Meet the Department
Meet the EEE academic experts. Find out more about the work they’re doing here at The University of Manchester and discover what ignited their passion for electrical and electronic engineering. You can also learn more about the heritage of the Department, and the knowledge leaders who’ve worked and studied here over the years.
The Ferranti Building – the history behind the name
Meet the Department 16th April 2019
Discover the fascinating links between the famous Ferranti name and electrical and electronic engineering at The University of Manchester.
Meet a 4th year student – Huda
Life in EEE 9th April 2019
Meet Huda binti Ihsanuddin, an international student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who’s in the final year of her degree in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Meet a student ambassador – Fridah
Meet the Department 19th February 2019
Fridah A Masake Bowker is one of our third-year student ambassadors studying MEng in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Learn about her experiences at Manchester.
Meet a member of our Student Support team – Sam Ward
Meet the Department 9th October 2018
Meet Sam, our Student Welfare Officer, who explains the best parts of her job and what it’s like to work in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Manchester.
Meet an EEE Tutor – Dr Ogi Marjanovic
Meet the Department 1st August 2018
Dr Ogi Marjanovic teaches the first year Circuit Analysis Unit in Year 1 Semester 1 and has been the Undergraduate Admission Tutor for the past ten years. If you have attended a University Open day or a School Visit Day over this time you may recognise him!
Meet an EEE Tutor – Dr Siniša Djurović
Meet the Department 27th July 2018
”I firmly believe that this area combines many strands of science in a creative and fun manner to allow for creation of intelligent systems that drive our future, from robotics to wind turbines, electrical cars and planes to supercomputers”.
Meet a PhD student – Ananya Gupta
Meet the Department 9th July 2018
Please can you describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less? I am working on autonomous robots for my PhD (think self-driving cars). More specifically, I am working on vision systems for mobile robots so that if a robot enters an unknown area it can scan its surroundings and recognise the […]
Meet a EEE Tutor – Prof William Heath
Meet the Department 1st May 2018
Prof William Heath is the Director of Teaching and Learning and also teaches on the third year Numerical Analysis unit which is an optional unit in all three undergraduate courses in our School.
Meet a Phd Student – Liam Brown
Meet the Department 13th April 2018
Liam Brown is in the final year of his PhD study working on robotics applications in hazardous environments, his supervisor is Dr Joaquin Carrasco. Liam has been heavily involved in the UCAS visit days for the past two years so you may recognise him from the mechatronics activity.
Meet Danielle George
Meet the Department 13th March 2018
Danielle George believes she was destined to become a scientist because as a child she constantly asked ‘why’. It’s a curiosity that has led to a successful career in engineering, a professorship at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and an MBE.