IfM News October 2014No 202

Focus on: Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management (ISMM)The MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management (ISMM) offered by the IfM is a one-year programme focused on achieving practical, real-world skills that can be useful in a career in industry. The main feature of this postgraduate course is the extensive hands-on experience which students undertake: during the course of a year, they spend a great deal of their time visiting and carrying out projects in different companies, and go on a study tour to visit companies abroad.The origins of ISMM date back

to 1966 and to the pioneering Advanced Course in Production Methods and Management (ACPMM), which was led by Mike Sharman, whose life was celebrated in an event held at the IfM in September. This course was based on the ideas of John Reddaway, who returned to the Department of Engineering after a period working in industry with a “plan” for a ground-breaking programme, focused on learning “by doing” and introducing graduates into industrial life rather than being based on lectures and observations.After increasing capacity from

the initial dozen in Year 1 to more than 50 students, the course was renamed Advanced Course in Design, Manufacture and Management (ACDMM) and subsequently now runs as the MPhil ISMM. The course’s 40 available places are always oversubscribed.The 2015-2016 academic year will see the IfM host the 50th cohort of ACPMM/ACDMM/ISMM students.It is arguably the oldest masters level programme at Cambridge, and one of the most internationally diverse courses at Cambridge. This year the course has students from 20 different nationalities.

The IfM hosted an event for its alumni to commemorate the life and work of engineering education pioneer Mike Sharman. Mike launched, developed and ran ACPMM/ACDMM (now ISMM) for 30 years – a real pioneer and

mentor to many of us.Three hundred people visited the IfM for lunch on Saturday 27 September for an exchange of reminiscences and acknowledgement of Mike’s many contributions.

Mike’s wife Margaret and family planted a tree and unveiled a bench in his honour. For more information visit the dedicated webpage: www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/education/alumni/mike-sharman-a-celebration-of-his-life/

Mike Gregory addresses the large crowd that attended the celebration of Mike Sharman’s life

Mike Sharman: Celebrating a pioneer

State of the IfM addressMike Gregory addressed the IfM on October 17 to look forward to the year ahead.

I was pleased to be able report progress on almost all IfM fronts during my start of the year ‘buns’ talk (see slides on the intranet at www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/intranet/friday-seminars/).

One of the most exciting developments has been the arrival of so many outstanding new colleagues and students setting the tone for continuing success.

I am keen to highlight three themes which I hope might attract peoples’ interest and engagement over the coming year. In fact none of them are brand new but each is at the stage where a concerted effort could make a big difference.

Tools of various kinds have been a trademark of IfM for many years and there have been lots of successes including Manufacturing Strategy, Technology Management and International Manufacturing to name but a few. Last year Imoh Ilevbare and Berhard Dusch did an excellent job pulling together a review of our diverse history of tool-making and teasing out some guiding principles.

We are keen this year to encourage people to share their experiences and projects so that together we might evolve a good practice guide for tool design. A tool for toolmaking dare I say!

There will be a series of events during the year to progress this theme culminating in a symposium involving external enthusiasts as well as ourselves. Do please keep an eye out for activities, join in when you can – and of course please feel free to suggest new activities to build up momentum. You can speak to Imoh in the tea room or email imi22@cam.ac.uk

Business models are crucial in linking technology and business but there is little general agreement about the nature and characteristics of business models. More importantly there is little consensus about what types of model should be used for what purposes in what contexts.

Chander Velu is leading the charge to take on these

challenges with a series of talks and events designed to share internal expertise and help to generate an international community of scholars and practitioners with interests particularly on the interface between technology, manufacturing and business.

A series of activities is planned including Chander’s buns talk (on Friday 31 October), an internal survey of colleagues interests in the field and later national and international meetings. If you would like to get involved do please get in touch with Chander c.velu@eng.cam.ac.ukPost-doctoral colleagues and PhD candidates are receiving a great deal of attention from the University which is recognising rather belatedly some would say that these communities do much of the ‘heavy lifting’ in research projects. Through ECS we believe we have a great opportunity to do our bit. Over the last decade ECS has done a tremendous job developing a highly professional commercial interface with industry complementing our rich research and educational links. ECS is willing to provide really interesting hands on engagement with companies and consulting projects if individuals were keen.

Of course it would be essential to ensure that PIs and supervisors were content and that the people were not diverted from their main tasks for extended period. It would also be necessary for people to apply to ensure a reasonable ‘fit’ with the ECS teams.

Nevertheless this appears to be real and exciting opportunity which could benefit individuals, research, ECS and indeed the whole IfM ‘joined up’ approach. If you might be interested do please get in touch with Rob Phaal rp108@cam.ac.uk

Mike Gregory

Planning for the handover ...As many of you will be aware, Mike Gregory will

be retiring from his Professorship at the end of this academic year. The post has now been advertised and anyone who has an interest in applying, or would like to suggest a candidate or know more about the process is very

welcome to get in touch with me. Details are at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/5118Mike intends to be fully operational until 30 September 2015 but we hope to make the new appointment in time for a reasonable handover period.Ian Hutchings imh2@cam.ac.uk

CSA NEWSCambridge Service Week 2014The CSA recently hosted its annual Cambridge Service Week - a series of events hosted to bring together academics, industrialists and policymakers to address the evolving challenges facing service education, research, practice and policy.These included an industry conference held on 30 September on the topic of “Future of Services in a Digital Age”, Speaking at the event were:• Dr Stefan Bungart, Europe Software & Analytics

COE Leader, GE Global Research• Ed Bainbridge, Digital and Creative Development

Director, Screentwist• Dr Felix von Reischach (pictured), Head of Mobile

Innovation, Middle and Eastern Europe, SAP Switzerland Inc.

The event was then followed by an Academic Conference, held on 3-4 October, where a group of around 30 invited participants discussed new directions in service research. Materials from conferences can be found on the Alliance Website:

www.cambridgeservicealliance.org/events/serviceweek2014.html

New executive education programme ‘Making the shift to service’The CSA has launched a new executive education programme: ‘The Service Design Programme: making the shift to service’. This two-day course is aimed at helping organisations to explore how to make a successful transition to services and understand how to design or redesign services that will drive success. The first cohort saw participants from South Africa, USA and Denmark. The course is taught by Andy Neely, Veronica Martinez, Florian Urmetzer and Mohammed Zaki. The next programme will be run on 6-7 May 2015 here at the IfM.

CSA Webinar seriesThe CSA’s lates webinar: “Industry transformation towards a service logic: A business approach” by Anna Viljakainen is now online. Watch it here: bit.ly/CSAwebAV

Indian High Commissioner holds Babbage lecture

Ranjan Mathai, the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, visited the IfM to deliver a lecture on Monday 27 October as part of the Babbage Lecture Series. In his talk, titled: “’Make in India’: a new paradigm for manufacturing in India”, he addressed the State-sponsored industrial development project of the Government of India, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The project aims to use the Dedicated Railway Freight Corridor (DFC) as a backbone to help the DMIC become a global manufacturing and investment

destination. The final objective is to increase the share of manufacturing in the country’s GDP and to create ‘Smart cities’ where manufacturing will be the key economic driver.The next Babbage Lecture will be held on Wednesday 12 November 2014, 5-7pm, here at the IfM. Michael Best, Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and former Co-Director of the Centre for Industrial Competitiveness, USA, will talk about “Greater Boston’s Industrial Ecosystem: A Manufactory of Sectors”. For information and booking visit: www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/babbage-seminar-series-13

Japan workshop report now availableFollowing the recent workshop in Japan, ‘UK-Japan workshop on manufacturing and industrial policy’, a summary report has now been issued and is available to view here: bit.ly/IFMJREPThe workshop was jointly

organised by the Science and Innovation Network (SIN) Japan, the University of Tokyo and the IfM. It aimed to build closer links between industrialists, officials and academics involved with manufacturing in the UK and Japan.

Nanotechnology Society reformsThe Cambridge University Nanotechnology Society (CUNanoSoc) is a technology society run by students and researchers who share an interest in nanotechnology. After one year of silence, it has now been reformed and on 20 October held its kick-off event, “What is nanotechnology?”The society organises speaker events on topics such as recent advances in nanotechnology where students and researchers can network with professionals from academia and industry. If you want to take part in the next event, keep an eye on their Facebook page:www.facebook.com/CUNanoSoc

ECS Industrial Fellows collect BAE Systems Chairman’s Award certificateAs mentioned in the last newsletter, a Strategic Workforce Planning project led by Andrew Gill and David Learmond (ECS) at BAE systems has received a Chairman’s Award for transferring best practice.Andrew and David recently collected the award (pictured). They would like to point out that although it is only Andrew’s name which appears on the certificate, BAE Systems are particularly appreciative of the considerable contribution made by Jonathan Hughes (ECS), who carried out most of the work. Andrew, as the lead Industrial Fellow with BAE Systems, formally managed the project with professional guidance and support from David Learmond and Rob Phaal.

First PrISMS case study releasedECS is producing a series of case studies to highlight the impact of its work with manufacturing firms in the East of England as part of the PrISMS programme. PrISMS started in July 2012 and, to date, the ECS team has worked with just over 100 companies to help identify priorities, develop business strategies and their capabilities in priority areas. This has resulted in the creation of more than 120 new jobs so far, as well as ensuring a further 45 were saved. The first case study is Photofabrication, a specialist photochemical machining company that produces metal products including filters, gaskets and laminations for the aerospace, defence, life sciences and other sectors. ECS worked with the firm to reduce energy and environmental impact of core processes, establish strategic priorities for the medium term, improve managers’ effectiveness and much more.See the full case study here: www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/photofabrication-a-prisms-case-study

An update on executive education from ECSThe ECS team offer bespoke courses to companies as part of their talent development programmes. In recent years, ECS has delivered a ‘Powering Up’ programme consisting of four one-week modules for Caterpillar and a Gold for Experts programme consisting

of three one-week modules to Atos. In the last 12 months ECS has delivered two Gold for Experts programmes for Atos, with Intake 2 finishing this September. Atos are returning for two programmes in 2015 which will be hosted at the Moller Centre.The ECS team also offer open executive education courses from Strategic Roadmapping to Tribology in close collaboration with the IfM research centres.For further information contact Judith Shawcross jks45@cam.ac.uk

IfM Review - Issue 2The second issue of IfM Review is now available, featuring articles on intelligent supply and resilience, servitization, managing risk in industrial investment and new business models for sustainability as well as how ECS has worked with Linde to design a radical new value for its gas cylinders.Copies are available in reception, or online here: bit.ly/IFMR2

NOTICESStreet food arrives in West CambridgeA collective of local street food traders, foodPark, will populate West Square next to the

Department of Materials Science every Wednesday until Christmas, from 12-2pm.

Food offered include quality hamburgers, gourmet ciabattas and posh tea, coffee and cake.

James Dyson Building: Construction UpdateThe James Dyson building is being built between the Engineering department’s Baker Building and the Royal Cambridge Hotel .After a busy few weeks preparing and levelling the site, the piling phase will last for approximately three weeks. There will be 138 piles which will be drilled into the ground rather than driven

(to reduce noise and vibration. The design team and contractor have been working with the department’s CSIC group to install fibre optic sensors into the piles, providing future opportunity to monitor their behaviour and feed the information gathered back into Engineering’s courses and research.During and following piling the ground beams will be formed, followed by the ground floor slab which should be finished before the new year. Construction of the concrete frame will take the project through until approximately Easter.

Update on Judith’s 50 ChallengeYou may remember that Judith Shawcross decided to run 50 miles of races to celebrate her progression to her second half-century whilst raising money for Cancer Research UK. Some aspects of the challenge have progressed better than others! Unable to prevent the inevitable course of time Judith is now 50. In terms of the fundraising, the original £1,000 target was smashed with the final total raised being just over £1,500 and, when gift aid added, worth almost £1,850. As for the races, 39.3 of the 50 running miles have been completed in one half and one full marathon. The final half marathon to finish the challenge should have been completed on 5 October. However, due to an unanticipated argument with her car boot lid on the way to the race resulting in fairly serious head injury (photos too gory for publication!) this was not achieved. So in a revised plan, Judith will be running another half marathon in November.

CongratulationsIt’s Dr Alinaghian

Congratulations to Leila Alinaghian who passed her PhD viva on 10 of September.

A baby girl for Sinead HurleyCongratulations to Sinead Hurley and husband Kevin for the birth of their daughter Aoife. She was born at 5:03am on 25 October weighing 7lb 9oz.

Welcome to......the new staffShane Strawson joined the IfM in September 2014 as maternity cover for the MET Course Administrator in the Teaching Office. She has previously worked in facilities, IT and administrative roles at MRC Epidemiology Department and at East Cambs District Council.Chunshan Li has joined CSA as

an academic visitor. He will be working with Mohamed Zaki on Big Data Analytics, as a team member of Project EC-HVEN in which University of

Cambridge collaborates with Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT).He is conducting a research into using data driven business model frameworks (DDBM) as a taxonomy to guide an automatic extraction from secondary data resources of 500 start-ups. Chunshan works in the Research Center on Intelligent Computing for Enterprises and Services (ICES), School of Computer Science and Technology, HIT, China. He was an exchange PhD student at Hongkong Biptist University from 2012 to 2013. Since then, his main research interests are Data Mining, Business Intelligence and Social Computing.Maggie Harriss, who joined the IfM as a temporary administrator, has now been appointed as the new Divisional Administrator for Division E. She previously worked as the Faculty Executive Officer (FEO) in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the University of Southampton, where was also Research Manager in the Department of Geography and Departmental Project Manager.

Prior to joining the University of Southampton, Maggie practised as a solicitor for several years in London and Southampton.

...and new rolesMaria Holgado joined IfM as a postdoc researcher at CIS. She is currently involved in the REDRESS project, funded by the Technology Strategy Board, which aims at investigating opportunities to increase the volume and value of textile recovery and driving retained value through business model and supply chain innovation. Her PhD dissertation research is on “Sustainable value creation in manufacturing through maintenance services”. She has been involved in the European project SustainValue, Sustainable Value Creation in Manufacturing Networks, funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Her main areas of interest are industrial sustainability, sustainable value creation, sustainable business models, product service systems, maintenance management and maintenance services.

...the new cohort of MRes in Ultra Precision EngineersThe EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Ultra Precision Engineering has welcomed 11 new students to their course this October. Seven of these students are registered at Cambridge and four at their partner Cranfield University. They will partake in an intense 11-month Master of Research course including numerous modules, labs, projects and transferable skills events in both institutions.Once they successfully complete the MRes component they will

then follow onto three-year PhDs with industry support. Good luck for the busy year ahead!

...the new PhD studentsGokcen Yilmaz is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey. She joined the DIAL group as a visiting PhD student in October. Gokcen completed a BSc degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Yeditepe University and a MSc degree in Information Systems at the METU.She is a certified COSMIC software functional size measurer and completed her MSc studies on improving the reliability of software functional size measurements.

Kirsten Van Fossen joined CIS as a first year PhD researcher investigating interventions at systems level to promote sustainable action.

Kirsten graduated with a BSc in Environmental Engineering from Harvard in 2012. For her BSc thesis, Kirsten designed and evaluated a carbon-nanotube/polymer hybrid water filtration membrane. Since then, Kirsten has worked on a sustainable aviation fuels project – the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) – and researched water filtration, wastewater treatment, and water reuse topics at the University of Sao Paulo. Yan Li joined CIS as a PhD student supervised by Steve Evans. Her research interest focuses on comparing the sustainable industries between western

and oriental countries, especially sustainable life cycle design. Yan completed an MPhil degree in Nuclear Energy at the University of Cambridge and obtained a BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering at Fudan University, China.Sam Brown has returned to IfM to undertake a PhD as part of CIP. The basis of this research will be to develop the SprayLaze technology (laser assisted cold spray) and investigate novel uses and materials. Sam graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MEng in Manufacturing Engineering in 2012. After graduating, he worked at FTI Consulting in London, as a Research Analyst in the Economics and Financial Consultancy department, before returning to engineering with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry where he gained experience of several different additive manufacturing technologies.Katharina Greve joined the CSA as a doctoral student under the supervision of Andy Neely and Veronica Martinez. Her major research interests revolve around product and service Innovation.

She holds an MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance from the London School of Economics and a BA (Hons)

in International Business from the University of Greenwich. Prior to her undergraduate degree, she completed an apprenticeship as an Office Administrator at Ribes Kunststofftechnik in Germany and worked as Cultural Representative for Walt Disney World in the US. Whilst completing her MSc degree, Katharina worked as an independent consultant for Bloomberg LP in the UK.Xianwei Shi joined CIM in October 2014, supervised by Yongjiang Shi.

He holds a BEng in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing and an MPhil in ISMM from the University of Cambridge. His MPhil dissertation investigated latecomer strategies of China’s mobile phone industry. Prior to joining IfM, he had internship experience in Accenture (China), involving in a large informatisation project of a major energy group in China.Bingqing Zhao is a PhD student under the supervision of Rob Phaal in CTM. Her research interests include early stage technology valuation and technology ventures – ie high tech start-ups.

She achieved her bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics at the University of Liverpool, after which she did an MPhil in Finance at

Judge Business School. Yuta Hirose joined CTM as a doctoral student under the supervision of Rob Phaal. He is exploring the integration opportunities between innovation system functions and roadmapping to develop a structured approach for understanding and analysing emerging industrial dynamics.

He has a BEng in Chemical Engineering and a BCom in Finance from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a MSc in Sustainability Science from

the University of Tokyo, Japan. Before coming to Cambridge, he worked in international business development at a Japanese trading house and as a consultant at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Jonny Waite started his PhD with the IRC in October having earned his MEng (Instrumentation and Control) at the University of Cambridge earlier this year. His research is focused on inkjet-based additive manufacture, particularly micro-scale processes. He spent summer 2013 with the group for a UROP, building a small-scale powder bed and inkjet binder 3D printer. His Master’s project was an investigation of Open Source 3D printers including RepRaps.M. Hadi Modarres obtained his MEng in Electrical Engineering

from the University of Cambridge. He subsequently joined the NanoDTC PhD programme, completing a number of nano related

projects in his first year before joining the NanoManufacturing group. He is researching hierarchical graphene superstructures for use in energy applications. He is a member of Selwyn College. His interests include graphene nanotechnology, microfabrication, self-assembly and energy storage.Sarah Jessl was trained at the University of Bayreuth in Germany in polymer and colloid chemistry. During her Master’s degree in Polymer Science she was selected for the Bavarian Elite Study Program in Macromolecular Science interdisciplinary programme in addition to her Master’s degree. She did her Bachelor’s thesis on surface patterning for controlling colloidal adsorption and crystallization, and her master’s thesis on the synthesis of

gold-nanoparticles. She joins the nanomanufacturing group to study hierarchical carbon nanomaterials and is amember of St John’s College.Chara Makri joined the CSA as a doctoral student under the supervision of Andy Neely. Her research interests lie in operations management with a focus on services. The key objective of her PhD research is to develop a state-of-the-art methodology for mapping Through-Life Accountability within complex service networks. This is conducted in partnership with BAE Systems and Intelligent Energy, and is sponsored by EPSRC. Chara holds a BSc in Management Science and Technology from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and an MPhil with Distinction in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management from the University of Cambridge. Prior to coming to Cambridge, Chara worked in operations (mainly Demand Planning) for General Mills, Cadbury and Kraft.Hyun Kyu Park is a PhD student under the supervision of Tim Minshall in CTM. He has a BA in Anthropology and MA in UX(User

Experience). His research interest lies in the connection between UX and open innovation, user research, CSS and basketball.

Sullivan Songhe Ye joined CTM as a doctoral student in October 2014 under the supervision of Tim Minshall. His research interest lies in Medical Technology Management, Technology Business Investment and Incubation. Prior to coming to Cambridge, Sullivan obtained a BA and MBA with a study experience in Tsinghua University (China), Stanford University (US) and as a student

visitor at the Waseda University of Japan. Sullivan also has seven years’ working experience in FMCG, Construction

Material and Med-tech industries. During those years, he served marketing and management roles in MNC, SME and SOE in Mainland China (Beijing and Guangdong Province), Hong Kong, Dubai and Nigeria. Sullivan is the founder of The Cambridge China Union(CCU) , the President of Tsinghua Alumni Association in Cambridge and also the Vice-secretary of Tsinghua Alumni Association in the UK.

...and Master’s studentDaniel Beiderbeck is a Master’s student in industrial engineering at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He joins CTM for six months, writing his thesis under the supervision of Tim Minshall. His research will support the EPSRC project on 3D printing and will focus on the exploration of topics relating to the adoption of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in different industrial sectors. In the course of his studies, Daniel concentrated on production technologies and worked for a leading German automobile company. He also studied abroad at Harvard University and MIT, focussing on behavioural economics and innovation management.During his stay in Cambridge, Daniel is a member of Wolfson College. Contact him at daniel.beiderbeck@rwth-aachen.de.

Recent publicationsYang, M., Vladimirova, D., Rana, P., and Evans, S. (2014): Sustainable Value Analysis Tool for Value Creation. Asian Journal of Management Science and Applications (forthcoming).

Uusitalo, T., Kortelainen, H., Rana, P., Kunttu, S. and Evans, S. (2014): Methods and tools for sustainable manufacturing networks – results of a case study. World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, 28-31 October, Pretoria.

Despeisse, M., Vladimirova, D. (2014): Decision Making for Sustainability: Review and Research Agenda. In Grabot, B., Vallespir, B., Samuel, G., Bouras, A., Kiritsis, D. (Eds.), Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-Local World, Springer pp146-153.

Bocken, N.M.P., Prahbu, J. (2014): Sustainable business model innovation for the developed and developing world based on Jugaad innovation principles. Sustainability Science Congress, 22-23 October, Copenhagen.

Eurich, M., Weiblen, T., and Breitenmoser, P. (2014): A Six-Step Approach to Business Model Innovation. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 18 (4), pp330-348.

Mettler, T., Eurich, M., and Winter, R. (2014): On the Use of Experiments in Design Science Research: A Proposition of an Evaluation Framework. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34 (12), pp 223-240.

Woodall, P., and Trzcinski, M. (2014): Balancing Big Data with Data Quality in Industrial Decision-Making. In Proceedings of the International Data and Information Management Conference, Loughborough.

Woodall, P., and Wainman, A. (2014): Re-purposing Manufacturing Data: A Survey, in Proceedings of the International Data and Information Management Conference, Loughborough, 2014.

Gao, J. , Mead, R., Koronios, A., Woodall, P., and Parlikad, A. (2014): Assessing Data Quality In Computerized Maintenance Management Systems; A Holistic Approach. In proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM).

Woodall, P., Borek, A., Gao, J., Oberhofer, M., and Koronios, A. (2014): An investigation of how data quality is affected by dataset size in the context of Big Data analytics. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Quality.

Woodall, P. , Jess, T., Harrison, M., McFarlane, D., Shah, A., Krechel, W., and Nicks, E. (2014): A Framework for Detecting Unnecessary Industrial Data in ETL Processes. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Mortara, L. and Minshall, T. (2014): Chapter 12 - Patterns of implementation of Open Innovation in MNCs. In New Frontiers in Open Innovation, Henry W. Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West (editors), Oxford University Press. Downloadable from http://media.wix.com/ugd/d6c2f0_5b9136fd9a334e169ed321a973834583.pdf

Hsiao, W., Martin, G., and Hutchings, I (2014): Printing Stable Liquid Tracks on a Surface with Finite Receding Contact Angle. Langmuir 30, 12447-12455.

Goodbye to:Mark Harrison (Director of the Auto-ID Lab and Senior Research Associate) is leaving DIAL at the end

of October after 12 years. Mark joined the Cambridge Auto-ID Lab in May 2002, initially working on software for tracking systems within DIAL

automation laboratory. Over the years, he has been involved in a number of projects including the EU BRIDGE project, the Drug Security Network, Aerospace ID Technologies programme, Airport Operations, SAHNE and ALADDIN. Over the last 10 years he has been

actively involved with GS1 in the development of open global technical standards for supply chain traceability and will continue this work directly with GS1 next year, when he returns from a 5-month photography and hiking trip to New Zealand and Australia.Padmakshi Rana has left her role as a lead researcher at CIS to be a sustainability freelance consultant in Singapore. She will be greatly missed by Centre staff and members! We look forward to future collaborations with Padmakshi who will remain connected to the Centre from

Singapore. She can still be contacted on pr296@cam.ac.ukAmer Dheedan is leaving DIAL

after nearly two years at the end of October, where he was working on the Hitachi project. He is going to work for Crossrail as a RAM engineer.

Stuart Hydzik is leaving after three years as the IfM’s Facilities Manager. He can be reached at his personal email address stuarthydzik18@gmail.com

Read all about it: IfM in the newsHere is a selection of our latest media coverage:

Karen Smith’s arrival as the new head of the SME team in ECSCambridge NewsPrint and online at www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Movers-Shakers-Dean-returns-KPMG-roots/story-23019411-detail/story.html

Managing the value of assetsAjith ParlikadInfrastructure Intelligencewww.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/oct-2014/managing-value-assets

When sensors make sensePhil CattonInfrastructure Intelligencewww.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/sep-2014/when-sensors-make-sense

ideaSpace alumni firm SyndicateRoom hits £10m milestone in its first year Cabume www.cabume.co.uk/the-cluster/equity-crowdfunding-startup-hits-10-million-milestone-in-first-year.html

The SyndicateRoom team celebrating their £10m milestone

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