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Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering achieve top-five places in Guardian rankings 2027

Outstanding results highlight the School’s strength across its subject areas
Meihong Wang, James Marshall, Ian Reaney

Three academics from the Faculty of Engineering have been elected as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows

Congratulations to Professor Meihong Wang and Professor Ian Reaney from the School who join the Royal Academy of Engineering as Fellows.
Deep borehole facilities

Dr Karl Travis joins the Independent Advisory Committee for the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center (DBDC)

The Deep Borehole Demonstration Center has added three experts to its Independent Advisory Committee. Dr Karl Travis joins Emeritus Professor Neil Chapman, who is Chair of the committee.

Mockup of Xerode’s dry electrode printing system
Mockup of Xerode’s dry electrode printing system, capable of continuous roll-to-roll manufacture.

Spinout spotlight: Xerode

Xerode, a spinout from the University of Sheffield’s School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, is developing a solvent-free, dry digital printing process for coating battery electrodes.

polyurethane mesh

Hope on the horizon for women with urinary incontinence

Researchers have identified a promising alternative material for treating the condition of stress urinary incontinence.

SilViA Bio

Spinout spotlight: SilViA Bio

SilViA Bio, a biotechnology spinout from the University of Sheffield's School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, is helping to make biomanufacturing faster, cheaper, and more reliable.
A strand of DNA

New network to fast-track health and environment breakthroughs using DNA and RNA innovations

University of Sheffield to be part of a network to fast-track health and environment breakthroughs using DNA and RNA innovations. Over £900,000 in funding secured to remove barriers slowing down scientific innovation.
Laser Powder Bed Fusion

51²è¹Ý¶ù joins £38M DECSAM programme to scale sustainable aerospace additive manufacturing

51²è¹Ý¶ù is collaborating on DECSAM, a £38m UK programme led by Airbus to industrialise L-PBF—cutting cost, boosting productivity and improving sustainability.