What's he up to?

2004

Teaching
Stuart is unit chair for the following units:

• SEB121 Fundamentals of Technology Management; and
• SEB421/721 Strategic Issues in Engineering.

Additionally, Stuart teaches in the following units:

• SEB221 Managing Industrial Organisations.

Finally, Stuart supervises students in the following units:

• SEJ343/342/443 & SEN713 - supervision of 4 Bachelor of Engineering, 1 Bachelor of Technology and 1 Master of Technology student projects.

Stuart contributed to the re-development of SEB221 for wholly online delivery in 2005.

Research
Stuart (along with Xungai Wang) was awarded a $15,000 Central Research Grant for the research project Development of image processing techniques for objective fabric evaluation.

SEJ443 project student Iman Joud was awarded a $5000 Honours Scholarship from Australian Wool Innovation for her project Optimisation of an automated method for assessment of fabric pilling intensity based on computer image analysis.

At the 2004 conference of the Victorian Association for Library Automation Stuart and Barry Tucker were invited to make a showcase presentation of the research case study documented in the paper Integration of information literacy training into engineering and technology education.

Stuart was awarded $5,000 from the University Planning and Resources Committee under the Higher Education Equity Program (HEEP) for the research project entitled Impact of Mandatory On-campus Residential Sessions on Rural and Isolated Students Studying Engineering and Technology Courses in Off-Campus Mode.

Development/Consulting
Stuart was invited to make a presentation on 'Graduate Attributes' to a visiting group of senior staff from the Thailand Government's Commission of Higher Education.

Stuart is a member of the technical committee for the 15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education.

The 2003 Deakin Online Teaching and Learning Fellowship projects website has been included in the Education Networks Australia (EdNA) website on the e-Learning in Higher Education page under 'Projects'.

Stuart was invited to be interviewed for the development of video case studies on effective learning environments for the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education unit - EEE713 Teaching in Tertiary Education.

Stuart was invited to make a presentation on the use of WebCT Vista in teaching & learning to a visiting group from the UK Open University.

Stuart was invited to chair a presentation session of the 15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education.

Stuart was invited to act as a manuscript referee for the journal Computers & Education.

Stuart secured $3000 university academic professional development funding for, and organised, a two-day APD session for academic staff on the topic of 'Developing graduate attributes in professional education'.

Service
Stuart contributes the following service to the School:

• member of the School Marketing Advisory Group;
• member of the School Web Working Group;
• member of Engineering Academic Advisory Board;
• chair of School Learning Resources Advisory Group;
• deputy chair of School Academic Progress and Discipline Committee;
• represents the School in forums associated with the implementation of Deakin Studies Online; and
• School liaison for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE).

Professional / Other
Stuart participates in the following professional activities:

• member of the editorial board for the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education;
• corporate member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust) and a Chartered Professional Engineer;
• member of the IEAust College of Information Technology and Electronics Engineers;
• member of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU); and
• member of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education.

You can also check out what Stuart did in previous years. 

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