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News stories archive - 2018

News stories archive - 2018

The man who helped to preserve Stephen Hawking’s iconic voice

21 Dec 2018

Computer officer Peter Benie began programming computers when he was ten. A chance meeting in 2009 led to him playing a key part in the upgrading of the world’s most famous synthesised voice.

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3D-printed robot hand ‘plays’ the piano

20 Dec 2018

Scientists have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand which can play simple musical phrases on the piano by just moving its wrist.

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Leadership skills recognised with qualification

19 Dec 2018

Staff from across the Department of Engineering have successfully completed a nationally recognised leadership course from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

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Applying artistic thought to engineering

18 Dec 2018

First year engineering undergraduates have been exploring water reflection, light and structure as part of extra-curricular art and drawing classes.

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Boyang Shen wins an IEEE Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity

17 Dec 2018

Research Associate Boyang Shen in the Electrical Power and Energy Conversion Group, was awarded an IEEE Graduate Study Fellowship in Applied Superconductivity.

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Centre Professor David Cardwell FREng, receives the award on behalf of the Department

Civil Engineering team receive the IET award for Information Technology

13 Dec 2018

The University of Cambridge took one of the top prizes at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Innovation Awards.

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Alumni stories: Meet global sustainability leader Bradley Hiller

12 Dec 2018

Dr Bradley Hiller’s passion to help transition the world onto a more sustainable pathway has led to a number of opportunities – but he says there's much more to do.

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The Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum comes back to Cambridge

11 Dec 2018

The Cambridge-Tsinghua Engineering Forum was recently held in Cambridge.

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Cambridge team secure special award for robotic innovation

11 Dec 2018

The team behind a robotic manipulation platform called CambridgeARM have won a Special Innovation Award at the World Robot Summit 2018.

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Cambridge alliance secures £72 million in government funding to drive innovation and boost construction

06 Dec 2018

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) at the University of Cambridge has joined a new alliance to transform the way that infrastructure in the UK is designed, built and used.

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