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Keep up-to-date with all the latest news from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Installation of flywheels in shipping containers at the Willenhall site.
3 November 2020

Successful flywheel installation takes energy storage project to next step

The final stage of the AdD HyStor Project at the Willenhall site is now complete with the installation of the flywheel system. This has been connected to the existing 2MW battery to investigate the storage and supply of electricity to the grid.
Photograph of elderly person testing their blood sugar level.
2 November 2020

EEE team wins grant in global healthy ageing competition

Dr Mohammed Benaissa from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Dr Jackie Elliott from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, have won funding in a competition run by UK Research
Youssef Maharem
2 November 2020

Electronic & Electrical Engineering Student wins Global Undergraduate Regional Award for Europe

Engineering student Youssef Maharem, has won the Regional Award in Engineering for Europe in the ‘Global Undergraduate Awards’ for his dissertation on research into non-invasive methods of monitoring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.
Headshot of Eddie Ball

EEE academic honoured for world class research and innovation

Eddie Ball, Reader in RF Engineering from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, is one of four academics from the University of Sheffield to be awarded a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leader Fellowship.

15 October 2020
Photograph of Professor Houston at his retirement party

Remembering Professor Peter Houston

Professor Peter Houston, former Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Director of the National Epitaxy Facility, sadly passed away on 30th September 2020 after a battle with illness.

14 October 2020
Measuring equipment for EPSRC mmWave Measurement Facility

Prestigious Fellowship award will pave the way for vital communications research demanded by modern technology

Eddie Ball, an academic from the University of Sheffield, has been selected to receive a prestigious UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) Future Leaders Fellowship for Communications research.

14 October 2020
Photo of the 7 inaugural CDT students

Inaugural intake of the EPSRC CDT complete their first year

12 October 2020
A shot of the university crest over the front door of the Sir Frederic Mappin building.

EEE welcomes new Departmental Director of Research & Innovation

Professor Mark Hopkinson replaces Professor Jo Shien Ng as Departmental Director of Research & Innovation (DDRI) for the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE).

30 September 2020
Headshot of Ben White CEO of spin out company Phlux

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.

28 July 2020
We achieved 91% student satisfaction in the 2020 NSS

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).

23 July 2020
Aeroplane in clear blue sky

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.

19 July 2020
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