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Prove your engineering future with Warburtons apprenticeship

The UK’s largest bakery brand, Warburtons, has chosen the University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre as its new apprenticeship supplier as it looks to find and support the next generation of engineers.  Wit...

Engineering apprentice saves employer 86% on operational pump costs

A University of Sheffield AMRC Training Centre apprentice has helped the UK's largest aircrete block manufacturer slash operational pump costs by 86% by signifi...

University of Sheffield announces integrated pilot plant launch

The University of Sheffield is thrilled to announce a major new integrated pilot plant will be installed in the Faculty of Engineering's teaching facility The D...

University of Sheffield welcomes industry donation to boost number of women engineers

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and AESSEAL, manufacturer of mechanical seals and support systems, have donated £50,000 to The University of Sheffield to create a step change in the number of women studying and working in engineering.Engineering...

More than just hot air: new app launched to explain benefits of Carbon Dioxide

...used to make products, therefore lowering emissions, has been launched at COP22 in Marrakech. The app, developed by an academic from the University of Sheffield with the CyclicCO-‚‚R project, challenges users to make high-value products...

New campaign launched in Parliament to tackle shortage of UK engineers

...3 November 2016) aimed at encouraging more young people to study engineering. The 'Engineering is-€¦' campaign, launched by the University of Sheffield and backed by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield,...

University spin-out company with Sebastian Conran to develop next generation of robots

...has been co-founded by the award-winning designer Sebastian Conran, together with Professor Tony Prescott and Dr Ben Mitchinson from the University of Sheffield. The company's main focus will be to develop companion and assistive robotic systems that...

Secretary of State for Business announces major investment boost for UK's largest dynamic test facility

...r investment boost which will see the UK poised to take a world lead in structural dynamics research.The new investment will support the University of Sheffield to build one of the largest dynamic test facilities in the UK. The Business Secretary announced...

University of Sheffield announces pioneering degree level apprenticeships

...vital skills gaps to meet the needs of economy and industry *New pathway made possible thanks to £1.6m HEFCE Catalyst funding award The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has announced a pioneering new education...

Bradley Wiggins' World Hour Record handlebars 3D printed by Sheffield engineers

Super lightweight, aerodynamic handlebars have been 3D printed at the University of Sheffield's Mercury Centre for UK cyclist Bradley Wiggins' world Hour Record attempt, due to take place on 7 June 2015.Made from titanium, the...

Plans submitted for next phase of Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

...million to the local economy *Masterplan a step towards the development of the UK's first Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District The University of Sheffield has submitted a masterplan for the next phase of its Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre...

Boeing sponsors first UK university-led Apprentice of the Year awards

...d Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Keith Burnett The UK's first ever university-based Apprentice Awards event was held last week at the University of Sheffield.Sponsored by Boeing, and drawing guests from a number of companies, the prestigious awards...

Bank of England Governor praises University's world-leading Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

The Governor of the Bank of England hailed the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre as a prime example of the city's continuing spirit of hard work and innovation during a vis...

University's Mercury Centre and commercial partners start £8.4m project to take 3D printing to the next level

The University of Sheffield's Mercury Centre is part of a new £8.4 million Government-funded research programme, which will see the development of an innovativ...

£4.9 million funding to help educate engineers of the future

... new building The Diamond * Funding part of £200 million Higher Education Funding Council England scheme for STEM teaching projects The University of Sheffield has been awarded almost £4.9 million of Government funding to buy world-class equipment...

New research will help robots know their limits

...o allow us, in collaboration with Sheffield and UWE, to apply these techniques across a broad variety of complex autonomous systems."The University of Sheffield brings key expertise in terms of autonomous control, learning and decision-making. "We...

3D printing finds its 'sweet spot' through 'nifty shades of grey'

...ive ink, which is then activated by an infra-red lamp to melt the powder layer by layer and so build up the 3D part.Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered they can control the density and strength of the final product by printing...

Clever copters developed at Sheffield can learn as they fly

...omy - and even a bit of politeness - in working together and venturing into hostile environments are being developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield. The research paves the way for robots to work intelligently alongside humans in ways that...

£400k scheme to address skills shortage will show being a technician is a 'career for life'

The University of Sheffield is leading a £400,000 scheme to tackle a blackhole in universities' technical expertise and train the workforce needed to ensure th...

Planning permission granted for Factory 2050

... automated systems, man-machine interfaces, and new programming and training tools.The state of the art development will be built by the University of Sheffield, consolidating the success of their investment in the original Advanced Manufacturing Research...

Sheffield team show simplicity is key to co-operative robots

...housands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield.The team, working in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics (SCentRo), in the University's Faculty...

3D PRINTING TRIALS OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IN SHEFFIELD BROADEN THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS EMERGENT TECHNOLOGY

Engineers at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield have successfully printed a 1.5m-wide prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a research project looking at 3D printing of compl...

One of the world's leading female engineers is recognised by University

revolutionary engineering graduate school building at the University of Sheffield has today (7 February 2014) been named after one of the world's leading female engineers.The £21 million seven-storey building ...

Swarming robots could be the servants of the future

...w opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines.Researchers in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics, jointly established by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, have been working to program a group of 40 robots, and...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson meets engineers of tomorrow

Legendary Manchester United Football Club manager Sir Alex Ferguson visited the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's pioneering apprenticeship training centre which will provide the next generation of w...

AMRC creates new industrial icon for Sheffield

The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has completed production of a two metre model of a proposed landmark sculpture for t...

Training centre to provide 250 apprenticeships every year for region's young people

...undreds of paid apprenticeships provided to students as young as 16 in the largest scheme of its kind in the UK has been unveiled at the University of Sheffield.The AMRC Training Centre, which is due to be completed in Autumn 2013 and will be part...

Students celebrate best ever finish in racing event

Members of the University of Sheffield's Formula Students racing team took to the historic Silverstone circuit to compete against hundreds of rival teams from across the w...

Plans announced to create new professional standards for technicians working in Higher Education

New standards for technicians working across Higher Education have been announced by the University of Sheffield who are working in partnership with The Institute of Science and Technology (IST) and the Science Council to help secure futures and...

New international collaboration launched with plans to create a more energy efficient world

A new pioneering partnership has been signed between the University of Sheffield and Nanjing University in China beginning with a specialist centre bidding to create a more energy efficient world within the next 5...

Scientists revolutionise electron microscope

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have revolutionised the electron microscope by developing a new method which could create the highest resolution images ever seen.Fo...

Wheels in motion for National Science and Engineering Week

...oking at the Earth, its inhabitants and societies, our bodies, speed machines, to even the tiniest molecules.Organised regionally by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, in collaboration with schools, museums, industry and commerce,...

Management Lecture features Boeing UK President Sir Roger Bone

...Lecture, which this year will also launch the city's Global Manufacturing Festival.The free Management Lecture, which takes place at the University of Sheffield's Octagon Centre at 7pm on 21 March 2012, will see Sir Roger discuss Boeing's global structure,...

Engineering students at the University of Sheffield take on global engineering challenge

Teams of engineering students from the University of Sheffield took on a global engineering challenge by attempting to improve the quality of life for a rural Indian village community.About 900 s...

Whiskered robot used to model for monkey business

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have fitted a robotic rat with a monkey brain model in a bid to increase the machine's perception.By fitting the monkey brain model ...

Students take on international engineering challenge

About 900 undergraduates from the University of Sheffield will be taking part in a global engineering challenge applying their engineering skills to issues in a rural Indian village, and lea...

Professor Richard Dawkins opens £4.3 million life sciences institute

A state of the art £4.3 million life sciences institute at the University of Sheffield has been officially opened allowing more collaborative work in chemical and biological engineering.The Chemical Engineering at the L...

Robotics centre to pave the way for robots of tomorrow

...ding developing assistive robots to help children and adults with special needs, will be launched this evening (1 September 2011) by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University.The Sheffield Centre for Robotics (SCentRo) will combine...

New centre gives boost to near net shape manufacturing

... aims to accelerate the deployment of a range of innovative near net shape powder-based manufacturing processes, has been created by the University of Sheffield's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, following dialogue with regional advanced...

University invests to ensure world-class engineering facilities

The University of Sheffield's Faculty of Engineering is set to invest £21 million in the first stage of an exciting expansion project designed to ensure studen...

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