Department of Engineering

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The uncertain unicycle that taught itself and how it’s helping AI make good decisions

15 Apr 2019

Cambridge researchers are pioneering a form of machine learning that starts with only a little prior knowledge and continually learns from the world around it.

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MedTech start-up wins entrepreneurial competition

11 Apr 2019

Congenita, a start-up tackling heart defects in newborn babies, has won the Medical Technology (MedTech) Venture Competition developed by the Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre.

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Quantum leap

10 Apr 2019

Cambridge researchers are devising new methods to keep sensitive information out of the hands of hackers.

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Fellowship awarded for electron devices research

08 Apr 2019

Dr Chen Jiang has been awarded a PhD Student Fellowship from the IEEE Electron Devices Society.

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Blazing a trail with National Apprenticeship Week 2019 

04 Apr 2019

‘Blaze a Trail’ was the theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week which took place in March. 

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Dr Ben Seymour

Meet the neuroscientist using engineering to help ‘unlock’ the brain

03 Apr 2019

Neuroscientist Ben Seymour’s approach to understanding how the brain processes pain has its roots in engineering. He aims to develop neuroengineering technologies to treat chronic pain.

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Professor Lord Robert Mair

Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE elected to US National Academy of Engineering

01 Apr 2019

Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE, Head of the Department's Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering.  

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John Reddaway CREDIT: EMMANUEL COLLEGE

John Reddaway – an appreciation

28 Mar 2019

John Reddaway, who has died aged 92, introduced a pioneering approach that brought engineering students face-to-face with the practical demands of manufacturing industry.

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Celebrating women in aerospace

27 Mar 2019

Women at all stages of their engineering careers united at a special Women in Aerospace dinner, hosted by Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge.

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The Department launches its 16th Annual Photography Competition

25 Mar 2019

We are excited to announce the launch of the 16th Annual Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering, kindly sponsored by ZEISS (Scanning electron microscopy division).

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