September 2008
PROFESSIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS
-
Dean,
Faculty
of
Engineering,
(2007-)
-
Head of
the
Department
of
Electrical
and
Computer
Engineering
(1997 to
2007)
-
Professor
in
Electrical
and
Computer
Engineering
-
Lectures
in
Digital
Electronics,
Microprocessor
Systems
and
Control
Systems
-
Responsible
for the
restructuring
of the
Department's
Undergraduate
Curriculum
in
Digital
Electronics
and
Control
Systems.
-
Active
lobbyist
for
engineering
education
reform
-
Co-ordinator
of the
Real
Time
Systems
Group –
a UWI
unit for
developing
university/industry
liaison.
-
Co-ordinator,
Steelpan
Initiatives
Project
-
Project
Leader
for
design
and
construction
of the
Electronic
Scoreboard
at the
Queen’s
Park
Oval1
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Convener,
Steelpan
Research
Centre,
UWI
-
Member,
Board of
Directors,
eTecK
-
Chairman,
National
Training
Agency
EDUCATION
Primary
Education:
Cocoyea
Village
Government
-
Secondary
Education:
Presentation
College,
San
Fernando
-
June
1978,
University
of the
West
Indies:
BSc
Degree
(First
Class
Honors)
in
Electrical
Engineering.
-
November
1981,
University
of
Toronto:
MSc
Degree
in
Electrical
Engineering
(Control
Systems)
-
August
1990,
University
of
Southern
California:
PhD in
Electrical
Engineering
(Control
Systems)
HONOURS AND
AWARDS
-
First
recipient,
Order of
the
Republic
of
Trinidad
and
Tobago
-
Joint
recipient
of the
Chaconia
Medal
Gold as
a member
of the
G-Pan
team
-
Guardian
Life
Premium
Teaching
Award
(November
2002)
-
BP/AMOCO
Fellowship
Award
for
Senior
Academic
Staff at
the UWI
(January
2001)
-
LASPAU/Fulbright
scholarship
for
Doctoral
program
at the
University
of
Southern
California,
Los
Angeles. (July
1987)
-
UWI
Scholarship
for
postgraduate
studies
at the
University
of
Toronto
at the
MaSc
level.
(June
1979)
-
Graduated
in
Electrical
Engineering
with
First
Class
Honours
and
first
place in
the
Faculty
of
Engineering (June
1978)
-
Trinidad
and
Tobago
National
Scholarship.
Cambridge
Advanced
Level
Certificate
Examinations
in
Mathematics.
(June
1974)
ACADEMIC
INTERESTS
-
Design
of
Control
Mechanisms
-
Academic
and
Industrial
-
Computer
and
Digital
Systems
Design
-
Steelpan
technology:
amplification,
digital
synthesis,
sound
field
mapping
and
modal
studies
-
Technology
Management
and its
significance
to the
economies
of small
states
PATENTS
-
Granted:
Trinidad
and
Tobago
1983,
#62 of
1983. An
Electronic
Steelpan
(co-inventor:
Dr.
Stephan
Gift)
-
Granted:
Trinidad
and
Tobago
1993,
#20 of
1993.
Electro-acoustic
pan
using
piezo-electric
pickups.
-
Granted:
Trinidad
and
Tobago
1993,
#21 of
1993.
Electro-acoustic
pan
using
variable
reluctance
pickups.
-
Patent
Grant:
TT/P/2009/00050:
The
G-Pan
Musical
Instrument
-
Patent
Grant -
TT/P/2009/00031:
An
Apparatus
for
Percussive
Harmonic
Musical
Synthesis
Utilizing
Midi
-
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
-
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.
-
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
-
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
-
B. Copeland, A. Morrison and T
Rossing,
Sound
Radiation of
Caribbean
Steelpans,
Presented at
the 142nd
Meeting of
The
Acoustical
Society of
America,
Dec3-7 2001,
Fort
Lauderdale,
Florida.
-
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.
-
Copeland,
B. Pan
Technology:
Visions for
the 21st
Century,
APPETT
Journal,
Vol. 32,
No1, April
1999 pp 27-33
-
Copeland, B.
Pickup
Methods for
the
Electro-Acoustic
Steelpan.
West Indian
Journal of
Engineering,
Vol. 18 No 2.
January 1995
pp 41-48.
-
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.
-
B.
Copeland,
A Note on
the
Standardization
of the
Steelpan.
West Indian
J. of Eng.
vol.13, no
1, Jan 1988,
pp 89-92
-
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.
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