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Welcome from

Head of Department

30 th September 2021 Prof Gareth Taylor Head of Department Electronic and Electrical Engineering

1. Overview

2. Teaching

3. Research

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Annual Research Grant Income

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breaking Interdisciplinary research

Colleges

Research

Institutes

Teaching and disciplinary

research

Research Support & Development Office Environment, Health & Societies

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College of Engineering, Design and

Physical Sciences - CEDPS

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Currently four Engineering Departments

within CEDPS college

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE)
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Electronic and Electrical Engineering

(EEE)

Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Brunel is highly regarded both nationally and internationally

• Ranked in top 4 Universities in London (~20) over the last three years
• Included in top 30% of UK Universities over the last 3 years
• Included in top 200 Universities internationally in both teaching and research

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Electronic and Electrical Engineering

(EEE)

All Electronic and Electrical Engineering academic staff are research active in the following internationally recognised research areas

• 5G and Beyond
• Digital Media & Technology
• Electrical Power Systems
• Electronic Systems
• Industrial and Applied AI
• Sensors and Instrumentation

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EEE Departmental Structure as of 2020/

academic year:

EEE Department Electronic and Electrical Engineering CQUPT Partnership TNE - Transnational Education BEng Electronic and Communications Engineering Dual Programme BEng Electronic and Communications Engineering

• 100 new Students in 2021- 22
• ~280 over first 3 years
• ~380 Students as of 2021- 22

Brunel University London Teaching & Learning: ➢ Dr R. Nilavalan (Nila) ▪ Director for Teaching and Learning, nila.nilavalan@brunel.ac.uk, Tel: 01895 267069 ➢ Programmes ▪ BEng/MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering ✓ BEng Pathways: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Systems, Communication Systems, Energy Systems ✓ Course Director: Dr Maysam Abbod ▪ BEng Computer Systems Engineering ✓ Course Director: Dr Nikolaos Boulgouris ▪ BEng Electronic Engineering (Level 6 top-up) ✓ Course Director: Dr Ahmed Zobaa ▪ Level Coordinators ✓ Level 4 (year 1): Dr Md Nazmul Huda ✓ Level 5 (year 2): Dr Lu Gan ✓ Level 6 (year 3): Dr Ahmed Zobaa ✓ Level 7 (MEng): Dr Ian Dear ▪ MSc Advanced Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Course Director: Dr Mohamed Darwish ) ▪ MSc Sustainable Electrical Power (Course Director : Dr Ioana Pisica ) ▪ MSc Wireless and Computer Communication Networks (Course Director: Prof John Cosmas )

Brunel University London Teaching & Learning ( Delivery in 2021/22 ) ➢ BEng/MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering ▪ Common engineering year 1 ✓ Details will be available from Friday’s time tabling talk ➢ All other programmes: ▪ Our Plans ✓ Some sessions are on-campus and other session on-line only (Details available from time table) ✓ This plan will not change during term 1 unless there are further strict national/local guidelines ✓ Any changes will be discussed with students ▪ Labs ✓ All lab sessions will be delivered on-campus only ▪ Students who can not attend on-campus sessions need to submit an EC with appropriate evidences and if accepted we will provide alternate support.

Brunel University London Personal Tutoring ➢ Dr Ian Dear, Senior Tutor, ian.dear@brunel.ac.uk ➢ University life is exciting but also challenging, expecting you to be more independent, creative, and proactive in problem solving ➢ A personal tutor will be assigned to you in support of your universities studies. ➢ A personal tutor would be your first contact point when you have difficulties academically and non- academically ➢ Your personal tutor will be arranging meetings with you probably online for the being on Microsoft Teams or other platforms ➢ It is expected you meet your personal tutors regularly say once a week or every two weeks ➢ Meetings will be recorded by your personal tutor in the Tutor Dashboard on eVision, and absences from the tutorial sessions will be recorded ➢ Personal tutoring is also part of the BE1602 Engineering Practice with a formal assessment

Brunel University London 30 September 2021 Welcome to ECE (^) 17

Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE)

Key Messages from Staff

• Dr Rajagopal Nilavalan - Director of Teaching and Learning
• Dr Ian Dear – Senior Tutor
• Dr Maysam Abbod – Director of Research & UG CD
• Dr Konstantinos Banitsas - UG Admissions Tutor
• Natalie Crowley – TPO
• Scarlett McDonald and Nadira Bisnauth – EEE Admin

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Research Centres and Groups

BIPS Research Centre Leader: Prof Taylor Multimedia Communication Research Group Leader: Prof Sadka Electronic Systems Research Group Leader: Prof Balachandran Wireless Communication Research Group Leader: Prof Al-Raweshidy Sensors and Instrumentation Research Group Leader: Prof Khan

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University Site License Software

The following software packages are available to students to download to their PCs: ABAQUS Advanced Aircraft Analysis Ansys ArcGIS Autodesk Products (including AutoCAD etc) Cadence OrCAD Catia CES (GRANTA) EduPack 2020 COMSOL DigSILENT PowerFactory KeyShot Labview Matlab MSC Adams Ricardo Wave Rockwell Arena SAP Simul Solidworks Tecnomatix Jack https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/cedps/IT/Pages/Software.aspx