Digital transformation is a priority for many manufacturers across the UK. Through digitalisation, manufacturers can achieve greater productivity, faster delivery and better customer service. Thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), manufacturers can collect additional data and then act on what that data reveals. Connecting manufacturing with IoT For manufacturers, data generated by IoT…

Despite a few challenging years as a result of COVID-19, 100-year-old Cambridge bakery Fitzbillies has emerged triumphant, with the help and insights of a group of Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) students. Written by Elizabeth Tofaris Founded in October 1920 by brothers Ernest and Arthur Mason, who wanted to put their…

The Institute for Manufacturing’s senior technical officer, Alan Thorne, has been awarded the prestigious Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching. The prize recognises Alan’s outstanding contribution to the IfM’s flagship educational ‘Robot Lab’, which has become one of the defining features of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) and one that…

The development of cutting-edge wearable technologies that can monitor people during their cancer treatment is transforming our understanding of the disease and our ability to detect and treat it. But integrating such new technology into care is essential to its effectiveness. By Elizabeth Tofaris Dr Veronica Martinez and her team…

IfM PhD student Rob Glew, supervised by Professor Duncan McFarlane, reflects on the lessons learned from two years of working on emergency healthcare logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new research project with ETH Zurich is applying these lessons to the Ugandan healthcare system to build resilience for future emergencies. …

IfM research is exploring how important diagnostics and medical devices can be made more accessible to low- and middle-income countries. By Jason Naselli Manufacturing healthcare products like sensors and sensitive diagnostic tests can be complicated and expensive, making them less accessible to health systems with fewer resources. Dr Ronan Daly’s…

The development of cutting-edge wearable technologies that can monitor people during their cancer treatment is transforming our understanding of the disease and our ability to detect and treat it. But integrating such new technology into care is essential to its effectiveness. By Elizabeth Tofaris Dr Veronica Martinez and her team…

Building on experience from the COVID-19 response, IfM PhD student Carl-Magnus von Behr explains how new research is looking at knowledge-sharing across NHS trusts. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, we were invited by the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to look at their infrastructure…

IfM PhD student Rob Glew, supervised by Professor Duncan McFarlane, reflects on the lessons learned from two years of working on emergency healthcare logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new research project with ETH Zurich is applying these lessons to the Ugandan healthcare system to build resilience for future emergencies. …