Department of Engineering

Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.

Alumnus Adrian Bull MBE is a Professor at the University of Manchester, within the Dalton Nuclear Institute. He took up the role in 2021 after a career in the nuclear industry.  

Students and early-career professionals of all disciplines are encouraged to apply to the Falling Walls Lab UK – an international competition that challenges you to pitch your innovative idea in just three minutes.

Dr Amparo Güemes and PhD student Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano have been awarded a fellowship and scholarship respectively by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM).

Neutreeno helps businesses tackle Scope 3 emissions by offering advanced tools to decarbonise supply chains up to 50 times faster than traditional methods, driving the global shift to a low-carbon economy. 

More than 700 state school students have seen their A-level grades rise and have secured places at top universities after receiving free Cambridge tuition through a UK-wide STEM SMART initiative.

Professor Nathan Crilly’s book ‘Design thinking and other approaches’ focuses on what people from different disciplines bring to problem solving and creative work.

Shagun Garg, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, has been recognised as a Geospatial World Rising Star 2025, joining an international cohort of young professionals who are shaping the future of geospatial science and technology.

The team behind Neela Biotech, a company co-founded by early career researcher Dr Deepanshu Singh and final-year PhD student Friederike Nintzel, have won the 2025 Cambridge Zero Climate Challenge for developing a method that turns multiple waste streams into highly valuable chemicals such as sustainable aviation fuels.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure transfer of data over a quantum communications network, including the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured video call.

Tom Garnett is CEO and co-founder of Refute a tech startup focussed on fighting disinformation on behalf of organisations, detecting and responding to campaigns at the speed of the attackers. Refute uses data to model and score threat behaviours, in context and over time, enabling effective in-channel response.

A new AI weather prediction system, developed by researchers from the University of Cambridge, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using thousands of times less computing power than current AI and physics-based forecasting systems.

The University of Cambridge has welcomed a high-profile Canadian technology delegation with the aim to strengthen UK-Canada collaboration in cutting-edge research and commercialisation in photonics and semiconductors.

New research involving a team of scientists from the University of Cambridge, Rice University and Stanford University, could make bioelectronic devices easier and more reliable to manufacture – all thanks to a chance discovery made during an experiment.

Using structural modelling and vibration measurements to help guide the thinking around ways of ‘saving’ the largest London Plane tree in the UK, this conservation project offers significant potential to inform the way in which we conserve our ancient trees.

An electric-aircraft-powertrain start-up, co-founded by alumnus Tobias Kahnert, is pushing the boundaries of innovation to develop and manufacture batteries and charging solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – identified as a new niche market for the company.

Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for sticky patches, cumbersome equipment or a visit to a specialist sleep clinic.

Dr Dimitrios Kallifronas, Dr James Massey and Professor Nedunchezhian Swaminathan from the Department's Energy Group are part of a team that have recently received The Sugden Award from The Combustion Institute (British Section) for the best journal article published in 2023.

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition – which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and related conditions – from photographs.

The Department of Engineering’s Design and Technical Services team will bring mathematical beauty to life with a Fibonacci spiral wall, designed and built for the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (20-24 May, 2025).