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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dean Faculty of Engineering Tel 868 662 2002 ext. 82199 Direct 868 662 1225 E-mail engdean.officesta.uwi.edu PROF. BRIAN COPELAND Prof Brian Copeland graduated from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine with a BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1978 with an MSc in Electrical Engineering Control Systems from the University of Toronto in 1981 and with a PhD in Electrical Engineering Control Systems from the University of Southern California in 1990. He has been a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at The University of West Indies since 2007. He was Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The UWI from 1997 to 2007. He has lectured in digital electronics and microprocessor systems design and control systems. He was Coordinator of the Real Time Systems Group a UWI unit for developing universityindustry liaison through impact- ful RD Projects. At the RTSG Professor Copeland was project leader for design and construction of the electronic scoreboard at the Queens Park Oval. He currently co-ordinates the Steelpan Initiatives Project SIP which saw the development and patent- ing of the G-Pan a re-engineered form of the traditional steelpan as well as the percussive harmonic instrument p.h.i. an electronic form of the traditional steelpan. Professor Copeland is Convener of the Steelpan Research Centre The UWI a member of the Board of Directors CARIRI. Professor Copeland has won many prestigious awards. In 2008 he was the first recipient of the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and in 2007 he was joint recipient of the Chaconia Medal Gold as a member of the G-Pan development team. He received the Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award in 2002the BPAMOCO Fellowship Award for Senior Academic Staff at The UWI2001 and a LASPAUFulbright scholarship for doctoral program at the University of Southern California Los Angeles 1987 among others. Research and Development Interests Steelpan technology including amplification digital synthe- sis sound field mapping modal studies manufacturing process and derivative creation and development Technology management in developing countries Control systems design including the design of numerically stable advanced control system algorithms with special emphasis on H2 and H - norm optimisation Control systems implementation using standalone micro- processor and computing systems e.g. PCs PLCs with HMI facilities Design of complex logic systems using Complex Program- mable Logic Devices and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Patents S Patent 8063296 B2 of November 2011. An Apparatus For Percussive Harmonic Musical Synthesis Utilizing Midi Technology APHAMS. Co-inventors Marcel Byron Keith Maynard Earle Phillip. Also granted in Trinidad and Tobago UK France Germany Switzerland China and South Africa US Patent 7750220 B2 of July 6 2010. The G-Pan Musical Instrument with PS in the Office of the Attorney General Trinidad and Tobago. Patent filed in 60 other jurisdictions Trinidad and Tobago 1983 62 of 1983. An Electronic Steelpan co-inventor Dr. Stephan Gift - expired Trinidad and Tobago 1993 20 of 1993. Electro-acoustic pan using piezo- electric pickups - expired Trinidad and Tobago 1993 21 of 1993. Electro-acoustic pan using variable reluctance pickups- expired 68