Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

ENG09-A2

The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 11 November 2009 at 1.30 pm in the engCETL Design Studio (KG2.21, first floor, Keith Green Building) – please note the venue for this meeting.

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1.15 pm for all Board members (Dr Phil Richards, Carys Thomas and Nick Cope will join members for lunch)

The Board meeting will be followed immediately afterwards by a meeting of the Engineering Directorate.

Marie Kennedy, Secretary

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence

2. Minutes

ENG09-M1 (available on the web at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/committees/engineering_fb/meetings/

To confirm, subject to any corrections, the Minutes of the last meeting held on 20 May 2009.

3. Matters arising from the Minutes, not appearing elsewhere on this Agenda

.1 REF/ Institutional Repository

(action on HoDs, item 5.2 refers)

.2 New research student regulations

(action on AD(R), item 7.2 (b) (iii) refers)

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

4. IT Services: strategic priorities for the coming year (ENG09-P27)

(Dr Phil Richards, Director of IT Services, Carys Thomas, Assistant Director- Faculty & Student Engagement, and Nick Cope, Faculty IT Co-ordinator, will attend for this item)

To comment on suggested priorities for the next year, including the staff desktop policy recently approved by EMG.

5. UNITECH

(Henk Versteeg, Loughborough Programme Director for UNITECH, will attend for this item)

To receive a verbal presentation regarding the new academia-industry European exchange scheme.

6. Constitution, powers and effectiveness of the Faculty Board (ENG09-P28)

To consider the constitution and powers of the Board, and to review its effectiveness.

7. Briefing note for members (ENG09-P29)

To note the duties and responsibilities of Board members.

8. Periodic Programme Review: Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ENG09-P30a & ENG09-P30b)

To consider the report of the PPR held in May, together with the department’s response (to follow), and to offer comments for consideration by Learning and Teaching Committee.

9. engCETL (Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Annual Report (ENG09-P31)

To consider the annual report from the Director, Dr Adam Crawford.

10. Mathematics Education Centre Annual Report (ENG09-P32)

http://mec.lboro.ac.uk/documents/7th_mec_annual_report.pdf

To consider the annual report from the Head of Centre, Dr Carol Robinson.

11. Science and Engineering Foundation Programme Annual Report (ENG09-P33)

To consider the annual report from the Programme Director, Dr Sandie Dann.

12. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

7.1 Acting Dean

To include:

(a) Senate and Council Away Day

(b) engCETL and sigma:

To note that Operations Committee had agreed to continue funding for the engCETL and for sigma, the Mathematics Centre for Excellence.

7.2 Associate Dean (Research)

To include:

(a) REF

(b) EPSRC

7.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

To include:

(a) Recruitment

- UCAS intake (press release) (ENG09-P34a)

- average A-Level scores (ENG09-P34b)

- intake and population (ENG09-P34c) please note that the latter has 16 pages – print ‘entire workbook’

(b) NSS results

13. Award of Research Degrees (ENG09-P35 to follow)

To award degrees to candidates whose examinations have been conducted since the last meeting of Senate.

14. Personal Titles

To congratulate the following members of Faculty staff, who have been awarded Personal Titles:

Professor Memis Acar, Professor of Mechanics

(Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Professor Shahin Rahimifard, Professor of Sustainable Engineering

(Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)

SECTION B – Formal ‘Starred’ Items for Approval

15. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) (ENG09-P36)

To approve actions of the AD(T) taken on behalf of the Faculty Board.

SECTION C – Items for Information

16. Membership of the Board (ENG09-P37)

To note membership of the Board for the academic year 2009/10, including co-opted members.

17. Representation on other University Committees (ENG09-P38)

To note the representation of Faculty members on other University Committees.

18. Prizes Committee

To note prizes awarded to Faculty students during 2008/09:

Prize Name Winner Department

Ede and Ravenscroft Prize John Cunningham Electronic & Electrical

Graduate School Research Martin Bliss Electronic & Electrical

Student Prizes - Engineering

John Guest Phillips Memorial David Waugh Mechanical & Manufacturing

Travelling Scholarship

Loughborough Experience Alok Choudhray Mechanical & Manufacturing

Awards Tom Powell Electronic & Electrical

Richard Smith Civil & Building

Christina Yan Zhang Civil & Building

Mature Student Achievement Katherine Gibbard Mechanical & Manufacturing

Prizes

Sir Robert Martin Faculty Prizes no submissions received

- Engineering

Ursula Lockley Travel Bursary Victoria Palmer Mechanical & Manufacturing

19. Curriculum Sub-Committee

.1 Discontinuation of programmes

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the discontinuation of the following programmes (last year of entry in brackets):

MEng Electrical and Renewable Energy Systems Engineering (October 2009)

MEng Electronics and Software Engineering (October 2009)

BEng/MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Control and Power/ Digital Communications/Microelectronics) (October 2009)

MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Renewable Energy) (October 2009)

MEng Systems Engineering (Aeronautical/ Control and Power/Human Factors/Renewable Energy) (October 2009)

.2 New programmes:

To note that Curriculum Sub-Committee recommended to Learning and Teaching Committee the approval of the following new programmes, subject to certain matters being agreed to the satisfaction of the AD(T):

MSc Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies (Curriculum-based component of the EngD)

PG Cert in Management for Engineers (ECITB)

20. Staff-Student Committees

To note that reports of the following Staff-Student Committees have been deposited with the Secretary, and are available for consultation on request:

Department	Level	Date
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering	UG	4 March 2009
Chemical Engineering	UG/PG	13 May 2009
Civil and Building Engineering: Transport Studies Transport Studies	UG PGT	6 May 2009 12 March 2009
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	UG	25 March 2009

21. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 1.15 pm in the Council Chamber.

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm.

22. Any other business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – November 2009