Department of Engineering

  • Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

  • New Centre for Doctoral Training announced to unlock net zero for the infrastructure sector

  • Professor Harald Haas appointed to the Van Eck Professorship of Engineering

  • Study to explore if circular economy can meet needs of UK's buildings

  • Turing Fellows announced

Undergraduate Study

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Research

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Latest news

Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices

18 Mar 2024

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses AI techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion.

New Centre for Doctoral Training announced to unlock net zero for the infrastructure sector

12 Mar 2024

New Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT) announced – building on the strength of its CDT predecessors FIBE & FIBE2.

Professor Harald Haas appointed to the Van Eck Professorship of Engineering

11 Mar 2024

Professor Haas will be the Van Eck Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1 April 2024.