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Dr Steven Goh


Name : Dr Steven Goh
Position : Lecturer (Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering)
Section : Faculty of Engineering and Surveying
Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Office : Z407
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 1446
Extension : 1446
E-mail :
Qualifications : BEng(Hons) Qld
MBA Deakin
MProfAcc, DEng USQ


Home Page : http://au.linkedin.com/pub/steven-goh/b/1a1/255
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Professional Memberships
Australian Institute of Company Directors - Graduate Member
Engineers Australia - Member
Australasian Association for Engineering Education - Member

Professional Affiliations
Engineers Australia Congress - Elected member 2013-2014
Engineers Australia QLD Division - Committee Member 2009, 2010, Deputy-President 2011, President 2012.
Engineers Australia Toowoomba Local Group - Treasurer 2004-2006, Secretary 2008, Member 2009, 2010.
Engineers Australia 2010 Southern Region Engineering Conference - Conference Chair
Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELMQ) - Committee Member 2008, 2009, 2010
CELMQ 2010 Organising Committee (Engineering Leadership Conference 2010) - Member 2009, 2010
Engineers Australia - EngQuest Coordinator (Darling Downs 2007, 2008, 2009)
Educational Linkages Sub-Committee (Engineers Australia) - Member 2008, 2009, 2010
Reviewer - European Journal for Engineering Education
Reviewer - Journal of Australasian Association for Engineering Education
Reviewer - Computer Application in Engineering Education Journal
Reviwer - Africa Today (US)
Committee Member of Development Industry Reference Group (Toowoomba Regional Council)
Director - Poiemaco Pty Ltd (Engineering Consultants & Advisors - Innovation, Sustainability, Leadership)
USQ Teaching Academy - Member 2009, 2010

Research Interests
Engineering Education and Management
Innovation Management/Technology Transfer
Manufacturing & Materials Science
Sustainability in Energy & Infrastructure
Small Manufacturing Enterprises

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Briody, F., Goh, S. & Dawes, L. (2012) Power of Engineering: Changing the perceptions of year 9 and 10 female school students towards an engineering career, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Melbourne, 3-5 Dec 2012.

Goh, S., Cochrane, S. & Brodie, M. (2012) The impact on values and learning behaviours of engineering students from an authentic learning environment: Preliminary Analysis and Observations, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Melbourne, 3-5 Dec 2012.

Goh, S., Zhou, H., Bullen, F. & Davey, K. (2012) An assessment of stress factors in engineering academics in a regional context, Proceedings of the 42nd FIE Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 3-6 October 2012.
Most notable :
Goh, S., Zhou, H., Bullen, F. & Davey, K. (2012) An assessment of stress factors in engineering academics in a regional context, Proceedings of the 42nd FIE Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 3-6 October 2012.

Goh, S., Worden, J., Zhou, H. & Clewett, J. (2012) Growing Pains in the Revitalisation of a 2nd level Engineering and Spatial Science PBL course, in Rasul, M. (ed) Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations, IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0951-8, ISBN13: 9781466609518, ISBN10: 1466609516, EISBN13: 9781466609525.

Goh, S., Hartle, T. & Brodie, M. (2011) Perspectives on Leadership Concepts by Engineering Academics, Proceedings of the 41st FIE Conference, North Dakota, USA, 12-15 October 2011.

Goh, S., Hartle, T. & Brodie, M. (2011) Leadership capacity of engineering academics in a leadership vacuum constructed within a participatory group to engage a professional body, Proceedings of the Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 4-7 October 2011.

Goh, S. & Bullen, F. (2010) Engineering Management Education Post GFC and Copenhagen: Are we on the Right Track?, Proceedings of the 40th FIE Conference, Arlington, Washington DC, 27-30 October 2010.

Goh, S., Coaker, W. & Bullen, F. (2008) Management Education for the 21st Century Engineering Manager: An Australian Perspective, Proceedings of the 38th FIE Conference, Saratogo Springs, New York, 22-25 October 2008.

Goh, S. (2007) 2020 VISION and its implication for Engineering Management Education, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Melbourne, 9-12 Dec 2007.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
MEC3203 Materials Technology
ENG2102 Problem Solving 2
2008 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (Early Career)
2009 USQ Associate Fellowship
2010 USQ Senior Fellowship
2010 USQ Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Learning and Teaching
2010 Regional Queensland Scholarship – Colloquium Scholarship Program, Australian Applied Management Colloquium - Recipient

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 6 years
Other : 11 years