College of Science & Engineering

College news and events

• 16 Jan

  Research blasts off towards future space factory development

  Researchers at a Scottish university have taken one small step towards a future where orbital factories can 3D print future tech on demand in space. Dr Gilles Bailet, of the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering, has been awarded a patent for a new system which overcomes the challenges of 3D printing in zero-gravity. His technology has recently been rigorously tested during a series of trips on a research aeroplane known as the ‘vomit comet’.
• 16 Jan

  Professor Douglas Paul awarded OBE in the 2025 King’s New Year Honours

  Professor Douglas Paul was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 King’s New Year Honours for services to quantum technology research
• 07 Jan

  New funding to develop next-gen wireless communications systems

  Engineers from the University of Glasgow are teaming up with colleagues from the Tyndall National Institute’s Wireless Communications Laboratory (WCL) for the project, called Active intelligent Reconfigurable surfaces for 6G wireless COMmunications, or AR-COM. Together with key industry partners, they will work to improve the design of smart materials called intelligent reconfigurable surfaces (IRS) which are expected to play a key role in the ultrafast 6G wireless networks of the future.