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Student helps solve scientific puzzle that could improve solar panel efficiency and increase their usage around the world

A Loughborough University PhD student has helped shed light on a solar panel puzzle that could lead to more efficient devices being developed.

17 May 2019

Student wins multiple awards for her business idea at Ingenuity 19

A student from the University walked away with five prizes worth more than £18,000 as part of a competition led by the University of Nottingham.

13 May 2019

Students compete in international competition hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Two groups of students from the University have attended the first in a series of workshops hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and the Royal Society in London as part of the RAEng’s Global Grand Challenges Summit.

3 May 2019

Academic creates nifty food planner to help tackle national waste issue

A new food planner created at Loughborough University hopes to get staff, students and members of the public thinking more carefully about their meals in a bid to tackle the ever-growing national waste issue.

24 April 2019

£1.6m grant to improve building façade technologies for better energy efficiency

A project to create new technologies to improve the energy efficiency of buildings is set to get underway as a group of researchers from Loughborough University, the University of Nottingham and University of Exeter have been awarded a £1.65m grant from the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).

18 April 2019

Easter eggs: hunting for a solution to excessive packaging

Dr Elliot Woolley, of the School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, explores the Easter egg issue in The Conversation and suggests creative ways manufacturers can avoid packaging waste.

17 April 2019

Alumnus wins prestigious entrepreneurial award

George Winfield’s company, Spyras, has won the London Mayor’s Entrepreneurial Award for Tech at a ceremony in London.

11 April 2019

Centre for SMART holds conference featuring industry-leading speakers

The Centre of Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Technologies (SMART) and Internet of Food Things (IoFT) Network Plus recently held an event at Loughborough University London.

11 April 2019

Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan highlights the importance of “homegrown innovation” during tour of campus engineering labs

MP Nicky Morgan has championed “homegrown innovation” during a tour of Loughborough University’s engineering labs where she was shown a new rail technology which aims to end points failure delays in Britain.

8 April 2019

Wolfson School students awarded bursaries by the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Four Loughborough students have been awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Engineering Horizons Bursary.

29 March 2019

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