Fellowship for School of Engineering head

Professor David Cumming, head of the University of Glasgow's School of Engineering, has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Cumming is one of 50 new Fellows to be formally admitted to the Academy at its AGM in London today (Tuesday 5 September), in addition to two new International Fellows and one Honorary Fellow. Together they will add their expertise to the Fellowship of 1,500 world-leading engineers from both industry and academia. The ranks of Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Fellows include some of the world's leading innovators and business people. Election to the Academy is by invitation only; around 50 Fellows are elected each year by peer review from nominations made by existing Fellows. Professor Cummings' Fellowship recognises his pioneering work in microelectronic technologies for biotechnology and diagnostic purposes, which has had major industrial impact. The outputs from his research led to the creation of the spinout company Mode Diagnostics Ltd, which brought an electronic bowel cancer screening technology to market.