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Sunride

Breaking Barriers: Project Sunride Sets New Record

Congratulations to Project Sunride who successfully hot-fired their second regenerative-cooled liquid rocket engine at Airborne Engineering Ltd in Westcott, Buckinghamshire this month.
Students from the University of Sheffield have successfully tested their 3D printed liquid rocket engine - the most powerful student-built engine of its type

3D printed student rocket engine breaks record

A liquid rocket engine - similar to the kind used by pioneering space companies such as SpaceX - has been built using 3D printing by students at the University of Sheffield.
A man operating the coating machine

AMRC’s fibre handling expertise helps develop novel prototype

Lower emissions and increased aircraft performance are benefits of a novel prototype machine developed by an industrial consortium that includes the AMRC, designed to improve the coating technology for ceramic matrix composites.

machinery.co.uk
Unmanned aircraft taking off from a runway

Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft to collect key environmental data

Swarms of advanced unmanned aircraft are set to carry out aerial surveys of Antarctica – gathering crucial data on changes to the region's environment and wildlife – as part of new research with engineers from the University of Sheffield.

techxplore.com
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.

Our students launch winning rocket at UK Championships

Record-setting students design, build and launch their own rocket and take the top spot at a national rocketry championship.
A group of students sat outside of the Students' Union building.

Department ranked top in Russell Group for student satisfaction

Despite the challenging year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the overall satisfaction of Sheffield students is at 80 per cent - four per cent above the national sector-wide average, according to the National Student Survey (NSS)

An engineer looking at a tablet next to a production line inside a factory

University of Sheffield takes central role in new digital manufacturing research centres, with the aim of boosting UK manufacturing productivity

The University of Sheffield is to play a key role in the UK’s new Manufacturing Made Smarter research centres announced today (27 July 2021).
The University of Sheffield's Formula Student team

Sheffield's engineering expertise has not faded - it is leading the way

Professor Mike Hounslow, retiring Vice-President and Head of Engineering at the University of Sheffield, discusses the University's strength in engineering education and research and how it is helping the UK recover from Covid-19.
Josie Colclough, Lead Repair Design Engineer at Airbus, stood underneath the body of a plane

Wall of Women to help inspire more girls to study engineering

Women engineers from the University of Sheffield are sharing their own personal stories in order to help more girls study engineering and go on to develop a career in the industry.