It was a successful evening for Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN at The Engineer awards last night, with three awards picked up across three categories. First up, success for our snake-like robot, COBRA, in the Manufacturing Technology category - congrats! Nottingham Research @UoNEngineering

Prof Dragos Axinte, UTC Director, shows us what you need to carry if you are a climbing enthusiast! #InTheBackpack #NottinghamUTC youtube.com/watch?v=vWYirq…

Very happy to hear five of our UTC team members have been awarded 🏆 1st & 2nd place in the different categories of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Group Showcase! Good job guys! See you in April for the final competition! 🎉 #NottinghamUTC #PhD #researchers @UoNEngineering

New #paper alert! Laser processing can help to boost thermal barrier coatings by providing stress relieving microfeatures and a protective glazed layer. Link to paper: buff.ly/401ret7 #engineering #research #manufacturing #science #lasers

Spring has sprung! 🌸🌼🌺 Let's welcome the new season with these stunning SEM images of flower pollen (Buttercup, Tulip and Lily) captured by Dr Beth Steer. Each species has a different but fascinating microstructure #FirstDayOfSpring! 🌷🌻🌸 #ElectronMicroscopy #pollen

Douwei Liu is a 1st year #PhDstudent at the #NottinghamUTC studying the intricacies of Nickel alloys machining! His research centres on improving new superalloy materials' surface integrity & machinability with complex structures. He enjoys 🏀, 📖 , and 🍳. #MeetTheTeam

The spring term finishes today and the summer term is due to commence on Tuesday 2 May. Services on campus will have adjusted opening hours over the Easter break, and the university will close completely on 7 - 11 April, 1 May and 8 May. Find out more: ow.ly/jNuC50Nrsaa

Been putting off completing the NSS? Now that teaching is over for the term, let us know how we did. We want to hear the good AND the bad. Don't miss out on your chance to win one of three £500 vouchers. thestudentsurvey.com

Good morning #WeAreUoN

#NationalPetDay celebrates the joy pets bring, & encourages people to help reduce the number of animals in shelters. Pets & animals also inspire research and engineering innovation. For example, we got inspiration from snakes to develop FLARE and COBRA. buff.ly/3clsTDQ

Fengrui Zhang is a 1st year #PhD studying waterjet coating removal & waterjet peening in nickel-based superalloys. He focuses on improving surface integrity of difficult-to-cut materials through waterjet machining, using various soluble abrasives to optimize cutting performance.

Force data can be extracted from sound signal & provide feedback for the haptic control interface to teleoperate robots working in highly constrained environments. Work by: H. Shi, M. Russo, J. de la Torre, A. Mohammad, X. Dong, and D. Axinte Full article: buff.ly/3JLluxI

We have an opening for a permanent academic position as Assistant Professor in Intelligent Machines for Advanced Manufacturing. This position is based at the M3 Department and is related to the Rolls-Royce UTC (buff.ly/3clsTDQ). Info: buff.ly/3nb5oov

Mohamed Elbanna, a second year PhD student, reveals his backpack essentials. From Minions and hidden whistles to umbrellas and winter gloves. Spolier 🚨, we kept some bloopers at the end of the video. Link: buff.ly/3lWFUux #inthebackpack #NottinghamUTC #phdlife #student

We are offering fully funded PhD opportunities! Visit our page for more details if you are interested in #computer vision #aerospace #manufacturing and #robotics. Link: buff.ly/300qiaN Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. #Engineering #reserach

Nick Breeze is a 1st year #PhD student working on the use of Embedded Soft Actuators in continuum snake-like robots. His #research focuses on the design, modelling & control of Soft Actuator Technology. His hobbies include Muay Thai, Brazilian Jujitsu and painting. #MeetTheTeam

#Meetthe team Erik Abba, a 3rd Year PhD student, tells us all about his PhD, from why he decided to start a PhD to what he likes the most about it. Link to video: buff.ly/3GcpFAv #NottinghamUTC #phdlife #engineers

Aravind Vimalan is a 1st year #PhDstudent working on the development of soft #robots for inspection inside narrow spaces. His research focuses on the design, modelling, and control of mobile soft robots to achieve narrow space inspection. He enjoys 🍳 ✈️ 📖 & 🎼 . #MeetTheTeam

Our #PhDStudent Christopher Bishop was a Finalist for the Best Paper Award on the #IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics journal, with his paper entitled: A Novel Underactuated Continuum Robot With Shape Memory Alloy Clutches Congratulations Chris! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Dielectric Elastomers Actuators are a type of soft actuators that are currently being research hoping to break the barrier on new robotic technology, but how do they work? Follow us with out new series on DEA and some of their applications. buff.ly/3K6VGuV #NottinghamUTC