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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
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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.

Two DNA double helices locking together

Decades-old DNA mystery solved after strands are captured zipping together for the first time

Researchers have captured the moment two DNA molecules zip together, overcoming their identical negative charges to pair up, solving a mechanism that has puzzled scientists for more than 20 years.
Fiona Macleod stands in front of the reconstructed Banqiao dam
Fiona Macleod stands in front of the reconstructed Banqiao dam

The forgotten and the dammed: The hidden risks behind the world's water and waste reservoirs

Fifty years after the Banqiao dam collapse killed hundreds of thousands in China, Professor Fiona Macleod says deadly failures continue to expose the global threat of ageing infrastructure, climate extremes and toxic waste.

| The Chemical Engineer
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5 quick questions featuring Fiona Erskine Macleod

Professor Fiona Macleod speaks to Traci Purdum, from Chemical Processing, about discovering the joy in teaching, hypothetically tackling the Bhopal cleanup, and writing crime novels.

| Chemical Processing
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The 11th International Granulation Workshop highlights worldwide expertise in Sheffield and Hamburg

The 11th International Granulation Course, organised by the Sheffield Particle Product Group, was recently held at The University of Sheffield. This event highlighted the University's ongoing leadership in powder and granulation technologies.
Joan Cordiner

Reducing the demand for critical materials

Professor Joan Cordiner gives her views, in the IoM3, on reducing the demand for critical materials.

| IoM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining)
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Faculty of Engineering excellence confirmed by students in National Student Survey

Sheffield Engineering subjects recognised amongst the best in the Russell Group