Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Department of Engineering

  • From plastic waste to better homes in Nepal

  • Alumnus’ start-up Polytecks wins the 2026 King’s College Entrepreneurship Prize

  • Unpacking the embodied intelligence of soil – the unsung hero of our planet

  • How a diabetes diagnosis sparked a mission to reduce plastic waste in diabetes care – meet PhD student Chris Toavs

  • Operation Blue Skies takes off: landmark trial to test AI-driven contrail avoidance

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Research

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Latest news

From plastic waste to better homes in Nepal

12 Oct 2026

Every day, another 600 tonnes of plastic waste end up littering Nepal’s streets and mountains, often with dire consequences.

Alumnus’ start-up Polytecks wins the 2026 King’s College Entrepreneurship Prize

05 Oct 2026

Alumnus Dr Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano has won the 2026 King’s College Entrepreneurship Prize with Polytecks, a start-up with origins in the Department of Engineering.

Unpacking the embodied intelligence of soil – the unsung hero of our planet

28 Sep 2026

Researchers are exploring how soil behaves as an intelligent system. Their studies aim to inspire new tech in bio-inspired computing, precision agriculture and environmental sensing.