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Currently the Electronic Engineering Academic Group has in excess of
180 enrolled undergraduate students and 80 postgraduate students.
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
We have a large number of students taking both PhD and Masters level courses.
If you are interested in completing a PhD programme in this subject
group please contact us by email photonics@aston.ac.uk to find out
more about current opportunities.
Our Masters Level programmes have been designed in partnership
with the UK's leading telecommunications organisations, our programme
has the full support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC) and the Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI)
Telecommunications and Radio Council.
Our long-established MSc Telecommunications Technology is
designed to develop or update a wide range of technical understanding,
engineering 'know-how' and professional skills needed to contribute
effectively to the design and development of telecommunication systems
for national and international networks, and to enter
telecommunications research.
We also offer MSc Data Communication Networks which will be of
interest to students interested in developing their technical careers
in areas related to the design and development of data communications
networks or to those wishing to enter research in this field.
From October 2010 we will be offering an MSc in Sensing.
A MSc Professional Engineering is now also being offered across all Academic Groups in the School of Engineering.
We also offer Electronic Engineering Distance Learning and Part-time Study options.
The current research effort within the Electronics Research Institute is focused into two Research Groups:
The
Aston Photonics Research Group has a well-established track record of
innovation in grating devices for applications in telecommunications,
signal processing, optical sensing, and many other grating applications
including many first demonstrations. The main areas of research are:
ultrafast non-linear phenomena in fibres and fibre devices; high-speed
communication concentrating on solitons and soliton transmission,
processing, generation and control; all-optical switching and
processing; ultrafast all-optical networks; fibre gratings fabrication,
design and fundamental studies; fibre grating devices and their
application in communication and sensors; and microwave photonics.
This research group focuses on a range of networking architectures from
mobile systems to ad-hoc sensor networks. Techniques involve the design of
advanced digital systems for application-specific embedded systems and advanced
algorithms for improving network efficiency. The Group uses state-of-the-art
dynamic field programmable gate array hardware to examine physical
implementations of these principles.
Both groups have attracted funding from a wide
variety of sources such as EPSRC, the EU, MoD, industry, and overseas
contracts. In addition, the University has made a substantial
investment to enable the School to establish an ultrafast telecommunications laboratory, laser
processing systems for device fabrication, and a suite of fully
equipped photonics laboratories. With the participation of the regional
development agency, Advantage West Midlands, the School now
operates a 100m2 cleanroom for device processing and surface science.
The Department has also made a large investment in computer workstations.
The university Business
Partnership Unit (BPU) operates at the commercial edge of
University research and teaching. It caters for both internal and
external clients' needs through patenting, licensing and creating
spin-out companies based on selected research innovations. It also
facilitates a means of acquiring funding through various channels,
as well as accessing the extensive knowledge base within the
University.
The research groups in the Electronic Engineering subject
group have a strong tradition of interaction with industry. You may
find detailed information about the range of research undertaken,
and the research projects listed under the individual research
groups.
By post:
Engineering Systems and Management
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham B4 7ET
By email:
General Enquiries:
eleceng@aston.ac.uk Undergraduate Admissions:
eleceng@aston.ac.uk Undergraduate Enquiries:
engineering@aston.ac.uk Postgraduate Taught Applications:
eepg@aston.ac.uk Postgraduate Research Admissions:
photonics@aston.ac.uk Research Enquiries:
photonics@aston.ac.uk
By telephone:
General Enquiries: +44 (0)121 204 3547
Undergraduate Admissions: +44 (0)121 204 3659
Undergraduate Enquiries: +44 (0) 121 333 4206
Postgraduate Taught Applications: +44 (0)121 204 4639
Postgraduate Research Admissions: +44 (0)121 204 3545
Research Enquiries: +44 (0)121 204 3545
By fax:
0121 204 3682
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