Many of the innovations made at King’s since our foundation are well-known, including the Daniell battery (1836) and the pioneering discoveries of Charles Wheatstone.

We take a look at ways King’s Engineers across the university are continuing to make a difference, by:

• Speeding up the manufacture of vaccines
• Allowing more effective detection of landmines
• Understanding how fire spreads (and how it can be slowed)
• Working with students to come up with new ways of supporting older communities
• Exploring ways in which 5G can be harnessed for everything from live music to the ambulance service
• Discovering how robots can be used in agriculture to separate herbs and salads, or in health care to restore muscle function to amputees or carry out eye surgery
• Improving the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in the womb
• Tackling climate change by monitoring air pollution and developing solid-state batteries and other energy storage devices
• Working with cultural organisations including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and the National Gallery
• Developing haptic devices that make it possible to perform surgery remotely
• Changing the face of engineering itself, opening up the subject to more people, and underlining its status as a caring profession