Cambridge researchers named Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Professor Clemens Kominski, Professor of Chemical Physics and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; and Professor Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering in the Institute of Manufacturing, are among 75 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology elected to a Fellowship.

This year’s Fellow are making an impact across the engineering and technology sector with innovations in clean energy, AI, medicine and public health. They have influenced academia and business, worked to widen participation in engineering for people from underrepresented backgrounds, and provided expert policy advice to government.

Kaminski, who is also a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, has been recognised for his contributions to advanced optical imaging and sensor technologies, as well as his leadership in engineering research and education.

His research has pioneered the use of light to study chemical processes across a wide range of scales and systems. Methods developed by his research group, Laser Analytics, are used in applications ranging from clean energy technologies to pharmaceutical research, supported by close collaborations with scientists and clinicians across disciplines.

“It is wonderful to receive this recognition and, while I am extremely proud on a personal level, it is really a reflection of the hard work of the many outstanding students, researchers and collaborators I have had the privilege and joy of working with over the years,” he said. 

McFarlane, who is also a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, works on the development of manufacturing automation and control systems and more broadly, the use of digital systems across the industrial supply chain. His current research is mainly focused on distributed, intelligent industrial automation, low-cost approaches to digital industrial solutions, resilient and reconfigurable systems in manufacturing and logistics.

He is the lead on the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring programme which is investigating how low-cost, readily available digital technologies can be implemented to support growth and productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project addressed the common concern that many digital manufacturing solutions are designed for large companies and is now being applied in different regions in the UK and internationally.

In addition to Kaminski and McFarlane, Dr Loubna Bouarfa, Affiliated Lecturer at the Maxwell Centre, was among this year’s Fellows. 

Sir John Lazar CBE FREng, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said:

“Our Fellowship has been at the core of our work for the past 50 years, connecting the businesses leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers and policymakers who are at the heart of the UK’s technological progress. 

“This year’s cohort will be joining a community of over 1,700 top engineers and innovators in the UK and around the world. Together, we ensure that bright ideas are supported, scaled and shared, turning ambition into innovation and innovation into impact. We aim to strengthen education, skills and inclusion to inspire and equip the engineers of today and tomorrow.”

The new Fellows will be formally admitted to the Academy at a special ceremony in London on 19 October. 

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