Department of Engineering

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Engineering students working on a Full Bull racing car

Formula 1 scholarship announced

14 Jul 2021

Formula 1 is to fund an undergraduate student from an underrepresented background to study for an engineering degree at the University of Cambridge.

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Researchers unlock behaviour of rare cells that evade antibiotics by ‘playing dead’

12 Jul 2021

Researchers have developed a new microfluidic platform to track a very rare type of cell that can survive antibiotic treatments.

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Dr Gabriel Carmona Aparicio

Dr Gabriel Carmona Aparicio awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

08 Jul 2021

Dr Gabriel Carmona Aparicio has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual European Fellowship to quantify the circularity of an international steel company’s products.

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Join our Virtual Open Days on 5-13 July 2021

05 Jul 2021

The Department of Engineering will host Virtual Open Days on 5-13 July 2021 aimed at prospective applicants in Year 12 (or equivalent), in conjunction with the Cambridge Open Days.

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Pilkington Prize for Teaching and Learning 2021

05 Jul 2021

Two members of staff from the Department of Engineering have been awarded the coveted Pilkington Prize in recognition of their teaching excellence. 

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Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan

Alumnus Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan awarded RAEng Silver Medal

01 Jul 2021

Dr Sabesan has received one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards for his pioneering developments that have enabled world-beating commercial products.

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Inflatable, shape-changing spinal implants could help treat severe pain

29 Jun 2021

A team of engineers and clinicians has developed an ultra-thin, inflatable device that can be used to treat the most severe forms of pain without the need for invasive surgery. 

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University’s expertise advises on West Cambridge Site trial of self-driving shuttle

28 Jun 2021

Professor John Miles from the Department of Engineering has been guiding a project looking at out-of-hours travel from city centres and employment sites.

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Cambridge engineer celebrated as one of 2021’s Top 50 Women in Engineering

23 Jun 2021

Dr Kristen MacAskill, Lecturer in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development, has been named a winner of the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Engineering Heroes Awards.

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Cambridge research group to join Foundation Industries green recovery research consortium

21 Jun 2021

Dr Jonathan Cullen is joining a research consortium examining how the Foundation Industries can grow and develop while helping achieve the Net Zero 2050 environmental targets. 

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