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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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Ventilation
8 November 2022

Our engineers join forces to champion building ventilation

An international awareness campaign to promote the critical role of better building ventilation supporting health, well-being, and productivity has been launched by a coalition of scientists, academics, engineering bodies and environmental activists.
Energetic output of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcanic eruption from pressure measurements
23 August 2022

Tonga volcano eruption released more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb

Dr Sam Rigby, Senior Lecturer in Blast and Impact Engineering in our Department, involved in study

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20 June 2022

Innovation to deliver clean water for all: the digital legacy of TWENTY65

New digital presence highlights how research from TWENTY65, led by Professor Joby Boxall and Professor Vanessa Speight from the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, has helped change the health and sustainability of future water systems.
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27 May 2022

CIRIA guidance pioneers new approaches to bridge assessment

Department for Transport-funded guidance on masonry arch bridge assessment, co-authored by Professor Matthew Gilbert and Dr Colin Smith, has been published by CIRIA.
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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.

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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