Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Dr Chris Clarke wins the Mary Tasker Award

Thu 23 May 2013

Dr Chris Clarke from the Department has won the Mary Tasker Award in the University's Teaching Awards 2013. read more »

PhD student from the Department awarded prestigious $50k grant

Thu 18 Apr 2013

Lu Ma, a PhD student from the Department, has secured a Fellowship grant of up to $50k, aimed at supporting her ambition to become a future academic. read more »

New Head of Department

Fri 05 Apr 2013

Dr Adrian Evans appointed Head of Department of Electronica and Electrical Engineering read more »

New project lab open

Tue 05 Mar 2013

The Department's all new project lab has been completed and is open for student project work in semester 2. read more »

PhD studentship opportunity developing an ionospheric forecast system

Tue 26 Feb 2013

Working at the Met Office and the University of Bath. read more »

Marie Curie fellowship in biosensors

Wed 13 Feb 2013

Three-year research fellowship working with Dr Pedro Estrela. read more »

IMEE first-year student wins Team GB's first gold

Tue 29 Jan 2013

Rising sports star Kristian Callaghan, a MEng Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student, won Great Britain's first gold medal in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol event in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in January. read more »

Power engineering students awarded RWE npower prizes

Mon 03 Dec 2012

Two power engineering students from the Department were awarded RWE npower prizes of £250 for the Best Power Engineering Student. read more »

PhD student shortlisted for EPSRC ICT Pioneers award

Fri 23 Nov 2012

Kent Wei's project explores the potential of non-invasive magnetic induction tomography read more »

Department welcomes Dr Simon Le Blond

Wed 21 Nov 2012

The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is delighted to welcome a new member of academic staff, Dr Simon Le Blond. read more »

Bath Robotic Challenge travels to Singapore

Wed 14 Nov 2012

Inspiring future engineers around the globe. read more »

Student's GPS-enabled baton on Antarctic voyage

Thu 18 Oct 2012

Matt Silver, an Electronic Engineering with space science and technology MEng student, has spent his summer developing a GPS-enabled baton that will travel the world raising awareness of the reality of life for service personnel and their families in the British Armed Forces. read more »

Department celebrates NSS success

Fri 05 Oct 2012

In the recent National Student Survey (NSS) the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering received its best ever results, being rated Top 10 in all categories. read more »

Department in elite Top 3 in The Sunday Times University Guide 2013

Fri 05 Oct 2012

We are delighted to announce that the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering has been ranked in the top 3 out of 68 departments in The Sunday Times University Guide for the second year running. read more »

Welcome to NCEPU students

Mon 24 Sep 2012

The Department is delighted to welcome students from North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) in Beijing and Baoding, China. read more »

Researchers attend Royal Academy of Engineering Summer Soirée

Tue 12 Jun 2012

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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 »

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 »

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 »

University to partner with NUS

The University has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National University of Singapore (NUS) initially to work together in the area of Engineering design education and research.

Fellowship allows Bath student to embark on research career

One of our Engineering students has secured a Fellowship grant of up to $50k, aimed at supporting her ambition to become a future academic.

Bath Science Café: Lightning into Space

The March Science Café will explore sprites, gigantic jets, elves, halos and blue jets… the brief illuminations above thunderclouds that result from recently discovered lighting into space.

Royal Society Award boosts micro energy generation

Professor Furong Li has been awarded an esteemed Wolfson Research Merit Award from Royal Society for her work in the field of low carbon research.

UK needs defending against space weather ‘superstorm’

Researchers here at Bath are part of a national study that is highlighting the security risk posted to the UK by extreme space weather events.

Global firm supports new management prize fellow

Grant Thornton is strengthening its relationship with the University by supporting a new prize fellowship in the School of Management’s Centre in Strategic Risk, creating the first corporate named academic position in the School.

Ten Ford scholarships announced for Bath students

Ten academically gifted undergraduate students from the University’s Faculty of Engineering & Design have found out that they are to receive substantial scholarships from Ford to support them in their studies.

Santander scholarship for outstanding international students

Two academically outstanding international students from the University’s Faculty of Engineering & Design have been awarded the Banco de Santander scholarship by Santander Universities.

Bath to work with top Chinese University

The University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of China’s leading institutions.

 
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