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Course Directors

Academic advice regarding your course or core subjects that the Student Centre is unable to provide is available from a Course Director. This might include topics such as progressions advice, recognition of prior learning etc.

UNDERGRADUATE

	Position	Name
Engineering	Course Director, Bachelor of Engineering suite	Tania Machet
Information technology	Course Director, Bachelor of IT suite (formerly Bachelor of Science in IT suite)	Luke Mathieson
	Course Director, IT Honours	Valerie Gay
	Course Director, Bachelor of Computing Science (Honours)	Angela Huo
	Course Director, Bachelor of IT (Co-op Scholarship)	Srinivas Madhisetty
	Course Director, Bachelor of Computing Science (IDeA)	Fahimeh Ramezani
	Course Director, Bachelor of Games Development	Jaime Garcia
	Course Director, Bachelor of Information Systems	Morteza Saberi
	Course Director, Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence	Nabin Sharma
	Course Director, Bachelor of Cybersecurity	Priyadarsi Nanda
	Course Director, Bachelor of Cybersecurity (IDeA)	Xu Wang

POSTGRADUATE

	Position	Name
Engineering	Course Director, Master of Engineering suite	TBA
	Course Director, Master of Engineering Management suite	Hiyam Al-Kilidar
	Course Director, Master of Engineering Management suite (Offshore, Shanghai)	Helen Lu
Information technology	Course Director, Master of IT suite	Nico Pietroni
	Course Director, Master of Interaction Design suite	Elise van den Hoven
	Course Director, Master of Animation and Visualisation suite	Andrew Johnston
	Course Director, Master of Cybersecurity suite	Priyadarsi Nanda
	Course Director, Master of Artificial Intelligence	Nabin Sharma
	Course Director, Master of Professional Practice	TBA
	Course Director, Master of Technology suite	Hiyam Al-Kilidar
UTS Online (OPM)	Course Director, Master of Technology Management suite	Valerie Gay
microcredentials	Program Coordinator, IT Short Courses & Microcredentials	Ali Braytee

Major Coordinators

Academic advice regarding your major that the Student Centre is unable to provide is available from a Major Coordinator. If you don't have a major, please contact your relevant Course Director. This might include topics such as progressions advice, recognition of prior learning etc.

Academic advisers can provide assistance with Academic Caution or Early Intervention – please contact the relevant academic for your course or major. If an academic adviser is not specified, please contact your Major Coordinator or Course Director.

UNDERGRADUATE

	Position	School	Name
Engineering	Major Coordinator, Advanced Manufacturing	MME	Nathalie Sick
	Major Coordinator, Biomedical	BE	Ali Entezari
	Major Coordinator, Chemical Process Engineering	CEE	Leonard Tijing
	Major Coordinator, Civil	CEE	Kasun De Silva Wijayaratna
	Major Coordinator, Civil and Environmental	CEE	Limei Yang
	Major Coordinator, Data Science	EDE	Beeshanga Jayawickrama
	Major Coordinator, Electrical	EDE	Youguang Guo
	Major Coordinator, Electronic	EDE	Yang Yang
	Major Coordinator, Flexible (no specified major)	EIT	Chris Wong
	Major Coordinator, ICT	EDE	Wayne Brookes
	Major Coordinator, Mechanical	MME	Matthias Guertler
	Major Coordinator, Mechatronic	MME	Alen Alempijevic
	Major Coordinator, Professional Practice Program	PPL	Jeremy Lindeck
	Major Coordinator, Renewable Energy Engineering	EDE	Kosala Gunawardane
	Major Coordinator, Software	CS	David Milne
Information Technology	Major Coordinator, Business Information Systems Management	CS	Amara Atif
	Major Coordinator, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics	CS	Jun Li
	Major Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Privacy	CS	Angela Huo
	Major Coordinator, Data Analytics	CS	Mukesh Prasad
	Major Coordinator, Enterprise Systems Development	CS	Firas Al-Doghman
	Major Coordinator, Interaction Design	CS	Wade Marynowsky
	Major Coordinator, Networking & Cybersecurity	EDE	Wenjing Jia
	Major Coordinator, Mathematical Analysis	MATH	James Brown
	Major Coordinator, Quantum Information Science	CS	Michael Bremner

POSTGRADUATE

	Major / Area of study	School	Name
Engineering	Major Coordinator, Biomedical	BE	Helen Xu
	Major Coordinator, Civil	CEE	Xinqun Zhu
	Major Coordinator, Computer Control	BE	Steven Su
	Major Coordinator, Cyber Security	EDE	Priyadarsi Nanda
	Major Coordinator, Electrical Energy Systems	EDE	Yam Siwakoti
	Major Coordinator, Energy Planning & Policy	PPL	Suwin Sandu
	Major Coordinator, Environmental	CEE	Peter Irga
	Major Coordinator, Geotechnical	CEE	Haleh Rasekh
	Major Coordinator, Manufacturing and Management / Mechanical	MME	JC Ji
	Major Coordinator, Robotics	MME	Shoudong Huang
	Major Coordinator, Software Systems	CS	David Milne
	Major Coordinator, Structural	CEE	Mina Mortazavi
	Major Coordinator, Telecommunications / Telecommunications and Electronics	EDE	Dush Thalakotuna
	Major Coordinator, Tunnelling and Underground	CEE	Haleh Rasekh
	Major Coordinator, Water	CEE	Peter Irga
Information Technology	Major Coordinator, Business and Technology	ISM	Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu
	Major Coordinator, Business Information Systems	CS	Madhushi Bandara
	Major Coordinator, Cybersecurity	EDE	Priyadarsi Nanda
	Major Coordinator, Data Analytics	CS	YK Wang
	Major Coordinator, Information Systems	CS	Faezeh Karimi
	Major Coordinator, Interaction Design	CS	Elise van den Hoven
	Major Coordinator, Interactive Media	CS	Sam Ferguson
	Major Coordinator, Internetworking	EDE	Qiang Wu
	Major Coordinator, No specified major	EIT	Rene Leveaux
	Major Coordinator, Software Development	CS	Firas Al-Doghman

School management and Responsible Academic Officers

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology is composed of seven Schools which house its academic sub-disciplines. Responsible Academic Officers (RAO) are senior academic staff with delegated responsibility to undertake various student-related administrative tasks.

SCHOOL	POSITION	NAME
Biomedical Engineering	Head of School	David Gallego Ortega
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Hiyam Al-Kilidar
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Head of School	Daichao Sheng
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Behzad Fatahi
Computer Science	Head of School	Paul Kennedy
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Luke Mathieson
Electrical and Data Engineering	Head of School	Massimo Piccardi
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Wayne Brookes
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering	Head of School	Teresa Vidal Calleja
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Nathalie Sick
Professional Practice and leadership	Head of School	Eva Cheng
	Deputy Head of School (T&L) & RAO	Hiyam Al-Kilidar

Faculty management

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology comprises four portfolios: teaching and learning, research excellence, research strategy and management, and external engagement. Each portfolio is led by an Associate Dean.

pOSITION	nAME
Dean	Prof Peta Wyeth
Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning	Prof Anne Gardner
Associate Dean, Research Excellence	Prof Jie Lu
Associate Dean, Research	Prof Kaska Musial-Gabrys
Associate Dean, International	Prof Eryk Dutkiewicz
Director, Education	Chris Wong
Director Innovation in Engineering & IT Education	Prof Keith Willey
Director, Students	Rene Leveaux
Director, Teaching and Learning Engagement	Dr Sam Ferguson
Director, Women in Engineering and Information Technology	Negin Shariati Moghadam
Director, Research Programs	TBC
Director, Pathways	Dr Priyadarsi Nanda
Director, Transnational Education	A/Prof Diep Nguyen
Director of Indigenous Leadership & Engagement	Dr Kristopher Wilson
Director, UTS Tech Lab	Prof Robert Fitch
Faculty General Manager	Jo-Anne Tee

Research contacts

A complete list of research contacts, both academic and administrative, at the faculty and school levels can be found on the Faculty research site.

Academic Liaison Officers

Academic Liaison Officers (ALO) are academic staff in each faculty who assist students experiencing difficulties in their studies due to:

• disability and/or ongoing health condition
• carer responsibilities (e.g. being a primary carer for small children or a family member with a disability)
• pregnancy

ALOs are responsible for approving adjustments to assessment arrangements for students in these categories.

If you need adjustments due to disability and/or ongoing health condition, please discuss your situation with an Accessibility Consultant in the Accessibility Service before consulting the relevant ALO.

Administrative contacts

General administrative enquiries should be directed to the Student Centre. The following contacts are for specific areas within the faculty:

Area	Email
FEIT Internships	FEITinternships@uts.edu.au
FEIT Scholarships	FEITscholarships@uts.edu.au
Capstone Project (Undergraduate Engineering)	FEITCapstone@uts.edu.au
Engagement Team	FEIT.Engagement@uts.edu.au
Graduate Projects (Postgraduate Engineering)	FEITpgprojects@uts.edu.au

Faculty staff directory

• All staff
• Academic and research staff
• Professional and technical staff

Physical location

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology is located in Building 11 (CB11), Building 2 (CB02) and Tech Lab, Botany (BP01).

Building 11 street address

81 Broadway 
Ultimo

Mailing address

UTS Engineering and IT 
PO Box 123 
Broadway NSW 2007 
Australia