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A. = Personal Record.. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'><= /o:p>

A.1. &= nbsp; Full name: William James Crowther<= /span> <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.2. &= nbsp; Date of Birth: 11/1/68. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.3. &= nbsp; Education. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.4. &= nbsp; Qualifications. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.5. &= nbsp; Previous Employment <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.6. &= nbsp; Present Employment <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.7. &= nbsp; Recognised Achievements. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B. = Teaching.. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'><= /o:p>

B.1. &= nbsp; Current Departmental Duties= . <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.2. &= nbsp; Other Teaching. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.3. &= nbsp; Continuing education or extra-mural teaching. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.4. &= nbsp; Publications related to teaching. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.5. &= nbsp; Innovative work and contributions to curriculum = reform and development <= /span><= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.6. &= nbsp; Examination responsibilities. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.7. &= nbsp; Results of assessment of teaching ability= . <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.8. &= nbsp; Appointments held as Course Director or Tutor <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.9. &= nbsp; Voluntary activities with students= . <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

B.10.<= /span> = Statement on teaching. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C. = Research and Academic/Professional Standing.. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'><= /o:p>

C.1. &= nbsp; Publications. <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.2. &= nbsp; Other research achievement<= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'> 12= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.3. &= nbsp; Creative or innovative work= . 12= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.4. &= nbsp; Supervision of research students. 12= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.5. &= nbsp; Organisation and promotion of research. 14= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.6. &= nbsp; Professional advisory or consultancy work= . 16= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.7. 16= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.8. &= nbsp; Service as an external examiner or as a referee<= /span>. 16= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.9. &= nbsp; Learned society responsibilities. 17= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.10.<= /span> = Other public service in a professional capacity<= /span>. 17= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.11.<= /span> = Academic invitations. 17= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.12.<= /span> = Other conferences and seminars attended. 17= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.13.<= /span> = Major academic visits and collaborations<= /span>. 18= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

C.14.<= /span> = Statement on research. 18= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D. = Administration.. 18= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'><= /o:p>

D.1. &= nbsp; General responsibility for an area of department= al or Faculty academic activity. = 18= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D.2. &= nbsp; General responsibility for some other area of departmental or Faculty academic activity. 19= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D.3. &= nbsp; Service as an official at departmental, Faculty = or University level <= /span>19= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D.4. &= nbsp; Service on external bodies as a University representative. = 19= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D.5. 19= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

D.6. &= nbsp; Innovative Administrative work. 19= <= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910644'>

A.&n= bsp; Personal Record

A.1. Full= name: William James Crowther

A.2. Date of Birth: 11/1/68&nb= sp; =

A.3. Educati= on
1976-1980	Cleves Middle School, Weybridge, Surrey
1980-1986	Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex
1986-1987	Student Engineers’ Training Centre, DRA Farnbo= rough, Hants
1987-1994	Un= iversity of Bath, undergra= duate and postgraduate degrees

A.4. Qualifi= cations
Undergradua= te Degree	Aeronautical Engineering, with First Class Honours
Postgraduat= e Degree	PhD in High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics An experimental study of aircraft control during high angle of attack manoeuvres using forebody vortex blowing.
Other Qualifications	Maths, Physics, Chemistry A levels &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Ten O levels including English and French
Professional Engineering Status	Chartered Engineer Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching

A.5. Previous Employment
9/94 –= ; 12/96	Postdoctoral Research Officer, Fluid Power Centre, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">University of Bath
Project	Fault Diagno= sis of Hydraulic Systems using Neural Networks
Overview	A collaboration between the Fluid Power Centre at th= e University of Bath= and the Expert Systems Group at the University of Exe= ter. The project involved a combination of computer simulation, experimental w= ork and neural network development. Upon completion, the research programme w= as able to demonstrate a technique for diagnosing faults in actual hardware = using neural networks trained solely using simulated data.

A.6. Present Employment

Post: Sen= ior Lecturer in Engineering, Universit= y of Manchester &= nbsp; Appointed: 23/3/97

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A.7. Recognised Achievements
1986	Gold Duke = of Edinburgh’s Award
1986	University Sponsorship by the Ministry of Defence
1990	Chilcot Pr= ize for Outstanding Contribution to Student Music, University of Bath
1990	Royal Aero= nautical Society Prize for Best Aeronautical Engineering Graduate
1992	Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for Outstan= ding work during a PhD=
1993	N E Rowe M= edal for Best Paper Presented to the Royal Aeronautical Society
2004	BAESYSTEMS Chairman’s Award for Innovation and Implementation, Silver, 2004, f= or development of Fluidic Thrust Vectoring Technology
2006	North West Development Agency ‘University of the year award’ for supervi= sing the winning project in the annual Whittle Award competition
2006	University of Man= chester postgraduate team working award joint first prize (as team manager) for t= he FLAVIIR project

B. Teaching

B.1. Current Departmental Duties

Academic ye= ar 1997-1998	MSc in Applied Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics. Half-module lecture course Basic Aerodynamics MT EA 5021. 12 lectures, 15 students. First Year Aerodynamics EA110. 24 lectures, two laboratories, 100 students= . Student Questionnaire lecturing score 4.4/5. Awarded 4/4 in TQA assessed lecture. First Year Communications EA263. 2 lectures, 100 students. IGDS in Maintenance Engineering.1 lecture, 8 students.
1998-1999	MSc in Applied Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics. Half-module lecture course Basic Aerodynamics MT EA 5021.12 lectures, 15 students. First Year Aerodynamics EA110. 24 lectures, two laboratories, 100 students. Student Questionnaire score 4.2/5 First Year Communications EA263. 12 lectures, 100 students. Student Questionnaire score 3.9/5 IGDS in Maintenance Engineering.1 lecture, 5 students. Third Year Aircraft Design. Module coordinator. 10 lectures, 60 students.<= br style=3D'mso-special-character:line-break'>
1999-2000	MSc in Applied Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics. Half-module lecture course Basic Aerodynamics MT EA 5021. 12 lectures, 15 students. First Year Aerodynamics EA110. 24 lectures, two laboratories, 100 students= . Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 10 lectures, 70 students. Communications practical skills with first year tutor group. 6 students, 8 hours.
2000-2001	First Year Aerodynamics EA110. 24 lectures, one laboratory, 100 students.<= /li> Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 80 students. Communications practical skills with first year tutor group. 6 students, 8 hours. IGDS in Maintenance Engineering. 1 lecture, five students.
2001-2002	Rocket first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 8 hours contact Hovercraft first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 10 hours contact Second semester PBL facilitator. 2 groups of 8 students. Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 80 students.
2002-2003	Rocket first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 8 hours contact Hovercraft first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 10 hours contact Second semester PBL facilitator. 2 groups of 8 students. Second Year Aircraft Systems, Dynamics and Control. Unit leader. 65 student= s, 24 hours class contact, 12 hours group facilitation. Second Year Integrated Aircraft Design. 65 students, 12 hours group facilit= ation Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 80 students.
2003-2004	Rocket first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 8 hours contact Hovercraft first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 10 hours contact Second semester PBL facilitator. 2 groups of 8 students Second year Aerodynamics PBLs leader. 30 hours of lab work over 3 weeks, 80 students. Second Year Aircraft Systems, Dynamics and Control. Unit leader. 65 student= s, 24 hours class contact, 12 hours group facilitation. Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 80 students.
2004-2005	Rocket first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 8 hours contact Hovercraft first year PBL. Unit leader. 130 students, 10 hours contact. Second year Aerodynamics PBLs leader. 30 hours of lab work over 3 weeks, 80 students. Second Year Aircraft Systems, Dynamics and Control. Unit leader. 65 student= s, 24 hours class contact, 12 hours group facilitation. Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 120 students.
2005-2006	First year Rocket EBL, 1 week 80% full time, 160 students (aero/mech) First year Hovercraft EBL, 1 week 80% full time, 90 students Second Year Aircraft Design, Unit leader. 140 students, 16 hours class cont= act. Second Year Aircraft Systems and Control. Unit leader. 140 students, 20 hou= rs class contact. Unit included 2 weeks of EBL activity (Systems EBL, Control EBL) Third Year Aircraft Design. Unit coordinator. 30 hours class contact, 130 students.

B.2. Other Teaching

· Tutor group assistant for the Teaching and Learning Course for New Lecturers (2002 - )

B.3. Cont= inuing education or extra-mural teaching

Univ= ersity of Manchester Exter= nal Lecture Programme, 2003-2004. 2 hour lecture on aerodynamics of sport for t= he ‘New Scientist’ programme.

= B.4. = Publications related to teaching=

Crowther, W.J., ‘From PBL to EBL – a bumpy= ride in Engineering?’, PBL Special Interest Group, CEEBL, Manchester, 16^th March 2006.=

Crowther, W.J., ‘Motivating Engineering Students through PBL’, Workshop, SPATS Conference, York, November 2002.

Crowther, W.J., ‘Design and implementation of a Hovercraft Problem Based Learning exercise to teach first year fluids’, International Conference on Engineering Education, Manchester 2002.

Lennox, B. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Changing structures for delivery – Breaking traditional barriers’, I= nternational Conference on Engineering Education, Manchester 2002.

Crowther, W.J., Lennox, B., Procter, D., Wood, N.J. and Tobbell, R.E., ‘Implementation of PBL in the Manchester School of Engineering= 217;, Implementing Problem Based Learning Regional Conference, Manchester, January 2001.

Crowther, W.J., Hopping, B. ‘Advent of PBL in the Manchester School of Engineering’, Snapshots of innovation 2002, University of Manchester/UMIST publication, May 2002.

B.5. Inno= vative work and contributions to curriculum reform and development

Primarily responsible for evolving PBL to EBL in the n= ew school of MACE during 2005-2006. Whilst the = EBL trial was partially successfu= l, the school decided in future years it would concentrate on traditional teaching= in order to simplify the logistics of provision.

C= ore member of the new programmes committe in former MSE, responsible for developing and implementing PBL from 2001. M= ember of the new Teaching Innovation team in MACE, 2005-.

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M= ember of the team responsible for securing the recent £4.5m CETL bid to support EBL at the university from HEFCE. The proven track record demonstrated by t= he PBL implementation at MSE was considered to be a key factor in the success = of the CETL bid.

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F= ive conference publications related to innovative teaching methods developed at former MSE.

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W= idespread application of methods and technologies developed as part of research activ= ity at undergraduate level. For example, use of real-time data acquisition and control using Matlab as a key part of a second year lab to design a pitch controller for an unstable aircraft mounted on a free to pitch rig in a wind tunnel. Also, third year aircraft group design activity based on current unmanned air vehicle research.

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B.6. Exam= ination responsibilities

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B.7. Resu= lts of assessment of teaching ability

Academic Year=	Unit	Teaching assessmen= t score	Notes
1997-1998	· First Year Aerodynamics EA110* · First Year Communications	4.4/5 3.9/5
1998-1999	· First Year Aerodynamics EA110	4.2/5
1999-2000	· First Year Aerodynamics EA110	4.3/5
2000-2001	data not available**
2001-2002	data not available**		Rocket and Hovercraft voted most enjoyable PBLs by f= irst year students
2002-2003	· 2^nd Year Systems, Dynamics and Control	4.2/5
2004-2005	· 3^rd year group design	4.1/5

* A 4/4 TQA teaching assessment was also obtained f= or an observed session of this unit

** assessmen= t made but results not communicated back to staff due to admin problems=

B.8. Appointments held= as Course Director or Tutor

· Course Director for Aerospace Programmes, outgoing University of Manchester progr= amme, 2003-2004.

· Associate Programme Director for Aerospace, School of MACE, 2004-2005.

B.9.= Voluntary activities with students

Organisated student team entries to the British Model = Flying Association Heavy Lift Aircraft Competition. Students build a model aircraft based on their third year design work and fly in a national competition. Entries in 1998, 1999 and 2001.

B.10. Stat= ement on teaching

I am passionate ab= out engineering and I endeavour to use this enthusiasm to engage and motivate students at all levels throughout all my teaching. I maintain an up to date knowledge of the aerospace industry and aim to have a working understanding= of current research topics in aerospace and the broader field of engineering in general. I aim to use this knowledge and understanding to inform my teaching such that all material can be put into the context of real world applicatio= n. I also aim to use my own research to illustrate specific personal examples of= how understanding of fundamental principles can lead to insight into existing problems and suggest opportunities for novel applications. Written comments= by students on course unit feedback forms and feedback from staff student committee meetings confirm that my approach leads to a positive learning experience for the majority of students.

I have been involved with the development of novel tea= ching methods in engineering since 1998 and firmly believe in the concept of acti= ve learning whereby students learn through the process of enquiry rather than = by passive absorption. The problem based learning exercises I run in the first= and second year of the course are designed to be extremely challenging, however these activities are consistently voted as the most enjoyable activities by students, demonstrating that through the right approach learning can be both effective and engaging.

C.&n= bsp; Research = and Academic/Professional Standing

<= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc137020789'>C.1. = Publications

Conference Contributions, refereed

Sparks, R., Michie, S., Gill, K., Crowt= her, W.J., ‘Development of an Integrated Circulation Control / Fluidic Thr= ust Vectoring Flight Test Demonstrator’, 1^st International Conference on Innovation & Integration in Aerospace Science Queen’= ;s University Belfast 4^th & 5^th August 2005 (CEIAT 2005-0086)

Erbsloeh, S.D., Crowther, W.J., ‘= Control of boundary layer separation on a civil turbofan intake using air-jet vortex generators’, Paper 42, CEAS/KATnet Conference on Key Aerodynamic Technologies, Bremen, June 2005.

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Heap, H. and Crowther, W.J., ‘A review of current leading edge device technology and options for innovation based on flow control’, RaeS conference, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">London, 2003.

Crowther, W.J. ‘Flocking of unmanned air vehicles’, Bristol UAV confe= rence 2002

Mason, M and Crowther, W.J., ‘Fluidic thrust vectoring for low observable aircraft’, RaeS conference, Cambridge 2002

Potts, J. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Aerodynamics and control of a rotating disc wing<= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910656'>’, RaeS conference, Cambridge 2002.

Crowther, W.J. ‘Perched landing and takeoff for fixed wing UAVs’, NATO AVT Symposium on Unmanned Vehicles for Aerial, Ground and Naval Milita= ry Operations 9-13 October 2000 in Ankara, Turkey.

Conference Contributions, other

Geoghegan, P., Crowther, W.J., and Wood, N.J., ‘Measurement of Boundary Layer Velocity Profiles by Ultrasonic Tomogr= aphy for the Prediction of Flow Separation’, AIAA-2006-2805

Gomes, L., Crowther, W.J., and Wood, N.J., ‘Towa= rds a practical piezoceramic diaphragm based synthetic jet actuator for high subs= onic applications – effect of chamber and orifice depth on actuator peak velocity’, AIAA-2006-2859.

Pilmoor, M., Crowther, W.J., and Wood, N.J., ‘Development of a Dynamic Wind Tunnel Model for Demonstration of Flow Control Maneuver Effectors̵= 7;, AIAA-2006-3507

Garcillan, L., Liddle, S., Sunneechura, K., Crowther, = W.J., Zhong, S. and Wood, N.J., ‘PIV measurements of the effect of pitch and skew on a circular orifice synthetic jet in a turbulent boundary layer̵= 7;, AIAA-2006-0318

Mason, M.S., Crowther, W.J., ‘Fluidic thrust vec= toring for low observable air vehicles’ AIAA-2004-2210, 2^nd AIAA Flow Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 28-1, 2004

Erbsloeh, S.D., Crowther, W.J., ‘Control of Compressor Face Total Pressure Distortion on a High Bypass Turbofan Inta= ke Using Air-Jet Vortex Generators’, AIAA-2004-2206, 2^nd= AIAA Flow Control Conference, = Portland, Oregon, June 28-1, 2004.

Watson, N.R., John, N.W. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Simulation of unmanned air vehicle flocking’, Theory and practice of computer graphics conference, Birmingha= m, 2003.

Potts, J. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Frisbee Aerodyn= amics’, paper AIAA 2002-3150, 20^th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference & Exhibit 24 – 26 June 2002 St. Louis, Missouri

Potts, J. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Flight contr= ol of a spin stabilised axi-symmetric disc-wing’, paper AIAA-2001-0253, AIAA Aerodynamics conference, = Reno, January 2001

Crowther, W.J., ‘Engineering the micro aeroplane’, poster paper presented at ‘Britain’s Younger Engineers’, House of Commons, London, 4 December 2000.

Crook, A., Crowther, W.J., Wood, N.J. ‘A parametric study= of a synthetic jet in a cross flow’, 22^nd International Congress of Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 2000<= /p>

Potts, J. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Vis= ualisation of the flow around a rotating disc wing’, paper 247, 9^{th
(Millennium) International Symposium on Flow Visualisation Edinburgh, August
22-25^th, 2000.}

Potts, J. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Aerodynamics of a rotating disc wing’, Royal Aeronautical Society research forum, London, January 20= 00

Cooper, J.E, Crowther, W.J. ‘Flutter speed predi= ction during flight testing using neural networks’, Int. Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, Williamsburg VA USA, June 1999 pp 255-264.

Crowther, W.J., Prassas, K., ‘Post-= stall landing for field retrieval of unmanned air vehicles’, 14^th Bristol International unmanned air veh= icle systems conference, UK, April 1999.

Atkinson, R. M., Crowther, W. J., et al, ‘Fault Diagnosis in Electro-Hydraulic Systems using Neural Networks’, BHR 5<= sup>th Int. Conference on Profitable Condition Monitoring, Harrogate, UK 3-4 Dec 1= 996.

Crowther, W.J., Edge, K.A., et al ‘Automated FMEA for Hydraulic Systems’, 12 Aachen Fluid Power Technology Colloquium, March 1996.

Crowther, W.J., Bull, D.R., Burrows, C.R., Edge, K.A., Atkinson, R.M., Hawkins, P.G., Woollons, D.J., ‘Knowledge Acquisition= for Engineering Systems using Bond Graphs’, 15^th Annual Confer= ence of the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Expert Systems, Cambrid= ge, Dec 1995.

Crowther, W., Wood, N., Hodgkin, F., ‘Forebody F= low Control for Extended High Angle of Attack manoeuvres’, Royal Aeronaut= ical Society Conference on High Lift and Separation Control, pp 18.1‑18.9,= Bath, March 1995.<= /p>

Wood, N., Crowther, W., ‘Yaw Control by Tangenti= al Forebody Blowing’, Paper 10, AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel Symposium, Technologies for Highly Manoeuvrable Aircraft, 1993.

Crowther, W., Wood, N., ‘Tangential Forebody Blo= wing – Yaw control at High Alpha’, AIAA Paper 93‑3406 CP, 1993.

Academic Journal Papers

Greenland, S., Crow= ther, W.J., ‘Development of an Attitude Guidance and Control System for the Thunderstar Suborbital Spacecraft’, submitted to the Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs Part G (Journal of Aerospace Engineering) = April 2006

Parlsew, B. and Crowther, W.J., ‘Model based ani= mation of flapping flight’, in preparation for submission to Visual Computer= ,

Erbsloeh<= /st1:City>, S.D., Crowther, W.J., ‘Active Control of Compressor Face Total Pressure Distortion on a High Bypass Turbofan Inta= ke Using Air JetVortex Generators’, accepted for publication, Aerona= utical Journal

Crowther, W.J., ‘Contr= ol of separation on a trailing edge flap using air jet vortex generators’, Journal of Aircraft, accepted for publication January 2005.

Crowther, W.J., Potts, J.R., ‘Simulation of a spin-stabilised sports disc’, accepted for publication Journal of Sports Engineering, Ma= y 2006.

Crowther, W.J., ‘Rule-based guidance for flight vehicle flocking’, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs Part G (Journal of Aerospace Engineering),= Vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 111-124, April 2004.

Crowther, W.J., ‘Flocking of autonomous unmanned= air vehicles’, Aeronauti= cal Journal, Vol. 107, No. 1068, pp. 99-110, February 2003.

Crowther, W.J., Lamont, P.J., ‘A neural network approach to the calibration of a flush air data system’, = Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 105, No 1044, pp. 85-95, February 2001.

Crowther, W.J. and Cooper, J.E, ‘Flutt= er speed prediction during flight testing using neural networks’, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs Part G (Journ= al of Aerospace Engineering), Vol. 215, pp37-47, November 2001.

Crowther, W.J., Edge, K.A., et al, ‘Fault diagnosis of a hydraulic actuator circuit using neural networks – An output vector space classification approach’, Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs, Vol. 212 Part I, pp 57-68, February 1= 997.

Wood, N., Crowther, W., ‘Yaw Control by Tangential Forebody Blowing’, Royal Aeronautical Society Journal= , Vol. 98, No. 974, pp 147-154, April 1994.

Research publications by year

Review of Single Academic Books

Review of Problem-Based Learning, case stu= dies, experience and practice, Kogan Page, London, 2001. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education ISSN: 0020-= 7209
Volume 39 Issue 1, January 2002, pp 87-90

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‘Tight Squeeze’, The Last Word, New Scientist, 6 October 2001

‘Aim and Pour’, The Last Word, New Scienti= st, 23 Jan 1999.

‘Free-fall Falconry’, The Last Word, New Scientist, 1 November 1997

‘Taking the Plunge’, The Last Word, New Scientist, 14 April 1996

‘Stirring Stuff’, The Last Word, New Scien= tist, 18 June 1996

‘The Spinners’, The Last Word, New Scienti= st, 12 October 1995

‘Taking the plunge’ also appeared in Th= e Last Word, 1998, Oxford Paperbacks; ISBN: 0192861999

C.2. Other research achievement

· Named inventor on 12 patents relating to flu= idic thrust vectoring taken out by BAESYSTEMS

C.3. = Creative or innovative work

· Development of a Virtual Wind Tunnel applica= tion for visualising wake flows behind lifting wings. The application runs in the virtual reality suite at the Manchester Visualisation and Image Processing (VIP) Lab, Manchester Computing, and is now used as part of the demonstrati= on package for the facility.

·<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = Ma= jor commission obtained from the Arts Council (6k) to design and build a millen= nium clock based on computer controlled pneumatically powered sledge hammers and steel girders. Exhibited next to Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, Octob= er 1999. Developed crawling robots for use by the Doocot theatre company, 2002. Commissioned to build ‘Stringbot’ robotic double bass by Manchester Art Galleries, 2001.

·<= span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = An= alysed trajectory of Beckham’s free kick against Greece in World Cup qualifier= s 2002 for Tesco to produce ‘Soccer Sausage’. Item reported in local p= aper and on regional television.

C.4.= Supervisi= on of research students

MSc Project Students

Name	MSc	Research title	Date of registration	Successful completion
Iestyn Jowers	Mathematics and Fluids Dynamics	Development of a virtual wind tunnel	10/1999	y
Colin Price	Mathematics and Fluids Dynamics	Aerodynamics of a spinning football	10/1999	y
Neil Watson	Computer Science	Computer animation of flo= cking behaviour	10/2001	y
George Kozirakis	Mathematics and Fluids Dynamics	Computation of the flow around a sports disc	10/2003	y
Ben Parslew	Mathematics and Fluids Dynamics	Aerodynamic modelling for animation of flapping flig= ht	10/2004

Post Graduates

Name	Degree	Co supervisor	Research Title	Date of registration	Date of completion
Kostis Prassas	Mphil	-	Perched landing for UAVs	10/1998	10/1999
Jonathan Potts	PhD	-	Aerodynamics of a rotating disc wing	10/1999	6/2005
Mark Mason	PhD	-	Fluidic thrust vectoring for low-observable aircraft=	6/2000	Viva 3/2006
Helen Heap	Eng.D	-	Flow control devices for high lift	10/2001	-
Sascha Erbsleoh	PhD	-	Engine inlet control using MEMS	7/2002	10/2005
Andrew Lytton	PhD	-	Large-scale application of fluidic thrust vectoring<= /p>	10/2002	-
Oliver Heynes	PhD	Mark Cotton	CFD modelling of synthetic jets in cross flow	10/2002	Transferred to cosupervisor, 10/2004
Neil Watson	PhD	Nigel John	Animation of flapping flight	10/2002	-
Mario Carrus	PhD	-	Roll control of a low observable UAV using MEMS	2/2003	-
Matt Pilmoor	PhD	-	Pitch control of a low observable UAV using fluidic = thrust vectoring	7/2003	-
Phil Geoghegan	PhD		Separation prediction for flow control applications<= /p>	11/2003	-
Russell Sparks	PhD		Development of a 6dof dynamic wind tunnel testing ri= g	9/2004	-
Stephen Michie	PhD		Development of flight-ready circulation control mano= euvre effectors	9/2004	-
Ken Gill	PhD		Development of flight-ready fluidic thrust vectoring=	9/2004	-
Steve Liddle	PhD		Flow control to enhance aileron effectiveness	3/2002 (supervision started 9/2005)
Luis Gomes	PhD		Development of flow control actuators for transonic applications	9/2003 (supervision started 9/2005)
Kailash Sunneechurra	PhD		Flow control for leading edge high lift systems	9/2002 (supervision started 9/2005)
Jonathan Chippindal1	PhD		Geometric optimisation of nozzles for supersonic flu= idic thrust vectoring	9/2005	-
Paul Wild	PhD		Total propulsion system integration for flapless UAV= s	9/2005

Post Doctoral Research Assistants

Name	Co supervisor	Research Title	Start date	Finish date
Saud Ghani	-	Development of low observable wind tunnel model with installed gas turbines	1/2002	9/2002
Steven Kendal	-	Use of synthetic jets to control separation on a tra= iling edge flap	9/2002	9/2004
Sarvat Ahmad	-	Development of a free to pitch and free to roll wind tunnel test bed facility	2/2003	2/2006
Indika Yahathaguda	-	Control of undercarriage aeroacoustics using flow co= ntrol	1/2006	1/2009
Steven Liddle	-	Validation database for synthetic jet actuators	6/2006	9/2006

Number of postgraduate students by year. All pgs are EPSRC/Industry funded

C.5. = Organisation and promotion of research<= /span>

Research Grants:

Date submitted=	Funding Body	Value	Successful?	Responsibility=	Duration	Tit= le	Staff/students=
7/97	EPSRC	50k	N	PI	3 years	Intelligent pitch control of a micro air vehicle	1 PG
10/97	Royal Society	7K	Y	PI	2 years	Intelligent flight control systems demonstration vehicle	None
11/97	University Research Support Fund	10k	N	PI	2 years	Active vibration control of a flexible wing	None
4/98	EPSRC	230k	N (Resubmitted, also N)	CI with N.Wood	3 years	Aerodynamic modelling of novel, highly non-linear aircraft using neural networks=	PDRA, 3 yrs PG, 3 yrs T, 1 yr
4/98	EPSRC	170k	N	PI with J.Cooper	3 years	Shape control of a binary actuated smart wing	PG, 3 yrs
10/98	Leverhulme foundation	5k	N	PI	1 Year	Vision-based attitude sensing for UAVs	None
4/99	JREI	700k	Y	CI with N. John+2	2 Years	Virtual Reality system for engineering visualisation (with Manchester Computing)<= o:p>	None
3/2000	EPSRC	200k	Y	CI with N.Wood and S.Zhong	3 Years	Fluid dynamics of synthetic jets	PG, 3 yrs PDRA, 3 yrs T, 1 yr
11/2000	EPSRC	90k	N	PI	2 Years	Advanced techniques for visualisation and exploration of fluid flow data sets=	PDRA, 2 yrs
6/2001	EPSRC/ Airbus (Eng.D)	40k	Y	PI	4	Flow control leading edge devices for high lift	PG, 4 yrs
7/2001	MOD	47k	Y	CI with N.Wood	1	A demonstrator platform for novel control technology	PDRA, 1 yr
8/2001	EU	190k	Y	PI	3	MEMS applications for flow control. Project 1: High lift systems Project 2: Engine inlet flow control	PDRA, 3 yrs PG, 3 yrs T, .25 yrs
2/2002	EPSRC	741k	N	CI with N.Wood and J.Cooper	3	MAFIA Flow control Darp Proposal	PDRA, 1 yr PG, 3 yrs T, 4 yrs
7/2002	DTI	180k	Y	CI with N.Wood	1.5	A grid enabled wind tunnel test service using a pressure sensitive paint sy= stem	PDRA, 1.5 yrs
6/2002	MOD	400k	Y	CI with N.Wood	3	Novel Flow Control and the Cont= rol of unmanned Air Vehicles	PDRA, 3 yrs 2 PGs, 3 yrs T, 2 yrs
9/2002	EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS CASE Award	40K	Y	PI	3	Full scale dynamic evaluation of fluidic thrust vectoring	PG, 3 yrs
10/2002	Douglas Prestwich Scholarship	40k	Y	Joint PI with Mark Cotton	3	CFD modelling of synthetic jets in boundary layers	PG, 3 yrs
10/2002	AIRBUS	300K	Y	CI out of 4	3	AIRBUS AiRNET Flow control UK Centre of Excellence	PDRA, 3 yrs 3 PGs, 3 yrs T, 1yr
1/2003	BAESYSTEMS VU	240k	Y	PI	3.5	Flapless flight control systems demonstrator	PDRA, 3 yrs, T, 1.5 yrs
3/2003	Arts and Humanities Research Council	35k	N	PI	2	Smoke Without Fire = - Fluid dynamics and the search for anti-turbulence.	RA, 2 yrs
6/2003	DTI	300k	N	PI	3	A next generation situational awareness tool for atmospheric hazards	1 PG, 1 PDRA
12/2004	BAESYSTEMS	500k	N	PI	3	Fluidic Thrust Vectoring industrial technology development, validation and integration	2 PD, 3 yrs 1 T, 2 yrs
1/2005	Airbus	300k	Y	PI	3	Flow control technology demonstration for high lift applications (CAFEDA)=	3 PGs, 3 years 1 T, 6 months
1/2005	EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS	36k	Y	PI	0.5	Rapid flight demonstration of flapless manoeuvre effectors	1 T, 3 mnths
4/2005	EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS	86k	Y	PI	3	Total propulsion system integration for flapless UAVs	1 PG, 3 years 1 T, 6 months
8/2005	EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS	90k	Y	PI	3	Optimal nozzle geom= etries for supercritical fluidic thrust vectoring	1 PG, 3 years 1 T, 3 months
10/2005	Airbus	250k	Y	PI	3	Reduction of underc= arriage noise using synthetic jet actuators	1 PDRA, 3 years 1 T, 6 months
6/2006	EPSRC/BAESYSTEMS	75k	Y	PI	3	Flapless manoeuvre effectors for a wireless aircraft	1 PG, 3 years 1 T, 3 months
6/2006	EU	300k	Y	PI	3	Flow control techno= logies for environmentally friendly aircraft	2 PDRAs, 2 years 1 T, 6 months
5/2006	EPSRC	440k	Submitted	CI	3	UAV dynamic capture and release	1 PG, 3 yrs 1 PD, 3 yrs 1 T, 1 yr
6/2006	Airbus	35k	Y	PI	0.25	Synthetic Jet Actuator validation data base	1 PDRA, 4 months

Personally attributable research grant income by year. Running aver= age of £195k per year

C.6. = Professional advisory or consultancy wo= rk

· Member of the MAFIA Flow Control DARP, 2000-= .

· Consultancy with DERA = Bedford. Project: Air data system for stealthy aircraft. Activity: Use of neural networks for sensor fusion. 1997-1998.

C.7.

n/a

C.8. = Service as an external examiner or as a referee

Journal review

Referee for IMech E Proceedings, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, Journal of Aircraf= t, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Internal examinations

· Enhanced aerofoil performance using small trailing edge flaps, M.Phil, 1998, Nick Tsioumanis

· Non-parametric models and statistical techni= ques in composite materials testing and condition monitoring, PhD, January 1998, Phil Jacob.

· Vibration damping using viscoelastic spheres, M.Phil. 1999, Panos Constantinopolous

C.9. Learned society responsibilities

none

C.10.Other public service in a professional capacity

none

C.11. Academic invitations

Presentation of ‘Control of boundary layer separation on a civil turbofan intake using air-jet vortex generators’, as part of an invited session (CEAS Aerodynam= ics Conference highlights), AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference, Reno, Nevada, January 2005.

Presentation of ‘Aerodynamics and control of a rotating disc wing’, as part of an invited sessi= on (CEAS Aerodynamics Conference highlights), AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conferen= ce, Reno, N= evada, January 2003.

C.12.Other conferences and seminars attended=

University of Manchester courses/seminars

· Creativity, 2/6/97

· Time Management, 14/8/97

· Large Group Teaching, 16/12/97

· Voice and the Lecturer Course, 18/11/98

· Training and equality course, 16/6/98

· First aid course, 6/11/98

· Teaching and Learning Course for New Academic Staff, Parts 1, 2 and 3. Completed May 1998. 9 days total.

· Problem based learning seminar, 24/11/99

· Teaching and Learning in groups course, 25-2= 8th April 2000

· Assessing the individual in PBL, UMIST, 14/5= /02

· MSE Student Support and Guidance seminar, 13/5/02

· TRDN Symposium ‘Working across the disciplines’, UofM, 15^th May 2002

· E-learning seminar, 22^nd April 20= 05

Conferences

· AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference and Exhib= it, Reno, N= evada, January 2005

· 2nd AIAA Flow Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 28-1, 2004.

· RAEs Aerodynamics Conference, 10-12 September 2004.

· AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference and Exhib= it, Reno, N= evada, January 2003

· International conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) 2002, Manches= ter

· CEAS European Aerodynamics Conference, Cambridge, June 2= 002.

· Seventeenth Bristol International UAV conference, 8-10 April 2002, B= ristol, UK

· Royal Aeronautical Society Aerodynamics Conference, London= , 9-10 April 2001

· Problem based learning regional conference, UMIST, Manchester<= /st1:City>, 15-17^th January 2001

· NATO AVT Symposium on Unmanned Vehicles for Aerial, Ground and Naval Military Operations 9-13 October 2000 in Ankara, Turkey.

· 9th (Millennium) International Symposium on = Flow Visualisation Edinburgh, August 22-25th, 2000.

· Dymac 99 ‘Integrating dynamics, condit= ion monitoring and control for the 21^st Century’, 1-3 September 1999, University of Manchester.

· Fourteenth Bristol International RPV/UAV conference, 12 - 16 April 1999, Bristol, UK.

· Thirteenth Bristol International RPV/UAV conference, 30 March - 1 April 1998, Bristol, UK.

C.13. Major academic visits and collaborations

n/a

<= ![if !supportLists]>C.14.Statement on research

Personal research aims

· To continue to develop a research reputation based on the ability to work successfully as part of research teams and the ability to deliver high quality research output

· To fully exploit knowledge generated as part= of current experimental aerodynamics activities through continued publication = in academic journals

· To capitalise on existing research grant suc= cess through targeted follow on activities

· To establish new research funding streams ba= sed on interdisciplinary collaborations with computer science (model based animation, robotics for UAV applications, distributed control of multiple flight vehicles), materials science (smart materials for flow control applications) and bio sciences (flow control for biomedical applications)

· To develop an international reputation for h= igh quality, innovative work relating to the development and validation of new interdisciplinary aerospace related technologies

D.&n= bsp; Administration

D.1. General responsibility for an area of departmental or Faculty academic activity=

· Associate Programme Director for Aerospace Engineering, MACE, 2004-5 .

· Aerospace admissions Representative, MACE, 2= 004- . Responsible for providing plenary introduction to MACE and UoM for Aerosp= ace, Mechanical and Civil UCAS applicants as well as Aerospace specialist talk

· Aerospace Admissions Representative, MSE, 2000-2004. Open day support, aimin= g to provide an inspired introduction to Aerospace Engineering and the role of P= BL in the learning process. Academic in charge of visits on university open da= ys (2002).

· Chair of the School of Engineeri= ng Web Steering Group, 2000-2001= . This group decides on policy for structure and content of the school web site and issues relating to staff and student use of the Internet.

· Member of the School of Engineeri= ng Computer Systems working party, 1997-2001. Involved in making policy decisions on the running of the School computer system.

· Library representative for Aerospace Engineering, 1997- . I actively promote accelerated transition for paper to electronic data sheets and journals.

· Aerospace Week One Organiser, 1997-2001. See innovative administrative work.

· Staff-student committee secretary, 1999-2000, Chair, 2000-2003. The Staff-Student committee provides a formal opportunity= for students to feedback comments on the teaching and learning environment.

· Member of the New Engineering Programmes Committee, 2000-. See innovative administrative work.

· Member of the Industrial Liaison committee, 2000-. Responsible for briefing the committee on developments in PBL and the New Engineering Programme.

D.2. General responsibility for some other area of depart= mental or Faculty academic activity

none

D.3. Serv= ice as an official at departmental, Faculty or University level

none

D.4. Service on external bodies as a University represent= ative

none

D.5.

n/a

D.6. I nnovative Administrative work

· Member of the New Engineering Programmes Committee 1999-2003. This committee was responsible for designing the new s= et of Engineering Programmes currently in place at the Manchester School of Engineering. My main contribution was in integrating Problem Based Learning (PBL) into the first and second years of the programme. Based on evidence f= rom an international engineering education conference (2002), Manchester is the first engineering sch= ool in the world to adopt PBL as the primary method of teaching and learning in the early years of the programme. I was also actively involved in training staff for their new roles as facilitators rather than lecturers and in promoting a new approach to defining learning outcomes and appropriate assessment. The = New Engineering Programme was revised at the end of its first year, and followi= ng my recommendations, a number of significant organisational changes to the f= irst were made to fully integrate PBL with the taught courses through the use of learning themes rather than the traditional units as the ‘container’ for delivery and assessment.

· Creation of a new 'Aero Week 1' of activities and visits to stimulate interest of first years (1997). Very popular with students and credited with reducing the first year wastage rate. The rocket activity from this week is now the introductory PBL for all students on the New Engineering Programme at Manchester (2001)= .

· Development of an online system for aerospace student questionnaires, 1997. Greatly reduces man-hours required to collate= and analyse questionnaire results. The system was used for the whole School of Engineering in 2000. Questionnaire= s are now hosted by Manchester Computing Teaching and Learning Support (TALS) uni= t.

· Design and implementation of a new Aerospace Engineering Web Site, 1997. Major update in 1998. Development and managemen= t of the new School of Engineering web sit= e, 2000.

A.2. Date of Birth: 11/1/68&nb= sp; =

A.3. Educati= on

A.4. Qualifi= cations

A.5. Previous Employment

A.6. Present Employment

A.7. Recognised Achievements

B. Teaching

B.1. Current Departmental Duties

= B.4. = Publications related to teaching=

C.&n= bsp; Research = and Academic/Professional Standing

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Conference Contributions, refereed

Conference Contributions, other

Academic Journal Papers

Review of Single Academic Books

<= span style=3D'mso-bookmark:_Toc20910659'>Other Media

C.2. Other research achievement

C.3. = Creative or innovative work

C.4.= Supervisi= on of research students

MSc Project Students

Post Graduates

Post Doctoral Research Assistants

C.5. = Organisation and promotion of research<= /span>

Research Grants:

C.6. = Professional advisory or consultancy wo= rk

C.7.

C.8. = Service as an external examiner or as a referee

Journal review

Internal examinations

C.9. Learned society responsibilities

C.11. Academic invitations

University of Manchester courses/seminars

C.13. Major academic visits and collaborations

<= ![if !supportLists]>C.14.Statement on research

Personal research aims

D.1. General responsibility for an area of departmental or Faculty academic activity=

D.2. General responsibility for some other area of depart= mental or Faculty academic activity

D.4. Service on external bodies as a University represent= ative

D.5.

D.6. Innovative Administrative work

D.6. I nnovative Administrative work