Department of Engineering

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Daniel Zeichner MP

Cambridge Climate Lecture Series

27 Feb 2023

Climate Change in the Context of UK Politics Thursday 2 March 7.00–8.30 pm - Daniel Zeichner MP

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How Iceland could have a starring role as a sustainable alternative protein exporter to Northern Europe

21 Feb 2023

Iceland could help address Northern Europe’s food security issues with the scaling-up of its industrial production of Spirulina – an alternative protein source.

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Planet compatible pathways

16 Feb 2023

Researchers present seven pathways the chemical industry could follow to reach net zero by 2050.

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Professor Kevin Anderson

Cambridge Climate Lecture Series

15 Feb 2023

The Cambridge Climate Lecture Series is back. Professor Kevin Anderson's lecture 'From iniquity to integrity … there’s no hiding from carbon budgets' is on Thursday 16 Feb 7.00–8.30pm

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From the Factory Floor to Davos

15 Feb 2023

Three PhD students from the Institute for Manufacturing, successfully facilitated a public live session at the recent World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.

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Tractor spraying fertiliser

Carbon emissions from fertilisers could be reduced by as much as 80% by 2050

13 Feb 2023

Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers and found that carbon emissions could be reduced to one-fifth of current levels by 2050.

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Nuclear engineer secures postdoctoral fellowship from the EPSRC

09 Feb 2023

Dr Paul Cosgrove awarded an EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship to investigate an alternative approach to nuclear reactor multi-physics simulations – a challenging area in nuclear engineering.

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Cleanroom Wet Bench within the Cambridge Graphene Centre.

The University’s Research Equipment and Facilities Sharing Database

06 Feb 2023

The University’s digital portfolio of shareable equipment managed by engineering alumnus Dr Christopher Wilkinson has now been accessed by over 19,000 members of staff and students.

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Epsimon's technicians installing Sensorgrid, a fibre-optic instrumented geogrid for early detection of sub-surface ground moveme

Delivering innovative monitoring solutions for data-driven asset management

01 Feb 2023

Spin-out company Epsimon is applying innovative fibre optic sensing solutions and data-driven insights that bring new capabilities to monitoring infrastructure assets.

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Alumni stories: Meet Tombo Banda – the engineer striving to close the energy access gap in Africa

30 Jan 2023

Alumna Tombo Banda embarked on the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development programme at Cambridge in 2015. Here she reveals more about her experience and career journey to date.

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