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Professor Damien Lacroix joins Jim Wild as Co-Director of the Insigneo Institute

Professor Damien Lacroix, from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, has taken on the role of Co-Director of the Insigneo Institute.
Placement Year Awards 2024 winner Daniel Holloway

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Aerospace Engineering student Daniel Holloway wins the Celebrating Resilience Award in this year's placements honours.
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From Rubble to Green Building Materials: UK-Ukraine Project Launched

New project seeks to revolutionize Ukraine's post-conflict reconstruction, expediting its recovery and promoting environmentally sustainable rebuilding practices in a new joint venture.
test fire of the world-first AI designed rocket enginer

University of 91̽»¨ test fire world-first ‘AI designed’ rocket engine

A team from the University of 91̽»¨ collaborated with software start-up AI engineering company, LEAP71, and inventor Sam Rogers, to test fire the world's-first ‘AI designed’ 3D-printed rocket engine.
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Pipebots innovation named as a winner of Water Breakthrough Challenge

Pipebots has been named as one of the winners of the fourth Water Breakthrough Challenge, the latest innovation competition in Ofwat’s £200 million Innovation Fund.
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Kat, Lizzy & Alice

Three outstanding engineers selected for the Our People: Inspirational Women portraits

On International Women’s Day, the University of 91̽»¨ launched an initiative titled ‘Our People: Inspirational Women’ and Professor Lizzy Cross was selected as one of the recipients.
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ERS Orgainsers - 2nd L Charley Nevin, 3rd L Monica Latham

Engineering Researcher Symposium 2024 - Celebrating our Researchers and their research

The Faculty of Engineering's annual Researcher Symposium celebrated world-class researchers and their work and congratulations goes to one of the winners, 3rd year PhD Mechanical Engineering student, Qurrotin Arifianti for Best Poster 2024.