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May 2016
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Professor Copeland succeeds Professor Clement Sankat, who has served two terms as Campus Principal: beginning his first term in January 2008 and the second in January 2013. Professor Copeland graduated from The UWI 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 UWI from 2007 to 2015. 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 university/industry liaison through impactful R&D Projects. At the RTSG, Professor Copeland was Project Leader for design and construction of the Electronic Scoreboard at the Queen’s Park Oval. He currently co-ordinates the Steelpan Initiatives Project (SIP) which saw the development and patenting 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, UWI and is a former Member of the Board of Directors, CARIRI. 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 2002, the BP/AMOCO Fellowship Award for Senior Academic Staff at The UWI, 2001 and a LASPAU/Fulbright scholarship for the Doctoral program at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1987. Extending his congratulations, the current Principal, Professor Sankat, said he was confident that Professor Copeland’s long experience at the St. Augustine Campus would serve him well and assured him of his “full support during the transition.” Professor Copeland’s appointment will be for a period of five years. |
Former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Brian Copeland, has been appointed Campus Principal Designate of The UWI, St. Augustine. The appointment was one of several announced at the annual business meeting of the University Council.