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Full Blue Racing student team

13 Jun 2018

An interview with some of the key members of the Full Blue Racing student team the University of Cambridge's Formula Student Team.

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Engineering undergraduates put their skills into practice during internship

11 Jun 2018

Engineering undergraduates Tom Vinestock (St John’s College) and Stuart Lewis (Magdalene College) recently completed a 10-week internship at Concrete Canvas. Here they detail their experience

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Twisting laser light to probe the nanoscale

08 Jun 2018

A new method to sensitively measure the structure of molecules has been demonstrated by twisting laser light and aiming it at miniscule gold gratings to separate out wavelengths.

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Diana Thomas-McEwen - Offshore deck seabed sampling

The marine biologist who found a new life on dry land

06 Jun 2018

Diana Thomas McEwen believes in learning by doing. She trained as a marine biologist but always thought she could have been an engineer. 

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Women in Aerospace

04 Jun 2018

A Women in Aerospace dinner was hosted by Professor Dame Ann Dowling, to promote women in leadership roles in aero-related sciences.  

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IfM wins 2018 EFMD Excellence in Practice Award

25 May 2018

The Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) has won the prestigious 2018 EFMD Excellence in Practice Silver Award in the ‘Professional Development’ category.

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Allan McRobie's Swallowtail Pavilion is the centre piece of garden that wins Gold at the Chelsea Flower Show

24 May 2018

Allan McRobie's Swallowtail Pavilion is the centre piece of Wedgwood’s Gold Medal winning entry to the 2018 Chelsea Flower Show.

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Ruodan’s Bridge Information Modelling research wins award

22 May 2018

Cambridge PhD candidate Ruodan Lu has been announced the winner of a celebratory award in the category of ‘Outstanding Student Research Project’.

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Alumnus Colonel Stuart Browse

Alumni Profile: Colonel Stuart Browse

21 May 2018

Colonel Stuart Browse (Late Royal Engineers) has spent much of his engineering career in The British Army designing and building infrastructure to support deployed operations overseas.

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Engineering future scientists

17 May 2018

Children are often asked: ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ It’s a difficult question to answer.

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