Department of Engineering

Mowei Lu, a research student at the Electrical Engineering Division, Department of Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) John G. Kassakian Fellowship – the highest honour among this year’s IEEE PELS Graduate Fellowships.

What happens when student engineers are challenged to rethink how engineering serves communities? At the 2025 Grand Finals of the Engineering for People Design Challenge, innovation, empathy, and a drive for social impact took centre stage.

In this article from The Conversation, author Dr Dante McGrath, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, discusses the three Rs of climate action that could help limit global warming — reduce, remove, reflect.

Organic electronics pioneer Professor George Malliaras and medical technology start-up Coherence Neuro, founded by alumni, have joined a consortium set up to develop next generation, miniaturised bioelectronic implants to treat chronic diseases.

Professor Mark Girolami has received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Glasgow.

'The Geometry of Equilibrium - James Clerk Maxwell and 21st-Century Structural Mechanics' is the first book to examine James Clerk Maxwell's key discoveries in structural mechanics and their importance in the 21st century.

Professor Máté Lengyel will join leading scientists across neuroscience and machine learning as part of a 10-year programme set up to advance our understanding of how the brain processes information while interacting with the environment.

The 2025 Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) Design Show showcased an impressive array of creative and innovative student inventions. Over the last year, teams of third-year MET students have completed a major design project to develop a new product with real business potential.

Professor Julian Allwood has been appointed to the Science and Technology Advisory Council to provide expert advice on putting science and tech at the forefront of the UK’s clean‑power mission.

A multinational research team, including engineers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University, has developed a breakthrough in miniaturised spectrometer technology that could dramatically expand the accessibility and functionality of spectral imaging in everyday devices.

Four alumni whose start-ups are applying University research and technology to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges have graduated from Founders at Cambridge – the flagship initiative supporting and empowering innovators to make an ever greater impact.

Professor Juniper is among 11 academics at the University of Cambridge to receive Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of any institution in this funding round. Funding totalling €721 million will go to 281 researchers across Europe.

Dr Xinru Li shares his journey from Engineering PhD to Tech Entrepreneur. How he managed to bridge the gap between engineering and entrepreneurship to enable his research on innovative magnetic solutions to have real-world impact. He acknowledges the practical skills gained through his participation in the Judge Business School, EnterpriseTECH and EnterpriseTECHStar programmes but also reflects on the importance of his own personal development in the process. 

The Centre for Industrial Photonics (CIP) at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) has developed a groundbreaking additive manufacturing technique, laser-assisted cold spray (LACS).

UK AI company Wayve – co-founded by alumnus Alex Kendall in 2017 while studying for his PhD at Cambridge – has announced a partnership with Uber to develop and launch public road trials of fully autonomous vehicles in the UK.