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Loughborough University tackles food waste with app concept

A smartphone app concept devised by Loughborough University has the potential to prevent an estimated 1.5 million tonnes of food from being wasted each year in the UK.

10 May 2016

Loughborough University announces collaboration on intelligent and versatile wireless technology

Loughborough University engineers will develop unique wireless technology capable of measuring impacts to the body of both athletes and vulnerable patients.

6 May 2016

Unique head restraint and car seat system could reduce whiplash injuries

A reactive head restraint and car seat system designed to reduce whiplash in rear-end vehicle collisions has been unveiled by engineers at Loughborough University.

26 April 2016

Loughborough University invention could help prevent another Brussels style attack

As the world reels from the Brussels bombings, a device created at Loughborough University could provide the answer to safeguarding the travelling public.

13 April 2016

MIT host Loughborough University in Trans-Atlantic sport challenge and academic exchange

Loughborough University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have competed in the latest Trans-Atlantic sporting challenge - a three day tennis match taking place on MIT’s iconic campus in Cambridge, Boston.

8 April 2016

Loughborough rated as Outstanding Global University for sport science in international report

Loughborough University has been ranked as one of the Outstanding Global Universities for Sport Science in a new report published by the University of Tsukuba in Japan.

8 April 2016

Graduate launches first print edition of magazine following online success

Loughborough University graduate and Studio member, Ali Foroughi, has launched the first print edition of his quarterly magazine, Jungle.

21 March 2016

Education Secretary visits Sports Technology Institute to emphasise importance of maths skills

The Education Secretary and Loughborough MP, Nicky Morgan, was at Loughborough University’s Sports Technology Institute today (18 March) to find out how triathletes and their coaches use maths as part of their training and development programmes.

18 March 2016

Loughborough University’s breakthrough railway technology on track for prototype development

Breakthrough railway technology masterminded by Loughborough University engineers has entered into the next stage of development with industry backing.

8 March 2016

Student aims to solve global warming by riding his bike

Sports Technology student Joe Porter has received a £10,000 grant for his idea, PowerRide, which aims to stem global warming.

16 February 2016

New technology could signal the end of laser attacks

A protective eye strip developed at Loughborough University to protect police from laser attacks has significantly reduced the use of lasers during riots in Northern Ireland where it is used.

15 February 2016

University student recognised as engineering rising star

Loughborough University student, Miranda Rupp, has been awarded a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

2 February 2016

Loughborough University to help develop new life changing haemophilia A therapy

Loughborough University is working with a team of international partners on a new €5.6 million project to develop a cell based haemophilia A therapy.

15 January 2016

Top 3 for Mechanical Engineering and top 10 for Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

In the latest Guardian University League Table we have been ranked in the UK top 3 for Mechanical Engineering and in the UK top 10 for Electronic and Electrical Engineering while Loughborough University has been ranked 4th.

24 May 2016

SportConnectSeries - EUROS 2016 - 9 June 2016

The Sports Technology Research Group (@SportsTechLboro) will host the next #SportConnectSeries talk event on June 9th (5 pm football stadium). The star guest of the night will be "Loughborough's own" kicking robot Dave, who will solve all our penalty problems in the future!

3 June 2016

Students at EPSRC CDT-EI compete to create new technology for the visually impaired

Students at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Embedded Intelligence participated in the annual Summer School, hosted at Loughborough University from 29th June to 1st July 2016. In partnership with Royal National College for the Blind (RNIB) College Loughborough, students in teams were competing in the challenge of developing ‘embedded intelligence’ related aids for the visually impaired.

18 July 2016

Let's talk Sport

The Sports Technology research group recently hosted the first ever event of their new #SportConnectSeries followed by a tour of their state of the art testing facilities.

4 February 2016

QS World University Rankings by subject

A total of 16 University subjects were ranked within the QS University Rankings, with two remaining in the top 50 for a second year.

22 March 2016

Teaching Innovation Awards 2016-17

Congratulations to Wolfson staff who have been successful in securing funding for their projects to innovate and advance the learning of Loughborough students.

1 April 2016

Graduate launches campaign to end wrap rage for good with handy new invention

Loughborough graduate and founder of Version 22, Simon Lyons, is set to launch his Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to push his product, Nimble, into mass manufacture.

18 April 2016

Engineering undergraduates leading the way with prestigious award

Charles Newton and Leah Edwards from the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering have been presented with a prestigious Engineering Leadership Advanced award.

25 April 2016

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School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

News

News from 2016

Loughborough University tackles food waste with app concept

Loughborough University announces collaboration on intelligent and versatile wireless technology

Unique head restraint and car seat system could reduce whiplash injuries

Loughborough University invention could help prevent another Brussels style attack

MIT host Loughborough University in Trans-Atlantic sport challenge and academic exchange

Loughborough rated as Outstanding Global University for sport science in international report

Graduate launches first print edition of magazine following online success

Education Secretary visits Sports Technology Institute to emphasise importance of maths skills

Loughborough University’s breakthrough railway technology on track for prototype development

Student aims to solve global warming by riding his bike

New technology could signal the end of laser attacks

University student recognised as engineering rising star

Loughborough University to help develop new life changing haemophilia A therapy

Top 3 for Mechanical Engineering and top 10 for Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

SportConnectSeries - EUROS 2016 - 9 June 2016

Students at EPSRC CDT-EI compete to create new technology for the visually impaired

Let's talk Sport

QS World University Rankings by subject

Teaching Innovation Awards 2016-17

Graduate launches campaign to end wrap rage for good with handy new invention

Engineering undergraduates leading the way with prestigious award

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