Transcript Vice Dean - University of Strathclyde

FIRST for Engineering
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The largest centre for
Engineering education in
Scotland.
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Excellent international
reputation for world-class study
and research.
• The Place of Useful Learning.
Roy Chapman
Vice Dean Academic
Faculty of Engineering
FIRST for Engineering
9 Departments:
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Architecture
Bioengineering
Chemical & Process Engineering
Civil Engineering
Design, Manufacture & Engineering Management
Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
National Centre for Prosthetics & Orthotics
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
An International Community
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300+ international students,
researchers and staff from 40 countries
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Enhanced learning for all
Some of Our Achievements…
• Top in Europe for ‘Sustainability’
• Top in Scotland for:
– Electrical & Electronic Eng
– Mechanical Eng
– Highest ‘research power’ rating in RAE08
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Power Plant simulator in a European University
MSc in Power Plant Technologies in Scotland
MSc in Environmental Forensics in the UK
MSc in Environmental Entrepreneurship in Europe
First interactive classroom in the UK
Some of Our Achievements…
• First interactive classroom in UK
• Two doctoral training centres
– Medical Devices (bioengineering)
– Wind Energy Technology
• 2008 Student Prize winners:
– Royal Institute of British Architects silver medal the world's most prestigious student prize in
architecture.
– Best Student Project at the Scottish Renewables
Green Energy Awards 2008 for EME students
– Institution of Engineering Designers Prize
Awards for DMEM final year projects
– Royal Academy of Engineering - Engineering
Leadership Advanced Award – Chem Eng
Why Study Engineering at Strathclyde?
Careers
Employability
Quality Teaching
Industry Links
“Strathclyde engineers are among the best I have come across.
We regularly recruit Strathclyde engineers onto
our fast-track management development scheme.”
- Alan Raleigh, Global Technology Unit, Unilever.
FIRST for Undergraduate Teaching
• Over 500 graduates each year, largest of any Scottish
University
• High Quality Teaching & High Quality Student Intake
• Flagship MEng & Interdisciplinary degrees
• Collaboration with Industry…
– Rolls-Royce Chair in Power Engineering
– Student placements and sponsorship
– Industry-relevant research
FIRST for Undergraduate Teaching
• Over 50 UG courses
– BEng – 4 years
– MEng – 5 years including European Studies or
Business Studies
• Innovative Teaching
– New Approaches to Teaching & Learning in
Engineering (NATALIE) - based on Peer
Instruction – ‘teaching by questioning’
– Interactive Teaching Clusters
– Use of Virtual Learning Environment (WebCT)
– Short mini-lectures, videos, demonstrations and
problem-solving
– Student Group and Project Work
FIRST for Accredited Courses
• Accredited status: Chartered Engineer
– essential for engineers to enter professional
practice
– recognised globally
• Undergraduate courses
– monitored in the UK through regular course
inspections by the Engineering Institutions
• ALL Strathclyde BEng and MEng courses are
accredited
• MEng - may become necessary for accreditation
in the future
FIRST for Industrial Links
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Industrial advisory board for each department.
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Industrial Placements – enabling students to
gain experience in the workplace.
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Site visits and industrial lectures for students.
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Sponsored Professors (Rolls Royce, Texas
Instruments)
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Extensive opportunities for Continued
Professional Development
Some of our Facilities….
£2.5m invested in Chemical Eng labs
…..Laboratories and Computer Suites….
Digital Design and Manufacture Studio
Access to computer aided design, 2D and 3D data
acquisition, virtual prototyping, and a wide range of
rapid prototyping techniques.
3D Virtual Prototyping
DMEM
Physical Rapid
Prototyping
So what is it like study
at Strathclyde?
Innovative teaching ….. Practical – hands on – FUN!!
Opportunities for Skills Development
Zhao Yangfan – 3rd Year BEng Mechanical
Engineering Student
“The Scottish people are so friendly that nobody will refuse you to
give you a hand when you are in trouble. They will smile to you
and try their best to help you, which make us foreigners feel warm
and happy. The study here is busy and complex, so we must work
absolutely hard to absorb more and more knowledge.
I am enjoying the life here, I love this city, I love this college.”
FIRST for Postgraduates
• One of the UK’s largest provider of
postgraduate education.
– 400+ students, 100+ research staff
• Instructional Programmes: (all 1 year)
– Postgraduate Diploma/certificate
– MSc
– MArch
• Research Degrees:
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EngD
PhD
MPhil
MRes
4 years with industry-based project
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Current Postgraduate Strengths
• GRPE - Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering
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Over £26.5m investment ex Scottish Funding Council
A further £100m co-invested over 5 years from partner institutions
• Advanced Forming Research Centre
• A world-class research facility supporting design and manufacture
engineering - applications range from aviation to automobiles
• 8 industrial partners including Rolls Royce and Mettis Aerospace
• Scottish Power Advanced Research Centre
• A partnership with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• £150,000 annual funding for new technology development
•EU Research Council's Advanced Investigator Grant
• €2m prestigious ‘Blue Sky Research’ award into spacecraft technology
New Courses - 2009/10
• MSc in Power Plant Technologies – NEW!
• Developed with companies
• Designed to meet immediate sector training needs
• Classes developed with industry - lectures delivered by
industrialists
• Real life Case Studies
• The only course of its type in Scotland
• MSc in Ship and Offshore Structures - NEW!
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• MRes in Building Design and Management
for Sustainability - NEW!
Strathclyde Engineering Research
A focussed approach, enhancing our international research strengths
Institutes
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Information & Communications Engineering
Infrastructure & Transport Engineering
Power & Energy Systems Engineering
Health Engineering
Knowledge Centres for cross-discipline research
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Safety Engineering and Conditional Monitoring
Environmental Impact Assessment
Business & Manufacturing Processes
Digital Electronics
Design Concepts and Processes
Computational Methods in Engineering
Engineering Fundamentals