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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 22/09/2026

#PhDstudent Chris Toavs has turned her own personal experience living with type 1 #diabetes into motivation for advocating for others and tackling single-use #plastic waste in diabetes care ♻️ 👉 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/how-dia... cc. @christscollegecam.bsky.social #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 29/07/2026

Congratulations to Gopal Madabhushi, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Department’s Schofield Centre for Geotechnical & Construction Modelling, who recently delivered the Schofield Lecture at the 2026 International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics held at ETH Zurich.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 20/05/2026

Incoming @gatescambridge.bsky.social Scholar Lengwe Sinkala will research how #paediatric surgical services can be redesigned to be more inclusive, responsive & supportive for #neurodivergent children www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-c... She will begin her PhD in October @robinsoncollege.bsky.social

Full body image of Dr Sinkala in hospital scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck. A quote taken from the accompanying article is alongside. She is introduced as a Gates Cambridge Scholar-elect

Half body image of Dr Sinkala in casual clothes including a t-shirt with Bupalo Children's Centre written on it. Information taken from the accompanying article is alongside. She is introduced as a Gates Cambridge Scholar-elect with details of her upcoming PhD research.

Head and shoulders image of Dr Sinkala in hospital scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck and a face mask on. A quote taken from the accompanying article is alongside. She is introduced as an academic collaborator in the International Health Systems Group.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 05/05/2026

Welcome to the Spring 2026 edition of our Dept. magazine featuring Amy Weatherup on the cover, Director of Cambridge i-Teams, who is based at the Institute for Manufacturing CLICK TO VIEW 👉 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/page... Amy has run Cambridge i-Teams for 20 years. Read more on p7 via the link

Front cover of the Spring 2026 edition of the Department of Engineering News featuring Amy Weatherup, Director of Cambridge i-Teams, on the cover. Amy is in a relaxed pose with her arms folded in front of her resting on a table, and she is smiling for the camera. Amy is wearing glasses and a colourful top with specks of orange, pink and purple.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 20/04/2026

Meet alumnus Thomas Sutton driving continuous improvement in sugar processing. He has built a career driven by a passion for improving manufacturing. His story is rooted in curiosity about how things work and a drive to improve systems. eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumni-... @ifmcambridge.bsky.social

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 20/04/2026

🎤 Early career researchers - present your #research in 3 mins and win a trip to Berlin courtesy of Falling Walls Lab. Apply by 3 May: falling-walls.com/lab/apply The Centre for Languages and Inter-Communication (CLIC) will fund the travel expenses of participants from our Dept. Good luck! 🍀

Flyer advertising the event, which includes a QR code and weblink to enable you to apply by the deadline of 3 May 2026.

The weblink is https://falling-walls.com/lab/apply

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 02/04/2026

This ancient #Egyptian #artefact initially intrigued #Egyptologists at the Fitzwilliam Museum due to its complicated design. What was it like on the inside? And how did it all connect? www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/reveali... Thanks to micro-computed tomography (#microCT), we can find out👇

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 19/02/2026

Register now for our Bioengineering Conference on 20 March. Speakers include Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano whose spin-out company Polytecks is pioneering smart textile technology for next-generation healthcare diagnostics. Photo credit Chaoqun Dong. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/aca...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 20/01/2026

Rex Moir Outstanding PhD Thesis Prizes have been awarded at the Department of Engineering. The top prizes were given to Charles Micou and Minjia Chen, with Teja Potocnik, Matthew Waterson and Ben Wetherfield, also receiving awards for 2024 and 2025. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/first-r...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 13/01/2026

Hear from Department of Engineering alumnus and manufacturing innovator Douglas Brion, of AI company Matta, at a new talk series from the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), at the University of Cambridge. His talk will launch the series on 29 January.

New series of talks at the IFM start on Jan 29.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 18/12/2025

The Department of Engineering has its own shining stars this festive season. The Engineering Library Team won for 'Creating an Inclusive and Welcoming Community' in the @cam.ac.uk Professional Services Awards 2025. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/departm...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 18/11/2025

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 edition of our Dept. magazine featuring Prof Shaun Fitzgerald @climaterepair.bsky.social on the cover ❄️ He’s been successful in obtaining funding from ARIA✅ More on page 5. View here: www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/page... #engineering cc. @yourscambridge.bsky.social

Front cover of the Autumn 2025 edition of the Department of Engineering News featuring Prof Fitzgerald in the snow wearing a snow jacket and a scarf covering his face. Only his eyes are visible.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 05/11/2025

On #NationalEngineeringDay, flick through a recent edition of our #Engineering news mag www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/page... Pictured is Chris Tagnon, a recent @ifmcambridge.bsky.social grad awarded a Masters in Motorsport scholarship from @raeng.org.uk & Sir Lewis Hamilton’s @mission44.bsky.social

Front cover of the Department's Engineering News magazine featuring a head and shoulders shot of Chris Tagnon, with a neutral expression

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 08/10/2025

Alumni Nathan Jackrazi & @amyrochford.bsky.social have won the 2025 @kingscollege.bsky.social #Entrepreneurship Prize with their start-up Axo Neurotech 🎉 Third prize went to MPhil student Chris Tagnon, co-founder of CAST Energy 🥉 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/enginee... @ifmcambridge.bsky.social

Head and shoulders shots of Nathan, Chris and Amy

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 06/10/2025

Alumnus Michael Korn has launched BLUE GARAGE an "Applied Commercialisation Lab”, part lab, part community, part launchpad, designed to help early-stage companies move from working prototypes to scalable, investable products. @ifmcambridge.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumnus...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 29/09/2025

A study published in The Lancet Global Health has revealed stark global inequalities in survival after emergency abdominal surgery for traumatic injuries. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/patient...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 24/09/2025

Congratulations to Professor Swami Swaminathan on being elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. @robinsoncollege.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 22/09/2025

Hugh Thomas has won the John Winbolt Prize for his paper, 'Can sharing car trips deliver meaningful emissions savings? The case of Great Britain' published in the journal Applied Energy. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/can-sha...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 17/09/2025

Dept spin-out to develop wearable #etextile tech for early detection of heart defects www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/lab-mar... "Polytecks tech records electrical heart signals but also achieves higher spatial resolution than a conventional ECG" - founder Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano @cambridge-ee.bsky.social

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 15/09/2025

Alumni profile: Lane Painter's mission to Mars How does someone with a degree in economics end up at the heart of space innovation? @darwincollegecam.bsky.social @ifmcambridge.bsky.social @yourscambridge.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumni-...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 11/09/2025

Patrick Carter-Cortez & Maximilian Kraus attended Nuclear Futures: Shaping Dialogue in a Changing World conference, both won prizes for Best Abstract in Category Nuclear education opportunities - Nuclear Energy MPhil www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/nuclear...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 10/09/2025

PhD student Qi Wang wins prizes for advances in superconducting Trapped Field Magnets with applications for clean energy & compact technologies, high-efficiency motors, magnetic bearings, flywheels for energy storage & next-generation MRI systems www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/interna...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 03/09/2025

CamGraPhIC, @cam.ac.uk spin-out company, raises €25m in new funding to improve #AI energy efficiency & bandwidth www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/univers... Co-founded by Prof Andrea Ferrari (R), Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre, & Dr Marco Romagnoli (L) of CNIT in Italy 📸 credit: CamGraPhIC

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 20/08/2025

🆕 A newly established Cambridge fund set up to honour the memory of former Head of the Dept Professor Arthur Shercliff👇 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/new-cam... 🏆 18 of our #undergrads awarded Arthur Shercliff Prizes @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social @christscollegecam.bsky.social

A head and shoulders black and white photo of the late Professor Arthur Shercliff wearing a suit jacket and tie. Next to him is text announcing the Prizes for 2025.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 23/06/2025

Today we celebrate #INWED25 🎉 @cam.ac.uk Dr Poppy Oldroyd www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-popp... Abbie Schipper @gatescambridge.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-c... Prof Giulia Viggiani – 1st woman to lead our Civil #Engineering Division www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/celebra...

A montage of headshots of Abbie, Poppy and Prof Viggiani alongside INWED text banner and arrows pointing to their corresponding photos

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 06/05/2025

Our cover star for this edition of our Dept mag is Chris Tagnon, the 1st Cambridge Uni student to be awarded a Masters in #Motorsport #scholarship from @raeng.org.uk & @mission44.bsky.social (Sir Lewis Hamilton’s charitable foundation) www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/page... @ifmcambridge.bsky.social

Front cover of the spring 2025 edition of the Department of Engineering magazine. Alongside four headings for news featured inside is a head and shoulders image of Chris Tagnon, the first University of Cambridge student to be awarded a Masters in Motorsport scholarship from the Royal Academy of Engineering and Mission 44 (Sir Lewis Hamilton’s charitable foundation). He is wearing a blue jumper and standing with his arms behind his back against a dark metallic-looking background. His expression is neutral.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 19/03/2025

The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge: Blooming Numbers exhibit is inspired by mathematical principles found in nature – in this case the Fibonacci sequence – a mathematical pattern that also fascinated famous @uniofcam.bsky.social alums Charles Darwin and Alan Turing www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

An illustration of the exhibit design by Melanie Sadler. It shows the Fibonacci spiral wall, plants, a beehive, viewing stations.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 04/03/2025

On #WorldEngineeringDay why not have a flick through the latest copy of our Department magazine ⤵️ www.eng.cam.ac.uk/uploads/page... Packed full of #engineering news and views from our @uniofcam.bsky.social community 🫶 #WED2025

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 25/02/2025

Thomas Glenday, Head of Design & Technical Services, brought a historic cricket bowling machine back to life 🏏The contraption – created by Dr John Venn (Venn diagrams) – bowled out players from the Australian cricket team during a visit to Cambridge 100+ years ago www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/introdu...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 17/02/2025

Professor Daping Chu has been elected to @optica.org's 2025 class of Fellows. Daping is being honoured specifically “For seminal contributions to display devices and broader impact on industrial applications.”👏💫 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 10/02/2025

New paper tackles one of the most pressing challenges in neurotechnology today: how to ensure ground breaking developments are shaped not just by researchers, but also by the people whose lives they will impact most. www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/neurote...

UK Symposium on Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology celebrated in September 2024 in Nottingham where the PPI in Neurotechnology initiative was presented to an audience of people with lived experiences, researchers, and industrial and funding bodies.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 06/02/2025

Here they talk us through: ⛵️The role #engineering played in the success of the #AC75 class – a #yacht that’s designed to fly ⛵️ Fluid mechanics for yacht design ⛵️ Lifting the America's Cup & being a team player ⛵️ The @uniofcam.bsky.social experience www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumni-... #NewZealand

Alumni Simon Corkery and Ignacio Andreu Angulo life the America's Cup

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 03/02/2025

New biological graft research to improve dialysis treatment. The Department receives one of the two 2024 BHF Translational Awards from the British Heart Foundation. @thebhf.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 30/01/2025

Emma Houiellebecq, PhD student & @gatescambridge.bsky.social Scholar, has been praised for her broad thinking on resilience & her on-the-ground experience in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions ⤵️ www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/making-... Emma is a winner of the Gates Cambridge Impact Prize 2025 🏆

A head and shoulders shot of Emma Houiellebecq against a grey background. Emma is wearing a smart blazer over a v-necked top and a gold necklace in the form of a downward arrow pattern.

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 22/01/2025

The Cambridge iGEM team received a Gold Medal at iGEM2024 Synthetic Biology competition finals for their project ‘MaGenTa’ developing tools for magnetogenetics an approach using magnetic fields to remotely & precisely control gene activation @engbioirc.bsky.social eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

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