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Dr Malcolm Gillies

Name :	Dr Malcolm Gillies
Position :	Lecturer (Hydraulics)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office :	Z315C
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1715
Extension :	1715
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEng, PhD USQ

Research Interests

Surface Irrigation: Hydraulic models for estimation of soil intake parameters. Developing modelling tools for performance evaluation and system optimisation.

Pressurised Irrigation: Decision support tools for gated pipes and travelling gun machines.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Gillies, M.H., Smith, R.J., and Raine, S. R. (2011) "Evaluating whole field irrigation performance using statistical inference of inter-furrow infiltration variation " Biosystems Engineering, 110(2). pp. 134-143

Smith, R.J., Gillies, M.H. (2010) "Head Ditch Hydraulics and the Variability of Inflows to Irrigation Furrows." Irrigation and Drainage, 59(4) pp. 442-452

Gillies, M. H. and Smith, R. J. and Williamson, B and Shanahan, M.(2010) "Improving performance of bay irrigation through higher flow rates." In Irrigation Australia Conference and Exibition 2010: One Water Many Futures, 8-10 June 2010, Sydney, Australia

Smith, R. J. and Gillies, Malcolm H. and Shanahan, M. and Campbell, B. and Williamson, B. (2009) "Evaluating the performance of bay irrigation in the GMID." In: Irrigation Australia 2009: Irrigation Australia Irrigation and Drainage Conference: Irrigation Today: Meeting the Challenge, 18-21 Oct 2009, Swan Hill, Victoria.

Gillies, M. H. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, S. R. (2008) "Measurement and management of furrow irrigation at the field scale" In: Irrigation Australia 2008: Irrigation Association of Australia National Conference and Exhibition, 20-22 May 2008, Melbourne, Australia.

Most notable :

Smith, R.J., Gillies, M.H., Newell, G. and Foley, J.P. (2008) "A decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines." Biosystems Engineering, 100(1). pp. 126-136

Gillies, M. H. and Smith, R. J. and Raine, S. R. (2007) "Accounting for temporal inflow variation in the inverse solution for infiltration in surface irrigation." Irrigation Science, 25 (2). pp. 87-97. ISSN 0342-7188

Smith, R. J. and Gillies, M. H. and Newell, G. and Foley, Joseph P. (2007) "A Decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines." In: CIGR World Congress 2006: Agricultural Engineering for a better world, 3-7 Sep 2006, Bonn, Germany.

Gillies, M. H. and Smith, R. J. (2005) "Infiltration parameters from surface irrigation advance and run-off data." Irrigation Science, 24 (1). pp. 25-35. ISSN 0342-7188

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ENV2103 Hydraulics I
ENV3104 Hydraulics II
ENV2902 Hydraulics Practice
ENG4104 Problem Solving 4/Engineering Problem Solving Simulations
CIV1501 Engineering Statics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 4 years