1995

1995

Teaching
In 1995 Stuart took the following classes:

• SEB121 on-campus Geelong - 120 students, all lectures, tutorials and assessment;
• SEB221 on-campus Geelong - 60 students, all lectures, tutorials and assessment;
• SEB311 on-campus Geelong - 30 students, all lectures, tutorials and assessment;
• SEB421 on-campus Geelong - 18 students, all lectures, tutorials and assessment;
• SEM440 on-campus Geelong - 15 students, lectures, tutorials and assessment for the 'Control' topic; and
• SEJ341/342 - supervision and assessment of four off-campus Btech student projects.

All class lecture and tutorial notes (including solutions to review questions and past papers) were made available to students in hardcopy on reserve in the library and electronically via the School's network. Extensive use was also made of the TEAS class bulletin board system for the provision of supplementary information to on- and off-campus students.

For SEB421 Stuart arranged for small class groups to visit and interview CEO's of local engineering companies and then prepare a written report and oral presentation analysing their company in terms of the issues studied in class - strategic planning, technological forecasting, policy design and productivity improvement.

In 1995 Stuart undertook the following unit development tasks:

• developed lecture and tutorial material for of SEB421;
• developed lecture and tutorial material for the 'Control' topic of SEM440;
• revised SEB121 'Communications' module to include business correspondence;
• revised SEB121 'Technology perspectives' module to include a case study on ethics for engineers and technologists; and
• re-wrote SEB221 'Managing people in organisations' module, which was previously >90% attached readings, with only minimal unit notes.

Research

In 1995 Stuart undertook the following research activities:

• preparatory investigations for a higher degree;
• investigation of the roles of engineers and technologists in the development of the first atomic weapons (the Manhattan project), from which a practical case study in ethics for engineers and technologists was prepared; and
• investigation into the application of WWW for the support of on- and off-campus teaching.

In 1995 Stuart supervised the following undergraduate projects:

• 'The Australian Consulting Engineering Industry - Reviews, Realities and Refinements', by Damian O'Connor;
• 'Feasibility Study Into The Use Of A Remote Manipulator For Work On Live Overhead Electricity Lines At Southern Riverina Electricity And Water', by Greg Harris;
• 'Expert System For Course Coordination', by Chun Kwok; and
• 'Control System For An Electrical Installation Of Two Additional Automatic Sugar Coating Pans', by Kevin Rawsthorne - awarded 'Best Technology Project Manufacturing Stream''.

Development/Consulting
In 1995 Stuart attended the following staff development courses:

• Internet tools for PC Windows;
• Internet searching; and
• CD ROM and on-line searching.

In 1995 Stuart performed consulting unit development for Deakin Australia.

Service
In 1995 Stuart contributed the following School service:

• member of the Head of School Advisory Committee;
• Technical Services Coordinator;
• member of School Board (2nd semester);
• member of School WWW Working Party;
• chair of School Computing Advisory Committee;
• School Library Liaison Officer (2nd semester);
• member of Workshop on Australian Manufacturing (WAM 96) organising committee; and
• Assistant Course Coordinator for Mechatronics discipline (2nd semester).

In 1995 Stuart participated in the following professional activities:

• corporate member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust);
• member of IEAust Geelong group committee;
• chiar of organising committee for IEAust country convention 95, hosted by the Geelong group; and
• member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia.

Additionally in 1995, Stuart hosted a visit by Assoc. Prof. Philip Goodrich from the University of Minnesota, and met with several University staff interesting in his experiences using WWW as a teaching aid.

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