{"id":788,"date":"2018-07-05T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T09:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/?p=788"},"modified":"2018-06-25T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:41:46","slug":"joining-the-department-of-electronic-electrical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/2018\/07\/05\/joining-the-department-of-electronic-electrical-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the Department of Electronic &amp; Electrical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\" class=\"hfeed site\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-419\" class=\"post-419 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog category-news category-teaching\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Author: Rob Wortham -<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I've just begun a new permanent, full-time position within the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/departments\/department-of-electronic-electrical-engineering\/\">Department of Electronic &amp; Electrical Engineering<\/a> as a Teaching Fellow in Robotics. Electrical Engineering, as it\u00a0was known back then, was the department where I studied as an undergraduate M.Eng student, a long while ago! The building itself has changed very little, but the teaching style, research focus and departmental culture is substantially transformed, and I feel I\u2019m in a new place, not back in an old one.<\/p>\n<p>I will be focusing on the delivery of our new MSc in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate-2018\/taught-postgraduate-courses\/msc-robotics-and-autonomous-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotics and Autonomous Systems<\/a>. This is an exciting new role for me for several reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I\u2019ll be developing my teaching skills. I enjoyed the role of teaching assistant during my PhD, particularly helping students on their project work. However, during my four years of Doctoral study I focused primarily on research. Now I have the opportunity to focus on teaching!<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, I\u2019ll have the opportunity to learn more about robot technologies and platforms, particularly ROS (Robot Operating System), by setting coursework and helping students build their ROS based projects.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, I\u2019ll get to know a whole new department of people, working with them to deliver our teaching commitments, and I\u2019m sure learning a great deal along the way.<\/p>\n<p>In my first year I\u2019ll also be working on the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/bath-course-in-enhancing-academic-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bath Course<\/a>\u2018 leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heacademy.ac.uk\/individuals\/fellowship\/fellow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FHEA accreditation<\/a>, mandatory for all teaching staff here at Bath. I recently attended the first Bath \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/clt\/2018\/06\/19\/edufest-2018-an-opportunity-to-reflect-on-l-t-developments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edufest<\/a>\u2018, a very worthwhile and inspiring day, with excellent keynote and workshop sessions delivered by <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.solent.ac.uk\/learning-and-teaching\/solent-learning-teaching-institute\/staff-profiles\/tansy-jessop.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof Tansy Jessop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, for the immediate future my path is set. All that remains is to plan and prepare various programme units, wait for the students to arrive, and let the engineering begin!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Rob Wortham - I've just begun a new permanent, full-time position within the Department of Electronic &amp; Electrical Engineering as a Teaching Fellow in Robotics. 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