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Join Dr Anne Nortcliffe as she poses the question “How can engineers make a smarter toaster?” in a series of episodes that culminate in an interactive and absorbing Subject Spotlight focussed on Engineering.

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Bridging the gap

Canterbury Christ Church University

Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology

Engineering with Dr Anne Nortcliffe

Canterbury Christ Church University

Engineering and Technology
Engineering and Technology

Join Dr Anne Nortcliffe as she poses the question “How can engineers make a smarter toaster?” in a series of episodes that culminate in an interactive and absorbing Subject Spotlight focussed on Engineering.

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What to expect

Introduction to control engineering at CCCU
In part 1, Anne discusses the types of problems engineers have worked on and the issues they’ve had to solve, as well as introduction to how control and instrumentation solves the problems.
What is control and who does it have an impact on?
In part 2, Anne introduces control within engineering and who it has an impact on, as well as introducing the different types of control and how we can improve the function of a toaster.
What do instrumentation and actuators look like?
In part 3, Anne talks about instrumentation and explains what actuators look like, defines the control system parts and poses the question: how do you select your instruments and actuators?
Introduction to PID control
In part 4, Anne provides an Introduction to PID control, explaining classical PID control and Ziegler Nichols process reaction curve.
What have CCCU students learnt throughout the spotlight?
In part 5, Anne covers how engineers make smarter controllers, gives an introduction to traditional heating systems, explains how ​​control engineers are involved in helping diabetics and asks a series of questions based on the Subject Spotlight content!

Meet the academic

Dr Anne Nortcliffe

Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr Anne Nortcliffe is the new-founding head of the School of Engineering, Technology and Design at Canterbury Christ Church University. A passionate engineering educator developing the next inclusive pipeline of industry ready engineering graduates, Anne has a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield and a Welcome PLC Scholarship MSc in Control Engineering at University of Bradford/Universidad de Valladolid. Anne went on to have graduate employment in industry in AI and later in post doctoral employment. As an academic, Anne has had a varied career in engineering and computing departments leading computing networking, aerospace engineering, and food engineering education and research activities. In 2017, Anne joined Canterbury Christ Church University to design and create brand new diverse and inclusive engineering education provision. In 2021 Anne was awarded the Executive Leader of Year 2021 Engineering Talent Awards for her endeavours.

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