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Engineers in Business second place team

Second year engineering students pitched ideas at 2025 Engineers in Business final

Congratulations to our Mechanical Engineering students who were part of team MUSH-ROOM (Smart Farming) and came second in the Engineers in Business final this month.
Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic ÌÇÐÄVlog scissor maker sharpen its edge

Experts from the School are using cutting-edge technology to help Ernest Wright understand techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation to identify subtle improvements to their tried and tested processes.
X-ray themed model of blue heart

‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually

ÌÇÐÄVlog 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
Rugby player Blake Broadbent putting his sock on

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 ÌÇÐÄVlog entrepreneur teamed up with some of the city’s brightest engineering talent to create the perfect sports sock.
David Butcher

Celebrating four decades of technical excellence

David Butcher, Senior Research Technician and an integral part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 1979, retires after 45 years.
Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the CDT-GIF, with IDRIC colleagues - Credit: IDRIC
Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the CDT-GIF, with IDRIC colleagues - Credit: IDRIC

New Centre for Doctoral Training to drive UK's green industrial revolution

A major new Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF) has launched to help secure the UK's position at the forefront of the green industrial revolution.

Sunride

Breaking Barriers: Project Sunride Sets New Record

Congratulations to Project Sunride who successfully hot-fired their second regenerative-cooled liquid rocket engine at Airborne Engineering Ltd in Westcott, Buckinghamshire this month.