Prof. Jennifer Bruton
Dr Jennifer Bruton is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
and Computing in Dublin City University and a member of the senior management
group of the University. Her disciplinary background is electronic,
mechatronics, and software engineering. Jennifer was Associate Dean for
Education 2007-2011, during which time she took a leadership role in
introducing the European Standards and Guidelines to the University. She has been a member of the University Disciplinary Committee (UDC), co-writing the Student Code of Conduct and Discipline, and was Chair of the UDC 2017-2021. She stepped down from a 3-year appointment as Head of School of Electronic Engineering to take up the Executive Dean role in 2021.
Jennifer has represented DCU as an Associate on the National
Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. Throughout her academic
career, she has been involved in many innovative programme developments with
particular strength in technology-enhanced teaching. Jennifer is passionate
about quality in teaching and learning and is a member of Engineers Ireland's
Accreditation Board.
Research Interests
- Embedded Systems and their Security
- Control Systems
- Intelligent Systems
- Cooperative Path Planning for Mobile Robots
- Higher Education Leadership and Evaluation
Teaching Interests
I subscribe very much to active learning approaches - specifically problem- and project-based learning. I very much teach in a 'learn by doing' environment with much of my module activities taking place in computer laboratories, using Python, C, C++, Matlab, etc. as problem-solving tools. My assessment approaches combine a mixture of student-constructed problems and topics, student reflection, peer assessment, and formative and iterative assessments.