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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Civil and structural engineers help to create and protect the world we live in. Driven by teaching and research excellence, we inspire and empower our students to engineer a better future.

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12 May 2022

University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results confirm engineering research is changing lives and shaping the world we live in.
Peter Skipworth, CEO, Cura Terrae
Peter Skipworth, CEO, Cura Terrae
6 May 2022

Civil alumni lead new Sheffield-based environmental service group

Cura Terrae's formation is the result of over 30 years of hands-on industry expertise, alongside significant recent private equity investment.
Ioana Price and Max Clayton
7 February 2022

Sheffield Civil & Structural Engineering Graduates Shortlisted for Award

Ioana Price and Ben Clayton, two graduates from our Department, were shortlisted in the IstructE Young Structural Engineering Professional Award 2021.
Millennium bridge
1 February 2022

Lecturer’s paper shortlisted in top ten papers of 2021

A paper written by Nick Francis, an Associate Lecturer within our Department, has been shortlisted amongst the top ten papers of 2021 published by the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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23 December 2021

AI to help reduce flooding and river pollution across Yorkshire

Game-changing artificial intelligence that can predict blockages in sewers to help cut pollution incidents and improve the health of rivers has been developed as part of a collaboration between the University of Sheffield, Siemens and Yorkshire Water

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What happens when a bomb explodes?

Watch this video showing the fantastic work of Dr Sam Clarke and Dr Sam Rigby at our Blast Laboratory where they work with the Ministry of Defence on the impact of explosions at close range.

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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street (via Broad Lane)
Sheffield
S1 3JD

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+44 114 222 5738

civil@sheffield.ac.uk

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