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2024

University of Sheffield engineering students build prize-winning trainA team of students from the University of Sheffield have demonstrated their first class engineering skills as part of a prestigious competition for future railway engineers.

Sheffield students scoop 2024 Railway ChallengeThe Sheffield locomotive featured a see-through bodyshell. UK: A team of students from the University of Sheffield was the winner of the 13th Railway Challenge competition, organised by the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Aimed at engineering students and apprentices across the rail ...

Getting better each year: the 2024 Railway Challenge - Rail EngineerListen to this article At last year’s Railway Challenge, the chief judge, Bill Reeve announced that without doubt it had been the best challenge yet. This year he said the same thing, and the scores showed that this was no mere repetition. Indeed, this year’s challenge was the first in which all the locomotives present […]

Yorkshire students win locomotive building competitionA University of Sheffield team has used its first-class engineering skills to win a prestigious competition for future railway engineers

Watch: National Train Day: University of Sheffield chugging through competition - ShefNewsLast Saturday, the UK observed National Train Day, a celebration of locomotive-related activities and history.

University Of Sheffield Students Triumph In Global Railway Engineering Competition With Innovative Locomotive Design — Born To EngineerA team of ambitious engineering students from the University of Sheffield has showcased their exceptional skills by winning the Railway Challenge 2024, a

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2023

Railway Challenge at Sheffield (RCAS) team success in competitionRCAS team finishes in 4th place in closest competition for years

Best challenge yet - Rail EngineerAt this year’s Railway Challenge award ceremony, its chief judge, Bill Reeve announced that, without doubt, this was the best challenge yet as the quality of entries and locomotive performance was the highest that the judges had seen. He advised that the judges considered it a privilege to work with the teams and learn of […]

2022

Another year, another Railway Challenge - Rail EngineerBetween 24 and 26 June, seven teams of apprentices, undergraduates, and graduates gathered at the Stapleford Miniature Railway just outside Melton Mowbray for the 10th on-site Railway Challenge, sponsored by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Railway Division. The event started in 2012, but was held online in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The […]

RCAS team compete in the Railway Challenge CompetitionRailway Challenge at Sheffield team overcome adversity to achieve success.

2021

Engineering students take on the Railway ChallengeThe Railway Challenge at Sheffield student led team, which is comprised of 24 students from across engineering disciplines, took part in the Railway Challenge 2021 at the weekend, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

2020

Engineering students take up the Railway ChallengeThe Railway Challenge at Sheffield student led team, which involves students from across the Faculty of Engineering, recently took part in the 8th annual Railway Challenge 2019, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Sheffield Mechanical Engineer Wins IMechE PrizeThe Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Professor Roger Lewis has been awarded the prestigious IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for 2019.

2019

University of Sheffield students take on Railway ChallengeStudents at the University of Sheffield take on Railway Challenge with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to put their engineering skills to the test

Aachen students scoop IMechE Railway ChallengeUK: A team of students from Aachen University of Applied Science was named champion of the eighth Railway Challenge organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, after successfully completing a series of on-track challenges at the Stapleford Miniature Railway on June 29-30. Open to students, apprentices and ...

MechEngNews // Issue 19 // February 2019Read the latest news and developments from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. In this issue: Athena SWAN Silver Success > Profile: Dr Hadi Abulrub > Sheffield Engineers Get That Festival Feeling > Where are they now? Roshni Wijesekera > Helping Year 10 Engineers Gain Traction with 3D Printing > Tribology Trust Bronze Medal for Sheffield PhD Student > Sheffield Railway Research at First UKRRIN Conference > @SheffMechEng In Pictures > Research Focus: Fixing Pipes With Underground Robots > Research Funding Awarded > Rocketing Ahead! We Meet Team SunrIde > The International Engineering Experience > The Final Word

2018

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2017

MechEngNews // Issue 14 // October 2017Read about the latest developments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield.

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2016

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2015

2015 IMechE Railway ChallengeThe 2015 Institution of Mechanical Engineers Railway Challenge was held at the 10 1/4″ Stapleford Miniature Railway near Melton Mowbray where it has been held since the competition’s in…

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