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Students at the AMRC
26 November 2021

Special visit for students at the AMRC

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Sheffield was recently visited by four groups of students enrolled on the Third-Year Group Projects modules.
Three people sitting in front if a table laughing together
19 November 2021

We're hiring!

We are looking for innovative and visionary individuals to join our dynamic team. We have 4 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer roles and a Research Associate role in the department.

Dr Roderich Gross with Ed Bray winner of Best Student Paper
10 November 2021

Sheffield research student wins award at international robotics conference

PhD student Ed Bray has won the award for Best Student Paper at the IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems.
ACSE Control and and Power Systems Lab bench with academics

Sheffield engineers to help industry produce ultra-thin coatings

Dr John Oyekan and Professor George Panoutsos from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering are part of a project to develop technology to scale up manufacturing of ultra-thin coatings.

7 October 2021
Students from the SunrIde team stood together at the launch site with the rocket
The SunrIde team at the launch site in the UK championships.

Sheffield engineering students launch winning rocket at UK Championships

A team of engineering students from the University of Sheffield proved they are high-fliers after achieving the top spot at a national rocketry championship.

6 October 2021
A large group of swarm robots

Sheffield students present their research at UK's leading robotics conference

Students studying engineering at the University of Sheffield presented their own research at the Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference 2021.

9 September 2021
Engineering Heartspace building entrance
Engineering Heartspace entrance

Engineering Heartspace wins prestigious architecture award

The University of Sheffield’s Engineering Heartspace building has won two regional awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

17 August 2021
ACSE Control and and Power Systems Lab bench with academics

Department to play a key role in new digital manufacturing research centre

The department is a key partner in the new £7million Research Centre for Connected Factories, part of the new Manufacturing Made Smarter research centres announced today, 27 July, by BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy).

27 July 2021