Scar tissue in the brain and spinal cord is surprisingly soft

23rd March 2017

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has shed new light on why the injured brain and spinal cord does…

In Pictures: MechEng Day 2017

3rd March 2017

Each year UCL Mechanical Engineering students and staff gather for MechEng Day - a theatre-show and reception.

Fuelling the Future: Shell Downstream Director John Abbott

9th December 2016

Shell Downstream Director John Abbott in an event hosted by UCL Mechanical Engineering Shell’s Downstream Director John Abbott visited UCL in an…

ERC awards Tiwari €2m to research advanced surface texturing

30th November 2016

UCL Mechanical Engineering’s Dr Manish K. Tiwari has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) starting grant that could change the way we make…

UCL and Imperial awarded EPSRC Grant on Thermoacoustic Instability

29th November 2016

Dr Rama Balalnchandran (UCL)  with  Dr Aimee Morgans (Imperial) Researchers from Imperial College London and UCL won a joint grant for their research…

Interview: Dr Mona Alimohammadi winner of the ImechE UK best thesis

18th October 2016

Dr Mona Alimohammadi’s prize-winning PhD has been making waves in the academic world – winning the UK’s Best Medical Engineering PhD Prize and a…

Academics Diaz, Ducci, Greig and Jayasinghe promoted

3rd October 2016

Academics Vanessa Diaz. Andrea Ducci, Alistair Greig and Suwan Jayasinghe Congratulations to UCL Mechanical Engineering academics, all pictured above, whose promotions became effective…

UCL student takes stage at World Maritime Technology Conference

17th August 2016

Final year UCL Mechanical Engineering student Charinda Lishan Perera was invited to present a paper at the World Maritime Technology Conference in Providence, Rhode Island…

First cover article for biomaterials research student Xu

16th August 2016

A major part of UCL MechEng PhD student Zewen Xu’s work attempts the novel making of antimicrobial fibre mats. A paper on this research features…

UCL Mechanical Engineering Students make “Pedal Progress” with bamboo bicycle

2nd August 2016

Final year students Pranoy Choudhury, Safiyyah Farid, Avinash Javaji, Thomson Nguyen and K Kunju Raman, are the minds behind Pedal Progress – a three-wheeled…