Cambridge University Eco Racing team (CUER) are currently competing in the World Solar Challenge 2011, a 3000km race through the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.
Omer Music, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department's Low Carbon Materials Processing group, has won the first International Karl-Kolle Prize for Metal Forming.
The Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge has awarded £18,500 to four outstanding Cambridge students for their efforts to address urgent global problems.