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Read more at: Arkwright Engineering Scholars return for a 'Connect Day'
Arkwright Scholars on department tour

Arkwright Engineering Scholars return for a 'Connect Day'

21 February 2023

On 15 February we hosted a ‘Connect Day’ with 58 Arkwright Scholars supported by the Smallpeice Trust to help them find out more about chemical engineering and biotechnology.


Read more at: Professor Alex Routh awarded IChemE Davidson Medal for 'outstanding mentorship'
Alex Routh

Professor Alex Routh awarded IChemE Davidson Medal for 'outstanding mentorship'

21 February 2023

The medal is named in the memory of the late John Davidson, a former Head of Department, who was an inspirational role model and mentor to many young engineers at Cambridge.


Read more at: Bionanotechnology textbook receives 'Outstanding Academic Title' Award from the American Library Association
Ljiljana Fruk in her office holding the Bionanotechnology textbook and standing next to a model of DNA

Bionanotechnology textbook receives 'Outstanding Academic Title' Award from the American Library Association

15 February 2023

The textbook by Dr Ljiljana Fruk and former postdoc Antonina Kerbs, is the first textbook on the growing field on bionanotechnology.



Read more at: Unlocking the secret to cleaner vehicle emissions: a comprehensive review of particulate filter models
fumes coming from a car exhaust

Unlocking the secret to cleaner vehicle emissions: a comprehensive review of particulate filter models

13 February 2023

Researchers from our Computational Modelling Group delve into the science behind filtration of ultrafine particles from transport exhaust fumes.


Read more at: Frank Ronald Goodwin Mitchell (1932 – 2021)
Painting of Ron Mitchell standing in his workshop holding a mug

Frank Ronald Goodwin Mitchell (1932 – 2021)

8 February 2023

Colleagues pay tribute to our former Technical Officer Ron Mitchell, who died in December 2021, at the age of 89.




Read more at: Professor Lisa Hall awarded MRC Millennium Medal for 'pioneering multidisciplinary work' in biosensors
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Professor Lisa Hall awarded MRC Millennium Medal for 'pioneering multidisciplinary work' in biosensors

8 December 2022

Professor Hall is recognised for her translational research, which has delivered more than 8 million devices to support diabetes care, and her development of environmentally sustainable local manufacturing techniques that will benefit both the NHS and low and middle-income countries globally.


Read more at: Cambridge research team reaches EU ‘Fuel from the Sun’ Final with artificial leaves capable of producing a sustainable solar fuel
The team of researchers testing their artificial leaf array on the rooftop of the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge

Cambridge research team reaches EU ‘Fuel from the Sun’ Final with artificial leaves capable of producing a sustainable solar fuel

6 December 2022

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a system of artificial leaves that use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into a synthetic fuel known as syngas. Their scaled-up demonstrator system, built for the final of the European Union’s ‘Fuel from the Sun’ competition, showed potential for the production of syngas under real-world conditions.