Department of Engineering

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Dr Richard Turner

Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise

03 Oct 2013

What if hearing device wearers could filter out troublesome sounds and focus on the voices they want to hear? Engineer Dr Richard Turner believes that this is becoming a possibility.

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Factory

The shape of things to come

02 Oct 2013

Researchers are providing a vision for creatively rethinking how the manufacturing industry can perform sustainably in a changing world.

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Athena SWAN equality award for Department

26 Sep 2013

The Department of Engineering is proud to announce that it has won an Athena SWAN bronze award.

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Tanvir Qureshi, first year PhD student in civil engineering

Tanvir Qureshi wins award at International Self-healing Materials Conference

23 Sep 2013

Tanvir Qureshi was the proud recipient of the 'Wiley Poster Award' at the 4th International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, for the best poster in the Construction Materials category.

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Landfill site in Poland. The toolkit aims to encourage manufacturers to consider reusability, reparability and recycling at ever

Online aid for sustainable businesses

18 Sep 2013

A new online toolkit for manufacturers and retailers has been released to enable users to pinpoint areas in which their businesses could be more environmentally sustainable and profitable.

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The team behind Element Weather Station

New manufacturing innovations unveiled at student Design Show 2013

11 Sep 2013

Ten innovative design projects were on display at the Department of Engineering's Institute for Manufacturing to mark the end of a year-long project.

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Funmi, at a location in the Niger Delta area, taken last summer when collecting soil samples for laboratory testing

Cambridge in Africa Programme to facilitate trial road construction in the Niger Delta

03 Sep 2013

The trial construction of a road in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria made possible through Cambridge-Africa Alborada Research Fund

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Resolution ready to shine down under

02 Sep 2013

Built by undergraduates working for their exams, with funds raised by the students themselves, Cambridge’s solar car is the only British entry into the World Solar Challenge.

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Zeppelin / Blimp

Attack of the Zeppelins

29 Aug 2013

Dr Hugh Hunt leads investigation into the workings and defeat of Zeppelins in Channel 4 documentary.

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The 2013 Cambridge University Eco Racing team with their award

Cambridge University Eco Racing team win 2013 RBS ESSA most enterprising student society award and a prize of £10,000

19 Aug 2013

The annual awards attracted more than 140 entries from universities across the UK

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