Dr Matthew DeJong and Professor Robert Mair have successfully secured an EPSRC grant for a research project on Tunnelling-Induced Settlement Damage to Masonry Structures.
Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have a world-wide following with their Australian Channel Nine comedy show Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. The duo dropped into the Engineering Department.
A major research initiative which will create a European network of academics and companies working on graphene has been approved, with the UoC set to take a leading role.
A centre for research on graphene, a material which has the potential to revolutionise numerous industries, ranging from healthcare to electronics, is to be created at the UoC.
Professor Gehan Amaratunga returned to his birthplace Sri Lanka to give the IESL Ray Wijewardene Memorial Lecture, discussing the exciting possibilities of nano technology.