Colleges UoE

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Colleges _at_ UoE

• Science and Engineering
• Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
• Humanities and Social Science

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Schools in College of Science and Engineering

• Biological Sciences
• GeoSciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography,
  Ecology)
• ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS (Chemical, Civil
  Environmental, Electronics, Mechanical)
• Informatics (Computer Sci, Cognitive Sci, AI)
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics

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Engineering and Electronics Achievements

• Graduates 200 pa (BEng MEng).
• Doctorates 40 pa (165 postgraduate students)
• 1996 and 2001 Research Assessment Exercise 5
• 1998 President's Partnership-Highly Commended
• 2002 QAA (Teaching) Commendable with Exemplar
• 8 spin-out and 6 start-up companies
• 3 licensing agreements
• 14 paper prize awards since 2001
• 4 academics on fellowship/industrial support

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Engineering and Electronics

• Academic
  70
• Academic part-time
  10
• Support (technical, computing and clerical)
  48
• Research
  65
• Salaried staff total
  200
• MSc research students
  8
• PhD students
  165
• Total headcount
  300

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Staff in Engineering and Electronics

• Head of School Professor Peter Grant
• Director of Research Professor Chris Hall
• Director of Teaching Dr Ewen Macpherson
• Head Chemical Dr John Christy
• Head Civil and Environmental Dr Robin Wardlaw
• Head Electronics Dr Bob Kelly
• Head Mechanical Steve Warrington

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UG Engineering Degrees

• BEng/MEng Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Eng with Management
• Chemical Eng with Environmtl Eng
• MEng Chemical Engineering with European Studies

• BEng/MEng Civil Engineering
• Civil Eng with Construction Mgt
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Structural Eng with Architecture
• Structural and Fire Safety Engineering

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UG ME Engineering Degrees

• BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Eng with Management
• Mechanical Eng and Renewable Energy System

• BEng/MEng Joint Degrees
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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UG Electronics Degrees

• BEng Electronics Electrical Eng (EEE)
• Communications or Electronics
• Mobile Comms and Multimedia Engineering
• Electronics with Management
• BEng Joint Computer Science and Electronics
• Electronics and Software

• MEng Electronics Electrical Engineering and
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics
• Electronics with Management
• MEng Joint Electronics and Computer Science
• Electronics and Software Engineering

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Engineering and Electronics

• UNDERGRADUATE Industrial Scholarships
• Competitive awards with company selection
• Vac employment project signing on bonus
• 20k total over 5 year course
• 30 scholarships per annum
• BAE SYSTEMS, Tality, Taylor Woodrow, Agilent,
  Motorola, National Semic, STMicroelectronics,
  Thales-MESL, Wolfson Micro, ECS Technologies,
  Schlumberger, Sir McAlpine, Babtie

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BEng Graduations

• 
  01/02 02/03
• Chemical
  24 11
• Civil
  17 11
• Civil Environmental with Mgt 9
  10
• Electronics and Electrical
  29 23
• Mechanical
  16 12
• Mechanical with Management 23
  12
• Computer Science and Electronics 1
  4
• Electrical and Mechanical
  3 4
• Structural Eng with Architecture
  - 4

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MEng Graduations

• 
  01/02 02/03
• Chemical
  16 5
• Civil
  21 25
• Electronics Electrical
  22 23
• Mechanical
  13 15
• Electrical Mechanical
  1 2
• FTE 800
  SSR 12.01

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Features of Current Year 5

• Up to 40 (industrial) project
• Dissertation Study (5 student groups) in
  Electronics
• Group design projects in Mechanical
• Teach via 3 week intensive learning modules
• Dont achieve any real interdiscliplinary
  teaching activity

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Plans for RAEng Project

• Increase guest lectures in years 1 4 (BEng)
• Launch interdiscliplinary design studies options
  into MEng year 5 study
• Implement as 5 week intensive learning modules
• Taught in self study teams
• Organised and Supported by Visiting Professors
  (and academic staff)

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Study topics

• Select two design topics from
• Hydro-electric power system
  (Ci/El/Me)
• Waste water treatment plant
  (Ch/Ci/Me)
• Nanoelectronics
  (Ch/El/Me)

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Key Features of Study

• Interdiscliplinary team work
• Group study
• Real life case study design examples
• VP support for 3 days/week for 5 week duration
• Run 4 parallel groups on each study topic
• With 3 students per disclipline ( 3 discliplines
  per group), i,.e. 9 students per group
• 36 students study a topic for 5 weeks
• Assess by design review and short report

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VP appointments

• Appoint 4 (part-time) Visiting Professors
• Task them to deliver early year guest lectures,
  embedded in appropriate lecture modules to
• Introduce students to their topics
• Major activity is to organise topics for and
  support 5th year group studies

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Potential VP Appointees

• Brian Count, ex CEGB
• Ian Pope, Pope Associates
• Gordon Masterton, Babtie Group
• Quentin Leiper, Carrillion
• John Arthur, ex Thales MESL