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News stories archive - 2021

News stories archive - 2021

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald

Dr Shaun Fitzgerald and alumnus Billy Boyle recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021

14 Jun 2021

The achievements and contributions of Dr Shaun Fitzgerald and alumnus Billy Boyle have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

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Alumni stories: Meet the national security researcher and champion for women in leadership

10 Jun 2021

Sue Numrich has enjoyed a long research career in the field of national security. Sue started out as one of only a few female scientists working in her field. She now leads and mentors others

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Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction 10th Anniversary

09 Jun 2021

This year, Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) is celebrating 10 years of collaborating to transform infrastructure and construction through smarter information.

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A bridge being constructed for the Emmanuel College May Ball. It is a steel channel arch adorned by a tensegrity arch. Tensegrit

Structural stability paper wins international prize

07 Jun 2021

Cam Millar has won the Hangai Prize of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures for a paper about structural stability, the results of Cam’s fourth year project.

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Construction with crane

Software that can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction

03 Jun 2021

The University of Cambridge has collaborated with engineering consultants, Price & Myers to develop software that can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction.

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Dr Masha Folk, Professor Robert Miller and Dr John Coull awarded the ASME Gas Turbine Award

02 Jun 2021

Dr Masha Folk, Professor Robert Miller and Dr John Coull have been awarded the Gas Turbine Award, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) highest annual honour in the field.

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Meet the Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Award winners

27 May 2021

Engineering undergraduates Areeg Emarah and Tse Uweja and PhD student Charlie Barty-King have each been presented with the Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Award 2021.

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Digital Twin technology a ‘powerful tool’ but requires significant investment, say experts

25 May 2021

Experts say advances in Digital Twin technology make it a powerful tool for facilitating predictive and precision medicine and enhancing decision-making for aerospace systems.

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Research into sustainable techniques to prevent damage to earthquake-hit homes wins award

24 May 2021

Dr Samy Garcia-Torres has been awarded a top prize for her doctoral thesis exploring the performance of rubble brick drains under buildings where the ground has been disturbed by earthquakes.

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3D holographic head-up display could improve road safety

19 May 2021

Researchers have developed the first LiDAR-based augmented reality head-up display for use in vehicles.

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