04/09/2026
SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS ‘26: SHEFFIELD ENGINEERING EDITION 📸☀️
From competitions to travelling, summer placements, growing businesses and more - checking out what our students have been getting up to 🤩
Alt text: The Diamond building at the University of Sheffield under a clear blue sky with autumn trees in the foreground. Text overlay reads: “WHAT OUR ENGINEERING STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING... SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS.”
Working for TfL in London 🚇 P.S. how cool does the inside mechanism of an escalator look? 👀
Alt text: A two-panel photo collage. Top image: A maintenance depot with London Underground train carriages on elevated tracks. Bottom image: An exposed mechanical escalator structure undergo repairs. Text overlay reads: “SUMMER PLACEMENT @ TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL).”
MarsWorks took their rover to the Lunabotics competition in Milton Keynes, which is sponsored by NASA and Caterpillar 👏 we are super proud of the team and can’t wait to see what they do next!
Alt text: A 2x2 photo collage showing students from Project Marsworks building and testing a metallic robotic rover on grass. Bottom right shows team members carrying equipment in t-shirts printed with a moon graphic. Text overlay reads: “PROJECT MARSWORKS TOOK THEIR ROVER TO THE ‘26 LUNABOTICS COMPETITION.”
Alya explored ancient ruins in Greece (we aren’t jealous at all…🥲)
Alt text: A 2x2 photo collage of ancient stone ruins and pillars against a bright blue Mediterranean sky, including a student wearing a sun hat smiling in front of a large stone column. Text overlay reads: “VISITED ANCIENT RUINS ON SUMMER TRAVELS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.”
Zap Dock Uk - a portable charging network available for a range of venues, has been installed in the Goodwin Centre and multiple more sites in Sheffield and Liverpool 🔋🙌
It’s founder Sujaya is a chemical engineering student here at Sheffield, and they won the annual Enterprise at the University of Sheffield awards earlier this year too !! 🏆
Alt text: A close-up portrait of chemical engineering student Sujaya holding up a black Zapdock portable power bank next to his phone. Text overlay reads: “IT WAS FOUNDED BY SUJAYA, A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT HERE AT SHEFFIELD. ZAPDOCK HAS BEEN INS
