Current projects

A sustainable Housing Model for the Elderly within Australian Arab Community

Hiyam Al-Kilidar, Elizabeth Tomc
The research will investigate and develop a new sustainable residential model for people aged 65 years and over, addressing the unique `needs of the Australian Arab population- drawing on social innovation concepts and techniques.

Australia-Korea Forum on Big Data Analytics in ICT

Rene Leveaux
The research project is to develop a new educational model for the delivery of the education processes in the sport to the Oceania Taekwondo Union member countries in the Oceania region. 

CREITE – Centre for Research in Engineering and Information Technology Education

Rosalie Goldsmith, Guien Miao (uSyd), Scott Daniel
A research centre for everyone interested in researching education in engineering and information technology

Regional Engagement Strategy

Trish Dimasi, Victoria Wells,  Loletta Yuen
Develop and implement a regional strategy to engage and partner with regional communities, providing engineering expertise to regional communities through internships and capstone programs. This strategy will encompass an informal MOU signed with IPWEA.

Optik Engineering Consultancy

Victoria Wells, Trish Dimasi, Chris Wilson, Robert Lewi
Optik Engineering Consultancy provides international engineering students with the opportunity to experience an Australian work environment while working on real business projects offered by industry partners and UTS centres.
This project is funded by both internal and external partner organisations, contact us to discuss partner opportunities.

Experience of Engineering and IT students with disabilities accessing Work-Integrated Learning Placements

Timothy Boye, Eva Cheng, Tania Machet

People with disabilities face many barriers to study and work and are underrepresented in these areas. This project looks at the intersection of these experiences where students with disabilities look for and complete internships as part of their degrees.
This project is funded by ACEN and AAEE

Integrated inclusion: developing best practice for engineering education and the profession

Eva Cheng, Scott Daniel, Jeremy Lindeck, Timothy Boye, Tania Machet, Tanvi Bhathia, Nick Brown (RMIT), Karen Whelan (QUT)
This research project will develop education best practice where the successful participation and inclusion of marginalised and disadvantaged students is integrated into the course itself,  comparable to how teamwork is often integrated into engineering courses. Validation will occur in a 3,000-student cohort across three universities. Dissemination will target engineering educators of first-year courses where belonging is critical.
This project is funded by AAEE

Student Problem-solving experience in the Capstone Project

Xi Jin, Roger Hadgraft
Studying student problem-solving experience in capstone projects using interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Understanding the intersection of industry and academics in Capstone

Trish Dimasi, Taran Ahuja

Engineering Laboratory Assessments and Laboratory Learning Objectives

Scott Daniel, Sasha Nikolic (University of Wollongong), Thomas Suesse (University of Wollongong), Ghulam Mubashar Hassan (University of Western Australia), Marina Belkina (Western Sydney University), Sarah Grundy (University of New South Wales), Sarah Lyden (University of Tasmania), Rezwanul Haque (University of the Sunshine Coast), Sulakshana Lal (Curtin University)
This research will develop an understanding of the types of assessments used in engineering laboratories and the laboratory learning objectives across the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains that they explicitly and implicitly assess.

Characterising key skills in humanitarian engineering practice

Scott Daniel
Characterising both the key skills in humanitarian engineering practice, and the skills developed in such contexts that are most beneficial in mainstream engineering practice, using the Engineers Australia Competencies as a framework.

Professionalising Humanitarian Engineering

Scott Daniel, Nick Brown (RMIT), Jeremy Smith (ANU), Tanja Rosenqvist (RMIT), Cris Birzer (Adelaide)
Developing an understanding of how humanitarian engineering contributes to the engineering profession more broadly, and establishing appropriate standards of humanitarian engineering education and practice.

Engineering for Change Research Fellowship - Impact Evaluation

Scott Daniel, Mariela Machado (Engineering for Change), David Knight (Virginia Tech), Kurt Kornbluth (UC Davis)
The Engineering for Change (E4C) Research Fellowship has been running since 2017, activating and empowering early-career engineers in social innovation worldwide. This project is investigating the impact of the program on Research Fellows' professional development and career trajectories.

International Intelligent Building Index

Julie Jupp, Carrie Sturts-Dossick (University of Washington)

This project aims to develop a rating methodology for smart commercial buildings internationally. The aim of the research is to develop and test an intelligent building index that can capture and assess the cumulative effect of digital technology and system integration relative to their intended sustainability impact. Field work components of the project include large-scale commercial testing in:

• Sydney, Australia with Investa Property Group
• Seattle, USA with Microsoft

Funded by the International Intelligent Buildings Organisation, Microsoft and Investa Property Group   

We are currently seeking partners for projects in this field, please get in touch if you are interested.