cibse news 16 Obituary Professor John Swaffield l Much respected professor dies It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Professor John Swaffield – engineer, academic, and <strong>CIBSE</strong> president from 2008 to 2009. He will be greatly missed by the institution and the wider industry. Professor John Swaffield, FRSE, Professor Emeritus, and head of the school of the built environment at Heriot-Watt University until 2008, w<strong>as</strong> an engineer and an academic who firmly believed in enabling learning through the application of theory and technology. He pioneered the application of engineering and science in water conservation and drainage engineering, and established a number of highly successful Building Services Engineering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. After completing his studies in aeronautical engineering, John led the Concorde fuel system test programme with the British Aircraft Corporation in Bristol. In 1972 he joined the mechanical engineering department at London’s South Bank Polytechnic teaching fluid mechanics to building services engineers. He moved to Brunel University in 1974, where he first became involved in the application of theory and engineering principles within the field of water conservation. In 1985 he joined Heriot-Watt University, where he introduced undergraduate and postgraduate building services engineering programmes, becoming head of department in 1988 and 1995, and head of the School of the Built Environment in 2002. Through UK research councils and government funding, he established a research profile that became recognised worldwide. Outside of the university he w<strong>as</strong> also very active, chairing Defra’s Water Regulations Advisory Committee. In addition, he w<strong>as</strong> a member of the Building Regulations Part H and G working groups, among others. Within <strong>CIBSE</strong>, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> being president, John participated in many committees, including the Education, Training and Membership Committee, the Research Committee, and the New members, fellows and <strong>as</strong>sociates FeLLOw Lai Yuen Chuk Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong Chuk is director and general manager of Global Toptech Group. He h<strong>as</strong> 35 years’ experience in the mechanical and electrical building services industry and is involved from the business development stage through estimating, construction and the maintenance delivery of systems in all sectors. Seamus McKillop County Antrim, UK Seamus McKillop is managing director and founder of Semple & McKillop, an engineering practice. With nearly 20 years’ experience, Seamus h<strong>as</strong> specialist knowledge of energy conservation and application of sustainable energy generation. Under his leadership, Semple & McKillop h<strong>as</strong> gained a strong reputation. Eric Charles Roberts Birmingham, UK Eric Roberts started his career more than 25 years ago <strong>as</strong> a pipe fitter. He h<strong>as</strong> held a number of roles within the industry, and completed a PhD. For the p<strong>as</strong>t 15 years he h<strong>as</strong> been exclusively involved in building modelling and simulation. He founded engineering consultancy Zero Energy Design in 2006. MeMbeR Professor John Swaffield ‘ He w<strong>as</strong> a man of remarkable knowledge and integrity and w<strong>as</strong>, without exception, much respected’ Chloe Jennifer Agg Coventry, UK Chun Wei, Leslie Chau New Territories, Hong Kong Man Chun Cheung Kowloon, Hong Kong Stephen David Clark Prestwick, UK Daniel Kevin Coleman Hatfield, UK Martin Kealy Athy, Republic of Ireland Kai Yiu Clark Lau Shatin N.T., Hong Kong Kwok Ho Lau Mongkok, Hong Kong Sai Hung Lee Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Lap Man Lee Kowloon, Hong Kong Chi Leung Joe Lei New Territories, Hong Kong Accreditation Panel. He sat on the editorial panels of the Building Services <strong>Journal</strong> and <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Journal</strong>, and w<strong>as</strong> also a strong supporter of <strong>CIBSE</strong>’s Society of Public Health Engineers. For many years John w<strong>as</strong> chairman of the editorial panel of Building Services Engineering Research and Technology (BSER&T), <strong>CIBSE</strong>’s learned journal. Under his leadership, BSER&T obtained the status of having an impact factor and being recognised <strong>as</strong> one of the leading journals in the field of built environment research. He authored a number of books, many of which became the ‘bible’ for those working in the field. John w<strong>as</strong> a pioneer in the field of water conservation and the application of numerical modelling techniques to building drainage problems, leading to him being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004. He w<strong>as</strong> a man of remarkable knowledge and integrity and w<strong>as</strong>, without exception, much respected. Hong Yau Liu Kowloon, Hong Kong Manoj Madathil Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ka Fai Ming Hong Kong Ronan Pigott Ennis, Clare, Republic of Ireland George Pollock Paisley, UK Lindsey Sanders Bristol, UK Paul Stroud Sevenoaks, UK Wing Yan Tam Tuen Mun, Hong Kong Pok Man Daniel Tsang New Territories E<strong>as</strong>t-2, Hong Kong Hung Kay Sunny Tsoi Hong Kong Craig Thom<strong>as</strong> White Lanc<strong>as</strong>hire, UK Koon Fung Wong Shatin, Hong Kong Ka Shing Wong Hong Kong Fu Xiao Kowloon, Hong Kong Yau Sing Yeung Kowloon, Hong Kong Ka Fai Howard Yu Siu Sai Wan, UK AssOciATe Christopher Thom<strong>as</strong> Chamberlin Bristol, UK Kirk James Schartau Ipswich, UK LicenTiATe Lewis Alexander Forbes Murray High Wycombe,UK Musibau Idowu Olayoonu Doha, Qatar J<strong>as</strong>on Turner Newark, UK <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> April 2011 www.cibsejournal.com
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