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Placement Year Awards 2024

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Engineering students from Aerospace, EEE & Computer Science won at the recent University Placement Awards, winning the Celebrating Resilience and Engineering Placement Student of the Year awards, and placing Highly Commended in 3 other categories
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Success at the IChemE Global Awards

At this year’s IChemE Global Awards, we had six finalists and proudly returned with two prize winners and one highly commended project.
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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.
Students from the SunrIde team stood together at the launch site with the rocket

91Ö±²¥ engineering students launch winning rocket at UK Championships

A team of engineering students proved they are high-fliers after achieving the top spot at a national rocketry championship. The students, Project SunrIde, won first place overall after designing, building and launching their own mid-powered rocket.
Engineers stood next to a stationary passenger train

Leaf-busting tech could end rail delays caused by leaves on the line

Professor Roger Lewis, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering features, as he is leading a new project to blast dry ice onto railway tracks from passenger trains to get rid of leaves on the line and remove delays.