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Eleven projects launched at universities across the UK to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within engineering and the physical sciences

Helpful hints and tips for new and early career researchers.

EPSRC publishes new diversity data set on peer review in response to growing community interest

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is looking to appoint new members to the Strategic Advisory Network (SAN) to start on 1 October 2018, with an expectation for new members to try and attend the 6 November 2018 All-SAN Conference.

Three £5 million energy research hubs and a new £1 million network in solar energy announced

EPSRC has refined how it reviews its portfolio making it more continuous and flexible.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2017/18.

Network Plus Call announced for Transforming Construction.

Construction Sector Deal launched to transform construction through innovative technologies to increase productivity.

In February 2018, Lizzy Yarnold sped to gold medal success in the skeleton event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics – repeating her triumph four years earlier at the Sochi games in Russia. But her double achievement was not just a reward for her dedication and athleticism, it was also a triumph for UK engineering design.

A long-standing R&D collaboration between Professor Malcolm Smith, from the University of Cambridge, and legendary British supercar maker and Formula One giant, McLaren, has led to revolutionary suspension technology now employed in all Formula One cars, and which could have wider applications, such as in the railways of the future.

Professor Sanja Dogramadzi, from Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), University of the West of England, has led the development of a ground-breaking robotic system that enables surgeons to put joint fractures back together using a minimally invasive approach. Supported by an underpinning EPSRC investment, it is the first robot-assisted system designed to deal with this problem. 

New form of carbon could improve safety, power and lifespan of batteries

3D-printed implant technology developed with EPSRC support has transformed the life of Peter Maggs (pictured centre), a 71-year-old man who had been operated on to remove a large cancerous sarcoma that required surgeons to remove three ribs and part of his breastbone.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is welcoming applications for membership of its strategic advisory bodies.

Dr Conaill Soraghan, who leads the Operations & Maintenance Data Systems team at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, describes his career trajectory.

EPSRC-supported research highlighted during UK Robotics Week 2018

Every day the sun provides enough energy to power our planet for 27 years. So why not capture that energy with everyday buildings – using coatings that generate, store and release it?

Around 80 billion litres of the fuel bioethanol are produced annually from fermented cereals. The yeast used in the process is discarded. Now, an academic/industry partnership led by Dr Emily Burton, from Nottingham Trent University, has led to a process that can retrieve proteins from what would otherwise have been discarded as cereal ‘waste’ which can then be used in chicken feed and commercial fish feed.

Researchers have used ARCHER, a state-of-the-art supercomputer, to create a model of the river channels in the Bengal delta – the largest river delta in the world – which will allow them to predict changes in tidal water level and salinity in the Bangladesh delta region, and to advise on irrigation and crop choice.