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from the Solid Mechanics and Materials group

Professors Kostas Kostas Margellos (for excellent lectures and lab demonstrating) Ekaterina Shamonina (for excellent lectures, tutorials, and pastoral support) and John Huber received Gold Teaching Awards 2025

15 Sep 2025

Department Teaching Awards 2025

An artistic impression of the experiment: 3D rendering of the micro-scale stainless steel grain investigated in this study showing the evolution of defects inside it with time (early – blue lines, later – red lines).

11 Sep 2025

First 3D real-time imaging of hydrogen’s effect on stainless steel defects opens the way to a safer hydrogen economy

Prof James Matthew And Dong Liu

13 Aug 2025

New £13m nuclear programme to boost UK energy security through sustainable graphite innovation

Jin Chong Tan

14 Jul 2025

Professor Jin-Chong Tan awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Jamie Ferguson Award

07 Jul 2025

Bright Sparks and Big Ideas: Jamie Awards 2025 celebrate innovation with purpose

Leading academics from Oxford University, Imperial College London, Loughborough University, and King's College London convened at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute on Thursday 5 June to mark the official launch of an ambitious programme focused on developing hydrogen-powered jet engines

25 Jun 2025

Oxford University to lead new collaboration advancing zero carbon aviation through hydrogen

Dr Qiance (Quincy) Zhang, from Professor Dong Liu’s group in Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering, co-hosted this year’s Industry Meets Academia Day (IMAD2025) in partnership with the Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network from the University of Oxford’s ZERO Institute (Zero-Carbon Research Oxford)

20 May 2025

Oxford Engineering researchers lead IMAD2025 event with ZERO Institute ECR network

Miles presenting in the Engineering Science department alongside Doctoral and Postdoctoral students

21 Mar 2025

My UNIQ+ experience: Miles McFarlane spent seven weeks embedded in the Mechanics of Materials lab

27 Feb 2025

New AI-powered tool could enhance traumatic brain injury investigations in forensics and law enforcement

10 Feb 2025

New study presents computational framework for optimising the thermo-electro-mechanical behaviour of 3D printed multi-functional materials

20 Dec 2024

RA Engineering Research Fellow receives “Ring of Honour” from the Association of German Engineers

16 Oct 2024

French students join the Department for successful placement scheme

09 Sep 2024

Professor Clive Siviour announced as Department’s new Professor of Materials Engineering

20 Jun 2024

Engineering Science announces Professor Clive Siviour as next Head of Department

11 Apr 2024

Professor Jin-Chong Tan awarded a €3.4 Million European Research Council Advanced Grant

22 Mar 2024

Major new project will harness AI to transform way Zero-Emissions buildings are designed