Department of Engineering

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Cambridge University Help for Ukraine welcomes Professor Andrii Kondratiev and Dr Valentyna Shkuro

21 Dec 2023

Two displaced scholars from Ukraine will continue their research in the Department of Engineering for a second year, as part of the ‘Cambridge University Help for Ukraine’ programme.

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Cambridge and Google partner to facilitate AI research

19 Dec 2023

Cambridge and Google are building on their long-standing partnership with a multi-year research collaboration agreement and a Google grant for the University’s Centre for Human-Inspired AI.

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The future is ‘Foodly’: an AI-powered autonomous robot for food handling

19 Dec 2023

With robot tech becoming more prevalent in the food industry, a PhD student is collaborating with industry to research an AI-powered robotics solution for food handling and processing.

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Moon shot

15 Dec 2023

Cambridge academic named backup astronaut on Artemis II mission – to lay groundwork for first moon landing in 50 years, and future explorations of Mars.

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Dr Brian Sheil's research group win prize for mining alert system at COP28

13 Dec 2023

The project 'Digital Twins For Tailings Dams' has won the Data Sciences & AI-Enabled Solutions prize at the COP28 Prototypes for Humanity initiative.

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Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023 finalists, Molly Haugen third from left

Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2023

07 Dec 2023

Aetosense, a company looking to reduce air pollution inside structures with its particle monitoring technology, secured third place, with founder Molly Haugen winning £5,000.

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Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Cambridge at COP28

04 Dec 2023

Young people, business, education, and conservation to feature in University events at UAE climate conference.

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Raising ambition in net zero flight: A briefing from COP28

04 Dec 2023

"I knew even before I arrived, that COP28 would be critical in helping to raise ambition for zero emission aviation." 

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Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first

30 Nov 2023

Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again.

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Self-healing robotic gripper could be the future of sustainable soft robotics

27 Nov 2023

Researchers have developed a self-healing robotic gripper for use in soft robotics that is adaptable, recyclable and resilient to damage, thanks to heat-assisted autonomous healing.

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