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Dr Alan Reece 1927 – 2012
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16 January 2013 |
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The University is sad to report the death of one of its benefactors. Dr Alan Reece, who donated £5 million to the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) for their new home at West Cambridge, which is named The Alan Reece Building, passed away on New Year’s Eve aged 85.
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Professor Robert Mair is interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific
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14 January 2013 |
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Each week, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind. This week he talks to Robert Mair, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge about his life as an engineer in academia and industry and world expert on finding innovative solutions to the problems of building tunnels under already congested cities.
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Smarter infrastructure
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10 January 2013 |
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A team from the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction have developed a mechanical amplifier to convert ambient vibrations into electricity more effectively, which could be used to power wireless sensors for monitoring the structural health of roads, bridges and tunnels.
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Plastic Electronics
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9 January 2013 |
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A new generation of cheap lightweight plastic electronic technology that does not require silicon, but which is optically transparent and can be coated onto everyday objects would transform our world.
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Changing our material future, layer by layer
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3 January 2013 |
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Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene and other two dimensional crystals in a new collaborative project.
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Legoline: An innovation in the teaching of systems engineering
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13 December 2012 |
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With support from the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre (EDC) has developed a new Graduate module in Systems Engineering, combining informal talks on a wide range of practical issues with hands-on sessions investigating the design of a pallet handling line.
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Quantum cryptography goes maintream
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4 December 2012 |
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Researchers from Toshiba and the Department of Engineering have perfected a technique that offers a less expensive way to ensure the security of high-speed fibre-optic cables, protecting communication networks from unauthorized snooping.
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Academics honoured
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29 November 2012 |
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Three academics from the Department of Engineering have been awarded fellowships of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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New Centre for Doctoral Training
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22 November 2012 |
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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's (ESPRC) £250m initiative to create 44 Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) across the UK is to fund an additional centre at the Department of Engineering.
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