{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1861017", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/collins-english-dictionary-adds-word-coined-by-imperial-research/", "date": "12 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-12", "headline": "Collins English Dictionary adds word coined by Imperiaresearch", "summary": "A term coined by Imperiaresearchers is now in the Collins English Dictionary, and was also a candidate for Word of the Year 2026.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "Professor Guillermo Rein", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1860518", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/obituary-professor-peter-cawley-freng-frs/", "date": "11 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-11", "headline": "Obituary: Professor Peter Cawley FREng FRS", "summary": "The Department of Mechanical Engineering is very sad to announce the death of Professor Peter Cawley on 2 November. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1858024", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/brain-sciences/2026/engineering-meets-neuroscience-in-aria-funded-project-to-monitor-the-brain-through-its-blood-vessels-/", "date": "5 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-05", "headline": "Engineering meets neuroscience in ARIA-funded project to monitor the brain through its blood vessels ", "summary": "An interdisciplinary team of Imperiaacademics has secured \u00A33.66 million in funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to develop miniature sensors that could read brain activity from inside the brain\u2019s blood vessels, without the need for open brain surgery. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Eliza Kania, Wiktoria Tunska", "profile": "Dr Yunlong Zhao, Professor Daniele Dini, Dr Tian Yuan, Professor Mengxing Tang, Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena, Dr Marco Brancaccio", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Brain|Engineering Bioeng|Health|Health and Technology|UK DRI Centre at 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1857277", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/imperial-startup-raises-8m-for-us-launch-of-innovative-joint-replacements/", "date": "3 November 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-11-03", "headline": "Imperiastartup OSSTEC raises $8m for US launch of innovative joint replacements", "summary": "OSSTEC will use the new investment to support the first US surgical cases involving its cementless partial knee joints and to advance new products", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "Dr Maxwell J Munford", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Academic Health Science Centre|Alumni|Enterprise|Entrepreneurship|Health, MedTech and robotics|Surgery", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1854560", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/finalists-chosen-for-imperials-flagship-competition-for-new-startups/", "date": "28 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-28", "headline": "Finalists chosen for 海角社区\u2019s flagship competition for new startups", "summary": "Five of the most promising new startups from 海角社区\u2019s innovation ecosystem will pitch their businesses in the final of the university\u2019s flagship entrepreneurial competition next month.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Conrad Duncan", "profile": "Mr Ben Mumby-Croft", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews", "topic": "Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Enterprise|Entrepreneurship|Innovation and entrepreneurship|Student Entrepreneurship", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1833077", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/a-partnership-in-motion-the-rolls-royce-vibration-utc/", "date": "14 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-14", "headline": "A Partnership in Motion: The Rolls-Royce Vibration UTC", "summary": "The Rolls-Royce Vibration University Technology Centre in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperiahas operated for more than three decades. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1824459", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/new-centre-from-imperial-and-smithnephew-will-accelerate-innovation-in-surgical-robotics/", "date": "18 August 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-08-18", "headline": "New centre from Imperiaand Smith+Nephew will accelerate innovation in surgical robotics", "summary": "Marking a new approach to innovation in surgical robotics, a new centre will bring advances under development by a leading surgical robotics research group to patients more quickly.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "David Silverman", "profile": "Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres, Engineering, News", "topic": "Cross-faculty, Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Cross-faculty", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng|Enterprise|Health|Health, MedTech and robotics|Industry|Robots", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1819867", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/2026/raeng-awards-2026/", "date": "6 August 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-08-06", "headline": "Founders of applied AI and battery tech start-ups win major engineering prize", "summary": "Two Imperiaalumni have been awarded one of the top honours by the Royal Academy of Engineering in its 2026 prizes.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Simon Levey", "profile": "", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "AI|Alumni|Awards|Climate, energy and sustainability|Human and artificial intelligence|People, culture and inclusion|Postgraduate|Research|Student Experience", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1814935", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/recognition-for-the-women-in-mech-eng-society/", "date": "29 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-29", "headline": "Recognition for the Women in Mech Eng society", "summary": "The department\u2019s Women in Mech Eng society is gaining recognition for its excellent outreach work.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng|Outreach", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1813534", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/dr-xiangkun-elvis-cao-awarded-seed-funding-for-imperial-professors-who-failed-initiative/", "date": "28 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-28", "headline": "Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao awarded seed funding for ImperiaProfessors Who Failed initiative", "summary": "Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Assistant Professor in 海角社区\u2019s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, has been awarded support from the Faculty of Natural Sciences EDI Seed Fund to launch a new pilot initiative, \u201CImperiaProfessors Who Failed.\u201D", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1786354", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/dr-aakeen-parikh-wins-royal-academy-of-engineering-young-engineer-of-the-year-award-/", "date": "23 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-23", "headline": "Dr Aakeen Parikh wins Royal Academy of Engineering Young Engineer of the Year award ", "summary": "Dr Aakeen Parikh, Research Manager for the Vehicle Futures Hub at Imperiahas been named a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1782305", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/patch-tracks-hormone-levels-in-real-time-for-patients-with-infertility-/", "date": "10 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-10", "headline": "Patch tracks hormone levels in real-time for patients with infertility ", "summary": "Impli, a startup working with innovations from 海角社区, has been awarded a \u00A31.4 million grant to begin clinical use of a continuous hormone monitoring patch for infertility treatment.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "Dr Salzitsa Yordanova Anastasova-Ivanova, Dr Sotirios Saravelos, Dr Simon Hanassab", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Artificial Intelligence|Engineering Computing|Enterprise|Entrepreneurship|Health, MedTech and robotics|Healthcare|Reproduction", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1779846", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/launch-chief-editor-of-nature-mechanical-engineering-visited-our-department/", "date": "1 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-01", "headline": "Launch Chief Editor of Nature Mechanical Engineering Visits ImperiaMech Eng", "summary": "The Department of Mechanical Engineering recently hosted Dr Mengying Su, the Launch Chief Editor of Nature Mechanical Engineering, for an engaging afternoon of academic dialogue, research showcases, and facility tours.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "Professor Guillermo Rein", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1776517", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/documentary-featuring-imperial-research-wins-bafta-tv-award/", "date": "18 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-18", "headline": "Documentary featuring Imperiaresearch wins BAFTA TV award", "summary": "\u201CGrenfell Uncovered\u201D won the award for Best Single Documentary at the BAFTA Television Awards on 10 May.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "Professor Guillermo Rein", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1770059", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/student-team-designs-carrier-for-assistance-cat-/", "date": "20 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-20", "headline": "Student team designs carrier for assistance cat ", "summary": "A student project in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed a practical solution to a specific but impactful challenge: how to safely carry an assistance cat during travel. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1770056", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/sarah-muirhead-allwood-appointed-visiting-professor-at-imperial/", "date": "20 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-20", "headline": "Sarah Muirhead-Allwood appointed Visiting Professor at 海角社区", "summary": "The Department of Mechanical Engineering has appointed leading orthopaedic surgeon Sarah Muirhead-Allwood as a Visiting Professor, recognising her outstanding contributions to research and long-standing collaboration with 海角社区.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1765141", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/president-hugh-brady-visits-mechanical-engineering/", "date": "26 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-26", "headline": "President Hugh Brady visits Mechanical Engineering", "summary": "Professor Hugh Brady, President of 海角社区, recently visited the Department of Mechanical Engineering to meet staff and students and to see first-hand the Department\u2019s research, innovation and teaching.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1764714", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-students-awarded-at-the-london-student-sustainability-conference-2026/", "date": "26 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-26", "headline": "Imperiastudents awarded at the London Student Sustainability Conference 2026", "summary": "Imperiain collaboration with nine other London-based partner universities, successfully delivered the annual London Student Sustainability Conference (LSSC).", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Jess Money", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Administration, Engineering", "topic": "Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Climate, energy and sustainability|Sustainability|Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1759713", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-to-lead-national-nuclear-training-programme-as-part-of-656m-government-investment/", "date": "13 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-13", "headline": "Imperiato lead nuclear training programme backed by \u00A365.6m government investment", "summary": "Imperiawill lead a major new doctoral training programme to develop the next generation of nuclear engineers and scientists as part of a \u00A365.6 million government investment in nuclear doctoral training announced today.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Caitlin O'Shea", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews", "topic": "Campus and community, Engineering", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Nuclear Energy", "ratio": "", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1748114", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/inclusive-additive-design-challenge-imperial-takes-1st-and-2nd-place-at-national-finals-/", "date": "20 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-20", "headline": "Inclusive Additive Design Challenge: ImperiaTakes First and Second Place at National Finals", "summary": "The Inclusive Additive Design Challenge (IADC) is a competition where students create 3D printed objects to bridge accessibility gaps in the world around them. Sponsored by Elegoo and the Engineering and Scientists Business Fellowship (ESBF), the IADC was created by Huddersfield University in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering\u2019s Visiting Professor for Inclusivity Katy Deacon.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Bioeng|Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1742692", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/department-hosts-book-launch-event-/", "date": "10 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-10", "headline": "Department hosts book launch event", "summary": "Stelios Rigopoulos\u2019 new book \"Population Balance of Particles in Flows: From Aerosols to Crystallisation\", recently published by Cambridge University Press, was presented in a book launch event that took place in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1739838", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2026/mps-visit-imperial-hazelab/", "date": "30 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-30", "headline": "MPs visit ImperiaHazelab", "summary": "In December 2025, UK Members of Parliament from the EFRA Committee visited 海角社区, and Hazelab was part of their tour focused on weather resilience.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "Professor Guillermo Rein", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1709219", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2025/imperial-mechanical-engineer-dr-jun-jiang-wins-prestigious-philip-leverhulme-prize/", "date": "5 November 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-11-05", "headline": "ImperiaMechanical Engineer Dr Jun Jiang Wins Prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize", "summary": "Dr Jun Jiang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "Dr Jun Jiang", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1709203", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2025/the-imperial-planetary-robotics-lab-at-erc2025-and-beyond/", "date": "1 October 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-10-01", "headline": "The ImperiaPlanetary Robotics Lab at ERC2025 and beyond", "summary": "The IPRL team tell us about their experience at European Rover Challenge (ERC) 2025 and their goals for the future.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1719924", "articleURL": "/news/articles/research-groups/hamlyn-centre/2025/17th-hamlyn-symposium-on-medical-robotics/", "date": "31 July 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-07-31", "headline": "17th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics", "summary": "\u201CTelesurgery opens the door to universal world-class surgery.\u201D \u2013 Professor Lord Ara Darzi ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Natasha Khaleeq", "profile": "Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena, Professor Lord Ara Darzi", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Centres, Engineering", "topic": "Health, Business, Engineering, Science", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Events|Robots|Surgery", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1709226", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/mechanical-engineering/2025/95m-project-to-develop-hydrogen-jet-engines-for-net-zero-aviation/", "date": "2 July 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-07-02", "headline": "\u00A39.5M Project to Develop Hydrogen Jet Engines for Net-Zero Aviation", "summary": "A \u00A39.5M EPSRC grant will support an ambitious project aiming to transform aviation by achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Nadia Barbu", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Mech Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}