Department of Engineering

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Construction Engineering Masters Programme success stories

15 Apr 2013

Congratulations go to Richard Key and Chris McKinstray, students from the Construction Engineering Masters Programme, on their recent awards.

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Sustainable design competition

12 Apr 2013

GreenBRIDGE and the Living Laboratory for Sustainability (Living Lab) have teamed up to create the Sustainable Retrofit Challenge 2013 competition.

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Professor David Cebon

Braking revolution

08 Apr 2013

Braking technology set to shave a massive 25% off truck stopping distances looks set to come to fruition this year.

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PhD student George Gordon (centre)

PhD student George Gordon wins prize for his engineering research presentation in Parliament

03 Apr 2013

George Gordon, a final year PhD student, has won Bronze at a competition for the excellence of his research

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David MacKay in the University of Cambridge film, “How Many Lightbulbs”, which looks at his research on sustainable energy.

David MacKay appointed Regius Professor of Engineering

28 Mar 2013

Professor David MacKay appointed first Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge

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Cover image of Advanced Optical Materials journal

Research highlighted on the cover of Advanced Optical Materials journal

27 Mar 2013

Researchers from the Department of Engineering have demonstrated the novel utilisation of carbon nanotubes for making high resolution holograms.

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Jeng Kanchit Rongchai explains his research at the CONCAWE Symposium

PhD student wins European researcher award

26 Mar 2013

A PhD student from the Department of Engineering awarded CONCAWE 2013 Young Researcher Award

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2012 winning image

Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering sponsored by Carl Zeiss

25 Mar 2013

This year’s photography competition, open to all staff and students in the Department, is sponsored by leading optical systems manufacturer Carl Zeiss (electron microscopy division).

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Chris Rider will lead the new EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large Area Electronics

£21 million for new Centres for Innovative Manufacturing

21 Mar 2013

Four new research centres that will develop new ways of manufacturing have been awarded a total of £21 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant funding.

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Professor Daniel Wolpert

Professor Daniel Wolpert receives Royal Society Research Professorship to fund long-term UK research

20 Mar 2013

Royal Society Research Professorships have been awarded to three world-class scientists whose research interests cover topics ranging from climate to cognition.

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