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Professor David Dowling

Name :	Professor David Dowling
Position :	Professor (Engineering Education)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Surveying and Spatial Science
Office :	Z424
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2514
Extension :	2514
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BAppSc RMIT MSurv&Map Qld

Professional Memberships

Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Australia - FIE (Aust)

Professional Affiliations

Member of Engineers Australia Articulation Committee

Member of Higher Education Research and Development Association

Member and Past President of Australasian Association for Engineering Education

Research Interests

Sustainable Urban Design

Engineering Education

Graduate attributes

Transition to university

Assessment of workplace learning

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Dowling, D. (2011). Employer perspectives on Engineering Technician Education in Australia. In the proceedings of the 2011 AAEE Conference, Freemantle, 5-7 December.
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Dowling, D. & Godfrey, E. (2011). Engineering Technician students: do they understand their future role? In the proceedings of the 2011 AAEE Conference, Freemantle, 5-7 December.

Dowling, D. Hadgraft, R, & Lamborn, J. (2011). Developing an inclusive stakeholder consultation process: A case study. In the proceedings of the 2011 AAEE Conference, Freemantle, 5-7 December.

Most notable :

Dowling, D. 2011, “Managing student diversity in the Master of Engineering Practice program: By design”, Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 27-38.

Dowling, D.& Hadgraft, R. (2011). The development of a systematic consultation process to define graduate outcomes for engineering disciplines. REES 2011 Conference, Research in Engineering Education Network. Madrid, October.

Dowling, D. (2011). A review of Engineering Technician education in Australia. Paper presented at the 2011 ASEE Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada.

Burton, L., Dowling, D. & Kavanagh, L, (2011). Three approaches to determining students’ capabilities for studying engineering: Towards a national approach. In the proceedings of the 2011 AAEE Conference, Freemantle, 5-7 December.

Dowling, D., (2010). The career aspirations and other characteristics of Australian para-professional engineering students, In the proceedings of the 2010 AaeE Conference, Sydney.
Dowling, D, (2010). A review of para-professional engineering education in Australia: Exploring the VET-HE divide, In the proceedings of the 2010 AaeE Conference, Sydney.

Dowling, David G., (2010). The career aspirations of a cohort of Associate Degree students: Implications for engineering educators and the profession, In the proceedings of the EE2010 International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Dowling, D. G (2009). Assessment of Prior Workplace Learning: A Case Study, In the proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Cooperative Education and Work Integrated Learning: An International Dialogue in Vancouver, Refereed Papers, June, Vancouver.

Dowling, David G., (2009). Using graduate attributes as a curriculum design tool, In the proceedings of the 37th SEFI Annual Conference, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. (ISBN: 978-2-87352-001-4)

Dowling, David G., and Burton, Lorelle J., (2009). A study of the understanding of knowledge and learning of a cohort of mature age students. In the proceedings of the 3rd Research in Engineering Education Symposium, 20-23 July 2009, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 33 years