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Engineering Foundation Year team welcomes two new members

30 September 2024

This September we welcomed two new teaching staff to the Engineering Foundation Year programme at UCL East.

Engineering Foundation Year - find out more about our new programme

James Ford has joined the Engineering Foundation Year as the programme lead. James has worked in the UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) for 10 years where he delivered various design and / or professional skills modules across all years of the civil engineering programmes. He has held various roles on the civil programme, as well as the 'engineering and architectural design' programme and the 'science and engineering for social change' programme, and was undergraduate admissions tutor for the department. Before UCL James was a practicing chartered civil engineer for nearly a decade working primarily for the Environment Agency but involved in a wide range of projects (including a small role in the development of the London Olympic park). He is closely involved with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

Fawaz Saket has joined the programme as a Lecturer (Teaching). Fawaz has a research background in mechanical engineering, with a focus on engineering dynamics, involving electromechanical/mechatronic systems. He has held teaching roles at the University of Bath, the University of Liverpool International College and the University of Kent where he has led and taught modules involving theoretical and practical work, including engineering project-based learning. Fawaz was involved in teaching and supporting students on engineering foundation year programmes at Liverpool and Kent.

Find out more about the UCL Engineering Foundation Year.