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Oluwatamilore Adenipekun

Young researcher award celebrates future of rail

Oluwatamilore Adenipekun, a 4th Year Mechanical Engineering PhD student, secures the Young Researcher Prize at the Railway Engineering Institute (RailEI) Yorkshire Section competition.
A group photo of people standing on the steps outside a white building (under a sign for the college of Basic and Applied Sciences at the University of Ghana)

AI and Biomechanics for Health in Ghana Workshop

Five members of the Insigneo Institute, including the Schools Professor Claire Brockett and Dr Jen Rowson, visited Accra, Ghana, to deliver a workshop on AI and Engineering for Health at the University of Ghana last month.
Factory-in-a-box Industrialised Construction demonstrator

Watch a home built in 10 days as Sheffield’s ‘factory-in-a-box’ demonstrates a solution to the housing crisis

A family home has been built from scratch in all weathers in 10 days as University of Sheffield experts demonstrate a revolutionary ‘factory-in-a-box’ system designed to address the UK housing crisis.
Professor Shuisheng He

University of Sheffield appoints Chair of Fusion Technology

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Shuisheng He as Chair in Fusion Technology.
Image of a white building with red roofing and a clocktower.
Image credit: File: Balme Library of University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balme_Library_of_University_of_Ghana,_Accra,_Ghana.jpg) Author: Rjruiziii, License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Collaboration between the Insigneo Institute and the University of Ghana

Dr Jennifer Rowson & Professor Claire Brockett, will travel to Ghana with Dr Ning Ma & Dr Chen Chen from the School of Computer Science to identify challenges & opportunities, and deliver a summer school to foster research skills and academic growth.
John Gibbins public lecture

Time is running out for carbon capture success – but competing interests are delaying projects

Professor Jon Gibbins, director of the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, features in this piece from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

| Published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Andrew Ratcliffe giving a talk to students

Shaping the future of space education and research at Sheffield

The UK Space Agency visited the Faculty, providing Aerospace students & Faculty leadership with valuable insights into their global activities, while exploring potential collaborative opportunities to advance space research & education at Sheffield.
Ethan Edmunds

Student’s dissertation published in prestigious online journal

Ethan, who studied BEng Aerospace Engineering and is now studying for a PhD in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, has had his undergraduate dissertation published in the Journal of Materials Science and Technology.
Novel material particles produced from the exothermic reaction by product

PhD research on advanced jet fuel technology earns publication in top journals

Ahmed Aboalhamayie, a 3rd year PhD Mechanical Engineering student, has had his research published in journals Fuel and Fuel Processing Technology as well as an accepted conference paper in Spain.