News News stories 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). 14 May 2024 Department of Mechanical Engineering Earns Silver Athena SWAN Award The Department of Mechanical Engineering is proud to announce it has been successful in renewing its Athena Swan Silver Award for another five years. 5 May 2024 ‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually Sheffield academics from Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Faculty of 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 24 April 2024 Students engineer soft landing for players on the pitch Runners, ramblers and rugby players will have an even greater spring in their step after a Sheffield entrepreneur teamed up with some of the city’s brightest engineering talent to create the perfect sports sock. Search University of Sheffield engineers are testing their new rail cleaning system on-board passenger trains with Northern Leaf-busting tech could end rail delays caused by leaves on the line Delays to train services caused by leaves on the line could finally become a thing of the past, thanks to new track cleaning technology developed by a team of researchers led by Professor Roger Lewis from our Department of Mechanical Engineering. 4 October 2021 University of Sheffield energy engineers selected to advise government on tackling ‘greenwashing’ and transitioning to net zero Two experts from the University of Sheffield’s have been appointed by the government to advise on standards for green investment, helping to reduce ‘greenwashing’ and develop a framework for companies making environmentally sustainable choices. 29 September 2021 Dr Juanjuan Zhu highly commended in Rising Talents Awards Dr Juanjuan Zhu, one of our department's Research Associates, has been recognised by the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science as one of this year’s Rising Talents. 16 September 2021 New project for energy researchers will improve sustainability for smart farms in South Korea University of Sheffield researchers have partnered with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) on a new project to design and model renewable energy systems that can sustainably cover the heat and electricity demand of a Korean farm. 23 August 2021 Department students crowned British winners of Formula Student Team Sheffield Formula Racing fended off fierce competition from multiple teams at event held at Silverstone Race Circuit this week. The team joins 2017 winners Cardiff University as the only British winners of the competition so far. 26 July 2021 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Current page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 … Next page Next › Last page Last »