interdisciplinary researchers who will create and test the first ‘digital twin’ heart models for a group of chronically ill NHS patients Search Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster Microbubbles and the Mpemba Effect: Professor Will Zimmerman from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering appears comments on a physical chemistry mystery. 13 April 2021 New gene therapy innovation centre to advance scientific discoveries into life-changing treatments Sheffield engineers will be part of a pioneering gene therapy innovation centre. The centre is set to advance scientific discoveries into promising treatment options for millions of patients with life-threatening diseases. 26 March 2021 Rise in flood victims more likely to suffer from poor mental health, Yorkshire flooding experts warn Professor Martin Mayfield from Department of Civil and Structural Engineering comments that there is a disproportionate amount of national research and development funding going into the so-called ‘golden triangle' of London, Oxford and Cambridge. 28 January 2021 | Yorkshire Post How is a vaccine engineered? Dr Tuck Seng Wong from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering points out that engineering a vaccine is a complex process. He also highlights that to ensure future medicine security it is vital to train next-generation engineer 28 January 2021 | Express Pharma New blast laboratory to help protect against terrorist attacks A new world class laboratory that is set to develop an unprecedented insight into the behaviour of explosives - data which could help to improve the UK’s ability to protect against terrorist attacks - is being launched by engineers at the University 7 January 2021 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Current page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 … Next page Next › Last page Last »