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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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Shan-Shan Huang
5 July 2021

Highly Commended Finalist Award for Civil Engineer

Congratulations to Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Dr Shan-Shan Huang who reached the 100 Highly Commended Finalists in the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Engineering Heroes (WE50) awards.
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17 June 2021

Alumna featured on BBC Newsnight

Madeleine Kessler was featured on Newsnight, talking about her work on the architecture of public spaces, which is being exhibited at the Venice Biennale (37.30 into the programme).

BBC
CIV Sam Clarke
28 May 2021

How soil changes the danger of a buried Improvised Explosive Device

What happens when a bomb explodes? Testing has been done over the years to answer that question but there is much less understanding when it comes to small bombs – especially when they are buried. Dr Sam Clarke writes for The Conversation.

The Conversation

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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