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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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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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20 December 2021

Department Secures Silver Award from Athena Swan

The Department of Civil and Structural Engineering is proud to announce it has been awarded a Silver Award from Athena Swan, in recognition of its work to ensure gender equality in the workplace. 
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20 December 2021

COVID: how the disease moves through the air

Dr Abigail Hathway has co-authored an article in The Conversation which discusses how the virus travels through the air in buildings. It explains how the virus is emitted from the infected and what the risks are to individuals within indoor settings.

Published by The Conversation

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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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