News and events

What's it like to be a first year student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London? Find out from Isabela's video diary.

Rohan explains the academic side of being a Mechanical Engineering student at Imperial College London. 

" I would encourage people from Leeds and northern cities to come to London because it's actually an amazing place...it has some standard and I think it really does live up to that"

From São Paulo to London! Meet Isabela, she shares what life is like in the first couple of weeks of joining us.

Fire is all around us and almost unavoidable. Fire science has much work to do to protect people, the environment and create a safer world. 

Lecturer Dr Peter Huthwaite, and current research students Naomi Shipway and Xiaotang Gu explain what NDE is all about, and why a PhD in this field is worth doing. 

Photos of the event can be found on our Flickr account. 

This video showcases a research paper from our department's Electrochemical Science and Engineering group, comparing different cooling methods for lithium-ion battery cells. 

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The Biomechatronics Laboratory at Imperial College (http://www.biomechatronicslab.co.uk/) and Athletec introduce the first wearable smart Taekwondo kick tracking system.  Imperial  student and Taekwondo black belt Yuhua Gu demonstrates. 

Adults and children alike explored the fun side of Mechanical Engineering.

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An Imperial expert in fire finds evidence for a surprising theory about the Titanic – that it was already on fire when it left port, and this contributed to its rapid sinking.

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Dr Ravi Vaidyanathan discusses how prototype sensor technology may make robotic prosthetics more user-friendly for people in the future.

To find out more about the research discussed in this video please click here. 

Guest speaker: Alan Begg FREng, ex Senior Vice President of Group Technology at SKF

Guest speaker: Nick Molden, founder and CEO of Emissions Analytics

Guest speaker: Dr Barbara Lane,  UK leader for the Applied Innovation and Technology Group at Arup

Third-year student Alice shares her experience of studying Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London.

A second year student unpacks the contents of the remote learning lab kits sent by our department. 

Spanish students Juan studying Physics and Carmen studying Mechanical Engineering reflect on their experiences of life at Imperial, living in London, managing a work-life balance.

Professor Gregory Offer describes how the best battery is one that is designed to maximise performance of the complete vehicle, not the battery on its own.

Professor Maria Charalambides discusses her varied research career and how it has recently moved into tackling the plastic pollution crisis affecting our land and sea.

Professor David Nowell discusses how measuring and modelling friction can help meet ambitions for the future of the UTC – and support the realisation of safe, green aviation.

How does a fire start, spread or destroy? And what can we do about it? 

The inaugural lecture of Professor Daniele Dini, titled “Releasing friction’s potential”, examined advances in tribology research and their importance for a variety of industry applications.

To find out more about Professor Dini's inaugural lecture, click here 

Downsizing the internal combustion engine may be the key to low carbon vehicles, says Professor Ricardo Martinez-Botas in his inaugural lecture.

Click here to find out more about Professor Ricardo Martinez-Botas's inaugural lecture. 

Professor John Dear explains how research is helping us understand how materials and structures could fail under extreme conditions such as blasts.

To find out more about Professor John Dear's inaugural lecture click here. 

The inaugural lecture of Ravi Vaidyanathan, Professor in Biomechatronics, Imperial College London