School of Engineering (ENG)

Profile

Blog: My micro Blog

Wiki:  My Wiki Pages 

After emigrating from India to the UK, Manish received a Masters degree from University of Bristol in 2003. His career in Higher Education began at University of Portsmouth also in 2003. Since then he has been involved in research and teaching in the area of Mobile wireless computing and networking.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the departmental Co-ordinator for Personal Development Planning and Recording (PDP/PDR) for all our students and is also the student liaison officer for Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) UK and represents the Department in its regional meetings. Currently he is on secondment (0.4) to the Expert Centre where he is pursuing his research interests in the use of Web 2.0 tools for collaborative blended learning purposes and harnessing collective intelligence through technology. He is also the unit moderator for B163 Introduction to Data Communications. Manish is a member of the Communications and Networks Engineering Group.

Teaching

His teaching responsibilities include:

    * The Scientific Foundations of ICT - B105
    * Physical Layer Technology– B164L
    * Networking Protocols (Data Communications and Networks) – B263

Manish maintains and controls a wiki website that allows online collaborative revision work for exams (goto Examopedia). This site is also used for project supervision and tracking student project progress in conjunction with the micro blogging site ‘Twitter’.The idea for project supervision using the above two tools is based on socio-constructivist theory.  He also runs a Problem based unit that runs for several week where students get the opportunity to write their own communication protocols and experience how the wireless channel effects the signal as it propagates through it.

Research

He is a member of Satellite and Terrestrial telecommunications group. His research interests include wireless channel characterisation, ultra-wideband communication systems and protocols for utilising temporally and spatially unused spectrum without disrupting primary users. He is also interested in the use of technology in Higher Education, especially in a face to face environment or in blended-learning environment, and in the use of Web 2.0 tools that allow democratic, collaborative and software independent solutions for learning and teaching. This includes the use of wikis, blogs, forums and AJAX technology in creating web applications.

More recently he is pursuing a MA in Open and Distance learning with the Open University. Within this area of interest he is running several projects for his research and use within teaching and learning in the department and or the University, these include:

• Development of iPRISm –interactive Personal Response and Information System (in support from the Expert centre)
• Investigating use of Examopedia Wiki–a collaborative tool for exam revision in blended learning environment. ( also in support from the Expert centre)
• Development of ePDR – an electronic Personal Development record based on UKSPEC
• Investigating the use of Wiki and Twitter for supporting both blended and distance learning project students and encouraging collaboration where necessary. ( also in support from the Expert centre)
• Investigating the tapping of collective intelligence via Web 2.0 tools (see example) for supporting and smooth running of PBLs.

Publications

Projects Examples

This includes supervision of final year student projects in these areas:

• GSM/GPRS Based Pay-as-you-drive meter (insurance, road pricing etc)
• GPS/GSM based craft (marine) tracking system
• Car Electronics – GSM/GPRS/GPS tachometer
• Bluetooth/GPRS/GSM based in class Personal Response System
• Micro-controller based systems –Electronic Security Products and data loggers etc
• Wireless Protocol Simulations –Matlab and Opnet
• Mobile wireless Channel Characterisation – Matlab/ Simulink
• Energy Saving Switch/devices