Staff directory

Staff directory

Faculty Management

Prof Frank Bullen	Dean
Prof David Dowling	Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching)
Assoc Prof Ron Ayers	Deputy Dean & Associate Dean (Academic Operations)
Assoc Prof David Buttsworth	Associate Dean (Research)
Assoc Prof Mark Porter	Head of Discipline (Agricultural, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Assoc Prof John Leis	Head of Discipline (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Prof David Ross	Head of Discipline (Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering)
Assoc Prof Frank Young	Head of Discipline (Surveying)
Mr Trevor White	Faculty Manager

Academic staff

Discipline

Agricultural, Civil, Environmental Engineering & Building Construction

Assoc Prof Mark Porter	Head of Discipline (Agricultural, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Assoc Prof John Worden	Deputy Head of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Guangnan Chen	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Lecturer (Agricultural Engineering)
Dr Jim Shiau	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecturer (Geotechnical Engineering)
Dr Santhi Santhikumar	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecturer (Design)
Dr Stephen Qing Liang	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecturer (Structural Design)
Prof Rod Smith	Professor (Irrigation Engineering)
Prof Steven Raine	Professor (Irrigation and Soil Science)
Assoc Prof Thiru Aravinthan	Associate Professor (Engineered Fibre Composites)
Assoc Prof Karu Karunasena	Associate Professor (Engineered Fibre Composites)
Dr David Thorpe	Senior Lecturer (Engineering/Technology Management)
Dr Vasanthadevi Aravinthan	Lecturer (Environmental Water Engineering)
Dr Ian Brodie	Lecturer (Public Health Engineering)
Ms Jo Devine	Lecturer (Construction Engineering & Management)
Mr Trevor Drysdale	Lecturer (Road Design & Location)
Mr Joseph Foley	Research Fellow (CRC for Irrigation Futures)
Dr Aliakbar Golshani	Lecturer (Geotechnical Engineering)
Dr Rabi Misra	Research Fellow

Academic staff

Discipline

Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

Assoc Prof John Leis	Head of Discipline (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Dr Tony Ahfock	Deputy Head Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
Mr Glenn Harris	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Lecturer (Electrical Engineering)
Mr Mark Phythian	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Lecturer (Electrical Engineering)
Assoc Prof Jim Ball	Associate Professor (Electrical Engineering)
Assoc Prof Nigel Hancock	Associate Professor (Electrical Engineering)
Mrs Lyn Brodie	Senior Lecturer (Electronics & Communication)
Mr David Parsons	Senior Lecturer (Electronic Engineering)
Mr Ron Sharma	Senior Lecturer (Electrical Engineering)
Dr Paul Wen	Senior Lecturer (Systems & Computer Control)
Mr Gordon Hampson	Lecturer (Electrical Engineering)
Dr Alexander Kist	Lecturer (Telecommunications)
Mr Bruce Varnes	Lecturer (Electronic Engineering)
Dr Wei Xiang	Lecturer (Computer Systems Engineering) & Principal Advisor (Research)
Dr Hong Zhou	Lecturer (Computer Systems Engineering)
Mr Mark Norman	Associate Lecturer (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Dr Andrew Maxwell	Research Fellow (Dairy Instruments)

Academic staff

Discipline

Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Prof David Ross	Head of Discipline (Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering)
Dr Selvan Pather	Deputy Head Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Dr Harry Ku	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Senior Lecturer (Manufacturing Engineering)
Mr Peter Penfold	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Prof John Billingsley	Professor (Mechatronic Engineering)
Mr Robert Fulcher	Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Dr Ruth Mossad	Senior Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Dr Hao Wang	Senior Lecturer (Manufacturing & Materials Engineering)
Dr Sam Cubero	Lecturer Mechanical Engineering (Materials)
Dr Jayantha Epaarachchi	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Mr Steven Goh	Lecturer Mechanical Engineering (Materials)
Dr Nam Mai-Duy	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Dr Ahmad Sharifian	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Mr Chris Snook	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Dr Talal Yusaf	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)

Academic staff

Discipline

Surveying and Land Information & GIS

Assoc Prof Frank Young	Head of Discipline (Surveying)
Assoc Prof Kevin McDougall	Deputy Head Surveying & Land Information
Mr Shane Simmons	Program Coordinator, Discipline of Surveying and Spatial Science Senior Lecturer (Surveying)
Assoc Prof Armando Apan	Associate Professor (Geographic Systems)
Mr Peter Gibbings	Senior Lecturer (Surveying)
Dr Badri Basnet	Lecturer (Spatial Science)
Mr Glenn Campbell	Lecturer (Surveying)
Dr Xiaoye Liu	Lecturer (Spatial Science)

Administrative and Secretarial Staff

Administrative

Mrs Sharlene Jeffrey	Administration Manager
Mrs Nicole Brown	Senior Administration Officer (Programs)
Mr Bill Bryon	Senior Administration Officer (Admissions)
Mrs Raylene Jones	Senior Administration Officer (Admissions)
Mrs Anne White	Administration Officer (Assessment)
Miss Hayleigh Stenson	Administration Support Officer

Secretarial

Ms Fay Mitchell	Personal Assistant to Dean
Mrs Juanita Ryan	Executive Secretary to Associate Deans & Faculty Manager
Mrs Carolyn Saffron	Discipline Secretary (Surveying & Land Information, Electrical, Electronic & Computing)

Receptionist

Miss Emily Jones

Receptionist

Technical and Finance/Purchasing Staff

Technical

Mr Keith Fleming	Manager (Electronic Engineering Laboratories)
Mr Chris Galligan	Manager (Mechanical Workshop)
Mr Don Gelhaar	Manager (Electrical Engineering Laboratories))
Mr Brian Aston	Senior Technical Officer (Mechanical)
Mr Terry Byrne	Senior Technical Officer
Mr Mohan Trada	Senior Technical Officer
Mr Adrian Blokland	Technical Officer (Mechanical)
Mr Clinton Caudell	Technical Officer (Spatial Science)
Mr Dan Eising	Technical Officer (Environmental)
Mr Nishant Pradhan	Technical Officer (Civil Engineering)
Mr Brett Richards	Technical Officer (Electronics)

Finance/Purchasing

Mrs Lucinda Van Bael	Finance/Purchasing Officer
Mr Lez Seal	Purchasing Officer

Workplace Health & Safety

Mr James Farrell

Workplace Health & Safety Coordinator

Faculty Librarian

Ms Sandra Cochrane

Faculty Librarian

Research staff

Assoc Prof David Buttsworth	Associate Dean (Research)
Mr Dean Beliveau	Research Technologist

Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre (CESRC)

Director

Prof Thanh Tran-Cong

Members

Assoc Prof Jim Ball

Assoc Prof David Buttsworth

Dr Aliakbar Golshani

Dr Alexander Kist

Dr Joachim Ribbe

Prof Tony Roberts

Dr Ahmad Sharifian

Dr Sergey Suslov

Dr Zhongwei Zhang

Centre for Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites (CEEFC)

Executive Director (Acting)

Prof Frank Bullen

Members

Assoc Prof Thiru Aravinthan

Dr Francisco Cardona

Mr Wayne Crowell

Mr Martin Geach

Assoc Prof Karu Karunasena

Prof Gerard Van-Erp

National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA)

Director

Mr Erik Schmidt

Deputy Director

Mr Craig Baillie

Members

Prof John Billingsley

Mr Rick Darroch

Dr Jochen Eberhard

Mr Joseph Foley

Assoc Prof Nigel Hancock

Ms Loretta McKeering

Dr Andrew Maxwell

Mr Phillip Palk

Dr Pamela Pittaway

Prof Steven Raine

Mrs Donna Spratt

Ms Sue Sutherland

Faculty Centre for Engineering Education Research (FCEER)

Director

Members

Assoc Prof Thiru Aravinthan

Assoc Prof Ron Ayers

Prof Frank Bullen

Mrs Patricia Cretchley

Prof David Dowling

Mr Peter Gibbings

Mr Robert Fulcher

Mr David Parsons

Mr Mark Phythian

Prof David Ross

Dr Santhi Santhikumar

Assoc Prof Janet Taylor

Dr David Thorpe

Assoc Prof John Worden

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