Newcastle University School of Engineering

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Happy New Year for those celebrating in our community!
#WeAreNCL

£500,000 to strengthen energy resilience for critical North East sites Project VOLT has entered its proof-of-concept phase, having been awarded an additional £500,000 from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).

Project VOLT has been awarded an additional £500,000 from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund, strengthening energy resilience for North East sites.
Read how our colleagues in engineering have played a role in making this happen: ⤵️
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Curious about what the Data Innovation Bootcamp involves?
Craig shares his experience in this blog, covering the hands-on projects, industry challenges, and skills you’ll gain.
Read more and sign up for this year’s bootcamp:
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Student launches pioneering new company with START UP support A mechanical engineering student is turning a long-held entrepreneurial ambition into reality, launching an advanced animal health tech start-up with the support of of the University’s START UP team.

We're proud to share that current mechanical engineering student Henrietta has launched pioneering new company with the support of @newcastleuni.bsky.social START UP. 🚀

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Thinking about postgraduate study at Newcastle University? Our graduates can receive an exclusive 20% tuition fee reduction on eligible courses. Find out more:
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#WeAreNCL #PostgraduateFunding #NewcastleUni

Newcastle engineer awarded £3m to help tackle climate crisis Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta has been awarded a Green Futures Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Congratulations to Sharon Velasquez Orta @nclengineering.bsky.social on her Green Futures Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering for the CHANGE project - using microbes & bioelectrochemical reactors to turn waste CO₂ into fuels & valuable products tinyurl.com/r3jnxba6 Well done Sharon ⭐

An absolute privilege to be in a packed room for Prof Jaime Amezaga's "inaugural" lecture today. Full of warmth, humour, sadness, and humanity. Cementing the vital importance of interdisciplinarity between engineers and everyone else. You're an inspiration, Jaime. @nclengineering.bsky.social

Burning fossil fuels has pushed Europe’s winter rainfall changes 23 years ahead of schedule. Despite this, COP30 ended without new pledges to reduce their use. Prof. Hayley Fowler @nclengineering.bsky.social says "politicians must understand the science"

Read more: tinyurl.com/2zzr4zre

A project exploring low-carbon fuels from @nclengineering.bsky.social has won a Research Project Award at the 2025 IMechE Global Awards. The work focuses on developing chemical reactor technologies for cleaner hydrogen production.

Read more: tinyurl.com/2zebk7cn

Professor Kheng-Lim Goh, Associate Professor at our Singapore campus, has recently spoken about the inclusivity of Singapore's recycling strategy. ♻️

Read the whole article on Straights Times: www.straitstimes.com/opinion/foru...

This image shows the concept of implantable optoelectronic devices for epilepsy and visual prosthesis. A sub-image shows the electric fields between key sub-components of the brain interface within the encapsulation layer. It is these electric fields that are responsible for degradation mechanisms.

Really proud that our (heavily delayed by COVID) groundbreaking method to improve the lifetime of optoelectronic implants by 100-fold has been published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/308760
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112...
@nclengineering.bsky.social

Search for Postgraduate Scholarships and Other Funding Search scholarships and funding for postgraduate study at Newcastle University. Find financial support tailored to your course and eligibility.

I have a fully-funded #PhD #studentship #scholarship @nclengineering.bsky.social @nucancer.bsky.social on the development of #biosensors for monitoring biomarkers of blood #cancers using novel materials #MXene #graphene #2Dmaterials. Closing date: 18 Feb 26. Link 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Patrick gives talk on brain engineering

It was wonderful to give a talk today on Engineering the Brain at the Banerjee lab Christmas Symposium in Oxford University. @nclengineering.bsky.social

Congratulations to our graduating #engineering students. We hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with your loved ones. 🎉
We're so incredibly proud of you all.

Remember to tag us in your celebrations-we'd love to see your photos!

"It is well within our power to secure a sustainable future" says
@nclengineering.bsky.social alumnus Kirils Hostov. Read more about Kirils' work as a climate activist and his thoughts on climate change conferences: tinyurl.com/y484bu9z

We're looking forward to welcoming Professor Bashir M Al-Hashimi to @newcastleuni.bsky.social to give a lecture on Generative AI and research next month.

Colleagues and students - sign up now!

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @nclengineering.bsky.social

It is great to see Our latest paper from PhD Student Cong Ma on "FEM Optimization of 3D Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cells for Implantable Medical Devices" hit the front cover of the Prosthesis Magazine 😀
www.mdpi.com/journal/pros...
@nclengineering.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute Will We Survive Climate Change? - A Question of Science with Brian Cox

Will We Survive Climate Change? 🌎 Professor Hayley Fowler joins panel of experts for the latest edition of A Question of Science with
@profbriancox.bsky.social
You can watch the whole episode here:
youtu.be/57x_SWsv6QU?...

An engineering graduate poses for a photo on campus in front of the ncl grad letters.

Today we proudly celebrate the achievements of over 500 students who graduate from our School of Engineering. We wish you all the very best for the future on this memorable day, and you will continue to be part of our Engineering community!
#NCLgrad

Design and evaluation of multi-functional Blue Green Infrastructure under climate change at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Design and evaluation of multi-functional Blue Green Infrastructure under climate change at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD: Help shape climate-resilient cities!

Join our School of Engineering to design and evaluate multi-functional Blue Green Infrastructure under climate change.

UK students only. Apply now! 👇
🔗 findaphd.com/phds/project...

#PhD #ClimateChange

A visitor tries out our racing simulator.

A visitor poses for a photo in our racing car.

Last weekend our Formula Student team brought their car and racing sim to Odeon Metrocentre for the launch of the new F1 film 🎬🏎️ There was a fastest lap challenge and lots of interest in what our Formula Student team does!

#F1 #FormulaStudent #StudentEngineering

Advanced Materials Click on the title to browse this journal

Hot off the press: our Perspective article on #MXene #fibers
@nclengineering.bsky.social led by Prof Joe Razal in collaboration with @ygogotsi.bsky.social published today in Advanced Materials.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1521...

The newly refurbished Stephenson Building at Newcastle University

We're hiring! Join our growing Aerospace Engineering team
@nclengineering.bsky.social & help shape the future of flight.

Explore exciting academic roles in a vibrant, research-led environment.

Find out more & apply ➡️https://tinyurl.com/mtaczfpz
#AerospaceEngineering #AcademicJobs #HigherEdJobs

Richard Dawson photo and webinar promotional image.

How can we better understand and improve human responses to extreme flood events?

Professor Richard Dawson will present his research on the FIRM Flood Infrastructure Resilience Model in a webinar this Wednesday.

Find out more and register:
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Emike Omoayena Chemical Engineering Emike is a postgraduate research student advancing research in carbon capture and conversion. She is co-chair of the Belonging In Engineering Network, supporting Black and Global Majority students in engineering.

Professor Katarina Novakovic Chemical Engineering Professor Katarina Novakovic is leading research in Polymer Engineering and is an EPSRC Women’s Engineering Society ambassador.

Kiri Yogaratnam Electrical and Electronic Engineering Kiri is a Student Ambassador and Co-chair of the Belonging in Engineering Network (BEN), supporting Black and Global Majority students in engineering.

Zaynah Ahmed Electrical Engineering Zaynah is a postgraduate research student researching cooling systems for motor technologies and delivers events for women engineers as part of the School of Engineering Women’s Engineering Network (SOE-WEN)

Today is #INWED25 and we're celebrating the many women across our @nclengineering.bsky.social community who are making an impact, like Kiri, Katarina, Zaynah and Emike.

#WeAreNCL

Great to have Jason from Synopsys here in @nclengineering.bsky.social to give a seminar on their RTL Synthesis tool

PhD Opportunities Read about the varied and exciting opportunities to study a PhD in the School of Engineering.

Looking to fund your postgraduate studies? We have a range of exciting funded studentships available in the School of Engineering.

Find out more: ncl.ac.uk/engineering/...

#PostgraduateFunding #NewcastleUniversity #Studentships

This is fantastic news Ben, it's been very much missed!

A photo of Professor Jeff Neasham on board our research vessel.

Look out for Professor Jeff Neasham on tonight's BBC The One Show. Jeff will be talking about the MyGearTag technology which has been developed to find lost fishing gear, helping to do the very important job of preserving our oceans. 🌊 @newcastleuni.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social

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Spinout secures funding to develop energy-efficient logic-based AI Literal Labs, the logic-based AI company spun out of Newcastle University, has raised £4.6m in pre-seed funding to commercialise its radically efficient approach to artificial intelligence.

An Engineering spin-out has raised funding to commercialise its radically efficient approach to artificial intelligence. Founded with venture builder @camfuturetech.bsky.social, LiteralLabs
is built on decades of work in logic-based computing and energy-efficient systems.

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