About EERG

 

The Engineering Education Research Group (EERG) is a dynamic and expanding research interest group focused on the scholarship of learning and teaching, and educational research within the engineering and spatial science context. It is hosted and supported by the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying at USQ (Toowoomba and Springfield campuses) under the Learning and Teaching portfolio.

The group aims to:

·         Enhance and inform the Faculty’s learning and teaching practices through quality scholarship and research;

·         Develop and promote the scholarship and research profile of the faculty and its staff in the area of learning and teaching through conferences, grants and publications;

·         Support members developing award, fellowship and grant applications in  learning and teaching;

·         Play a role in hosting and delivering the Learning and Teaching related Professional Development activities of the faculty;

·         Foster intra- and inter-faculty (and inter-unit) collaboration in Engineering Education Research.

Members identified a number of common research interests which include:

·         Cooperative and work-based learning (including practical work)

·         Design in Engineering Education

·         Graduate attributes

·         Problem Based Learning (PBL), teamwork and assessment

·         Postgraduate course work

·         Retention and progression

·         Technology and engineering education e.g. virtual labs, simulation etc

·         The first year experience

Key areas such as flexible and blended delivery and internationalisation of the curriculum are overarching interests of the Group.

 

Membership

 

Active membership of EERG

To be eligible for “active member” status, staff must meet certain criteria (on an annual basis). Please contact the chair of EERG for a copy of the membership criteria lyn.brodie@usq.edu.au .

EERG members are also expected to be members of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Membership is free for engineering academics (paid for by the Australian Council of Engineering Deans).

Current Members

Tony Ahfock	Thiru Aravinthan	Vasantha Aravinthan
Ron Ayres	Badri Basnet	Marita Basson
Dean Beliveau	John Billingsley	Lyn Brodie (Chair)
Carolyn Brown (FoS)	Frank Bullen	Clinton Caudell
Albert Chong	Sandra Cochrane (Library)	Gillian Colclough (LTSU)
Gina Curro (LTSU)	Jo Devine	David Dowling
Trevor Drysdale	Bob Fulcher	Kazem Ghabraie
Peter Gibbings	Steven Goh	Todd Hartle (LTSU)
Carola Hobohm (FoS)	Michael Jokic	Fouad Kamel
Karu Karunasena	Soma Kathirgamalingham	Alexander Kist
Harry Ku	Birgit Loch (FoS)	Weena Lokuge
Ray Malpress	Andrew Maxwell	Bernadette McCabe (FoS)
Jacquie McDonald	Mark Norman	Selvan Pather
Mark Phythian	David Ross	Chris Snook
David Thorpe	Andrew Wandel	Weide Wandel (Admin)
Hao Wang	Paul Wen	John Worden
Wei Xiang	Hong Zhou	Yan Zhuge

 

Professional Development

Conference Funding 

EERG provides financial support for members to attend domestic and international conferences.

 

Research Opportunities

 

Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Opportunities exist within EERG to undertake engineering education research as part of the Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Engineering Research programs.

An attractive stipend may be offered to suitably qualified candidates. Prospective students should forward initial enquiries to the Chair of EERG ( lyn.brodie@usq.edu.au ). Though an engineering degree is preferred as a pre-requisite, graduates from other disciplines are encouraged to apply.

The  Office of Research and Higher Degrees  provides application information and support for postgraduate students studying Research Master or Doctorate programs.

Research Project Funding

EERG provides funding to members for research projects.  Limits, evaluation criteria and conditions apply.

Contact us

For further information about the Engineering Education Research Group (EERG) or requesting future work/consulting/research, please contact:

Lyn Brodie (Chair of EERG)

Faculty of Engineering and Surveying

University of Southern Queensland

Toowoomba, 4350

lyn.brodie@usq.edu.au

Or, if requesting further technical information on any of the publications, subject areas or projects, contact the relevant member.