College of Science & Engineering

College news and events

• 30 Apr

  £3.5m funding boost for CHEDDAR hub

  Professor Muhammad Imran, head of the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering is leading the University’s contribution to CHEDDAR. He said: “I’m proud that the University of Glasgow is involved in the CHEDDAR Hub, which will help the UK maintain its world-leading position in future communications technologies and networks. It’s a reflection of the excellence of our research base in this area, which draws in expertise across a wide range of specialisms.”
• 30 Apr

  Glasgow Science Festival set to celebrate city’s 850th anniversary

  This year’s Glasgow Science Festival events are united by the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’, which recognises the 850 years which have passed since the city received the status of Burgh in 1175. Dr Deborah McNeill, of the University of Glasgow, is director of the Glasgow Science Festival. She said: “This year’s programme is our most jam-packed ever, expanding to new venues and bringing in a widened range of events, shows and presentations."
• 28 Apr

  Industrial waste is turning to rock in just decades, research reveals

  Researchers from the University of Glasgow have found that slag, an industrial waste product produced by the steel industry, is turning into solid rock in as little as 35 years. In a paper published in the journal Geology, the researchers explain how detailed analysis of a two-kilometre stretch of slag deposit, at Derwent Howe in West Cumbria led to their discovery of a new Earth system cycle.