Clive Ferguson

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	Programme Director BE
Time period:	January 2007 - Present
Description:	(This includes other undergraduate engineering programs and double degrees for which the school is responsible, and encompasses the previous position of Director of Engineering Projects (undergraduate). Achievements: • Satisfactorily accomplished program changes to meet the concerns of the Engineers Australia accreditation committee of 2006. Granted continued accreditation in 2008 for the remainder of the 5 year term. • With the support of our faculty International Partnerships group, gained accreditation for our off-shore partner’s offering of the first 2.5 years of our degree program. (Students then continue to the final 18 month of the program effectively as off-campus students supported by our off-shore partner.) • Achieved a 25% increase in minimum ENTER score for the BE program from 54 to 68 in 2008 through several initiatives. In 2009 achieved similarly improved results for the BE double degrees and retained 68 for the BE with a vastly increased intake. • Have commenced a Civil Engineering program in 2009. (Engineers Australia preliminary accreditation program is scheduled for June 2009. • At the MoU stage for a 3 party agreement with a Chinese university and the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education that would enable the Chinese universities students to develop English language skills at the Chinese university, a Victorian Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the Gordon and a BE degree from Deakin. This has resulted in the re-establishment of a full time Advanced Diploma program at the Gordon that will also permit local students a further pathway into our BE degree programs. • In negotiation with Chisholm Institute of Technical and Further Education to establish a similar joint program as part of the new Deakin at your Doorstep initiative. • Scheduled to do similar with Box Hill Institute of Technical and Further Education at a later date. Currently planning for the long term redevelopment of our programs to follow the MIT led Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate Initiative. As Engineers Australia is now part of the international CDIO consortium, this will have positive implications on future course accreditation.

Employer:	Community Activities
Position:	Various
Description:	• Director of BRACE education training and employment. This non-profit making Ballarat based organisation operates throughout Western Victoria including Geelong and has recently expanded into South Australia. • Co-editor of the Australasian Journal for Engineering Education (Current). This is part of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (also known as “Engineers Australia’) Reviewer for AJEE and the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conferences. • Member of the Stage 2- Planning and Monitoring Committee of the Gordon Manufacturing Industry Training Centre. January 1997- December 1998. This is part of the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education. Both Deakin University and the Gordon Institute of Technical and Further Education devolved from the former Gordon Institute of Technology. • Assessor for Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development grant applications in 1997 and 1998.

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	Other leadership positions
Description:	• Director of Engineering Projects from (about) 2003. (Now part of Program Director BE.) • Chair of the School of Engineering and Technology Academic Progress Committee from end of 2000 - (about) 2006. • Discipline Leader - Manufacturing and Management 1996-98 • Discipline Leader - Manufacturing and Design 1992-6

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	Staff Mentoring
Description:	As part of the previous Deakin University tenure process I have been a member or chair of staff mentoring groups for at least six of the school's lecturing staff.

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	University Presentations
Description:	• Case studies at the Deakin Management Centre for the Operational Management unit of the Deakin University MBA program. (On-campus workshops for distance based students.) • The GlobalMT project (see Appendix 6 Research Grants) at the 1999 Deakin University Showcase. • Presentation to all new Deakin University academic staff on flexible teaching and learning as part of the Deakin University academic staff induction program. • Presentation of my doctoral research outcomes at the Deakin Teaching and Learning forum in 2007

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	University Faculty and School Committee Membership
Description:	University – Academic Board University wide elected member of the Academic Board (early 2001- end 2004); The Faculty of Science and Technology non-professoriate elected member of Academic Board 2007, re-elected 2009. I provide all members of our faculty (all four schools) with an email briefing of significant issues after the meetings as well as provide a report to Faculty Board. Current Academic Board duties: Member of the Students at Risk working party (initial focus - Engineering Language Entry Requirements). Past Academic Board duties: Member of the University Admissions, Progress and Graduations Committee (early 2001 - end 2002); Member of the university MBA (APESMA) re-accreditation assessment committee; Academic Board appointed member of the Vocational Training and Education Committee (2003-4) FACULTY: Faculty Board; Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee SCHOOL: Deakin Engineering Academic Advisory Board; School Teaching and Learning Committee; Marketing Committee; Science and Engineering Challenge Committee (for secondary school children); Stream Meetings for each BE stream. Industry Liaison • Engineering Advisory Board • As the unit chair for the final year undergraduate project preparatory units, I am the contact for industry projects. I encouraged all students to consider taking industry based final year projects, and a large proportion do. • At the postgraduate level (including Doctor of Technology) all my project students have had projects directly related to their work. • Currently unit chair for a novel final year unit ‘Advanced Topics in Engineering’. Topics are advised by the Engineering Advisory Board (consisting of members from the major local employers). Current topic is lean manufacturing and six sigma and involves numerous industry based guest speakers. Course Development and Accreditation • As a team member, the development of the original BTech and BE courses in Manufacturing Engineering and later in Mechanical Engineering. I have played an appropriate part in all of the accreditation programs. • As Program Director, the redevelopment of BE programs to meet the concerns of the 2006 Engineers Australia accreditation panel. (I was responsible for the successful re-accreditation of these programs in 2008 both directly for our offshore partner and through the Head of School for our on-shore programs to gain continued accreditation for the remainder of the 5 year term.) • Responsible for the preliminary accreditation of our new Civil Engineering program (both on-shore and off-shore) scheduled for June 2009.

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	Teaching Responsibilities
Description:	Currently Unit Chair (subject co-ordinator) and main lecturer for: • Fluid dynamics - 2nd level, • Final year engineering projects. • Research and Design Project Management (3rd level) • Advanced Topics in Engineering 1 (4th level- Currently Lean Six Sigma) As Program Director BE, I also have responsibility for all double degrees which include the BE, the 3year BTech programs (currently being pipelined out) the Engineering Work Experience program, and, being responsible for the safety of the undergraduate engineering students, I am also responsible for the Safety Induction Program. I have supervised numerous undergraduate final year projects, mainly industry based, for the BE and BTech programs as well as a number of part time industry based off-campus MEng projects in a wide range of areas related to my experience, a full time MEng by Research on-campus student in the area of Metal Cutting and a part-time Perth based Doctor of Technology student. I am currently co-supervisor for a PhD student studying ‘Assessment of implementing new techniques in a Brown Coal Power Station by modelling and simulation’. My 2009 final year projects include six students in the Mechanical Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) program and two in the Internet facilitated fluid laboratories program. (Project selection takes place in my 3rd year unit Research and Design Project Management.) I have arranged and supervised a number of Geelong based industry projects for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Twente (Netherlands) for their internationally acclaimed Project-Led Education 'Masters for the New Millennium' program, a five year program covering both undergraduate and postgraduate work. Previous teaching responsibilities at Deakin University have included: Advanced Fluids (discontinued), Design of Mechanical Systems, Engineering Design and CAD 1 and 2, Stress Analysis, Robotics, Metrology, Product and Process Technology and (as part of first year engineering management), Written Communication, and Dimensional Analysis. All units except Advanced Fluids were been fully developed for both on and off-campus delivery. (Advanced Fluids was delivered on-campus but withdrawn prior to going off-campus. Postgraduate teaching has included the ‘Technological Enterprise’.

Employer:	School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
Position:	Teaching Initiatives and Innovations
Description:	• The scripting, making and use of a video program to deliver engineering drawing concepts to off-campus students that for on-campus students are best demonstrated in lectures. (In the early 1990’s the Faculty of Science and Technology also used this for publicity purposes.) • The design development and use of a computer aided learning (CAL) program to instruct students on how to use micrometers and Vernier callipers prior to the workshop practice sessions to reduce the time and thus cost of workshop programs. This CAL program is now provided through the Deakin Learning Toolkit CD-ROM supplied to all Deakin on and off-campus students (as well as to all academic staff). The School of Engineering and Technology (and the Faculty of Science and Technology) also frequently used it for course marketing. • Together with Dr Nerandra Deshpande, the development of a video program showing a manufacturing engineering experiment using a major production stamping press at Fords Geelong. The experimental readings for this experiment are presented in the associated study materials for the students to evaluate in their laboratory reports. • The concept and development of the unit now called ‘Research and Design Project Management’ to enable undergraduate engineering and technology students to develop the detailed proposal for their final year projects and develop the research, design and project management competencies needed to carry out their final year projects. • Team member of the worlds first Internet facilitated lab experiment (a flow over weir project) and subsequently the leader of the CUTSD project to provide Internet access to our flexible manufacturing system. The later received significant local national and international publicity. • Redevelopment of the first year unit Introduction to Engineering Design and CAD to include group design projects with a focus on creativity. This requires off-campus students to participate with on-campus students via the Internet. This unit will be further developed with the current lecturer to involve a one week on-campus program to incorporate a build (implement) component in line with the CDIO Initiative. • Development of the project-based design of mechanical systems unit that used blended teams of on and (mature) off-campus students linked through chat rooms with white board facilities to simulate international design teams (as I have experienced in industry). This also focused on developing strategies for creative design similar to that subsequently found to be used by the major Australian defence contractor. • New initiatives in the final year engineering project include a requirement for poster presentations (intended to also be on-line in the near future). Similar use is planned for the first year unit Introduction to Engineering Design and CAD.

Employer:	Conferences
Position:	Conference Organisation
Description:	• Convenor, National Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing (WAM' 96) held at Deakin University, Geelong, Nov 29-Dec 1, 1996. (An Engineers Australia event.) • International Steering Committee member and Symposium session chair for the World Manufacturing Congress held in Durham, UK in September 1999. • International Steering Committee member and conference paper reviewer for the World Manufacturing Congress held in New York State in September 2001.

Employer:	Various
Position:	Consultancy
Description:	• Completed a commission to write a ‘History of Materials Engineering’ for a national report undertaken by the UK Centre for Materials Education (based at the University of Liverpool) 2007. This is also included on the UKCME website: http://www.materials.ac.uk/pub/Materials-History-Intro.pdf • Independent assessor for engineering contract dispute. Engaged by Triangle Cables 2008-9 • Wind load testing for LadyHill, manufacturers of pre-manufactured housing. 2007

Employer:	School of Engineering, Ballarat CAE/Ballarat University College
Position:	Lecturer
Time period:	September 1984 - May 1991
Description:	Teaching Responsibilities • Fluid dynamics (2nd, 3rd and 4th level), • Engineering drawing (1st level), • Contract administration (4th level), • Production management (3rd level), • Production technology (3rd level), and • Robotics (4th level and grad. dip.) • Mechanics (2nd level) • Engineering design (mechanical sections) (2nd and 3rd level) I also supervised numerous BEng final year projects including a number of industry based projects. When required, I also delivered the head of department’s first year Thermodynamics lectures.

Employer:	H. H. Robertson (A/Asia) Pty. Ltd
Position:	Project/Plant Engineer
Time period:	February 1984 - September 1984
Description:	I was responsible to the Group Plant Manager, Australasia, for all plant development for the Curtain Walls Division at Chipping Norton, Sydney and for technical support for the Singapore Plant.

Employer:	Alcoa of Australia Ltd. Geelong
Position:	Mechanical Engineer
Time period:	August 1982 - January 1984
Description:	Area Engineer - Coil Annealing Furnaces and back up for Cold Rolling. This involved daily support of production, modification of existing equipment and specification and installation of new facilities. During this period I was responsible for the design and project engineering of a new inert gas generator and extensive upgrading of the existing inert gas plant for the coil annealing furnaces. This $US6 project included the design and installation of a new high capacity inert gas generator using the latest technology developed in our US parent company.

Employer:	Consulting and Design Engineering (CDE), Saudi Arabia
Position:	Manager, Mechanical Engineering Department
Time period:	August 1980 - March 1982
Description:	Originally a Mechanical Engineer, I was promoted to the position of Manager, Mechanical Engineering Department after only four months. I was responsible for complete plant and piping design packages with contract specifications for major petrochemical projects. The major client was the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO). I became responsible for CDE’s largest ever design package of industrial projects. The design project cost $1 million and total capital cost totalled $US 60 million. This consisted of three projects: 2 major 1.5m diameter pigged gas pipelines to an industrial township in the nation’s north east, and a major oil line from an oil refinery (complete with royalty metering) into a north-south trunk line. Each project involved complex flow control and pigging systems. I was responsible not only for my own department (approximately six engineers and twelve drafters) but as project manager, I was also responsible for coordinating the efforts of allocated staff from the other engineering departments in the major industrial projects.

Employer:	H. H. Robertson (UK) Ltd
Position:	Mechanical Project Engineer
Time period:	December 1977 - July 1980
Description:	I was responsible for the design, procurement, construction, commissioning and development of all plant and equipment within my assigned plant area. This consisted of: • four main pre-coated steel sheet cut-to-length and roll former lines, two of which had final coating facilities; • the polyester resin still room providing the coating facilities; • the ‘Q-Grating’ production lines (2) and, • the ventilator production workshop.

Employer:	Lucas Aerospace Engineering and Research Laboratories (UK)
Position:	Fluid Flow Research Officer/Altitude Test Engineer/Stress Engineer/Weights Section Leader
Time period:	February 1973 - December 1977
Description:	Fluid Flow Research Officer I was responsible for the control and execution of research investigations based on fluid flow visualisation techniques. My projects included: • The study and design of plate separators in a seawater battery to dramatically improve the flow characteristics and thus the range and reliability of Royal Navy torpedoes. (This research was classified at the time but the performance outcome was later described in the popular UK television science program - ‘Tomorrow’s World’.) • Fluid modelling to ensure the air-conditioning performance of a large power station to be built at Kilroot, a residential area of Northern Ireland. To reduce noise pollution, the design included sealed windows and airlocks on the entrance doors. The modelling was to ensure adequate air refreshment rate with comfortable air velocities in working areas. Test Engineer - Altitude Test Facility (Operated by Lucas Aerospace for the Ministry of Defence) I was responsible for the specification and design of test rigs, plant facilities and instrumentation, supervision of test plant assembly, control of the test conditions and preparation of detailed jet engine performance reports for the client (most frequently Rolls Royce and Westland Helicopters) with copies for the Ministry of Defence. During the test period, through two foremen I controlled a staff of up to thirty, consisting of fitter/rig operators, fitters and other support staff. At the request of the Chief Designer for Lucas Aerospace I accepted a short-term appointment as a stress engineer, and on completion I was appointed leader of a specially formed weights section. Stress Engineer In my position as stress engineer, my tasks varied from carrying out all the stress calculations necessary to design a minimum weight fuel tank for a NASA space mission, to government funded small industry support projects that provided product design support for small companies. Weights Section Leader As weights section leader I headed a special project team to calculate the weight of a wing design, required as part of a design and build contract for a major US aircraft manufacturer.

University:	Cranfield University
Time period:	1973
Degree:	Production Studies - Manufacturing Technology, MSc

University:	University of Liverpool
Time period:	1971
Degree:	Mechanical Engineering, BEng

Articles:	Journal and magazine articles Palmer, S., Holt, D., Hall, W., and Ferguson, C (2009) An evaluation of an Online Student Portfolio for the Development of Engineering Graduate Attributes Computer Applications in Engineering Education Wiley-Blackwell, N.J. Palmer, S. and Ferguson, C. (2008) Improving outcomes-based engineering education in Australia, Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE) Vol. 14, No. 2. Pp.91-103. Hall, W., Palmer, S., Ferguson, C. and Jones, T. (2007) Delivery and assessment strategies to improve on- and off-campus student performance in structural mechanics, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol 35, No 4, pp. 272-284, Manchester University Press, UK Ferguson, C. (2006) Defining the Australian Mechanical Engineer, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 31, No 4, pp. 471-485, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK Ferguson, C. ‘The Continuous Professional Development of Engineers and Flexible Learning Strategies’ International Journal of Lifelong Education Guildford, UK. Vol.17, No.3. (May-June 1998) pp 173-183. Wong, K. K., and Ferguson. C. ‘A Flexible Model of Delivering Degree Courses in Manufacturing Engineering’ Technical Paper ER96-163 Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Michigan, USA. 1996 Ferguson, C. ‘Subsea robots’ Engineering World, (IEAust magazine) October 1991. Ferguson, C. ‘A History of the Numerical Control of Machine Tools’ Chartered Mechanical Engineer, (IMechE magazine) September 1978. (In this paper I predicted the advent of CADCAM.)
Papers:	Conference papers Palmer, S., Holt, D., Hall, W. and Ferguson, C. (2008), An Online Student Portfolio for the Development and Assessment of Engineering Graduate Attributes, 12th International Computer Assisted Assessment Conference, Loughborough. Ferguson, C. Goodhew, P., Endean, M., Brodie, M., Palmer, S., and Murphy M (2008). An Investigation into the Adoption of CDIO in Distance Education. Proceedings of The International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education 2008, The Higher Education Academy, UK Ferguson, C. and Palmer, S. (2007) Australian Mechanical Engineers: Industries and Attributes, in Harald Sondergaard and Roger Hadgraft (eds), Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education , pp.1-8, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia Ferguson, C. (2006) Case Study Research into Australian Mechanical Engineer Attributes, in Susan Doyle and Adam Mannis (eds), Proceedings of The International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education 2006, pp. 167-172, The Higher Education Academy, UK Hall, W., Ferguson, C., Jones, T. and Palmer, S. (2005) Improving On- and Off-Campus Student Performance in Structural Mechanics, in D. Radcliffe and J. Humphries (eds), The Proceedings of the 4th ASEE/AaeE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, The University of Queensland, Australia. Ferguson, C. and Lloyd, B. (2004) A Euro-American-Australian Study of the Mechanical Engineering Profession as a Foundation for the Study of Mechanical Engineering Attributes , in Alison Halstead and Paul Lister (eds), International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education. Volume 3: Entrepreneurial and International Development, pp. 147-152, University of Wolverhampton, England Ferguson, C. ‘Developing Professional Engineering Attributes through Proximal and Distance Education.’ Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Johannesburg, July 2001. (Accepted for presentation.) Ferguson, C., and Florence J., ‘Internet Access to a Flexible Manufacturing Cell’ Proceedings of the International Symposium on Manufacturing Systems, World Manufacturing Congress. Durham, U.K September 1999 Wong, K.K., Ferguson, C., Florance, J., Baliga, B. and Jones, T. (1999) ‘Flexible Delivery of Practical Learning Experience Through the Internet: The Remotely Operated CNC Machine Teaching Project’ Proceedings of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Biannual Forum, Geelong, Australia. Sept. 1999. Ferguson, C. ‘Remote Access to Computer-Controlled Manufacturing Facilities for Engineering Students’ Proceedings of the International Symposium on Manufacturing Systems, World Manufacturing Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, Nov. 1997 ICSC Academic Press Canada/Switzerland. ISBN 3-906454-08-8
Books:	Book Chapters Lloyd, B. E., Ferguson, C., Palmer, S and Rice, MR, ‘Engineering the Future: Preparing Professional Engineers for the 21st Century’, APESMA in association with Histec Publications, Melbourne. May/June 2001. My three chapters are: Chapter 9 Engineering Competencies and Attributes Chapter 10 Teaching Strategies to Develop Professional Attributes Chapter 11 Education at a Distance Books in Preparation Ferguson, C., ‘Mechanical Engineering – The profession’ Engineers Media, Sydney (The publishing division of Engineers Australia). Ferguson, C., ‘Attributes for Australian Mechanical Engineers through Proximal and Distance education’ VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, Germany

Awards:

The JAMES CARLTON STITT MEDAL IN ENGINEERING University of Liverpool 1971 The James Carlton Stitt silver medal was the only medal awarded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Liverpool. My final year project on a wind powered pump played a significant role in my gaining this award.