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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield with four of the academics who have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering's Fellowship
Four of the academics who have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering's Fellowship with the University of Sheffield's Vice-Chancellor (end left) and Vice-President for Engineering (end right).

Professor Iain Todd is one of five University of Sheffield academics elected to Royal Academy of Engineering

Professor Iain Todd is one of five academics from the University of Sheffield have been honoured with one of the most prestigious awards in engineering, announced today (20 September 2023).
Firth Court

University of Sheffield ranked among top universities in the UK in recent university guides

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the top in the UK by both The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, and the Guardian University Guide 2024.
Electric car being charged

Sheffield researchers benefit from £19 Million committed to Battery Research

Researchers at Sheffield who are part of the FutureCat project benefit from further investment to battery research.
SLC NSS

Students vote Department of Materials Science and Engineering as number one for ‘student voice’ among Russell Group universities

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has been ranked among the best in the Russell Group by students, featuring number one across several categories in the latest National Student Survey (NSS).
Dr Theo Hanein

Dr Theodore Hanein recognised for his influential research by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Congratulations to Dr Theodore Hanein who has been listed as one of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A’s (JMCA) Emerging Investigators in 2023.
Lewis Blackburn and Jennifer Hack

Two academics from the Department included in the Royal Academy Research Fellowship programme

Congratulations to Dr Lewis Blackburn and Dr Jennifer Hack who have both been awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowships
An example of an object created by additive manufacturing

Sheffield researchers 3D-printed electric motor could revolutionise the industry

Sheffield researchers, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have developed an electric motor, using 3D printing technology, paving the way for future electric motors to increase their power using less material
The SunFire rocket engine being successfully hot fired

3D printed student rocket engine breaks record

A liquid rocket engine - similar to the kind used by pioneering space companies such as SpaceX - has been built using 3D printing by students at the University of Sheffield.
Dr Alice Pyne

Alice Pyne and the TopoStats team win the University of Sheffield Open Research Team First Prize

The winners of the University of Sheffield’s Open Research Prize 2023 have now been announced. Congratulations to Alice Pyne and the TopoStats team who have been awarded first prize in the team category.