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SUSTAINABLE HOME: Experts share top tips for being more environmentally friendly this Christmas in a new video series.

In a new five-part video series, academics from Loughborough University and members of the University’s Sustainability team are sharing their tips and tricks for making your home more sustainable this Christmas.

6 December 2019

Mobile phones can help cities be more energy efficient, study suggests

Mobile phone data could be used to make urban buildings more energy efficient, a new research paper has found.

21 November 2019

The future of railway vehicles: New digital design allows for quicker, smoother and more economic travel

Engineers and academics have upgraded the design of traditional railway vehicle chassis with lasers, electric motors and artificial intelligence.

18 November 2019

Experts examine how technology is being used to improve food manufacturing and outline the next steps for the industry

From using satellites to track asparagus crops, to measuring the lean meat percentage of pork using a high-tech camera, companies across the food manufacturing supply chain are embracing emerging technologies in new and interesting ways.

8 November 2019

Loughborough student wins competition with robot that plays chess

Mechanical Engineering student, Guy King, won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Mechatronics Student of the Year competition at the weekend.

29 October 2019

Loughborough Team strong at the Global Grand Challenges Summit

Loughborough University was out in full force at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Global Grand Challenges Summit, held at the South Bank from 16-17 September. With an overall theme of Engineering in an Unpredictable World, the event was the first in a second series of summits hosted by a partnership of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering and the US National Academy of Engineering.

14 October 2019

Loughborough student becomes one of the first to join Siemens’ Digital Academy

A student from Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering has become one of the first to have been accepted onto a brand-new sponsorship programme by Siemens.

24 September 2019

Loughborough Professor receives lifetime award

Professor Roger Goodall, who undertakes research and teaching in Control Systems Engineering at Loughborough, was presented with the Mechatronic Systems Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Mechatronic Systems Symposium in Vienna this month.

16 September 2019

Loughborough students chosen for the national OVO Energy Innovators Challenge

Three Loughborough University students have been selected by OVO Energy, the UK’s largest independent energy supplier, for a prestigious challenge that aims to cut the nation’s carbon footprint by getting more people on their bikes.

9 September 2019

Loughborough students head to Global Grand Challenges Summit competition finals

Two groups of students from Loughborough University will represent the UK in the finals of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Global Grand Challenges Summit student competition.

20 August 2019

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