How do you build a house on Mars?
A group of academics from across the university are working with artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent to share ideas on how to build a Martian house.
Faculty of Engineering
Bristol hosts inaugural Graduation celebration in Shanghai
Over 250 recent Chinese graduates will celebrate an important milestone in their UK education at the University of Bristol’s first ever graduation celebration in Shanghai this Saturday (14 April). This follows previous degree ceremonies in Beijing in 2013, 2015 and 2017 which proved hugely successful.
£1.25 million Project to build a diverse energy research community
A £1.25 million project is tackling the lack of diversity in energy research by harnessing the talents of researchers from all backgrounds.
Bristol grad's carbon calculator is gamechanger for sustainable travel
How to get from A to B without harming the planet?
University friends create new nutrient-packed cereal
Two university sportsmen created their own healthy cereal after they became fed up with the sugar-packed and nutrient-poor options on the market.
Bristol embarks on new partnerships with top universities in Vietnam
The University of Bristol will be partnering with two universities in Vietnam to create new opportunities for students and research collaborations.
Touchy subject: 3D printed fingertip ‘feels’ like human skin
A highly sensitive, 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch.
Pioneering Bristol engineer receives The Princess Royal Silver Medal
University of Bristol engineer, Dr Oliver Payton, has been awarded The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards.
Professor John Macdonald, 1968-2022
John Macdonald, Professor of Structural Dynamics in the Department of Civil Engineering, died suddenly on 5 March at the age of 53. His colleague, Emeritus Professor Colin Taylor, offers a remembrance.
Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robots
Hundreds of small robots can work in a team to create biology-inspired shapes – without an underlying master plan, purely based on local communication and movement. This is what researchers from Barcelona working with the Bristol Robotics Laboratory found when they introduced the biological principles of self-organisation to swarm robotics.