{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1770276", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/alumni-startup-recycleye-picked-up-by-us-waste-company/", "date": "22 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-22", "headline": "Alumni startup Recycleye picked up by US waste company", "summary": "Systems combining AI, computer vision and robotics promise to improve recycling efficiency and address a worldwide labour shortage in waste management. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Imperial News, Civil Engineering, Computing", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Artificial Intelligence|Climate, energy and sustainability|Engineering Civil Eng|Engineering Computing|Enterprise|Robots|Student Entrepreneurship", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1764351", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/global-waste-to-hit-nearly-4-billion-tonnes-a-year-by-2050-world-bank-group-report-warns/", "date": "25 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-25", "headline": "Global waste to hit nearly 4 billion tonnes a year by 2050, World Bank Group report warns", "summary": "Experts from Imperial, working independently through Imperial Consultants, have helped deliver a major new global analysis of rising waste, climate emissions and failures in basic rubbish collection.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "Dr Ed Cook, Dr Costas Velis, Dr Joshua W Cottom", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Imperial News, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Climate Change|Climate, energy and sustainability|Engineering Civil Eng|Enterprise|Environment|Pollution", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1760348", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/civil-engineering/2026/bridging-water-data-gaps-new-project-unites-global-scientists-and-local-communities/", "date": "19 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-19", "headline": "Bridging water data gaps: new project unites global scientists and local communities", "summary": "A new, international research project will bring together community knowledge and cutting-edge science to transform how we understand and manage the world\u2019s freshwater resources. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sigourney Luz", "profile": "Professor Wouter Buytaert", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Africa|Climate Change|Climate, energy and sustainability|Engineering Civil Eng|Environment|Imperial Global|India|International|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1735027", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/civil-engineering/2026/celebrating-jack-neale-as-he-turns-100/", "date": "15 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-15", "headline": "Celebrating Jack Neale as he turns 100 ", "summary": "As Jack Neale marks his 100th birthday, we are delighted to celebrate a man whose quiet dedication, kindness and good humour has left a lasting impression on generations of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and staff in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sigourney Luz", "profile": "", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Campus and community, Engineering", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Civil Eng", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1719677", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2025/new-year-honours-celebrated-by-imperial-community/", "date": "29 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-29", "headline": "New Year Honours celebrated by Imperial community", "summary": "Imperial researchers have been recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Joanna Wilson, Simon Levey", "profile": "", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Imperial News, Medicine, News, Civil Engineering, School of Public Health", "topic": "Campus and community, Cross-faculty, Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Research|School of Public Health", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1718046", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/civil-engineering/2025/148-years-in-the-making-alumni-connections-brings-our-community-home-/", "date": "10 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-10", "headline": "142 years in the making: \u2018Alumni Connections\u2019 brings our community home ", "summary": "After 142 years, history was made as our alumni came together for the first time in a truly unforgettable celebration. The Skempton building was alive with laughter and conversation as graduates from across the decades returned to reconnect, reminisce, and see how far we have come. It felt like a family reunion. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sigourney Luz", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Engineering, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Engineering Civil Eng|Events", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1716223", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/civil-engineering/2025/imperial-expertise-contributes-to-landmark-global-plastics-report/", "date": "3 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-03", "headline": "Imperial expertise contributes to landmark global plastics report", "summary": "An Imperial academic has helped shape a major new global assessment of plastic pollution and its solutions. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sigourney Luz", "profile": "Dr Costas Velis", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Climate, energy and sustainability|Engineering Civil Eng|Environment|Public Health", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1706099", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/civil-engineering/2025/imperial-research-targets-safer-more-durable-alloys-for-clean-hydrogen-energy/", "date": "22 October 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-10-22", "headline": "Imperial research targets safer, more durable alloys for clean hydrogen energy", "summary": "A \u00A3859k EPSRC grant will support research to prevent hydrogen embrittlement in metals.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Sigourney Luz", "profile": "Dr Livia R Cupertino Malheiros, Professor Catrin M Davies, Dr James O Douglas, Professor David Dye, Professor Finn Giuliani, Dr Jun Jiang, Dr Emilio Martinez-Paneda, Professor Tony Paxton", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Civil Engineering", "topic": "Engineering", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Climate, energy and sustainability|Engineering Civil Eng|Materials|Net Zero|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}