News

Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Headshot of Ben White CEO of spin out company Phlux
28 July 2020

EEE alumnus awarded prestigious Royal Academy Fellowship

Ben White, former EEE student and now CEO of spin out company Phlux, has been awarded one of the prestigious Enterprise Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
We achieved 91% student satisfaction in the 2020 NSS
23 July 2020

EEE students deliver positive feedback in the latest National Student Survey

Electronic and Electrical Engineering students at The University of Sheffield have rated their overall satisfaction with the Department at 91% in the latest National Student Survey (NSS).

Aeroplane in clear blue sky
19 July 2020

Sheffield academic leads project on achieving cleaner air travel

Dr Antonio Griffo from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has been appointed as academic lead on the MuSiCA project which is part of a larger European project aimed at reducing the environmental impact of aircraft transportation.
2020 Annual Report FEMMH

Innovative electrical manufacturing research Hub delivers first annual report

The £28 million EPSRC Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub launched in 2019 to position UK manufacturing at the forefront of a new electrical revolution. They have released their Annual Report detailing what they have achieved so far.

9 July 2020
Headshot of Zi-Qiang Zhu

Prestigious IEEE Tesla Award won by Sheffield Professor

Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has received the prestigious 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award for outstanding contributions to the generation and utilisation of electric power.

3 July 2020
Photograph of Mobile Power customer in Sierra Leone

Next generation battery storage delivers affordable, clean energy to communities in Sierra Leone

Mobile Power Ltd have partnered with leading battery energy storage experts at the University of Sheffield to deliver affordable, clean energy to remote communities in Sierra Leone.

1 July 2020
Ultrasmall, Ultracompact and Ultrahigh Efficient InGaN Micro Light Emitting Diodes (μLEDs) with Narrow Spectral Line Width
ACS Nano

Major breakthroughs for the fabrication of Ultrasmall, Ultracompact and Ultrahigh Efficient InGaN μLEDs

Prof Wang Director of the Centre for GaN Materials and Devices has a paper published by ACS Nano demonstrating that Sheffield has achieved major breakthroughs for the fabrication of ultra-small μLEDs with a record efficiency and spectral linewidth.

3 June 2020
Lab session with Y12s on EEE taster day

Taster afternoon for Electronic and Electrical Engineers of the future

Following a successful debut earlier in the year The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering are running another Taster Session on Thursday 21st May for Y12 students who are considering their university choices.

11 May 2020
Electroluminescence - green LED in the Centre for GaN Materials and Devices

EpiPix: A New Way With Micro-LEDs

Based on EEE Professor Tao Wang's expert research a University of Sheffield spin out company, EpiPx, is set to deliver the ultra-high brightness, ultra-small microLED arrays that industry players crave. Read the article here.

17 March 2020
Headshot of Professor Xiaoli Chu

Celebrating International Women's Day

To mark International Women's Day on the 8th March 2020 Electronic and Electrical Engineer, Professor Chu, shares her career path and what it means to her having been awarded a Professorship in the Communications Research Group in the Department.

8 March 2020
Close up of an electric engine

EEE academic leads development of new cost-effective, fluid-based methods for cooling industrial electrical machines

Dr. Guang-Jin Li from the Department of Electronic and Electrical has won an EPSRC fund to improve the effectiveness of electrical machines in the automotive, renewable energy and aerospace sectors.

19 February 2020
Photograph showing Y12 students on EEE Taster Day in Electronics lab

The first Electronic and Electrical Engineering Taster Day was a success!

Find out how our first Taster Day for 23 year 12 students to experience a day in the life of a EEE student went. They took part in a mini lecture, a session in our Teaching Clean Room and a lab session in our Electronics and Control lab supported by academic staff, technicians and current students.

18 February 2020
MRI image of brain

EEE Professor involved in €3M project to develop nanodevices against Epilepsy and Parkinson's

Novel nanotechnologies could be used as brain implants, modulating the activity of nerve cells electrochemically and treating neurological diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s.

4 February 2020