September 2008
Brian Copeland
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
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Dean, Faculty of Engineering, (2007-)
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Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1997 to 2007)
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Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Lectures in Digital Electronics, Microprocessor Systems and Control Systems
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Responsible for the restructuring of the Department's Undergraduate Curriculum in Digital Electronics and Control Systems.
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Active lobbyist for engineering education reform
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Co-ordinator of the Real Time Systems Group – a UWI unit for developing university/industry liaison.
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Co-ordinator, Steelpan Initiatives Project
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Project Leader for design and construction of the Electronic Scoreboard at the Queen’s Park Oval
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Convener, Steelpan Research Centre, UWI
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Member, Board of Directors, eTecK
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Chairman, National Training Agency
EDUCATION
Primary Education: Cocoyea Village Government
Secondary Education: Presentation College, San Fernando
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June 1978, University of the West Indies: BSc Degree (First Class Honors) in Electrical Engineering.
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November 1981, University of Toronto: MSc Degree in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems)
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August 1990, University of Southern California: PhD in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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First recipient, Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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Joint recipient of the Chaconia Medal Gold as a member of the G-Pan team
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Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award (November 2002)
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BP/AMOCO Fellowship Award for Senior Academic Staff at the UWI (January 2001)
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LASPAU/Fulbright scholarship for Doctoral program at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. (July 1987)
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UWI Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of Toronto at the MaSc level. (June 1979)
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Graduated in Electrical Engineering with First Class Honours and first place in the Faculty of Engineering (June 1978)
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Trinidad and Tobago National Scholarship. Cambridge Advanced Level Certificate Examinations in Mathematics. (June 1974)
ACADEMIC INTERESTS
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Design of Control Mechanisms - Academic and Industrial
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Computer and Digital Systems Design
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Steelpan technology: amplification, digital synthesis, sound field mapping and modal studies
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Technology Management and its significance to the economies of small states
PATENTS
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Granted: Trinidad and Tobago 1983, #62 of 1983. An Electronic Steelpan (co-inventor: Dr. Stephan Gift)
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Granted: Trinidad and Tobago 1993, #20 of 1993. Electro-acoustic pan using piezo-electric pickups.
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Granted: Trinidad and Tobago 1993, #21 of 1993. Electro-acoustic pan using variable reluctance pickups.
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Patent Grant: TT/P/2009/00050: The G-Pan Musical Instrument
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Patent Grant - TT/P/2009/00031: An Apparatus for Percussive Harmonic Musical Synthesis Utilizing Midi
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Technology (APHAMS). With co-inventors: Keith Maynard, Marcel Byron and Earle Phillip
HOBBIES
Music – listening, performance, scientific aspects
Sound Systems
Electronics
STEELPAN RELATED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
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Copeland, B., Morrison, A., Rossing, T., Sound radiation from Caribbean Steelpans, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 117, No 1, January 2005, pp 375-383.
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F. Muddeen and B. Copeland, Free-field Sound Measurements of the Caribbean Steelpan – an application of Cepstrum Analysis, presented at the IEEE SoutheastCon 2003, April 4-6 2003, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
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B. Copeland and F. Muddeen, Observations on Measurements taken of the Sound field of a Clifford Alexis Double Second Pan (Where to (not) put the microphone, Presented at the World Steelpan Music Festival Conference Session, October 2002, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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B. Copeland, A. Morrison and T Rossing, Sound Radiation of Caribbean Steelpans, Presented at the 142nd Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America, Dec 3-7 2001, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Muddeen, F. and Copeland, B., The Polar Response of a Tenor Steelpan, Presented at the 1st International Conference on the Technology of the Steelpan, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, October 16-18, 2000.
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Copeland, B. Pan Technology: Visions for the 21st Century, APPETT Journal, Vol. 32, No1, April 1999 pp 27-33
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Copeland, B. Pickup Methods for the Electro-Acoustic Steelpan. West Indian Journal of Engineering, Vol. 18 No 2. January 1995 pp 41-48.
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C. Imbert, D. Gay and B. Copeland, Tambor do Aço Musical: Aspectos Mecânicos, Metallúrgicos Acústicos e Electrônicos. Ciência Hoje (Brazil), Vol. 18, No 108, April 1995.
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B. Copeland, A Note on the Standardization of the Steelpan. West Indian J. of Eng. vol.13, no 1, Jan 1988, pp 89-92
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B. Copeland and S. Gift. Development of an Electronic Steel Pan. West Indian Jour. of Eng., Vol. 7, no. 2, July 1983, pp 27‑31.