Oxford Engineering researchers have developed an AI system that predicts viscosity and surface tension while uncovering hidden patterns in fluid behaviour that conventional analysis misses. Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-reveals-the-hidden-physics-of-a-breaking-droplet
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Oxford University Racing recorded the 11th fastest Sprint time after months of designing, manufacturing and testing their latest car. Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-university-racing-competes-at-formula-student-2026-with-its-most-advanced-car-yet #OxfordEngineering #FormulaStudent
Tiny antennas. Global conservation 🐦🌍 Professor Chris Stevens' ARIA-funded Internet of Birds project is developing miniature tracking technology to help scientists better understand bird movements and protect biodiversity. Happy #WorldNatureConservationDay #OxfordEngineering
This summer, 57 Year 12 students joined our UNIQ residential programme, taking part in hands-on engineering challenges, Oxford tutorials, drone workshops and robotics demonstrations.. Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/uniq-students-gain-hands-on-engineering-experience-at-oxford-1
Could Wi-Fi help monitor an athlete’s recovery? 🏃📶 Researchers developed VitalCSI – a prototype using Wi-Fi to measure breathing without wearables or cameras. Find out more about how this works⬇️ 🔗 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/a-new-way-to-monitor-health-and-recovery-of-athletes
The racing's finished, but here's the engineering behind it. 🏎️ Prof Ryan Walker takes us inside Oxford University Racing's latest Formula Student car, explaining the upgrades that made this year's build possible. Watch the engineering story behind the race. #OxfordEngineering #FormulaStudent
Meet the students behind Oxford University Racing. 🏎️ Months of design, testing and teamwork have led to this moment. Now they're ready to compete at Formula Student UK. Good luck, team! #OxfordEngineering #FormulaStudent #Formula1 #Silverstone #Motorsport
Congratulations to DPhil student Sawsan El-Zahr, the first University of Oxford student to win the prestigious Brendan Murphy Award. Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/engineering-dphil-student-becomes-first-oxford-recipient-of-brendan-murphy-award #OxfordEngineering
Our students spend a year building a race car… and now it's time to compete. 🏎️🔥 This is OUR4 built by Oxford students, engineered for Formula Student. From the workshop to Silverstone. 15 - 19 July. #FormulaStudent #Motorsport #EngineeringStudents #OxfordUniversityRacing
Football fever continues as the FIFA World Cup heads towards the Final. ⚽ Here's our engineering spin on the beautiful game. 🤖 Two teams, ⚽ One match, Plenty of drama 😜 Which team are you backing? #FIFAWorldCup #Football #OxfordEngineering #Robotics #Lego
New research by @ox.ac.uk and @relondon.bsky.social, led by Prof Lucia Corsini and Dr Ana Outeirinho Morgado, show how reuse and repair can reduce environmental impact. Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/relondon-and-university-of-oxford-publish-london-s-electricals-and-electronics-footprint
A towering header could make the difference as England take on Norway today. ⚽ But what really happens when a footballer heads the ball? Konstantin Dzavaryan from Oxford’s Podium Institute is using VR, muscle sensors and engineering to better understand head impacts. 🏴 #FIFAWorldCup
Could AI help prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes? Oxford researchers Erik Vanegas Müller and Prof Mauricio Villarroel explore how AI could help identify athletes at risk. 🔗 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/how-ai-could-help-identify-young-athletes-at-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-death
Congratulations to colleagues across Engineering Science on recent academic appointments, Departmental Lecturer appointments and Associate Professor conferments. 👏 Read more🔗 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-academic-appointments-and-awards-at-the-department-of-engineering-science
England are through to the Round of 16! 🏴⚽ If it comes down to penalties against Mexico, what’s happening inside a player’s mind? Podium Institute for Sports Medicine & Technology DPhil Student Megan Groombridge explains why psychology matters just as much as technique when the pressure is on.
Can we prevent an “uninsurable” future? 🌍 Oxford researchers are helping develop an early warning system for climate risks through a new £1.2m UKRI-funded project with the University of Leeds and industry partners. Read more🔗 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/protecting-insurance-in-a-changing-climate
Behind every Oxford Engineering post is a story and a lot of filming, editing, creativity and collaboration. 🎥 Happy #SocialMediaDay from our team! Here's a look behind the scenes of how we share the people, research and innovation happening every day at Oxford Engineering. #OxfordEngineering
Congratulations to DPhil researcher Gabriel Abrahams, recipient of a prestigious £10,000 IET Postgraduate Scholarship recognising outstanding engineering research. A well-deserved achievement congratulation, Gabriel! #OxfordEngineering #IET #Engineering #Research
Kudos to our @oxford-vgg.bsky.social researchers on winning the 'Best Paper Award at #CVPR2026! Their AI model, VGGT, reconstructs detailed 3D scenes from images in seconds. Read more 👉 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-visual-geometry-group-researchers-awarded-best-paper-at-cvpr-2026
💜 A wonderful way to round off #inwed26! Thank you to our inspiring speakers, everyone who joined the celebration, and the many students who helped make the event such a success. Here's a look back at some of our favourite moments. #EngineeringIntelligence #WomenInEngineering #OxfordEngineering
From a childhood fascination with wildlife to research on effects copper mining on women in Zambia 🇿🇲 Smriti Jalihal shares how her passion for the environment led her to research and why working in a team led by women has been so rewarding. 🌍 #INWED2026 #OxfordEngineering #EngineeringIntelligence
Think you know your engineering history? 👩🔬⚙️ We challenged our F1 team with a rapid-fire quiz celebrating women in engineering for #INWED2026. Share your answers 👇 • Who was the first woman in the UK to graduate with an engineering degree? • Who coined the term "debugging"? #EngineeringIntelligence
📚 "But why?" That question has guided Dr Veerle Brans since childhood. Today, she's a postdoctoral researcher working to improve women's health through engineering research. Watch the third video in our #INWED2026 series. 💙 #Engineeringintelligence
For #WorldMusicDay, our students showcase a music box they designed and built as part of their coursework, explaining how different components work together to create different sounds and melodies. Watch engineering come to life and sound great doing it!
In the second video of our #INWED26 series, Dr Emma Edwards shares how her passion for mathematics and her experience shaped her journey into engineering. 🎥 Watch her story and celebrate the many paths into engineering. #EngineeringIntelligence #WomenInEngineering #OxfordEngineering
To mark #CleanAirDay, we’re releasing the 1st talk from our Spotlight: Illuminating Engineering event✈️ Hear from Oxford and Loughborough researchers exploring the future of sustainable flight. 🎥 https://youtu.be/3EpLnWk5blU #SpotlightIE
🎥 Our #INWED2026 series starts with Professor Dong (Lilly) Liu, sharing her journey into engineering and why inspiring future generations matters. Watch, share and celebrate women shaping the future through research and innovation. #EngineeringIntelligence and #INWED26 #OxfordEngineering
Congratulations to the AutoInspect team, winners of Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Collaboration for Innovation and all other successes across the awards🏆 🔗 https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/ori-autoinspect-project-wins-oxford-vice-chancellor-s-award 📷 © John Cairns Photography
Congratulations to DPhil researchers Latifah Almulla and Matthew Burgess, recognised in the IET Postgraduate Research Awards 2026 for outstanding engineering research. 🏆 Read more: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-engineering-researchers-recognised-in-iet-postgraduate-research-awards