Engineering Professors' Council

💡 Last chance to register your interest! 💡 Contributions sought for the Complex Systems Toolkit on Intelligent Robotics: Call closes 12th July. 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ehc8u8Gj We are seeking experts in intelligent robotics, from academia, industry, and engineering organisations, to develop resources on this topic for publication in the Complex Systems Toolkit. These resources will inform, guide and aid educators to embed teaching on intelligent robotics into their engineering lessons, modules or courses. 💡 We are seeking content on the following topics: 📌 Robotics and autonomous systems 📌 Human-robot interaction 📌 Swarm systems and distributed intelligence 📌 Edge AI and embedded intelligence 📌 Cyber-physical systems 📌 Simulation and digital twins 📌 Safety, resilience, and uncertainty 📌 Systems thinking for Intelligent Robotics or Physical AI 📌 Teaching approaches and assessment methods Resources should reference the topic’s relationship to complex systems and engineering education/graduate skills. We are particularly interested in resources that help engineering educators teach these topics effectively. 💡 Join the community In undertaking this work, contributors will become part of the growing community of educators who are helping to ensure that tomorrow’s engineering professionals have the complex systems skills, knowledge, and attributes that they need to provide a better future for us all. Contributors will be fully credited for their work on any relevant Toolkit materials and will be acknowledged as authors should the resources be published in any form. Developing these resources will provide the chance to work with a dynamic, diverse and passionate group of people leading the way in expanding engineering teaching resources, and may help in professional development, such as preparing for promotion or fellowship. 👉 Get involved here: https://lnkd.in/ehc8u8Gj The #ComplexSystemsToolkit is supported by Quanser. #Engineering #Education #HigherEducation #CallForContent #ComplexSystems #IntelligentRobotics #PhysicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #Engineer

👉 Can you write about Intelligent Robotics and Complex Systems for our Toolkit? 💡 What and Why? Intelligent robotics, and the more recent applications to physical AI, generally refers to artificial intelligence systems that are embedded in and interact directly with the physical world, rather than operating purely in digital environments. This includes technologies like robots, autonomous vehicles, and drones that can perceive their surroundings through sensors, process that information using AI models, and take real-world actions. Unlike traditional software-based AI, intelligent robotics applications deal with real-time constraints, uncertainty, and complex environments, requiring tight integration between hardware (like sensors and actuators) and decision-making algorithms. For engineering students, learning about intelligent robotics and physical AI workflows matters because it sits at the intersection of software, hardware, and real-world problem solving. It forces students to grapple with uncertainty, noisy sensor data, timing constraints, and safety considerations, which are unavoidable in real systems like robots or autonomous vehicles. That experience builds practical intuition about how algorithms behave outside ideal conditions. Engineers who understand this are better equipped to design systems that are robust, adaptive, and resilient. Industries are moving rapidly toward automation, robotics, and intelligent infrastructure, so familiarity with intelligent robotics and physical AI workflows opens doors in fields like manufacturing, healthcare technology, and transportation. It helps engineers think holistically: not just “does the code work?” but “does the system behave safely and effectively in the real world?”. 💡 Contributors sought to develop resources on Intelligent Robotics for inclusion in the toolkit We are seeking experts in intelligent robotics, from academia, industry, and engineering organisations, to develop resources on this topic for publication in the Complex Systems Toolkit. These resources will inform, guide and aid educators to embed teaching on intelligent robotics into their engineering lessons, modules or courses. 👉 Read more and get involved here: https://lnkd.in/ehc8u8Gj The #ComplexSystemsToolkit is supported by Quanser. #Engineering #Education #HigherEducation #CallForContent #ComplexSystems #IntelligentRobotics #PhysicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #Engineer #EngineeringEducation

📢 Call for Contributions: Inclusive Engineering Toolkit We're pleased to share this opportunity from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Professors' Council. They're inviting contributions to help shape the Inclusive Engineering Toolkit; a new resource to support inclusive engineering education and practice. If you have case studies, teaching resources or examples of good practice to share, we'd encourage you to find out more and consider contributing. Read the full blog and details of the call for contributions here: https://lnkd.in/eYNBjPVU Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Louise Jennings Vania Dimitrova Professor Udy Archibong MBE, PhD Elaine Brown CEng MIMechE Katherine Deane Lisa Hill Jennifer Jennings Lee Mason Professor Dorothy Monekosso Professor Lisa-Dionne Morris Bharat Pokhrel James Richards Dr Cristina Tuinea-Bobe Joanne Fielding Gabrielle Keating Joanna Malefaki

There are loads of great talks lined up for the UK and Ireland Engineering Education Research Network #EERN2026, and it's in a great location too. Given the amount of change in #HigherEducation there has been no better time to consider teaching innovation and best practice for preparing our #graduates for a successful future. Check out the abstracts and programme here: https://lnkd.in/eieVrvz3 #Sheffield #Engineering #Education #CEE #Centreforengineeringeducation #University Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield Engineering Professors' Council

Missed our Complex Systems Toolkit webinar on ACE-Lab and Agentic Engineering Workflows? You can now watch it on demand: https://lnkd.in/e8E8RXQn A big thank you to webinar contributors James E. Pickering (PhD, SFHEA), George Amarantidis, Dr Nikita Hari, PhD, SFHEA, Peter Martin, Johnny Rich, and Aiyush Gupta. We would also like to thank #ComplexSystemsToolkit supporter Quanser. Please note: If you requested a CPD certificate for this webinar, you can expect to hear from us by the 13th July. #AgenticEngineering #ACELab #ACEBox #Engineering #EngineeringEducation #HigherEducation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #IntelligentRobotics #ControlSystems #SystemsEngineering #Robotics

⏳Call for content closes July 11th⏳ Contributions sought for Inclusive Engineering Toolkit Educate. Engineer. Include. The Engineering Professors' Council is seeking contributors to develop resources for our Inclusive Engineering toolkit: a free-to-access resource supporting educators to embed equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into engineering teaching and professional practice, helping to develop engineers who can design more inclusive, equitable, and effective solutions, while also supporting inclusive and collaborative ways of working.   We are currently seeking contributors to help develop toolkit resources across three areas:  📌 Knowledge articles  📌 Guidance articles  📌 Teaching activities 🧷 Register your interest in developing a resource by July 11th here: https://lnkd.in/eGSyZbYR 🧷 Register your interest in becoming a reviewer for the Inclusive Engineering Toolkit here: https://lnkd.in/e5xx9dPj 🧷 Read a guest blog from Karen Grayson (Royal Academy of Engineering) and Stella Fowler (Engineering Professors' Council) on Inclusive Engineering Outcomes, which also references our toolkit in development and Call for Content: https://lnkd.in/ezyBUUyU The #InclusiveEngineeringToolkit is supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering through the Diversity Impact Programme, which is funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. #InclusiveEngineering #EDI #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #CallForPapers #Engineering #OpenAccess #Education #Teaching #Research #STEM #HigherEducation

👉 Contributors sought to develop resources on Intelligent Robotics for inclusion in the Complex Systems Toolkit: https://lnkd.in/ehc8u8Gj In November 2025, the Engineering Professors' Council, with support from Quanser, launched a new #ComplexSystemsToolkit, aimed at providing accessible, practical resources for embedding complex systems concepts into engineering education. The Toolkit launched with an abundance of resources, allowing educators and industry professionals to dive into the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of complex systems with knowledge and guidance articles, discover ready-to-use teaching resources including case studies and other classroom activities, and hear directly from the creators and partners who helped shape the Toolkit with a well-attended launch webinar (now available to watch on demand). These resources have been well used in their first months, but we’re not stopping there. We want to add further resources, on topics that are emerging as being of vital importance to students as they graduate and seek work. The first of the topics that we want to cover is intelligent robotics. We are seeking experts in intelligent robotics, from academia, industry, and engineering organisations, to develop resources on this topic for publication in the Complex Systems Toolkit. These resources will inform, guide and aid educators to embed teaching on intelligent robotics into their engineering lessons, modules or courses. We are seeking content on the following topics: 📌 Robotics and autonomous systems 📌 Human-robot interaction 📌 Swarm systems and distributed intelligence 📌 Edge AI and embedded intelligence 📌 Cyber-physical systems 📌 Simulation and digital twins 📌 Safety, resilience, and uncertainty 📌 Systems thinking for Intelligent Robotics or Physical AI 📌 Teaching approaches and assessment methods Resources should reference the topic’s relationship to complex systems and engineering education/graduate skills. We are particularly interested in resources that help engineering educators teach these topics effectively. 💡 Read more and register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/ehc8u8Gj 🖋️ Visit the Complex Systems Toolkit here: https://lnkd.in/eWUAdhG6 #Engineering #Education #HigherEducation #CallForContent #ComplexSystems #IntelligentRobotics #PhysicalAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #Engineer

Do you have an idea to share on equitable and inclusive engineering outcomes? My blog with Stella Fowler of the Engineering Professors' Council is up on the Royal Academy of Engineering website - announcing our Call for Contributions to build an Inclusive Engineering Toolkit for educators. Part of our Diversity Impact Programme, funded through DSIT. https://lnkd.in/eWw3KYxk