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Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Professor Steve Homans Pro-Vice-Chancellor

Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Professor Steve Homans Pro-Vice-Chancellor Convocation Saturday 15 th June 2013. To achieve and sustain research excellence . Funding EPSRC: £5.5M partnership with Northumbria Water Ltd.

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Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Professor Steve Homans Pro-Vice-Chancellor

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  1. Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Professor Steve Homans Pro-Vice-Chancellor Convocation Saturday 15th June 2013

  2. To achieve and sustain research excellence • Funding • EPSRC: £5.5M partnership with Northumbria Water Ltd. • NERC: £2.7M SINATRA (Susceptibility of catchments to INTense RAinfall and flooding) Project • EPSRC: £1M as part of an 'underpinning power electronics' scheme, enabling the University to play a strong part in a National programme for power electronics • Coastal Community Fund Bid/European Fisheries fund: £1M towards a larger £1.3M scheme to create a collaborative environment in the heart of the Port of Blyth • EPSRC: £960,699 for research into High Frequency Degenerate Mode Acoustic Sensors • EPSRC: £746,938 to study Energy Efficient Rural Food Processing Utilising Renewable Energy to Improve Rural Livelihoods

  3. To achieve and sustain research excellence • Appointments & Achievements • Director of NIReS: Professor Phil Taylor - leading expert in renewable energy and academic lead for the UK’s largest Smart Grid £54M project • Synthetic Biology: Natalio Krasnogor - EPSRC Leadership Fellow (Synthetic Biology) and Professor of Synthetic Biology • Professor Ian Metcalfe awarded a €2M ERC Advanced Investigator award • Dr Feng Hao and Dr Nick Walker awarded ERC Starting grants • Professors Elaine Martin and Ian Metcalfe received FREng status • Mr Jeff Neasham devises £40 ultrasound machine that could be used by health professionals in developing countries where standard ultra sound machines are not available due to cost • Lady Elsie Robson officially opened the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation PET Tracer Production Unit (Cyclotron) in conjunction with the School of Chemistry and Northern Institute for Cancer Research

  4. Undergraduate recruitment Figures include Home, EU and International applicants

  5. Postgraduate Research Students • 15% increase in number of applications from potential home research students this year • 31% increase in number of applications from international research students

  6. Internationalisation (Singapore) School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials BEng Honours in Chemical Engineering School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering BEng Honours in Electrical Power Engineering Research School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering BEng Honours in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing Engineering School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development BSc Honours in Food & Human Nutrition • School of Marine Science & Technology • BEng Honours in Marine Engineering • BEng Honours in Naval Architecture • BEng Honours in Offshore Engineering Industry Engagement

  7. Internationalisation (Science without Borders) • Between 2012 – 2016, Science without Borders (SwB) will provide 10,000 Brazilian students with the opportunity to study in the UK • 48/49 students across SAgE Schools in 2012; expecting 78/81 students in 2013 • “I have no complaints at all. This experience has overcome my best expectations. • All the services that I have used so far have been excellent and really helpful.. As I talk to other SwB students from other universities, I see that Newcastle University is one that is most well informed about the program and offers the best support for the students.”

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