Department of Engineering

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Under the Microscope: Stretchable electronics

28 May 2012

Dr Ingrid Graz shows us a thin layer of gold on top of rubber. Cracks in the gold allow it to stretch and we can use this for stretchable electronics.

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Marcos Pelenur

Engineering student gains Cabinet Office work placement

25 May 2012

Marcos Pelenur, a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Development, has been gained a work placement in the Cabinet Office as a Research Fellow.

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Oscillogram

Call of the wired

24 May 2012

For generations, we have dreamed of machines with artificial intelligence with which we can have real conversations but, despite technological advances, such devices seem some way off.

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Students, supervisors and JLR engineers at the Heritage Motor Centre

Undergraduates collaborate with Jaguar Land Rover

23 May 2012

A group of engineering undergraduates are nearing completion of their final-year projects in collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover.

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Under the Microscope: Liquid crystals

Under the Microscope: Liquid crystals

23 May 2012

Dr Tim Wilkinson is combining liquid crystals with nanotechnology to try and create 3D displays which would look like real life.

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Professor Campbell Middleton

Professor Cam Middleton elected Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers

22 May 2012

Professor Cam Middleton, Laing O'Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

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Under the microscope

Under the Microscope: Small things, big thinking

21 May 2012

Using an electron microscope it’s possible for the human eye to see in minute detail the foot of the fruit fly – an appendage that is just about the same width as a human hair.

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Pedro Zaragoza

Prize tomato

17 May 2012

Four Engineering for Sustainable Development students win “McKinsey Innovate” 2012

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Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Teaching Fellow

16 May 2012

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development has won support from the Royal Academy of Engineering through the award of a RAEng Visiting Teaching Fellow.

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Felice Torrisi

Parmee Prize awarded to research student Felice Torrisi

15 May 2012

Felice Torrisi, of the Electrical Engineering Division's Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group, has been awarded this year's Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurship and Enterpris.

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