Research Open Day 2008

Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary University of London
Thursday 24 April 2008

The 2008 Electronic Engineering Research Open Day Event will take place on Thursday 24 April 2008. This is an opportunity to find out about the latest research from the department, meet staff and research students and to network with partners from industry.

Here at the Department of Electronic Engineering, our research focuses on four areas: Antenna and Electromagnetics, Digital Music, Multimedia and Vision, and Networks . In addition to research laboratories at Queen Mary we have joint venture research labs established in Beijing, (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) and Macau.

During our Research Open Day you will meet our academic staff, industrial and academic partners and our research students. The event consists of poster presentations by our research assistants and finishing Ph.D. students, and slide presentations by our 2nd year students. We have about 100 Ph.D. students and about 35 research assistants and engineers, all working on today's leading edge research in our labs.

Research funding over the past 6 years amounts to £15M. This funding has been sourced from UK Research Councils, EU, industry and government organisations. Over this same 6-year period the department's staff have published over 300 journal papers and over 1000 conference papers. Since 2001 the department has graduated 102 Ph.D. students.

For more information about research in the Department, see Research.

You are also welcome to print and display our event poster (4.62MB pdf).

Outline Programme                                                                                  

For the full programme please click on the link (625KB pdf).

Registration                                                                                          

To register, please email theresa.willis@elec.qmul.ac.uk with the following information:

1. Name (Title, First name, Last name)
2. University/Company Affiliation (For Badge)
3. Job Title (E.g. Manager, Researcher, Lecturer, Undergraduate/MSc/Ph.D. Student, etc)
4. Postal Address (Including Postcode)
5. Email
6. Any Dietary Requirements (Vegetarian, etc.)
7. Any Special Interests (E.g. specify a particular Research Groups of interest)

Keynote Speaker

The keynote speaker for research open day is:

Prof. Brian Collins

Consultant

www.bscassociates.co.uk

Visiting Professor

Queen Mary University of London

Brian will share his experience in a talk entitled: “Selling our research ideas”.

In this talk he will examine the role of engineering research and comment on the extent to which we are meeting the needs of today’s world. In his provocative talk he is critical of the lack of relevance of many research projects and emphasises the need to sell our ideas to our rapidly changing market place. He calls for much closer working relationships between universities and industry, and reviews ways in which we can communicate more effectively.

Brian Collins graduated from University College London in 1962 and spent many years designing antennas for a wide variety of applications for major international civil and military users. He currently works with Antenova Ltd on small antennas for consumer devices and operates his own consultancy company which is involved in a variety of projects in North America, Europe and Asia. He formed and currently chairs the Antenna Interface Standards Group and is well known as an author and conference speaker.

Sponsorships

The Event and the Brochure are Sponsored by:

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• The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): http://www.theiet.org

All prizes are sponsored by the IET.

 

• The Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE ): http://www.ieee.org

• PA Consulting Group: http://www.paconsulting.com

• Lockheed Martin: http://www.lockheedmartin.com

• Rohde & Schwarz:

              http://www.rohde-schwarz.com

Awarding Panels

All prizes are sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Visit IET at http://www.theiet.org

Awarding Panel: Poster Presentations by Third Year Research Students and Research Assistants

Panel Chair:

Dr Alan Carr (PA Consulting, Visiting Professorial Fellow, Elec.Eng. Industrial Panel)

Panel Members:

Dr Graham Thomas (Head of Skills and Employability, QMUL)

Dr Adam Daykin (Technology Transfer, Innovation and Enterprise, QMUL)

Dr. Ian Forristal (Development Adviser for Research Staff, Educational and Staff Development,QMUL)

Prof. Ian Dufour (Visiting Professor, QMUL)

Dr Tijana Timotijevic (Department of Electronic Engineering, QMUL)

Awarding Panel: Video Presentations by Second Year Research Students

Panel Chair:

Dr Peter Utton (Elec. Eng., QMUL)

Panel Members:

Dr Laurissa Tokarchuk (Elec. Eng., QMUL)

Dr Ling Ma (Elec. Eng., QMUL)

Dr Frank Gao (Elec. Eng., QMUL)

All prizes are sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Contact

Theresa Willis
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7513
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7997
Email: theresa.willis@elec.qmul.ac.uk

Venue & Travel

The event will take place at The Octagon, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. The Octagon is a beautiful eight-sided, triple height hall lined with historical books and statues, which sits at the heart of Queen Mary, University of London 's Mile End Campus. It is one of the most significant buildings of architectural and historical importance in East London , designed by the distinguished Victorian architect, E R Robson and completed in 1888. For location, please see the location map below.

Nearest stations on the London Underground are Stepney Green on the Hammersmith & City and District lines; and Mile End on Hammersmith & City, District and Central lines.

You can plan your journey using Transport for London's Journey Planner [New window].

Location Map