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FIBE Group Newsletter

1 July 2025

We're excited to bring you the very first edition of the FIBE Group Newsletter — your go-to update on everything happening across the FIBE2 CDT and FIBE3 CDT programmes. In this issue, we’re recapping everything that’s happened across the FIBE Group in 2025 so far.

Summer Industry Day 2025

17 June 2025

Summer Industry Day 2025 brought together a fantastic mix of students, academics, and industry partners to exchange ideas, showcase MRes mini projects, and explore the exciting Roadmap initiatives. team_building_activity.png The day started with a welcome and update from the FIBE3 Head and Director, Prof Abir Al-Tabbaa on...

CM3 session with Mark Enzer

4 April 2025

The fourth CM3 workshop, delivered by Mark Enzer, a Strategic Advisory Director from Mott MacDonald, explored the CDT theme of risk-based systems thinking and connectivity in the built environment. Mark emphasised that the built environment is a system of systems, integrating economic, social, and natural infrastructures...

Cohort 1 Makes a Splash at the Cambridge Festival with Flood Fighters!

3 April 2025

Cohort 1 brought fun, creativity, and a splash of science to the Cambridge Festival with their interactive game, Flood Fighters. Festival-goers began by crafting origami houses from paper printed with brick patterns, learning how building foundations support structures and keep them upright. The challenge? Defend those...

CM3 with Sripriya Rengaraju and Noemi Arena

21 March 2025

FIBE3 CDT hosted its third CM3 workshop, focusing on the CDT theme: Radical Circularity and the Whole Life Approach. The session was led by Dr. Noemi Arena (Mott MacDonald) and Dr. Sripriya Rengaraju (University of Cambridge), who shared valuable insights on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in infrastructure projects...

CM3 with Sam Stanier, Scott Whyte and Joe Hilton

14 March 2025

The second CM3 workshop, focusing on the CDT theme of Existing and Disruptive/New Technologies was held in collaboration with Sam Stanier, (Cambridge University), Scott Whyte (Geowynd) and Joe Hilton (SLPE). It explored key advancements and challenges in offshore wind energy infrastructure. cm3_geowynd_news2.png The...

CM3 session with Sakthy Selvakumaran and Stefano Cavazzi

12 March 2025

The first CM3 workshop of the term was launched with a focus on AI-driven digitalisation and data . This session kicked off a series of 4 workshops under the FIBE3 CDT MRes course, designed to provide Cohort 1 with a comprehensive understanding and practical insights into the CDT’s four high level thematic enablers...

CM1 Lecture with Scott Whyte and David Donaghy

15 January 2025

Our last CM1 lecture was an insightful lecture by Scott Whyte and David Donaghy from Geowynd and Ocean Infinity, titled "Improved Geodata Acquisition, Interpretation, and Design Methods for Rapid Development of Offshore Windfarms." The lecture emphasised the need for adopting a full geo-lifecycle approach to offshore site...

EnterpriseTECH at the Judge Business School

15 January 2025

On Wednesday 29th January 2025, Cohort 1 successfully concluded their 10-week EnterpriseTECH journey at the Judge Business School with an ETech Pitch Night. Designed for STEM researchers or professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship, our students learnt core aspects of entrepreneurship, innovative problem-solving...

Year-end Cohort-bonding dinner

13 December 2024

This year, FIBE3 CDT secured EPSRC funding and embarked on an exciting 8-year journey starting in October, with a focus on the timely theme of Unlocking Net Zero. As the third consecutive CDT in the FIBE group, Cambridge University has the distinguished honour and proudly stands among the few UK institutions to receive...