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Professor Meihong Wang smiles as he stands in the Engineering Heartspace
The department's Professor Meihong Wang.

Professor Meihong Wang honoured as Top Scholar by ScholarGPS

ScholarGPS recognises Top Scholars for their outstanding performance in various fields, disciplines, and specialties.
Local community members with artisan products that have been crafted from waste biomass streams using the site's infrastructure
Local community members with artisan products that have been crafted from waste biomass streams using the site's infrastructure

Integrated anaerobic digestion and solar technology: ECOSMART:2 - enabling sustainable energy access

ECOSMART:2 addresses the critical needs of last-mile communities in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) by providing access to clean energy, promoting sustainable waste management, and supporting economic development.
Photovoltaic cells

Trading energy with neighbours could lower bills and carbon emissions, study suggests

Peer-to-peer energy trading - where customers can trade energy with each other rather than only buying it from one single supplier - could cut bills and carbon emissions, according to research from the University of Sheffield.
A group of students pose at Nestle
Students and main organiser of the visit before going into the Nestlé manufacturing facility.

Students undertake industry site visits as part of their degree programme

Students studying MSc Pharmaceutical Engineering and MEng Chemical Engineering gain industry insights through organised visits to Nestlé in York and AstraZeneca in Macclesfield.
undegummed silk fibre

Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach

With expert input from the University of Sheffield, a team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials’ (IFM) have delivered a world first in next generation materials research.
Text reads: Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework Bronze Award.

Working towards more sustainable lab practices

In a pilot study two of our labs have received the bronze LEAF award for sustainability.

Richard Hodgkinson (University of Sheffield), shaking hands with Ted Young (Wortley Top Forge), standing within the workshop of Wortley Top Forge. Tooling donated to the forge is laid out on benches.

Sheffield donates workshop tooling to local industrial heritage centres

The Open Access Mechanical Workshop team has donated surplus tooling to two local heritage sites: Wortley Top Forge and the Midland Railway at Butterley. These organisations both play a vital role in preserving Sheffield’s local engineering history.
Visit to IIT Indore

Sharing expertise in India

At the start of this year Professor Siddharth Patwardhan visited industry and higher education establishments in India. These visits were an opportunity to share expertise and establish relationships to pave the way for possible future collaboration.
Trophy being presented

Top marks for Tell US engagement

The Tell US survey is an important way to find out from students what they think about the learning and teaching on their modules. This year, our School had the highest overall response rate in the Faculty of Engineering.