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Students from Project Sunride stood in front of their rocket - Desert Winds

To infinity: the story of the UK's groundbreaking student liquid rocket

‘Desert Winds: The UK's First Student Liquid Rocket’ documentary, premiered on Saturday 22nd March in the Diamond Building, at the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield.
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Collaboration between the Insigneo Institute and the СŷÊÓƵ 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.
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.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering Earns Silver Athena SWAN Award

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is proud to announce it has been successful in renewing its Athena Swan Silver Award for another five years.

X-ray themed model of blue heart

‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually

Sheffield academics from Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Faculty of Health are part of a team of interdisciplinary researchers who will create and test the first ‘digital twin’ heart models for a group of chronically ill NHS patients
Rugby player Blake Broadbent putting his sock on

Students engineer soft landing for players on the pitch

Runners, ramblers and rugby players will have an even greater spring in their step after a Sheffield entrepreneur teamed up with some of the city’s brightest engineering talent to create the perfect sports sock.
David Butcher

Celebrating four decades of technical excellence

David Butcher, Senior Research Technician and an integral part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 1979, retires after 45 years.
Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the CDT-GIF, with IDRIC colleagues - Credit: IDRIC
Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the CDT-GIF, with IDRIC colleagues - Credit: IDRIC

New Centre for Doctoral Training to drive UK's green industrial revolution

A major new Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF) has launched to help secure the UK's position at the forefront of the green industrial revolution.