History For over 190 years ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Engineering has been at the cutting edge of the discipline, home to some of the most successful engineering departments in the UK UK's first Civil Engineering Professor World's first teaching in field of Chemical Engineering William Ramsey wins Nobel Prize for discovery of noble gases Birth of electronics after Sir J.A. Fleming invents Thermionic Valve ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ develops ultrasound technique to measure foetal age Historic city of Petra mapped using photogrammetric methods First UK ARPANET hub (precursor to internet) established at ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ The Queen sends first ever email with help of ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Professor First UK Professor of Biochemical Engineering appointed First UK department of Biochemical Engineering formed ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ pioneers nerve interface technology ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ chosen to host Jill Dando Institute in memory of presenter ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ develops world-first for brain imaging Security and Crime Science Department launched Charles Kao awarded Nobel Prize for work on optical fibres ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Prof wins IEEE award for web voice and video protocols Biochemical Engineering awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize Science, Technology Engineering & Public Policy Dept. launched ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳'s 'How to Change the World' programme launched ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ breaks world record for optical network data speeds ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ co-launches Faraday Institute to help shape UK battery research