AACME doctoral researchers win top prizes at the Loughborough University Researcher Conference 2023 15 January 2024
Loughborough expertise central to UK fruit production improvements Loughborough University is using £6 million in funding to address labour shortages and improve efficiency in the UK's fruit production through projects like Precision Orchard Management and Area-H, employing advanced technology such as detailed tree scanning and a specialised navigation system for autonomous agricultural robots. 26 January 2024
Loughborough University Inclusive Engineering Excellence Hub receives Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity Impact Programme grant Loughborough University is one of three UK universities to receive grant funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Diversity Impact Programme for its flagship Inclusive Engineering Excellence Hub (IEEH). 31 January 2024
Academics from the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering release new book 1 March 2024
Automotive PhD Students Win Best Theory Paper Prize at IEEE ICIT 2024 Doctoral Researchers from the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering take home “Best Theory Paper” at the recent 25th Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) 2024 for their work on mitigating the global energy crisis and facilitative a net-zero and clean growth society. 9 April 2024
Engineering is ranked in the top 100 in QS World Rankings 2024 Engineering has been crowned in the top 100 in the world by the global QS higher education league table. 12 April 2024
Automotive Engineering student, Grace Newman, named Undergraduate Female Engineer of the Year On 19 April, the Female Engineer of the Year (FEY) Awards Ceremony was hosted at the Loughborough University campus. 23 May 2024
AACME research students recently participated in the 3-Minute Thesis Challenge Last month, research students across the School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering participated in the 3 Minute Thesis Challenge (3MT). 30 May 2024
Ayao Komatsu on becoming Team Principal of Haas F1 Team Alumnus Ayao Komatsu became the new Team Principal of Haas Formula One Team for this season. Now firmly into his first season in the role, F1 fans will have been watching closely as he takes Haas into a new era and goes from Director of Engineering to Team Principal. 5 June 2024
PhD student and Co-Founder of SiSTEM, Donna Otchere has been awarded the Rising Star award by WeAreTheCity PhD student and Co-Founder of SiSTEM, Donna Otchere has been awarded the Rising Star Award by WeAreTheCity. 10 June 2024
Loughborough UAV win again at the IMechE UAS Challenge 2024! A Team of mainly Aeronautical Engineering undergraduate students recently competed at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Challenge (UAS Challenge), at BMFA Buckminster in Grantham and came out winning again! 15 July 2024
LUMotorsport launch their fully electric car for 2024! On Friday 5 July, LUMotorsport, the Formula Student Team at Loughborough University, unveiled their fully electric Formula Student car. The team hopes this will be the first fully electric produced car to be able to pass scrutineering and hit the track at Silverstone. 16 July 2024