Latest News and Events

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23rd March 2023

Viva Success for Dr Qi!

We are pleased to announce that Ji Qi, Electronic and…
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15th March 2023

Hub Director to Present for the IET

On Tuesday 18th of April, FEMM Hub Director Professor Geraint…
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13th March 2023

Lanner now part of ‘Twinn by Royal HaskoningDHV’

Three years ago Lanner, the predictive simulation experts who develop…
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6th March 2023

Joint PhD with Protean, NMIS and Strathclyde Announced

We are pleased to annouce a new joint PhD with…
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2nd March 2023

FEMM Hub Lead Researcher Presents at Automotive IQ ‘s 10th Advanced E-Motor Technology Conference in Munich

The 10th Advanced E-Motor Technology Conference returned on the 21…
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Recruitment
22nd February 2023

PhD Scholarship now available with FEMM Hub Partner Newcastle University

In support of the research activities of the EPRSC funded…
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9th January 2023

FEMM Hub Outreach at King Edward VII School in Sheffield

A team of FEMM Hub researchers including Dr Divya Tiwari…
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22nd December 2022

FEMM Hub attend EDPC 2022

Between the 29th and 30th of November, part of the…
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20th December 2022

FEMM Hub visit Templars Primary School

On the 30th of November, the FEMM Hub team travelled…
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19th December 2022

Deadline extended for WEMDCD 2023

Our hub partners Newcastle University are proud to be hosting…
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19th December 2022

Final Quarterly Meeting of 2022 at Newcastle University

As well as monthly individual project meetings, the FEMM Hub…
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12th December 2022

FEMM Hub visit Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Between 26th and 30th November 2022, three FEMM Hub PhD…
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5th December 2022

Sustainable Manufacturing Enabling Net Zero – Opening up the Conversation

On the 29th of November, Dr Jill Miscandlon and Leigh…
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15th November 2022

IEEE Access Paper Focusing on a Manufacturing-Driven Design Methodology Published

A recent paper published in IEEE Access has highlighted what…
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1st November 2022

FEMM Hub releases Technology White Paper on Offshore Wind Turbine Electrical Generators

FEMM Hub researcher Abbas Mehrad Kazemi Amiri along with Kelly…
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13th October 2022

FEMM Hub PhD Student Lead Author on IEEE Sensors Journal Paper

On the 1st of August 2022, FEMM Hub PhD Student…
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11th October 2022

FEMM Hub Director Presents at the Henry Royce Institute

The Henry Royce Institute, in collaboration with the LightForm EPSRC…
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4th October 2022

FEMM Hub Conference a Success!

https://youtu.be/1G8qsrKJ-QQ Video highlighting the success of the FEMM Hub Conference…
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26th September 2022

Hub Director Delivers Keynote at EMD Symposium

The Electrical Machines and Drives (EMD) Research Group and IEEE…
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16th August 2022

FEMM Hub Conference Registration Now Open!

The FEMM Hub conference registration is now open! This year's…
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11th July 2022

The AMRC to Recruit Project Engineer

The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has recently advertised the role…
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30th June 2022

New FEMM Hub Training Session Announced

On the 18th of August, we are pleased to announce…
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27th June 2022

FEMM Hub Presents at PEMD 2022

FEMM Hub members from a variety of our partners attended…
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22nd June 2022

FEMM Hub Delivers Two Successful Training Courses in June

The FEMM Hub delivered two successful training courses in June.…
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26th May 2022

The FEMM Hub flies to Berlin!

Following two years of online conferences and seminars, CWIEME 22…
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24th May 2022

Successful FEMM Hub Meeting at Strathclyde

On the 16th and 17th of May, the FEMM hub…
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19th May 2022

FEMM Hub Annual Report 2022

We are pleased to share our annual report for 2022.…
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11th May 2022

In-process Tracking and Tractability for Zero-defect Manufacture of Electrical Machines

The recent uptake of smarter manufacturing through industry 4.0 and…
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5th May 2022

Hub Director Honored by the Learned Society of Wales

We are delighted to announce that FEMM Hub Director Professor…
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3rd May 2022

FEMM Hub Project Lead Features on Energy Transitions Podcast

Picking only the most inspirational individuals working on innovative solutions…
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19th April 2022

FEMM Hub exhibits at MACH 2022

After 4 long years, MACH 2022 finally returned to the…
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30th March 2022

Engage with…the FEMM Hub!

Members of the FEMM hub enjoyed a fantastic day in…
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28th March 2022

FEMM Hub inspires young people at STEM school event

Members of the FEMM Hub were pleased to be able…
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23rd February 2022

“The Electrification Gold Rush”

FEMM Hub Director, Geraint Jewell, recently featured in the AMRC…
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8th February 2022

FEMM Hub holds Partner Connect Workshop

As the FEMM Hub approaches its midway point, we held…
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31st January 2022

Training session on Factory Planning and Simulation using Discrete Event Simulation

FEMM Hub’s first training event of the year was delivered…
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20th December 2021

FEMM Hub presents paper on robotic placement of magnets at recent Electric Drives Production Conference

Dr Alexei Winter from Grand Challenge 2.3 recently presented his…
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23rd November 2021

FEMM Hub Industrial Case Study – Process monitoring and inspection to improve defect detection in terminations

The Challenge Manual operations feature prominently in the manufacture of…
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11th November 2021

FEMM Hub Focus on Cross Cutting theme – Sustainable manufacturing of electrical machine components for the circular economy

With the world focused on a route to net zero,…
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9th November 2021

New Investigator Award for FEMM researcher Dr Xiao Chen

We are pleased to congratulate FEMM researcher, Dr Xiao Chen,…
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25th October 2021

New FEMM journal paper published in the Journal of Manufacturing Systems

FEMM Hub are pleased to announce that a new paper…
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11th October 2021

Hub Training Course: An Introduction to Electrical Machines

Spread over two, 3-hour, online sessions in early September, Hub…
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27th September 2021

New FEMM article presented to the International Conference in Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2021)

Dr Divya Tiwari from FEMM Grand Challenge 2.4 is pleased…
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20th September 2021

FEMM Hub awards funding to three further Feasibility Projects.

Following the announcement in May that the FEMM Hub had…
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16th September 2021

FEMM Hub’s 1st ‘in-person’ Conference attracted a national audience from academia and industry

On 13th September 2021 the FEMM Hub held it’s first…
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8th September 2021

New FEMM paper published in the Sustainability journal

The FEMM Hub are pleased to announce that our article…
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20th August 2021

FEMM Hub gains a further new SME industry partner, Motor Design Ltd.

We are pleased to announce that Motor Design Ltd has…
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16th August 2021

FEMM Hub Exec Team member is part of a new digital manufacturing research centre.

FEMM Hub Executive Team member Professor Ashutosh Tiwari, based in…
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12th August 2021

Tannlin Ltd. are the latest SME to join the FEMM Hub.

The Future Electrical Machines Manufacture Hub are pleased to announce…
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3rd August 2021

FEMM Hub Announces its First Conference.

The Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) hub invites you to…
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3rd August 2021

FEMM Hub researchers meet Secretary of State for Business, Mr Kwasi Kwarteng.

Members of the EPSRC Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) Hub…
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20th July 2021

New SME partner, Rotary Engineering, joins the FEMM Hub.

We are pleased to announce that Rotary Engineering has joined the…
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4th July 2021

Hub Training Course: Soft Magnetic Composites for Electrical Machines

Dr Glynn Atkinson from Newcastle University presented a training session…
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12th May 2021

EPSRC / Rolls-Royce iCASE PhD Studentship

We are pleased to announce our latest PhD studentship funded…
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12th May 2021

FEMM Hub launches 2nd Feasibility Call

The FEMM Hub have partnered with EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research…
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22nd April 2021

FEMM Hub Annual Report 2021

We are pleased to release our second annual report, copies…
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15th April 2021

In-process Monitoring in Electrical Machine Manufacturing

We are pleased to announce a new paper that has…
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20th March 2021

Core Losses in Electrical Machines

Hub Director Professor Geraint Jewell presented the second FEMM Hub…
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4th March 2021

Circular economy project set to ensure clean energy solutions don’t increase landfill waste

The following article has featured in the Insider.co.uk, words by…
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2nd March 2021

The Impact of Modern Power Electronic Converters on Machine Insulation

Professor Jiabin Wang from the Department of Electronic and Electrical…
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23rd February 2021

Industrial Survey Launched

We recently launched a new grand challenge focusing on sustainable…
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9th February 2021

Special Issue: Sensing for In-Process Monitoring of High- Value Manufacturing Processes

Sensors is a leading journal devoted to fast publication of…
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7th February 2021

Speedy robotics makes magnet placement 60 times faster

A labour-intensive process to position powerful permanent magnets onto large…
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11th January 2021

Heat Pipes in Thermal Management of Integrated Motor Drives

Dr Rafal Wrobel has been successful in securing funding from…
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16th November 2020

FEMM Hub Virtual Conference

Given the current global pandemic, a decision was made to…
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11th November 2020

Outcome of FEMM Hub’s 1st Feasibility Call

The Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub launched their 1st Feasibility…
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9th November 2020

New ATI Research Grant in Electrical Machine Repair

A team from the University of Sheffield including FEMM Hub…
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4th November 2020

Two New Robots Arrive at Factory 2050

Two brand new robots have recently been installed at Factory…
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22nd October 2020

Newcastle Researcher Presents at ECCE 2020

The 12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE…
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2nd October 2020

FEMM Hub Quarterly Meeting

On the 29th of September, the FEMM Hub held their…
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23rd September 2020

FEMM Hub announce new circular economy work-package

The FEMM Hub would like to introduce their new work-package…
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21st September 2020

Opportunities and Challenges of Employing Heat-Pipes in Thermal Management of Electrical Machines

The International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) has established itself…
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6th September 2020

PhD presentations at UK Magnetics Society Conference

On the 25th and 26th of August 2020, three University…
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31st August 2020

In-process tracking and traceability for zero-defect manufacture of electrical machines

Words by Dr Michael Farnsworth, University of Sheffield. The manufacture…
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18th August 2020

Hub Investigator Promoted

Congratulations to Dr Glynn Aktinson from Newcastle University who was…
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4th August 2020

Feasibility Call Webinar: 1st of September at 11am

Following the launch of our 1st call for feasibility studies,…
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28th July 2020

1st Call for Feasibility Studies

The EPSRC Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) Hub is offering…
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8th July 2020

Hub Investigator wins 2021 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award

We are happy to announce that FEMM Hub Investigator Professor…
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6th July 2020

FEMM Hub Annual Report 2020

The FEMM Hub is pleased to release their first annual…
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30th April 2020

Carpenter Technology Corporation joins the FEMM Hub

We are pleased to announce that Carpenter Technology Corporation has…
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12th February 2020

Ambitious ROBOMAG project funded by the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership

Magnomatics a Sheffield-based university spin out is one of seven…
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23rd January 2020

New EPSRC Grant Awarded in Cooling of Electrical Machines

The Electrical Machines and Drives Group at Sheffield was recently…
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Events
22nd January 2020

Manufacturing the Future – Town Hall Meeting

Our hub director, Professor Geraint Jewell presented at the EPSRC Manufacturing the Future:…
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Events
12th November 2019

First FEMM Hub Short Course

On the 5th of September, we ran our first short…
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1st November 2019

New Equipment Arrives in Sheffield

  The AMH-1K-S permeameter for soft magnetic materials  was delivered…
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7th October 2019

Hub Investigator Wins Outstanding Achievement Award

Congratulations to Prof. Zhu, University of Sheffield, who has received…
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Recruitment
17th July 2019

PhD scholarships with Rolls-Royce

In support of the research activities of the recently launched…
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Factory 2050 Events
15th July 2019

Lightweighting Conference

On the 15th and 16th of May policy makers, industry…
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FEMM Hub Launch Events
12th July 2019

Launch of the FEMM Hub

On Wednesday the 12th of June, The University of Sheffield…
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Events
8th July 2019

Event: Electric Machine Design

Hub Director Professor Geraint Jewell will be presenting at the…
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Recruitment
5th July 2019

6 Fully-Funded PhD Scholarships

*** Please note these positions have now been filled. Please…
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Recruitment
5th July 2019

Electrical Machine Research Associate

Applications are now open for a three year research associate…
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