Engineering industry committees
The Industry Course Advisory Committee (IAC) comprises practicing professionals from industry and local government. The committees meet with academic staff and management to review our degrees and discuss improvements. A key aim of the committees is to inform the University of current professional practice and alert academics to emerging trends in the workplace. This ensures our course content, professional practice, laboratory equipment and software meet the latest industry standards. Furthermore, it ensures that the graduates are employable and job ready with an appropriate skill set for a career in engineering.
The committees are responsible for:
- ensuring that our degrees are widely recognised as premium courses, imparting practice-based engineering skills meeting world’s best practice
- forming a strong industry network to support academic staff
- building our reputation as the University of choice with prospective students
- providing guidance on engineering research relevant to industry needs
- assisting the Department in developing best practice.
The committees will provide strategic support to:
- ensure the quality of courses and outcomes to enable students to achieve the desirable attributes once they graduate, in order to meet the demands of an evolving industry
- strengthen areas of importance and relevance for the future development of the engineering discipline
- develop interrelationships with government, professional institutions and other relevant influential bodies.
Melbourne committee industry representatives
Chris Stoltz, Chair
- President of Engineers Australia, Victoria Division
- Managing Director, CEO Spatial Partners Pty Ltd assisting NBN Co.
- 2012 Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year
Greg Adamson
- Associate Director, Operational Assurance, ANZ Bank
- President IEEE Social Implications of Technology
- Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Rhys Anderson
- Arup, Senior Process Engineer (Water)
Lior Arad
- Hacer, Project Manager/Engineer
- Project Manager, Advanced Technologies and Architectures at NBN
Patrick Carey
- Managing Director CPE Systems Pty Ltd
Justin Carline
- Director, Food Technology Centre
- Leader of global expansion, efficiency and profitability programs
Danny Edmunds
- Manager, Electronic Design Team at Continental
Catherine Fernando
- Planning and Environmental Engineer, MWH Global
Daniel Martin
- CEO, Aston Social and AnswerCrowd
Fiona McGill
- Project Manager, NBNCo
- IT program lead; Managed proof of concept technology projects
Peter Mosser
- General Manager, User Acceptance Testing, Telstra Networks and Access
- Over 20 years experience managing teams that perform large-scale software integration and testing
- Experience in banking, fixed and mobile telephony and internet service providers
Lindsay Patone
- Director, Vert Engineering
David Simmons
- General Manager, Asphaltech
Robert Slaviero
- General Manager, Analog Devices
Victor Young
- Market Director, Energy, Oil and Gas, Aurecon
Bendigo committee industry representatives
Shayne Wright, Chair
- Senior Systems Engineer, Thales
- Systems engineering, process improvement, autonomous fleet interaction and selection, maintenance, electronic warfare, technology analysis and cyber-security
Timothy Dunlop, Vice-chair
- Regional Management Group, CEO
- Chair of Bendigo Group of Engineers Australia
Luke Barry
- Regional Manufacturing Manager, Parmalat (Lactalis)
Deane Belfield
- Director, Eco2Sys Australia Pty Ltd
- Entrepreneur, innovator and facilitator
- Expert in business sustainability assessment, strategies and implementation frameworks
Paul Bowe
- Managing Director, Terraco
- Chartered Professional Engineer
- 25 years experience as a civil engineer
Thomas Zahle
- Senior Associate Engineer, Spiire
Bassam El Aawar
- Operations Manager, Australian Turntable Company
Klaus Frank
- General Manager, Industrial Conveying Australia
Bruce Granger
- Operations Manager, Industrial Conveying Australia
Graeme Lawler
- Director, Leed Engineering
- Civil Engineer with 30 years experience
- Expertise in design and construction of civil infrastructure and building projects
Brett Martini
- Manager, Engineering and Public Space at City of Greater Bendigo
Neville Pearce
- Chief Operating Officer, Coliban Water
Naomi Sheppard
- Project Engineer, North Eastern Water, Wodonga