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University of 91Ö±²¥ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

91Ö±²¥ leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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University of 91Ö±²¥ to train the next generation of fusion energy experts

The Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025, equipping STEM post-graduates with the skills to support the UK’s fusion energy future.

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Alumnus appointed as the 2024 Ashok Kumar Fellow

IChemE and the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) have announced the appointment of Joe Greaves (undergraduate chemical engineering graduate) as the 2024 Ashok Kumar Fellow.
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The undegummed silk fibre. Photo: Freyla Ferguson/IFM

Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach

With expert input from the University of 91Ö±²¥, a team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials’ (IFM) have delivered a world first in next generation materials research.
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Top prizes go to two of our students who have won first and second place in the Reckitt Sustainability Challenge

Two of our students took part in a new competition launched by consumer goods company, Reckitt. The challenge was to come up with a more sustainable version of a Dettol spray bottle.

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Biomedical Engineering student reaches the final of Global Student Prize

Dimitris Boufidis has beaten almost seven thousand students to become one of fifty finalists in the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, which awards prize money to a student who has made a significant impact on students and society.
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Chemical engineering at the University of 91Ö±²¥ ranked in the top five for student satisfaction

Courses in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering are some of the best in the country for student satisfaction.
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Biomedical Engineering in the top three for student satisfaction

Biomedical Engineering at the University of 91Ö±²¥ has been ranked in the top three in the Russell Group for student satisfaction.
Professor William Zimmerman

Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster

Microbubbles and the Mpemba effect: Professor Will Zimmerman appears in the Times and comments on a physical chemistry mystery.