Civil, Mining and Environmental

Engineering Education

Engineering Education Staff

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Externally Funded Projects for Engineering Education

Year Project Investigator Grant Body Grant Scheme Funding

2008-2010

A Pro- Active Approach to Addressing Student Learning Diversity in Engineering Mechanics

Prof. Timothy McCarthy and

Mr. Tom Goldfinch

Australian Learning and Teaching Council

Council’s Competitive

Grants program

$150k

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Research Topics for Engineering Education

 Available for postgraduate, undergraduate, summer vacation and practicum students
  • Strategies for coping with student diversity in engineering courses
  • Tangible structures, the role of physical experiments in engineering education
  • Collaborative learning and virtual teams
  • n-Dimensional Visualisation of Construction Projects

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Research Facilities and Publications for Engineering Education

  • Nghiem, L. D. and M. Bell (2008). Calibrating engineering graduate capabilities against assessment tasks: a preliminary study. Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Association of Engineering Education Conference. Yeppoon, AaeE.

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Contact for Engineering Education

Who To Contact

 For more information please contact:

 Professor Tim McCarthy

 Faculty of Engineering
Tel: (02); 4221 4591
Fax: (02) 4221 3238;  e-mail: timmc@uow.edu.au


Last reviewed: 25 October, 2011