News and events

22 September 2020

Engineers link brains to computers using 3D printed implants

A team of engineers, led by ACSE's Professor Ivan Minev and Professor Pavel Musienko (St Petersburg State University), have developed a prototype neural implant that could be used to develop treatments for problems in the nervous system.

20 October 2020

£3M awarded to interdisciplinary project to improve socio-technical resilience and trustworthiness of autonomous systems

A project that will improve the ability of autonomous systems to reason about the impact of their decisions & actions on technical & social requirements & rules has been awarded almost £3M from the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme.

British soldiers and mountain rescue teams evacuated people in York 2015 — British soldiers and mountain rescue teams evacuated people in York, UK, as the River Ouse flooded in 2015. Credit: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

17 September 2020

Weather Prediction in the UK and Northwest Europe

Climate scientists and engineers, including academics from ACSE, aim to untangle jet stream's disruptive effects with new seasonal forecasting technique.

23 August 2020

BBSRC’s Impact in the Biosciences

Amazing to see ACSE's Head of Department, Prof Daniel Coca, Fruit Fly Brain Observatory case study featured in the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Impact Showcase 2020. Read the case study on page 4.

BBSRC Impact Showcase 2020

Take home kit for ACSE Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering students

Newly developed 'take-home' toolkit for ACSE's Mechatronics students

Over the past few months, a number of academics and technicians from ACSE and the Diamond have collaborated to develop a take-home toolkit for our Mechatronics module, which aims to bring the lab to the student’s homes.

28 October 2020

A good balance between theoretical and practical knowledge

The thrill of analysing a programme, detecting errors and finally watching it run successfully, brings to me a joy beyond words.

20 October 2020 | Deccan Herald

ACSE Careers Event 2020

The virtual ACSE Careers Event will give you the opportunity to meet and network with employers from across the sector, allowing you to benefit from their vast range of knowledge and experience.

7 October 2020

2020 Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Course

We are inviting applications for an “Enterprise and Entrepreneurship” course in semester 1 of 2020.

24 September 2020

Mohammad Hassannezhad 'Best Paper 2019' Award

ACSE Researcher receives 'Best Paper Award' from the best US-based Engineering Design Journal

We're excited to announce that ACSE Research Associate Mohammad Hassannezhad, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, Rolls-Royce Aerospace and an Automotive Engineering Consultancy based in Italy, achieved the '2019 Best Paper Award'.

16 September 2020

Industry and academia collaborate to provide engineering students with real-life experience

Taking part in The University of Sheffield’s Industry Training Programme (ITP) is one of the many ways industry partners are supporting MAPP. The ITP, run by ACSE, allows industry to support real-life learning.

16 September 2020

Sheffield Hunters Bar Roundabout - no traffic

As Sheffield danced in & out of lockdown

The effects of the recent and still ongoing pandemic have been manifested in several ways across the UK - leaving us witnessing an incredible period in time.

22 August 2020

Case Study: Industry Training Programme (ITP) in Advanced Manufacturing

The ITP is key in developing students personally and professionally as preparation for future careers in industry or research.

21 August 2020

Sheffield Space Initiative (SSI) Updates

With lots of events and competitions being cancelled due to the current outbreak, our SSI project students are working harder than ever to maintain momentum and keep driving their projects forward during this challenging time.

8 August 2020

Image from autonomous cars research conducted by the University of Trento alongside ACSE — Dreams4Cars

Autonomous driving - The University of Trento collaborates with ACSE on a software that "learns by dreaming" like the human brain

"At ACSE (TUoS) we were focused on developing mathematical models of vehicle dynamics suited to autonomous control algorithm design, as well as using deep reinforcement learning to discover manoeuvres such as overtaking." Dr Sean Anderson

8 August 2020