News stories archive - 2018

Raising awareness of infant asthma with student-led designs

10 Oct 2018

Secondary students successfully design novel packaging solutions for infant asthma treatment, as part of a challenge set by Cambridge researchers.

Cambridge librarian’s professional accomplishments honoured with award

08 Oct 2018

Cambridge chartered librarian Niamh Tumelty has won an award from the engineering division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA).

Waste plastic in concrete research wins award for potential impact worldwide

04 Oct 2018

Replacing 10% of sand in concrete with waste plastic may help to reduce the vast amounts of plastic waste on India’s streets, new research reveals.

Full Blue Racing Team at the Formula Student competition

03 Oct 2018

Full Blue Racing Team Leader Fraser McKay, summarises the highs and the lows of the Formula Student competition earlier this year.

The boat that Alastair Gregory built

01 Oct 2018

Alastair Gregory finished writing up his PhD and found himself with a window of time for a boat build project, before he starts his Postdoctoral researcher post.

Professor receives prestigious award

26 Sep 2018

Professor Dame Ann Dowling has received the Engineering Professors’ Council’s (EPC) most prestigious award – the President’s Prize.

Robin Langley Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Division of Mechanics, Materials and Design

Royal Academy of Engineering announces 2018 Fellows

26 Sep 2018

Three Cambridge researchers are among the new Fellows announced by the Royal Academy of Engineering, in recognition of their outstanding contributions.