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Professor Tim Baker鈥檚 efforts during the response to the pandemic have been recognised in 2020鈥檚 new Honours list, and he聽has been awarded an MBE for services to healthcare in the UK and abroad.聽Tim is聽the engineering co-lead for the 果冻影院 Ventura project that developed a breathing aid聽that can help keep COVID-19 patients out of intensive care.

The breathing aid, known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), has been used extensively to聽help COVID-19聽patients with serious respiratory problems to breathe more easily, when oxygen via a face mask alone is insufficient.聽The team of mechanical engineers at 果冻影院 and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, together with clinicians at 果冻影院H, worked round the clock to reverse engineer a CPAP device that could be rapidly manufactured and delivered to NHS hospitals ahead of a predicted surge in hospital admissions due to COVID-19.

The breathing aids are now being used in over 120聽NHS聽hospitals and findings show that administering CPAP prevents around 50% of patients from needing invasive ventilation.聽The designs have been made freely available for international use and have now been downloaded by over 1950聽teams in 105 countries 鈥� Tim and the team聽are now supporting these teams to develop聽locally and around 20 of these countries have moved to mass-manufacture.

Professor Tim Baker, 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering said:

鈥�鈥淚t has been an absolute privilege to lead an incredible team of engineers and doctors from 果冻影院 in partnership with industry. What we achieved as a team is a result of everyone鈥檚 determination and commitment at a time of unprecedented need. The device was approved for use in only 10 days and 10,000 were delivered within four weeks. Thanks to everyone鈥檚 hard work, patients across the NHS and around the world are being treated with the 果冻影院-Ventura breathing aid. I am proud to have worked alongside staff from the NHS in the response to Covid, and I am honoured to represent the entire team in receiving this award.鈥�

Professor Tim Baker聽did his PhD within 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering鈥檚聽internal combustion engine research group. His PhD work focused on intake systems development in collaboration with Ford Motor Company. After leaving 果冻影院 Tim worked in motorsport starting with Formula 1, which saw his career evolve from engine development to engine design.

He has designed engines that have won races and championships at global level, notably class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Safari Rally with Ford and winning the World Rallycross Championship. His close links to the motorsport industry were integral to enabling the partnership with Mercedes-AMG HPP throughout聽the 果冻影院 Ventura project.