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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

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Hall of Fame

The School's and University's history is closely linked to Manchester's emergence as the world's first industrial city in the cradle of the Industrial Revolution.

We have nearly 200 years of expertise in engineering. Many great scirentits and engineers worked and studied here. Read the full history.

 

Achievements and awards

March 2011

Our PhD student won the First Prize in poster presentation at The Institution of Civil Engineers Young Researchers' Conference 2011.

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February 2011

Our staff won the 1st Prize in 2011 Royal Academy of Engineering Poster Competition in Nano-Engineering.

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Success story

Our graduate receives a 2010 NCE annual Graduate Award

Our paper on the invention of a new, one of the worlds's most powerful optical microscopes, published by Nature Communications.

Nature Communications

 

 



Our Researchers 'Synchronizing Clocks at Armageddon'. Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method

BBC report and Proceedings of the Royal Society A.

 

Researcher working on a stress analysis test.

Research Newsletters

Latest news about major research events and achivements.

Autumn 2011 | Spring 2011

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Research groups

The School has 5 Research groups and a number of Expert groups internationally renowned for their research.

 

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Research excellence

Civil Engineering and Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering scored 5A (Excellent) in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

 

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Research centres

We have 5 Research Centres and Institutes associated with the School focused on intra and inter-university collaborative research.

 

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Research staff

Our research staff publish more than 150 peer-reviewed papers about our research in academic journals.

 

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Funded research opportunities

There are a number of research vacancies available.

 

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