EcE - the School of Engineering and Design - Brunel University
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Electronic & Computer <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
(ECE)<br />
<strong>Brunel</strong><br />
....A 50-year journey<br />
<strong>University</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Abdul H. Sadka, FIET<br />
Head <strong>of</strong> Electronic <strong>and</strong> Computer <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Centre for Media Communications Research<br />
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From Acton Technical college<br />
to becoming<br />
<strong>Brunel</strong> <strong>University</strong> in 1966<br />
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Fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> EE at <strong>Brunel</strong><br />
• Fellow <strong>of</strong> IEE <strong>and</strong> through<br />
that head <strong>of</strong> EIT Board<br />
• Policy for <strong>the</strong> training <strong>of</strong><br />
technologists in industry<br />
• Sadly died in 1973 but his<br />
legacy remains<br />
• A building on <strong>the</strong> Uxbridge<br />
campus is named after him<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Robin Howell, FIEE<br />
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Diploma in Technology Course<br />
in<br />
Electrical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
• First course commenced in January 1957<br />
• 4-year course<br />
• 6 months in <strong>the</strong> College <strong>and</strong> 6 months in industry per year<br />
• EE Department had 3 labs dealing with Electrical Science,<br />
Measurements, <strong>and</strong> Machines <strong>and</strong> Power<br />
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Prospectus 1958-59<br />
“The students for whom <strong>the</strong> course is most<br />
suitable are young men who might be<br />
judged to be able later to manage<br />
production units in manufacturing firms <strong>and</strong><br />
to be earning, by current st<strong>and</strong>ards,<br />
between £1100 <strong>and</strong> £1350 a year by <strong>the</strong><br />
time <strong>the</strong>y are thirty. “<br />
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First EE Graduating Cohort<br />
First graduates from 1961<br />
<strong>Brunel</strong> <strong>University</strong> in1962 after <strong>the</strong> move to Uxbridge in 1961<br />
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ECE Alumni in <strong>the</strong> Industry<br />
• 22 graduates <strong>of</strong> EE in 1966 – since<br />
<strong>the</strong>n some 4500<br />
• <strong>Brunel</strong> graduates in decision making<br />
roles in all major organisations<br />
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Leading <strong>Brunel</strong> EE Alumni in Academia<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sir John O’Reilly FREng<br />
Vice Chancellor <strong>of</strong> Cranfield <strong>University</strong><br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Leehter Yao<br />
Vice President at Taipei <strong>University</strong><br />
(Graduate <strong>of</strong> 1969) – President <strong>of</strong> IET,<br />
2004<br />
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Former Heads <strong>of</strong> EE at <strong>Brunel</strong><br />
• Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Michael Sterling FREng, FIEE<br />
• Vice Chancellor <strong>Brunel</strong> 1990 – 2001<br />
• President <strong>of</strong> IET 2002<br />
• Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Gerry Musgrave FIEE<br />
• Pro Vice Chancellor<br />
• Career in commercial management<br />
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EE Alumni in <strong>the</strong> World<br />
• Private Businesses<br />
• City Radio in<br />
Botswana<br />
• Pan<strong>the</strong>r design<br />
• Greek Parliament<br />
• Vicar<br />
• Teachers<br />
Services<br />
• Pangaro<br />
Incorporated in New<br />
York<br />
• Vocalis<br />
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Senior EE Alumni<br />
• Graduated from <strong>Brunel</strong> in<br />
1967 with a 1 st in Electrical<br />
<strong>and</strong> Electronic <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
• Career in automotive<br />
electronic control systems<br />
with Lucas, with Jaguar<br />
• Elected president <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
IMechE in 2005<br />
• Honorary degree from <strong>Brunel</strong><br />
Dr Andrew Ives<br />
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<strong>Brunel</strong> Honorary Graduates – IET Presidents<br />
Year<br />
Elected<br />
IET President<br />
Affiliation to <strong>Brunel</strong><br />
1977 Percy Albert Allaway <strong>Brunel</strong> Honorary Graduate<br />
1997 David Jefferies CBE FREng <strong>Brunel</strong> Honorary Graduate<br />
2005 Sir John Chisholm FREng CEng <strong>Brunel</strong> Honorary Graduate<br />
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IET Current Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees<br />
– Eur Ing Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Barry<br />
Jones FIET– Vice<br />
President (<strong>Brunel</strong><br />
Emeritus Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />
Manufacturing Metrology)<br />
– Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Colin Aitchison<br />
BSc ARCS, former HoD<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dean, <strong>Brunel</strong><br />
Emeritus Pr<strong>of</strong>essor –<br />
Ordinary member<br />
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IET Deputy president<br />
• Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Mike Short (FREng BA<br />
CEng FIET)<br />
• Vice President R&D O2<br />
(Telefonica)<br />
• Member <strong>of</strong> ECE Industrial<br />
Advisory Panel<br />
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Electronic <strong>and</strong> Computer <strong>Engineering</strong> at <strong>Brunel</strong> -<br />
Today<br />
• Cross disciplinary academic unit (Engineers, Technologists, Artists<br />
<strong>and</strong> Physicists)<br />
• One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> largest disciplines <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>and</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Design</strong><br />
• 46 academic staff<br />
• Student Population<br />
– 600 Ug<br />
– 160 MSc<br />
– 140 PhD<br />
• Ranked 5 th in <strong>the</strong> UK last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008)<br />
• Research portfolio <strong>of</strong> £7.5M worth <strong>of</strong> ongoing Research G&C’s<br />
• International partnerships with Overseas institutions (Universities,<br />
Ministries etc)<br />
• Excellent record <strong>of</strong> employment among our graduates<br />
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Taught Provision - Today<br />
• 9 BEng/BSc courses <strong>and</strong> 4 corresponding MEng programmes<br />
• Cross-disciplinary provision in EEE, CSE as well as Digital Media<br />
• MSc taught programmes in Data Comms, Wireless Comms, Sustainable<br />
Power, Distributed Computing <strong>and</strong> Multimedia Technologies<br />
• Off-campus MSc delivery in Greece <strong>and</strong> Germany<br />
• IET accredited teaching provisions<br />
• Industrial contributions <strong>and</strong> support<br />
• Good record <strong>of</strong> Student Satisfaction (top quartile <strong>of</strong> UK universities)<br />
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ECE Research Scope<br />
Systems<br />
Telecommunications<br />
BIPS CESR SIRG CMCR WNCC<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong> Malcolm Irving<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong> Wamadeva<br />
Balach<strong>and</strong>ran<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong> Peter Hobson<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong> Abdul H. Sadka<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. H. Al-Raweshidy<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong> J. Cosmas<br />
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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Design</strong><br />
<strong>Brunel</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Power Systems<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Malcolm Irving<br />
Co-Director<br />
Dr. Gareth Taylor<br />
Reader, Co-Director<br />
Dr. Mohamed Darwish<br />
Senior Lecturer<br />
Dr. Ahmed Zobaa<br />
Senior Lecturer<br />
Dr. Jeremy Daniel<br />
Computer Manager<br />
Power systems analysis<br />
<strong>and</strong> control<br />
Power electronics <strong>and</strong> FACTS<br />
Renewable generation<br />
Active filters for power quality<br />
Power market analysis<br />
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Sensors & Instrumentation Research Group<br />
The Ch<strong>and</strong>rayaan -1 space<br />
The CMS Particle Detector at<br />
<strong>the</strong> LHC, CERN: Endcap<br />
mission <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> C1XS X-ray<br />
spectrometer.<br />
during installation <strong>and</strong> a<br />
display <strong>of</strong> a “beam splash”<br />
event.<br />
Fluorescing fibres for <strong>the</strong><br />
MICE muon detector.<br />
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Centre for Electronic Systems Research (CESR)<br />
CESR is an inter-disciplinary research centre engaged in both fundamental <strong>and</strong> applied<br />
research to improve <strong>the</strong> control <strong>and</strong> operations <strong>of</strong> industrial processes <strong>and</strong> to enrich <strong>the</strong><br />
quality <strong>of</strong> life <strong>and</strong> services for <strong>the</strong> 21 st century needs<br />
The main areas <strong>of</strong> research in <strong>the</strong> Centre are:<br />
Artificial Intelligent Systems<br />
Bio-nanotechnology<br />
Biometrics<br />
Charge Particle Dynamics<br />
Evolvable Hardware<br />
Ultrasonic NDT<br />
Image <strong>and</strong> Vision Systems<br />
Location Based Services (LBS)<br />
Reconfigurable Computing<br />
Human Factors in Electronic System <strong>Design</strong><br />
Integrated Micromachined Micr<strong>of</strong>luidic Chip for<br />
Point-<strong>of</strong>-Care Diagnostics (Doctor-on-a-Chip)<br />
Artificial intelligent techniques are employed<br />
in modelling <strong>of</strong> DNA mismatch repair<br />
expression<br />
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Centre for Media Communication Systems<br />
Virtual/augmented reality technologies<br />
Visual media processing<br />
Ubiquitous <strong>and</strong><br />
Heterogeneous<br />
Network<br />
3D Imaging technologies<br />
Media transport <strong>and</strong> delivery over heterogeneous networks<br />
Speech/audio processing & recognition<br />
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Wireless Networks <strong>and</strong> Communications Centre (WNCC)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Hamed Al Rawshedy, Pr<strong>of</strong>. John Cosmas<br />
Joint Directors<br />
Dr Marios Hadjinicolaou<br />
Data Comms MSc Course Director<br />
Dr Raj Nilavalan<br />
Wireless Comms MSc Course Director<br />
Dr Kostas Banitsas<br />
Data Comms (A<strong>the</strong>ns) MSc Course Director<br />
Dr Qiang Ni<br />
Wireless Comms Lecturer<br />
Antennas <strong>and</strong> Wireless Communications Equipment<br />
Multimedia Communication Applications<br />
<strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> Provisioning<br />
Network<br />
<strong>and</strong> System Simulators<br />
State <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Art<br />
Equipment <strong>and</strong> Facilities<br />
DSP <strong>and</strong> FPGA Development Environments<br />
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