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SPECIALISATIONS:
* Sustainable buildings
* Engineering Education Research
* Design of Steel Structures
* Conceptual Design
* Information Modelling
* Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design
* Integrated Design Systems
* Information and knowledge management in Construction
* Computer Aided Design
* Performance based multi-criterion optimization
* Ecologically sustainable Structural Design
* Mooring design for floating offshore structures
Brief
Curriculum Vitae
Tim McCarthy joined the School of Civil
Mining and Environmental Engineering in December 2004
having spent nearly 20 years as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST
which merged to form the University
of Manchester in
2004). He has worked on the design of offshore and onshore steel
structures and has written a best selling
text book, "AutoCAD Express" on the popular CAD program,
AutoCAD.
In 2010 he was recognised with an
Australian Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution
to Student Learning for leadership in curriculum and space design that
fosters collaborative learning. He is also the recipient of a number of
Nationally Competitive ALTC/OLT grants to research various aspects of
Engineering Education.
In 2013 he led the student construction
team which built “The
Illawarra Flame” a net zero energy eco-house that won the Solar
Decathlon China 2013 worldwide competition.
Engineering and
Mathematics Education Research
Educating engineers is a challenging
task. The complexity and cost of modern construction projects
mean that today's structural engineers must be much more than
analysts. They must have an holistic
approach to problem solving coupled with a superb technical
understanding. In the university education of engineers, we
constantly strive to understand the minute details while simultaneously
grasping the big picture. Through a range of teaching methods and
on-line resources, we in the Faculty of Engineering at Wollongong are at
the forefront in Engineering Education.
Shear.exe is a Computer Based Training
module that I developed with students in Manchester. It covers a description of shear
stresses in structures, shear flow and shear centre. You can download a personal copy by clicking this
link. It is 1.8Mb in size and runs on most Windows based PCs. This copy is for personal use and
should not be distributed without permission.
Funding
Professor McCarthy's research prior to
joining the University of Wollongong was mainly through EPSRC (the UK
equivalent of ARC). He works closely with industry and has a
number of research students sponsored by Australian companies.
Click the link above for details of recent projects in Australia and UK. These range from Structural Steel Design, Concrete
Technology to Commissioning and Qualification of Pharmaceutical
Facilities. He is the recipient of a number of ALTC/OLT grants in the
area of Engineering Education.
Thesis
Supervision
Professor McCarthy has supervised and
co-supervised 52 PhD's, MPhil and MSc theses. Click the link for
a full list of titles. The main theme of this body of work is the
application of advanced information technology to the solution of
engineering problems. In recent
years, this has been supplemented by aspects of sustainable structural
design.
Publications
Click the link above for a full
list. Some recent publications are:
McCarthy,
T. J. & Rasekh,
H. (2013). 21ST
Century sustainable building design in Australia. In S. Palaniappan & A. Mahalingam
(Eds.), International Conference of Advances in Building Sciences
2012 (pp. 51-65). India: The Department of Civil Engineering Indian
Institute of Technology Madras Chennai.
View Abstract
Miller, D., Doh, J. H.,
Guan, H., Mulvey, M., Fragomeni,
S., McCarthy,
T. & Peters, T. (2013). Environmental impact
assessment of post tensioned and reinforced concrete slab construction.
In B. Samali, M. M. Attard
& C. Song (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian
Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials - From
Materials to Structures: Advancement through Innovation (pp.
1009-1014). London, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group.
View Abstract
Wang, Z., McCarthy,
T. J. & Sheikh,
M. Neaz. (2013). Application
of multiple objective particle swarm optimisation
in the design of damaged offshore mooring systems. Key
Engineering Materials, 569-570 1257-1264.
View Abstract
Panuwatwanich, K., Wong, M., Doh, J., Stewart,
R. A. & McCarthy,
T. J. (2013). Integrating building information modelling
(BIM) into Engineering education: an exploratory study of industry
perceptions using social network data. In C. Lemckert,
G. Jenkins & S. Lemckert (Eds.), AAEE2013:
Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (pp.
1-9). Australia: Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University.
View Abstract
Srinivasreddy, A., McCarthy,
T. J. & Lume,
E. (2013). Effect of Rice Husk Ash on workability and strength of
concrete. 26th Biennial Concrete Institute of Australia’s National
Conference (Concrete 2013) (pp. 1-10). Australia:
View Abstract
Goldfinch,
T., Leigh,
E., Dawes, L., Gardner, A. & McCarthy,
T. (2012). Engineering
across cultures: new learning resources for intercultural competency in
engineering. 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian
Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) (pp. 487-495). Australia:
The Engineering & Science Education Research (ESER) group.
View Abstract
McCarthy,
T. J. & Goldfinch,
T. (2012). Assessing
students understanding of the concept of free body diagrams using
online tests. Edulearn 4th
International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
(pp. 1-10).
View Abstract
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BE,
MSc, PhD, MIEI
Professor of Structural
Engineering
Director of Engineering and Mathematics Education Research
Group
Contact:Phone: +61-2-4221-4591
Fax: + 61-2-4221-3238
e-mail: tim_mccarthy
@uow.edu.au
ADDRESS:
Faculty of Engineering
University of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
2522
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