School of Engineering
With over 150 years of engineering excellence, we are shaping the future through cutting-edge teaching, research, and partnerships.
Engineering shapes the future all around us
Engineering plays a pivotal role in every aspect of modern life:
- from robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
- to medical technologies, electrified transport, resilient infrastructure and clean water systems
Here in Â鶹´«Ã½, innovators such as Armstrong, Stephenson, Merz and Swan developed ideas that changed the world. Today, we build on that legacy. We develop research and education that integrate disciplines to address complex, system-level challenges.
We work closely with government and industry to advance:
- electrification and the energy transition
- sustainable infrastructure and water resilience
- digital and AI-enabled engineering systems
- low-carbon transport and mobility
- resource efficiency and circular economy solutions
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Our latest news
Comment: Was this heatwave caused by climate change?
Writing for The Conversation, Professors Hayley Fowler and Ed Hawkins discuss how much hotter and more dangerous heatwaves have become because of greenhouse gases, primarily from burning fossil fuels.
Comment: Force of Nature
Writing for The Conversation, Professors Hayley Fowler, Hannah Cloke and Jim McQuaid explore how the wildlife series reveals the ways extreme weather pushes animals to their limits.
Great Northeast Nanofab to strengthen the region’s economy
A new regional facility to support advanced microfabrication activities across the region’s universities and high-tech industries is being established by Â鶹´«Ã½.