Faculty of Engineering

FACULTY BOARD

ENG10-A2

The next meeting of the Engineering Faculty Board will take place on Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 1.15 pm in the engCETL Design Studio (first floor, Keith Green Building) – please note the venue for this meeting.

A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm for all Board members.

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

ENG10-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 19 May 2010.

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

.1 Development Award studentships

(action on HoDs, item 4.2 (b) refers)

.2 Recruitment 2010/11

(action on AD(T), item 4.3 (a) refers)

SECTION A – Items for Discussion/Report

4. Fund raising and DARO (ENG10-P7) (to be tabled)

To receive a presentation from Ms Sue Sargent, Senior Development Officer in the Development and Alumni Relations Office, on how departments could liaise with DARO to support external fund-raising.

5. IT Services: strategic priorities for the coming year (ENG10-P8)

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 receive a presentation from the Director of IT Services on suggested priorities for the next year, including the staff desktop policy approved by EMG, and to offer comments.

6. Periodic Programme Review: Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (ENG10-P9(a), ENG10-P9(b))

i. To consider the report of the PPR held in May 2010, together with the School’s response;

ii. To offer comments for consideration by Learning and Teaching Committee.

7. engCETL (Engineering Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Annual Report (ENG10-P10)

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

8. Mathematics Education Centre Annual Report

http://mec.lboro.ac.uk/pages/stakeholder.html

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

9. Science and Engineering Foundation Programme Annual Report

(ENG10-P11)

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

10. Reports from Faculty Officers

To receive reports from Faculty Officers:

.1 Acting Dean

To include:

(a) Restructuring of the University

To receive and consider updates on the following:

i) The transfer of the Department of Materials to the Faculty of Engineering;

ii) The current status of the INOS project;

iii) The Senior Management Team Structure for Schools;

iv) The formation of a new School comprising the Departments of Aeronautical & Automotive Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials.

.2 Associate Dean (Research)

(ENG10-P18a) (not available online)

To include:

(a) GE Visit to the University

(b) REF update (ENG10-P18b)

.3 Associate Dean (Teaching)

To include:

(a) Recruitment 2010-11 (ENG10-P12(a))

(b) NSS 2010 results

(c) Cessation of HEFCE funding for Foundation Degrees

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2010/fdf.htm

11. Award of Research Degrees (ENG10-P13(a)) (ENG10-P13(b))

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

12. Personal Titles

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

Dr Neil Hopkinson, Reader in Additive Manufacturing, Wolfson School of Mechanical and

Manufacturing Engineering

Professor Zoltan Nagy, Professor of Process Systems, Department of Chemical

Engineering

Dr Gilbert Shama, Reader in Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor Simon Watson, Professor of Wind Energy, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Professor Andrew West, Professor of Intelligent Systems, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

SECTION B – Formal ‘Starred’ Items for Approval

13. Actions of the Associate Dean (Teaching) (ENG10-P14)

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

SECTION C – Items for Information

14. Briefing note for members (ENG10-P15)

To note the duties and responsibilities of Board members, together with the Terms of Reference and membership.

15. Membership of the Board (ENG10-P16)

To note membership of the Board for the academic year 2010/11, including co-opted members.

16. Representation on other University Committees (ENG10-P17)

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

17. Prizes Committee

To note prizes awarded to Faculty students during 2010/11:

Prize Name Winner Department

Ede and Ravenscroft Adam Jones Civil & Building Engineering

Graduate School Research Huseyin Dogan Electronic & Electrical Eng

Student - Engineering

Loughborough Experience Peter Childs Civil & Building Engineering

Awards

Mature Student Achievement Adeleye Ifeoluwa Chemical Engineering

Adewole

Sir Robert Martin Faculty Abeer Pharaon Mechanical and Manufacturing

- Engineering Engineering

18. Curriculum Sub-Committee

.1 Discontinuation of programmes

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

MSc Mechatronics (Oct 2009)

MSc Pharmaceutical Engineering (Oct 2010)

.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):

.3 Changes to programme titles/awards

from MSc Packaging Technology (Materials for Industry) to MSc Packaging Technology (Materials Science and Technology) (2010 entry)

MEng Product Design Engineering – addition of DPS option (from 2010-11)

Addition of DPS option for students entering placements in 2010/11 onwards to:

BEng Product Design Engineering

BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering

BEng Manufacturing Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering & Management

BSc Sports Technology

BSc Engineering Management

(subject to approval by Operations Committee)

.4 Suspension of programmes

MRes Sustainability in the Built Environment (last intake 2009/10, next intake 2011/12)

MSc Sustainable Infrastructure Services Management (last intake 2009/10, next intake 2011/12)

19. 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	25 November 2009 3 March 2010
Chemical Engineering	UG/PG	12 May 2010
Civil and Building Engineering: Transport Studies Transport Studies Transport Studies Building Services Engineering Low Carbon Building Design and Modelling Transport Policy and Business Management Civil Engineering Construction Engineering Management Commercial Mgt & Quantity Surveying Construction Management/ Construction Project Management	UG PGT UG PGT PGT PGT UG UG UG PGT	5 May 2010 6 May 2010 24 March 2010 15 March 2010 18 March 2010 18 May 2010 13 May 2010 24 March 2010 13 September 2010 20 October 2010
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering	UG
Electronic and Electrical Engineering	UG	28 November 2007 16 April 2008 14 May 2008 3 December 2008 24 February 2010

20. Date of the next meeting

Wednesday 18 May 2011 at 1.15 pm in the engCETL Design Studio (first floor, Keith Green Building). A sandwich lunch will be served at 1 pm for all Board members.

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

21. Any other business

Author – Marie Kennedy

Date – November 2010