Mechanical Engineering

Non-contact handling of small particles

Closing Date:

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

In this multi-disciplinary project, the successful candidate will concentrate on non-contact handling of fine powders.

First year team reach Grand Final of Engineering for People Design Challenge

A group of first year engineering students have made it through to the Grand Final of the Engineering for People Design Challenge, a national competition run by Engineers without Borders.

Sorption Heat Pumps

Closing Date:

Friday, October 1, 2021

Heat Pumps represent a promising technology to accomplish decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sectors.

Four academics named in Top 50 Women in Engineering

Four academics from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering have today been named in the Top 50 Women in Engineering by the Women’s Engineering Society.

Our WE50 winners (left to right): Dr Dipa Roy; Dr Katherine Dunn; Dr Karen Donaldson; Dr Tayebeh Ameri

Research sheds new light on how floating ocean plastic travels

A joint team from Oxford, Edinburgh, and Plymouth universities have investigated how waves transport floating ocean debris while including, for the first time, the effect of an objects’ size, buoyancy, and inertia on its transport.

Floating ocean litter [GettyImages by solarseven]

Powderblade (EU Project)

Powderblade was a collaboration of The University of Edinburgh, Eirecomposites Teo, Suzlon Energy and WestBIC. It was a research and development project that used novel engineering methods to modernise the way large wind turbine blades are manufactured and installed.

Research Themes:

Materials Design, Processing and Characterisation

Teaching Awards: Congratulations to our nominees and shortlist!

We are delighted that three of our teaching staff were shortlisted in this year’s Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards. In total, 86 of our staff were nominated in the Awards with many receiving multiple nominations across different categories.

Left to right: Dr Francisco Garcia Garcia, Dr Jeff Steynor and Dr Dimitri Mignard who were shortlisted in this year's Teaching Awards

Reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers

A collaborative group of multidisciplinary academics and entrepreneurs led by Dr Adam A. Stokes have devised a system to create personalised facemasks for healthcare workers that include 3D-printed components designed using photos taken with smartphones.

Computer simulation of a reusable facemask produced by the School of Engineering

School of Engineering Research Conference 2021

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Friday, April 16, 2021 - 08:30 to 17:30

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online event

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School of Engineering Graduate School

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EngGradOffice@ed.ac.uk

Fatigue Effects in Composite Tidal Turbine Blades caused by Discrete Point Loading during Service

Closing Date:

Thursday, May 27, 2021

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First year team reach Grand Final of Engineering for People Design Challenge

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Research sheds new light on how floating ocean plastic travels

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Reusable facemasks made using smartphones and 3D printers

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