https://eng.ox.ac.uk Latest news from the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:17:12 +0000 en Umbraco https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ibme-student-wins-best-poster-award-at-computing-in-cardiology-cinc-2026 MRes student Adrian McIntosh has won the prestigious Computing in Cardiology (CinC) Gary and Bill Sanders Poster Award for research supervised by Professor Abhirup Banerjee. Institute of Biomedical Engineering Abhirup Banerjee Alexander Sharp Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ibme-student-wins-best-poster-award-at-computing-in-cardiology-cinc-2026 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-we-tell-when-ai-agents-are-secretly-colluding Research from Oxford Engineering's Witt Lab (wittlab.ai), recently featured in WIRED, offers a new technique that could help detect when AI agents are secretly working together to cause harm. Aaron Rose Brandon Kaplowitz Philip Torr Torr Vision Group Christian Schroeder de Witt Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-we-tell-when-ai-agents-are-secretly-colluding https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-lancet-perspective-highlights-how-engineering-could-help-make-birth-safer A perspective involving a network of academics and clinicians gathered by Dr Alice Collier and Professor Antoine Jerusalem from the University of Oxford has been featured in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health, highlighting how engineering, data science and clinical expertise could work together to improve safety during childbirth. Antoine Jerusalem Solid Mechanics Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-lancet-perspective-highlights-how-engineering-could-help-make-birth-safer https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows At its AGM on 23 September 2026 the Royal Academy of Engineering elected 75 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship. Statutory Professor of Electrical Engineering Martin Booth, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, is one of the new Fellows announced yesterday. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-booth-one-of-royal-academy-of-engineering-s-75-new-fellows https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-researchers-receive-gpps-best-paper-award Oxford Thermofluids Institute david howey Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-researchers-receive-gpps-best-paper-award https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-researchers-use-machine-learning-to-simplify-a-longstanding-turbulence-problem Researchers in the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science have combined machine learning with turbulence physics to develop a simple formula for a difficult part of fluid-flow modelling. The study, by Jianou Jiang and Budimir Rosic, was published in Physics of Fluids on 9 September 2026 and selected as a Featured Article. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-researchers-use-machine-learning-to-simplify-a-longstanding-turbulence-problem https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-collaboration-wins-faraday-institution-innovation-award-for-battery-research Research using real-world battery data is helping improve energy access across Africa research david howey Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-collaboration-wins-faraday-institution-innovation-award-for-battery-research https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-heritage-science-facilities-to-support-research-into-historic-cast-iron-bridge Specialist facilities will help investigate the properties and condition of historic cast iron Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-heritage-science-facilities-to-support-research-into-historic-cast-iron-bridge https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-model-could-help-make-hydrogen-powered-flight-safer OTI Oxford Thermofluids Institute Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-model-could-help-make-hydrogen-powered-flight-safer https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/posedreamer-could-transform-the-study-of-human-movement New AI-generated dataset could improve research into performance and recovery Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology Christian Rupprecht Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/posedreamer-could-transform-the-study-of-human-movement https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/micro-bladder-model-offers-clues-to-stopping-recurrent-utis A lab-grown micro bladder may explain why urinary tract infections (UTIs) return so frequently, according to a study led by researchers at UCL, the University of Oxford and the University of Leicester. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that phage therapy – the use of tiny viruses to kill bacteria without harming people – could help to reduce recurrent infections, which happen when the bacteria responsible for UTIs ‘hide’ in the tissue of the bladder. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/micro-bladder-model-offers-clues-to-stopping-recurrent-utis https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/british-open-ended-learning-and-discovery-lab-festival-launches More than 350 researchers, innovators and policymakers gathered in Oxford to celebrate the launch of BOLD, a new national AI research programme now recruiting partners and fellows to transform how artificial intelligence is developed. Information Engineering Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/british-open-ended-learning-and-discovery-lab-festival-launches https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ibme-researchers-publish-roadmap-for-ai-powered-virtual-cells Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering have published a new review exploring how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and multimodal biological data could bring the long-standing vision of "virtual cells" closer to reality. The paper, Multimodal AI for predictive and programmable virtual cells, authored by Mr Krish W. Ramadurai and Prof Abhirup Banerjee, has been published in Trends Open, a Cell Press journal. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ibme-researchers-publish-roadmap-for-ai-powered-virtual-cells https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-ai-for-good-hackathon-challenges-students-to-build-ai-solutions-for-social-good A team from the University of Oxford’s AI4DH Lab at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) has won second place at the Oxford AI for Good Hackathon, developing an AI-powered approach to reduce the psychological impact of content moderation. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-ai-for-good-hackathon-challenges-students-to-build-ai-solutions-for-social-good https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/tides-can-vary-by-almost-a-metre-across-a-single-bay-four-decades-of-satellite-images-reveal New method extracts beach-scale tide measurements from satellite images, revealing significant variations between beaches missed by existing systems. Researchers at Technische Universität München and the University of Oxford have led the development of a new technique that can estimate tides along the coast at intervals of just 100 metres. This provides a level of local detail that is difficult to capture using existing tide gauges and satellite measurements. thomas monahan Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/tides-can-vary-by-almost-a-metre-across-a-single-bay-four-decades-of-satellite-images-reveal https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/erc-2025-advanced-grant-awarded-to-visiting-professor-raf-dewil ERC 2025 Advanced Grant awarded to Visiting Professor Raf Dewil will support a multi-stimuli molecular strategy for the autonomous removal of emerging micropollutants from wastewater Chemical Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/erc-2025-advanced-grant-awarded-to-visiting-professor-raf-dewil https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-students-win-3rd-place-in-prestigious-sustainable-design-competition Three Oxford University engineering students have been recognised with 3rd place in the 2026 ASHRAE Design Competition, an international competition recognising outstanding student engineering designs that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation and sustainable building performance. jesus lizana david wallom scott wheeler Women in Engineering Oxford e-Research Centre Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-students-win-3rd-place-in-prestigious-sustainable-design-competition https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/alumnus-selected-for-excellence-award-for-chemical-engineering Formal Oxford Engineering DPhil Dr Christian Peters has been selected as runner up in the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Excellence Award in Fluid Separations 2026 Alumni Chemical Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/alumnus-selected-for-excellence-award-for-chemical-engineering https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/university-recognition-of-distinction-awards-2026 Professors Emilio Martínez Pañeda, Amy Zavatsky and Martin Davy Engineering academics received title of Full Professor in University of Oxford’s Recognition of Distinction Awards Women in Engineering Solid Mechanics Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/university-recognition-of-distinction-awards-2026 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-researchers-contribute-to-roadmap-for-neural-technology The study explores what is needed to bring it into healthcare research Chris Proctor Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-researchers-contribute-to-roadmap-for-neural-technology