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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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News

CIV Sam Clarke
15 November 2021

Deaths from landmines are on the rise – and clearing them all will take decades

Dr Sam Clarke tells The Conversation how research at the University of Sheffield has been looking at quantifying how the soil around landmines changes how deadly they are.

Rhona Kerr & Lara Lightfoot
5 November 2021

Sheffield Civil Engineering graduates chosen as ICE President's Future Leaders

President of the Institution of Civil Engineers chooses Lara Lightfoot and Rhona Kerr as Future Leaders

Student winners
29 October 2021

Sheffield Team win the Engineers in Business Innovation Competition

Structural Engineering & Architecture student Jonathan Moniz is part of a team of other engineers that have won first prize in the final of the Engineers in Business Champion of Champions innovation competition - ‘big ideas’ category.

Video

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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