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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield with four of the academics who have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering's Fellowship
Four of the academics who have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering's Fellowship with the University of Sheffield's Vice-Chancellor (end left) and Vice-President for Engineering (end right).

Professor Ashutosh Tiwari is one of five University of Sheffield academics elected to Royal Academy of Engineering’s Fellowship

Professor Ashutosh Tiwari from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) is one of five academics from the University of Sheffield to have been honoured with one of the most prestigious awards in engineering, announced today

Sheffield students launch a two-stage rocket in California

Students from the Faculty of Engineering launched a two-stage rocket in California in an attempt to reach an altitude of 100,000ft.
Plane landing

Sheffield researchers to develop more efficient and sustainable landing gear systems for the aviation industry

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering are collaborating with industry on LANDOne, a £37.8 million project to deliver new greener landing gear systems.

Two academics arranging Kilobots on a plain surface

Researchers develop prototype robotic fabrics

Dr Roderich Gross has led research published in Nature Communications that uses swarm robotics to develop 'robotic fabrics' that can shrink, grow in size and move with precision.


Photo of Sheffield exhibition stand at ICRA 2023

Sheffield robotics showcase at ICRA 2023

Researchers from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering presented their robotics research at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2023 in London.
Photo of Seb Zuddas

Engineering student wins award in global social impact competition

Automatic Control and Systems Engineering student Seb Zuddas has won an excellence award for exceptional individual project at Map the System, a global social impact competition from the University of Oxford.
Siemens students
Cassia Hitching, Saad Mahtar and Panithan Rithburi.

Sheffield engineering undergraduates triumph as only UK students to finish in the top three at annual Siemens worldwide competition

University of Sheffield engineering students have been placed third in their category at the prestigious Siemens 'Tech for Sustainability Campaign 2023' final.
An image of Jupiter captured by the Hubble telescope
Credit: European Space Agency

Mission to explore Jupiter’s moons to launch with help from University of Sheffield experts

A mission to search for signs of life on Jupiter and its three icy moons is set to launch today (13 April 2023) with help from researchers at the University of Sheffield.
machines at work

Verbalising machine needs with data

Manufacturing companies strive for high productivity and minimal waste but some failures are out of their control. Professor George Panoutsos has developed a framework to understand the needs of machines and prevent these future failures.