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 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 21 May 2024 Harnessing nature’s power: collaborative effort explores algae for lower-carbon road construction Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are part of a team developing a new method that uses algae as a biomass source material to produce ‘bio-bitumen’. 10 May 2024 Sheffield spinout company grows to lead on next generation biomedicines and bioprocesses SynGenSys, a fast-growing biotechnology company spun out of the University of Sheffield, has announced the appointment of Dr. Andy Racher as its Commercial Operations Director. 2 May 2024 Longer-life smart MOPO batteries bringing renewable energy to Africa Longer-life MOPO Batteries that can help communities off-grid or with unstable power networks in Africa access clean and affordable energy, are being developed with the help of engineers from the University of Sheffield. 1 May 2024 New network to drive harmonisation in product environmental sustainability assessment A new network led by Professor Rachael Rothman is launching to support the UK’s materials supply chain and policymakers in using life cycle assessment (LCA) more effectively to reduce environmental impacts across the supply chain. 30 April 2024 | Published by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »