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Double Win for ‘PPEMD for All’ Team

Double Win for ‘PPEMD for All’ Team: Transforming Engineering Education

Find out how the PPEMD for All project, led by Dr Panos Lazari, is making waves with two major award wins—recognising its impact on inclusive engineering training and addressing the UK’s PEMD skills gap.
Two men stand in front of a manufacturing machining centre looking into a laptop.

University of Sheffield spinout company set to revolutionise advanced manufacturing

A pioneering new software company that is set to revolutionise advanced manufacturing, has been spun-out of the University of Sheffield.

WorldSkills Industrial Electronics

WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at The University of Sheffield

The event was held here at the University of Sheffield on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.
A close up of a CPU being placed on a circuit board

University of Sheffield to help close semiconductor skills gap

A new skills programme that will supply a pipeline of talent to the UK’s semiconductor sector – key to its long-term success – has been launched with support from the University of Sheffield.
IET 2024 PEMD Conference

Sheffield leads a first of its kind plenary session at the IET 2024 PEMD Conference

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering recently led a first of its kind plenary session titled “Empowering PEMD Educators: Bridging the Industrial Skills at the IET 2024 PEMD Conference.

Windracers

AI technology developed at Sheffield helps to detect and investigate wildfires

A swarm of self-coordinating drones for firefighting, as part of an effort to develop cost-effective early mitigation strategies for wildfires has been developed.
Soft Robots

Researchers at the University of Sheffield develop a new type of valve that makes soft robots more resilient to damage.

A team of researchers from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Sheffield have developed a new type of valve that makes soft robots more resilient to damage.

Global Energy Award Winner 2024

Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu announced as a 2024 Global Energy Prize Laureate

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is delighted to share that Professor Zi-Qiang Zhu has been announced as a 2024 Global Energy Prize winner.
Students in Engineering Heartspace

Our courses are ranked highly in the Russell Group in the National Student Survey

In the subject of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University has been ranked top 5 in the Russell Group by students for organisation and management, assessment and feedback and teaching on my course, in the latest National Student Survey 2