Chair and Vice Chair
Dr James Flint MEng (Hons) CEng FIET
James is a Professor of Wireless Systems Engineering. His research focuses on various aspects of wireless systems, especially in the area of electromagnetics and transducer design in electromagnetics and acoustics. He has a keen interest in biomimetics, ultrasound and converting systems found in nature into workable engineering solutions.
James also has a long history of supporting the IET, including being a past IET Council Member, and a member of various committees including the Professional Network on Antennas and Propagation. He will become the Chair of the IET Academic Accreditation Committee in September 2023-2026 and will represent the IET on the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB).
Dr Elaine Clafferty CEng FIET
Elaine is a chartered electronic and electrical engineer with a doctorate in engineering education. She is currently a senior lecturer and year tutor at Glasgow Caledonian University and specialises in electronic and electrical engineering, software development, learner transition, widening access to education and the student experience.
She has also held a number of educational leadership roles including Year Tutor, Student Success Centre Director, Head of Learning and Teaching, and Associate Dean of Learning, Teaching and Quality in the university’s technical schools.
Elaine has been an Academic Accreditor for 8 years and a member of the AAC for 6 years.
Members
Mr Neil Ashurst BEng (Hons) MSc CEng FIET
Neil has 25 years’ experience within the UK civil nuclear industry from a Design, Operations and Decommissioning point of view and is a Principal Control, Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer within the UK Civil Nuclear Industry.
He is also a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Professor Tony Brown BSc CEng FIET
Tony is a Professor at QMUL and Emeritus Professor at University of Manchester. He was head of EEE at Manchester and a former Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning. Tony founded Easat Antennas Ltd in 1987. He is currently part time CTO.
As an external expert Tony has undertaken strategic reviews and aided in curriculum design/delivery development for UK Universities and internationally. He has been external examiner at eight institutes and formerly member of the HE SEMTA Committee and a Council Member for the EPC. Professor Brown works in Transnational Education for over 20 years, particularly China.
Mrs Gordana Collier BSc (Hons) MSc CEng FIET
Gordana is the Head of School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at Oxford Brookes University, previously a Programme director and Associate Professor at Kingston University London. Previously she held R&D and senior management roles in the military and security industry. She specialised in embedded systems with current research in electric vehicles.
She also has 10+ years of experience of running student extra-curricular projects including Formula Student, greatly enhancing student learning experience and employability.
As an external examiner, Gordana has been supporting curriculum review for UK Universities and internationally. She has been an accreditor for over ten years, and a member of the AAC for over four years.
Professor Rob Deaves, CEng, FIET, FHEA, FLSW, FREng
Rob has over 35 years of engineering experience gained at 3 iconic companies: BAE Systems, STMicroelectronics and Dyson respectively.
At Dyson, Rob is a Roboticist working on full product lifecycle. He was the Product Technical Lead for the 360Heurist, an autonomous vacuum cleaner that achieved mass market, World-wide sales.
He was awarded a RAEng Visiting Professorship at ICL in 2017 enabling teaching support for 29 national/international universities. Further, he is an Honorary Professor at the School of Engineering, Birmingham University. He has also chaired EPSRC/ERDF research projects with total funding of £15M.
Rob has supported 13 engineers achieve CEng status and joined the Academic Accreditor Committee (ACC) in 2022.
Dave Dyke BEng (Hons) PhD CEng MIET SMIEEE FHEA
Dave is currently Course Director for Undergraduate Computing at Staffordshire University. Dave studied both his degree and his doctorate at the University of Birmingham, followed by 2 years’ post-doctoral research there. In August 2000 Dave was employed as a Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, where he was a course leader, worked on several KTPs and HE STEM projects and validated degree programmes for delivery at partner institutions in Sri Lanka and Singapore. Dave left Wolverhampton in March 2014 to become a Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University until September 2020, when he took on his current role.
Professor Michael Fernando BEng MSc PhD CEng MIET
Professor Fernando serves as the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at the Open University (OU). Mike, a senior academic leader, brings extensive experience in change management and strategy implementation. He specialises as an RF engineer, with research expertise focused on utilising Microwaves and Millimeter waves for imaging applications. His current research involves investigating AI-based image-processing solutions aimed at enhancing climate resilience.
Before his tenure at the OU, Mike held the positions of Dean of the School of Engineering and Computing and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (FACE) at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), respectively. Professor Fernando is a Chartered Engineer, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Dr Misha Filip, CEng, FIET, FHEA
Dr Filip is semi-retired, currently the Lead Academic for the University of Portsmouth’s major TNE partnership in Oman. Prior to this, Dr Filip has been the External Business Engagement Lead for the Faculty of Technology at the university and the Operations Director of ASTA Technology UK Limited, the only ESA-accredited certification centre in the UK and, before that, a head of department.
In his academic career, Dr Filip taught digital electronics, embedded systems and telecommunications. He has extensive experience as an External Examiner for both UK and International HEIs and has been an IET accreditor since 2010. Dr Filip holds an electronic engineering degree and a PhD in Digital Satellite Communications.
Eur Ing Professor Mike Joy
The British Computer Society (BCS) Representative of the IET Academic Accreditation Committee
Mike is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick. He received his BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and PhD in Computer Science from the University of East Anglia, and also has an MA in Post-compulsory Education from the University of Warwick. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered Fellow of BCS – the Chartered Institute for IT, a Fellow of the IMA, a Chartered Scientist, a Senior Member of the ACM, and a Senior Fellow of the HEA. His research interests focus on educational technology and computer science education, and he is the author or co-author of over 200 papers in journals and in international conferences. Mike is a member of the BCS AAC and sits on the IET AAC as a representative of BCS
Dr Chiew-Foong Kwong BEng (Hons) MSc PhD CEng MIET SFHEA
Dr Chiew-Foong “C.F.” Kwong is currently the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council U.K. and a Senior Fellow of Advanced HE (SFHEA). Dr Kwong has over 20 years of experience in teaching and research in both U.K. and Malaysian based universities. In the IET, he currently serves as a Professional Registration Interviewer and a member of the Academic Accreditation Committee. Dr Kwong is also a former member of the IET Council and recently retired from the Registration and Standards Committee.
Professor Claire Lucas SFHEA, MIET, FIMechE
Claire is a Professor of Engineering Education and Deputy Head (Education) in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London. Her research focusses on Engineering and Social Justice (including sustainability, ethics, systems thinking and inclusive engineering) and identification and assessment of non-functional behaviour and competencies within the curriculum. Previously, Claire was Director of Studies for General, Biomedical and Systems Engineering at Warwick University and prior to that a mathematical modelling specialist at JLR (Jaguar Land Rover).
Claire is a fellow of the IMechE and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. She was deputy chair of the 2022 QAA subject benchmark statement review for Engineering.
Mr Denis Marchant CEng SFHEA, FIMechE, FIET
A Chartered mechanical engineer, Associate Professor and faculty Director of Academic Quality at a large London university until 2021. Denis has been an IET academic accreditor since 2012 and a member of the Academic Accreditation Committee since 2016. He is a member of the Engineering Council (EngC UK) International Advisory Panel and International Registration Committee. In 2021 Denis was appointed as the EngC (UK) member to the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) label committee and voting member of the ENAEE General Assembly. Denis has extensive experience of chairing accreditation events in the UK and worldwide.
Professor James Taylor BSc (Hons) FIET
James holds a Personal Chair in Control Engineering at Lancaster University. He is Impact Champion for the School of Engineering and Director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Group, having previously held School Director of Teaching roles for over 10 years. His interdisciplinary research on statistical modelling and control of uncertain systems in the natural sciences and engineering, involves applications spanning robotics, transport, energy, health, and the environment. He teaches university courses and supervises projects in these areas for students across a spectrum of mechanical, electronic, nuclear and chemical engineering disciplines.
Dr Ken Wallace BSc (Hons) CEng FIET
Ken is discipline lead for software engineering for the Maritime & Land Division of BAE Systems Plc. He has previously held management and engineering positions in a range of enterprises working on the development of information and software-intensive systems. Prior to moving into industry, he spent several years in academia in the UK and North America working in the fields of computing and neuroscience. Ken has been an accreditor for the IET since 2017 and an AAC member since 2019.
Mr Andy Watson BSc (Hons) CEng FIET
Andy is active in delivering and supporting Engineering Education for 40 years, mostly in the HE sector. This initially included concurrently contributing to the development and quality assurance of both HN and degree programmes. The result is experience in working with national bodies on programmes for home and abroad.
The development, delivery and auditing of engineering programmes plus involvement in IET activity underpins his work in delivering and supporting TNE programmes in China.
Following PEI local network activity, involvement in academic accreditation began in 1996, since then along with professional registration activity as registrar, moderator, assessor, PRA, PRI.
Professor Bernard Weiss BSc PhD DSc FREng CEng HonFIET
Bernard is an Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics, having been Head of School and Pro-Vice Chancellor at Surrey University and Head of School at Sussex University.
He has held honorary and visiting appointments at international universities, including Fudan University, China, Darmstadt University, Germany, and Malta University, and he has been an external examiner for UK and international universities.
He has been a member of numerous other IET Committees and Boards, including Chair of the Awards and Scholarships Committees. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a member of the Engineering Council Quality Assurance Committee.
Dr John Williams BSc (Hons) CPhys CEng FIET
John is a Reader in Electronic Engineering at Aston University with 22 years’ experience in Academic Leadership and Management (as programme director, head of department, and associate dean), 28 years’ experience in the design and implementation of tertiary level courses and programmes and has been using online/digital delivery and assessments for 26 of those years.
His subject level teaching experience ranges from software engineering and programming, telecommunications systems through to a range of topics in analogue and digital electronic design, implementation, and testing. John particularly focuses in designing courses using "authentic" assessment, and a blended learning approach.
Dr Steve Woodhead BSc PhD FIET FBCS SFHEA CEng CITP CISSP
Steve has over 35 years experience as an academic, teaching and researching in Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, as well as leading international HE partnerships (TNE) and pathways. Steve also has extensive experience in programme design as well as programme and partnership approval processes.
He is a fellow of both the IET and BCS and has been a Chartered Engineer for over 25 years. Steve also holds certifications in project management, information systems security and ISO27001 audit.
Steve has been an IET accreditor for over 10 years and also has a wide range of experience contributing to, chairing, and leading, approvals and reviews.
Professor Mark Zwolinski BSc CEng FIET
Mark Zwolinski is a professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He has been Associate Dean International from 2018 to 2023. He has published 220 refereed papers and written three text books. He has supervised 30 PhD students to completion and more than 100 MSc student projects. Mark has taught digital electronics at undergraduate and masters levels. He has been an external examiner at several leading universities and has been on over 20 IET accreditation panels. Since 2015 he has been a member of the IET AAC and represents IET on the BCS AAC.
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