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Liang Kong presenting at Young Energy Researchers Conference
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º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield Doctoral Researcher presents metamodel at international conference

Doctoral Research Liang Kong attended the World Sustainable Energy Days 2025 (WSED) event in Austria, as a young energy efficiency researcher.
Lightweight manufacturing at the AMRC

º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

º£½ÇÉçÇø leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
A close up of a fuel pump connected to a car

US and China lead G20 in search for hydrogen fuels

The US and China are leading the G20 in efforts to develop hydrogen fuels, according to new research from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield.
Photograph of Mobile Power customer in Sierra Leone

Our 2024 research highlights

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate some of our research news stories from 2024.
Claire Corkhill doing experiment

Engineers develop materials that could help clean-up Chernobyl and Fukushima

Materials which could be used to help clean-up the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear power stations have been developed by engineers at the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield.
Lab research examining materials under a microscope

Engineers chosen to advise government on nuclear waste management

Two nuclear engineers from the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield, who are renowned around the world for their research and expertise on nuclear waste, have been appointed to HM Government’s Advisory Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM).
seed and planting concept with Male hand watering young tree over green background

Blue Urea: A fertiliser with reduced environmental impact.

Scientists and engineers from the Energy Institute and Institute for Sustainable Food have created a fertiliser with reduced environmental impact called Blue Urea.