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Engineering staff success at Teaching Awards

29 April, 2024Chemical Engineering Materials and Processes

Dr Dimitrios Gerogiorgis has been recognised in this year’s Teaching Awards, winning the Teacher of…

Outreach impact celebrated at rail industry event

29 April, 2024Civil and Environmental Engineering

Leaders from industry, education and government joined us to discuss findings by our partner,…

Professor Lindsay Beevers named Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow

10 April, 2024Civil and Environmental Engineering Infrastructure and Environment

Professor Lindsay Beevers has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)…

Doctoral training centres to attract next generation of talent for security and renewable energy industries

12 March, 2024Chemical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications

The School of Engineering is to lead two doctoral training centres (CDTs) to equip PhD students…

Professor Tim Drysdale scoops award for Remote Labs in Helsinki

06 March, 2024Electronics and Electrical Engineering

An innovative remote lab experiment developed by a School researcher has scooped an international…

Announcing the death of Professor Stephen Salter

01 March, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of Professor Stephen Salter MBE FRSE,…

Long serving engineering staff celebrated

21 February, 2024Chemical Engineering

Three staff from the School of Engineering were recently recognised for their long service to the…

Game-changing gene therapies are focus of £14m research hub

12 February, 2024Bioengineering

Professor Susan Rosser is to lead a new research and innovation hub focused on developing gene…

University secures £24 million boost for AI innovation

06 February, 2024Electronics and Electrical Engineering Imaging, Data and Communications

The University is set to establish two research hubs that will focus on developing AI tools to help…

Identifying criminals from a single cell

24 January, 2024Chemical Engineering Bioengineering

Engineering researcher Dr Michael Chen is working on a new project led by the Earlham Institute, to…