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Electronic and Electrical Engineering research student Joe Kinrade wins this year's prize for his project Sky on fire - the auroral effects on GPS in the Antarctic.
Dr Nathan Smith's work on creating a database of normal brain blood-flow, using imaging technique SPECT, could help to improve Alzheimer's diagnosis.
A £1.5 million grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council will further collaborative research into low-impact, energy efficient buildings.
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering student Stephen Briscoe wins Santander Prize for Student Media at the University Arts and Media Awards 2012.
An international delegation from the Shangdong Electric Power Company recently visited the University to learn about our cutting-edge energy research.
Funded EPSRC PhD studentship on offer
Mon 30 Apr 2012
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering to take part in a new research project: Group III-Nitrade Semiconductor Light Emitting Devices. read more »
Student wins Young Person of the Year
Thu 15 Dec 2011
A first year Electronic and Electrical Engineering student has won a Pride of Reading award for his work with the community. read more »
Department achieves 95% for student satisfaction
Wed 17 Aug 2011
The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has achieved a rating of 95% for student satisfaction in the 2011 National Student Survey. read more »
Department welcomes new lecturer
Thu 05 May 2011
The Department is pleased to welcome Dr Nathan Smith. He joined the University as a member of the Bath Institute for Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. read more »
Bath in Space!
Wed 16 Feb 2011
A team from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering have been shortlisted to fly their payload (TOPCAT) on the first UK CubeSat read more »
Adrian Townsend a winner of Visual Research Stories Competition
Mon 24 May 2010
Postgraduate student Adrian Townsend is announced as one of the winners of the University's Visual Research Stories Competition. read more »
Department hosts international conference
Wed 12 May 2010
The Department recently hosted the 12th International Electrical Impedance Tomography Conference, attracting over 120 delegates from 15 countries. read more »
Student Go Ono wins placement poster prize sponsored by BP
Thu 25 Mar 2010
Third year student Go Ono wins BP sponsored prize for his placement poster. read more »
Dr Furong Li wins 2009 Rushlight Award
Tue 02 Feb 2010
The Awards promote and celebrate the leading energy, resource and environmental technologies and innovations by organizations throughout UK and Ireland. read more »
PhD student meets MPs at the Parliamentary Space Committee
Tue 05 Jan 2010
PhD student Julian Rose joined Members of Parliament, academics and leading figures of the UK space industry at the Christmas Parliamentary Space Committee meeting at the Houses of Parliament. read more »
China’s most influential academic in Electrical Power System Planning awarded Distinguished Fellowship at Bath
Fri 20 Nov 2009
The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded Professor Xifan Wang a prestigious and highly competitive Distinguished Fellowship, to be held in our Department. read more »
Department ranked 4th in the UK in this year's National Student Survey
Tue 08 Sep 2009
We are ranked number 4 in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2009 read more »
Alumnus Nick Wood funds undergraduate scholarship
Mon 17 Aug 2009
Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department alumnus Nick Wood to fund a new scholarship. read more »
Professor Cathryn Mitchell recognised by Royal Society research award
Thu 06 Aug 2009
Professor Cathryn Mitchell of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering awarded Royal Society Research Merit Award read more »
Karen Woods voted 'Departmental Administrator of the Year' by students
Tue 05 May 2009
Karen is voted by students as the University's 2008/2009 'Departmental Administrator of the Year' read more »
Undergraduate Matt Hayes wins prizes at University of Bath Arts & Media Awards
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Matt Hayes wins both the Marjorie VandeLinde Prize and the Abbey-Santander prize for excellence in production at the University of Bath Arts & Media Awards on Monday 27 April 2009 read more »
Undergraduate awarded prestigious summer placement at the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO)
Thu 02 Apr 2009
Third-year student Talini Pinto Jayawardena has been offered an Anglo-Australian Observatory Student Fellowship over the coming summer read more »
Bath students shine in British Council's International Student Awards 2009
Wed 25 Mar 2009
Nigerian student Yoma Okwa is named as a runner-up in the regional finals of the British Council's International Student Awards 2009 read more »
Reception for the start of undergraduate projects
Fri 30 Jan 2009
On Tuesday 27th of January a reception was held to mark the launch of the undergraduate final year projects. read more »
Graduate proves age is no barrier to education
Wed 10 Dec 2008
A student from the University of Bath’s Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering graduated today at the age of 73, gaining an MPhil (Master of Philosophy). read more »
Students at the UKSEDS 20th Annual Space Conference
Wed 10 Dec 2008
Report by Andrew Bacon (MEng Electronics with Space Science and Technology student) on UKSEDS read more »
New lecturer, Pedro Estrela, appointed to the Department (17/11/08)
Mon 17 Nov 2008
We are delighted to welcome Dr Estrela as a new member of the academic staff. read more »
Identical twins to study for IMEE degrees at Bath (10/09/08)
Wed 10 Sep 2008
Thomas and Matthew Stankowski will start their integrated mechanical and electrical engineering course this term. read more »
Undergraduate Andrew Bacon wins second prize in the Space Generation Advisory Council's competition
Tue 05 Aug 2008
The brief for this competition was to "Write a paper describing your innovative idea on how to move an asteroid or comet. Papers should show originality, engineering practicality, familiarity with the technical literature, and provide a clear written description of the innovation." read more »
Tree Listening Installation at Kew
Mon 02 Jun 2008
Undergraduate Ben Metcalfe designs and builds the amplifiers for the "Tree Listening Installation" educational experience at Kew Gardens read more »
New lecturer, Manuchehr Soleimani, appointed to the Department
Thu 22 May 2008
We are delighted to welcome Dr Soleimani as a new member of the academic staff. Dr Soleimani joined us on the 1st of May as a lecturer in electromagnetic systems and is a member of both the Invert Centre, and of the Centre for Space, Atmospheric & Oceanic Science at the Dept. of EEE, University of Bath. read more »
£743k awarded to the University of Bath and the British Antarctic Survey to deploy GPS receivers in the Antarctic
Thu 22 May 2008
Professor Cathryn Mitchell and Dr. Ivan Astin from the University of Bath and Dr Martin Jarvis of the British Antarctic Survey have won research funding totalling £743k from the Natural Environment Research Council for a project entitled "Remote GPS measurements to improve SAR ice monitoring". read more »
Northern Lights threat to Sat-Nav signals
Thu 01 May 2008
Research lead by a team at the University has shown for the first time that Sat-Nav signals can be broken up when they pass though aurora. read more »
Andrew Bacon wins first prize in the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Lunar Rover Design Competition
Tue 29 Apr 2008
Undergraduate Andrew Bacon, who is currently studying for a degree in Electronics with Space Science & Technology at Bath, has been named as the Phase 1 winner of the UKSC/SEDSIC (United Kingdom Space Conference/SEDS International Conference) Rover Design Competition. read more »
Department joins the IET Power Academy
Fri 28 Mar 2008
In recognition of the Department's exellence in teaching and research in the field of power and energy systems, from today the University of Bath joins the prestigious IET Power Academy. The Power Academy consists of seven top UK universities in this field now including the University of Bath. read more »
University of Bath Deploys a New Radar in the Rocky Mountains to Study the Edge of Space
Tue 11 Mar 2008
A research group led by Professor Nick Mitchell from the Department’s Centre for Space Atmospheric & Oceanic Science has just returned from Bear Lake Observatory, Logan, Utah, USA where they are involved in a joint UK/US project to study giant waves in the atmosphere at the edge of space. read more »
Dr Cathryn Mitchell promoted to Professor
Thu 06 Mar 2008
On the 1st of March Dr Cathryn Mitchell become the first female professor within the faculty of Engineering and Design when she was awarded a Personal Chair. read more »
Bath Electrical Engineering Graduate Features in 'The Engineer' Magazine
Thu 14 Feb 2008
Graduates, Andy Webb features in 'The Engineer' magazine. read more »
The start of the MEng & BEng final year projects
Fri 08 Feb 2008
With the end of their final exams, and the start of their last semester at the University of Bath, our MEng and BEng students begin their individual projects. For the MEng students these last the whole semester and for the BEng students half the semester. read more »
Academics investigate Safety-Critical applications for Satellite Navigation Systems
Thu 17 Jan 2008
Cathryn Mitchell and Robert Watson have won funding to develop connections between academia, industry and the user community in the vital area of satellite navigation used in safety-critical systems. Such systems include aviation and transport. The project will identify the technical problems and potential barriers to the exploitation of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in a wide variety of applications including aircraft landing systems. read more »
£118,000 awarded for Energy-Research Manager
Wed 03 Oct 2007
Prof. Raj Aggarwal has been awarded £118,000 by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund the appointment and work of an Energy Project Manager. read more »
Appointment of a Visiting Professor – John Scott
Wed 03 Oct 2007
The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is very pleased to appoint John Scott as a Visiting Professor within the Faculty of Engineering & Design. read more »
Research student Joe Kinrade wins 2012 Ede & Ravenscroft Prize
The Ede & Ravenscroft Prize (£1,000) is awarded annually to the University's best research student. This year's winner is Joe Kinrade, from the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering.
KTA film: Collaborating with RUH to improve diagnosis of dementia
A KTA-funded video: Dr Nathan Smith (Electronic & Electrical Engineering) worked with physicists from Nuclear Medicine departments in Bristol and Bath to create a database of normal brain blood-flow, using an imaging technique known as SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography). This database could help to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease across the UK.
University secures £1.5m for energy efficiency research
The University has secured a grant of £1.5 million to further its research into low-impact, energy efficient buildings.
Leading energy research from Bath shared with China
An international delegation from the Shangdong Electric Power Company has recently visited the University to learn from the cutting-edge energy research taking place.
OFGEM funding boosts low carbon research at Bath
The University of Bath is receiving over £1 million funding from OFGEM for its low carbon energy work.
Engineers make waves in Women’s History Month
Leading female researchers from across the University’s engineering faculty are making history during Women’s History Month.
Smart DC power proven a success in the south west
A truce is being called to a century-old ‘War of the Currents’ following a year-long project to establish the value of direct current (DC) power in a world of widespread computer use.
Dr Julian Rose explains the solar storms taking place this week
Reports in the news this week have highlighted that the Earth is being bombarded by the strongest solar storm since 2005, with the Northern Lights seen as far south as Yorkshire.
KTA fellow to transfer cutting-edge GPS research into industry
The University’s EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Account is funding Dr Julian Rose, KT Fellow, to develop a commercial service based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)technology.
Alumnus supports PhD studentship for his department
Dr Brian Nicholson, who gained both his BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering (1995) and his PhD Electrical Engineering (1998) at the University of Bath is providing full funding for a first class honours graduate to undertake electronic engineering postgraduate research.
