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FlashyScience – taking science experiments out of the laboratory
FlashyScience is a suite of virtual experiments which allow school students to run science and engineering experiments online, repeating them as often as they like to maximise their learning potential.
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Department Image and Writing Competition Results
We have received some fantastic entries for both our annual Department Image Competition and new Writing Competition. Take a look through the entries and find out who the winners are. Which ones are your favourites?
Categorised under: Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Staff
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Royce Discovery Centre receives planning approval
The University has recently been granted planning permission by Sheffield City Council for the Royce Discovery Centre.
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More League Table Success
This week saw the release of the Complete University Guide League Table 2019. This showed that The University of Sheffield ranked 5th in the UK for undergraduate courses in Materials Technology, and fourth out of all the Russell Group Universities.
Categorised under: Undergraduate and Teaching
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Materials student wins TMS poster competition
Affaan Moosa's research into the joining of lightweight dissimilar alloys by electron beam welding has received an award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society at their Annual Meeting and Exhibition this year.
Categorised under: Research and Postgraduate
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New Titanium Production Process Heralded a Breakthrough
A novel method of processing titanium developed by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has the potential to halve production costs.
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Department welcomes visitors from Fukushima
Today we welcomed visitors from the National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College in Japan, to look around our research facilities and talk about the work we are doing in the area of nuclear decommissioning and environmental recovery.
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MAPP First International Conference Hailed a Success
MAPP’s (EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes) First International Conference has been hailed a resounding success attracting 180 delegates and featuring keynotes from world leading experts.
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Arsenic to the rescue: Controlling radioactive contamination in abandoned uranium mine
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have unearthed a new mechanism to control radioactive contamination at South Terras, Britain’s abandoned uranium production mine, using the toxic element arsenic.
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Materials Science and Engineering become Affiliate Members of the CDP
The Department of materials Science and Engineering has become an Affiliate Partner of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics - the first Partner outside the United States.
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Holly Pearce wins IOM3 Student Award
Materials Graduate, Holly Pearce, received the AT Green 2017 Award at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Education Competitive Awards in November. The award is presented to the best graduate with excellence in ceramic materials.
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Breakthrough research shows sugar can be good for you
A new technique, conceived and developed by a collaborative research group from The Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Dental School at The University of Sheffield and COMSATS University in Pakistan, promises to aid wound healing, meaning patients would need less treatment, clinicians could treat more patients, and significant savings would be realised by national healthcare systems.
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Dr Plato Kapranos visits Japan to talk Metals Processing
Dr Plato Kapranos recently returned from a three-week trip to Japan giving lectures and seminars to undergraduates and postgraduates, covering topics including Semi-solid Processing of Metals, Additive Manufacturing, light alloys and problem-based learning.
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Professor Ungar receives Distinguished Award for Novel Materials and their Synthesis
Professor Goran Ungar has been honoured with the 2017 Distinguished Award for Novel Materials and their Synthesis, presented by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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First Iraqi student conference at University
Materials Science and Engineering PhD student, Mohammed Shbeh recently organised the University's first Iraqi Student and Research Conference.