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Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Dr Edward Ofoegbu

Senior Lecturer

Dr Edward Ofoegbu is a Senior Lecturer who joined the university in 2023. He has a B.Eng. Degree in Electrical Electronics and Computer Engineering (Telecommunications), MEng. (Distinction) Degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering (Control and Computer) and a PhD Degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering (Control and Computer). He has published over 35 international journal and conference papers, and he has supervised at least 10 postgraduate students and over 100 undergraduate students across all universities he has been engaged in to date.

Administratively in his HE experience to date spanning four (4) universities, Edward has held roles such as Acting Dean of Faculty of Engineering (Cover), Head of Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering (seven years), Head of Department of Computer Engineering (two years), Student Work Experience Program Coordinator, University Senate Member (nine years), University Senate Sub-committee Deputy Chairperson, Managing Editor for AUJET (Journal) and many more roles.

Edward is a registered Electrical Engineer with license to practise (COREN, IAENG).

Current Teaching

BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering
BEng (Hons) Robotics and Automation
MSc Advanced Engineering Management

Research Interests

Dr Edward Ofoegbu's research interests are primarily in computer controlled systems design and control system optimization. He is involved in exploring data driven solutions to multidisciplinary problems utilizing cutting edge methods and techniques in machine learning, knowledge systems and artificial intelligence. He also explores gault tolerant systems, autonomous systems development, robotic development and applications and a few other related areas of discipline.