Department of Engineering

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Engineering students go to Silverstone

15 Nov 2010

Seven recently graduated Cambridge Engineering present the findings of their final year projects to an audience of F1 engineers and motorsport journalists in the Lotus Racing motor home.

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A Fashion Revolution

08 Nov 2010

Considerate Design aims to revolutionise sustainability within the fashion industry.

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New imaging technology predicts fracture risk

01 Nov 2010

A new method for identifying which bones have a high risk of fracture has been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge.

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Sébastien Bratières

Sébastien Bratières is a Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenge Winner

27 Oct 2010

Congratulations to the Department's Sébastien Bratières who is a Yahoo! 2010 Key Scientific Challenge Winner.

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Popcode - a new mobile phone application that adds virtual reality to real world objects

20 Oct 2010

Have you ever struggled to follow a set of assembly instructions for flat-pack furniture?

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New 'Innovation and Knowledge Centre' worth a total of £17million awarded to Engineering Department

14 Oct 2010

Funding has been announced for two major new research centres, one of which is to be based at the Department of Engineering.

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Dr Wilkinson (left) receiving his award

Dr Tim Wilkinson receives a Mid Career Research Excellence Award from the International Liquid Crystal Society

11 Oct 2010

The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) has awarded Tim Wilkinson with a Mid Career Research Excellence Award.

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Professor Dame Ann Dowling

Cambridge academics named among most important figures in British science

07 Oct 2010

The Times newspaper has named 12 Cambridge academics in their inaugural list of the 100 most important contemporary figures in British science.

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Dr Julian Allwood

Dr. Julian Allwood appointed as a Lead Author of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

06 Oct 2010

Dr Julian Allwood has been appointed as a Lead Author of the Chapter on Mitigation in Industry.

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Village Green construction, by Tim Salmon

Young Structural Engineer of the Year 2010

04 Oct 2010

The Institution of Structural Engineers have announced the Young Structural Engineer of the Year 2010.

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