Dr. Julia Lamborn   Director Engineering Accreditation, Civil Program Coordinator, Senior Lecturer - Environmental

Qualifications

• BE(SIT)
• GradDipChemEng (SIT)
• MEng (SUT)
• PhD (SUT)
• FIEAust CPEng current year

Julia is a civil, chemical and environmental engineer. She was employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria for 10 years as the Cooling Tower Thermal Design Engineer. During that time she designed the Loy Yang B natural draft cooling towers, supervised their construction, undertook the commissioning and oversaw the operation of the towers once the power station went into full production.

Since 1990, she has been employed as a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in the areas of civil, chemical and environmental engineering. Her main research area is landfill degradation behaviour.

She is the Director, Engineering Accreditation. This involves leading the faculty‘s industry based learning program and the external accreditation of all engineering programs.

She has been very active within Engineers Australia and on State Government Statutory Authorities and Panels for over 30 years.

Areas of Expertise and Research

• Environmental engineering
• Landfill engineering
• Waste management
• Civil and chemical engineering design
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Management Systems
• Research skills
• Heat and mass transfer
• Cleaner production
• Contaminated land
• Engineering heritage
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Engineering Education

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Wellage Prageeth Harsha Gunarathna	PhD	CSI	2011	Co-Supervisor	Swinburne
Konica Sultana	PhD	CSI	2011	Co-Supervisor	Swinburne
Mooi (Lian) Ong
	PhD	CSI/Civil	2012	Primary Supervisor	Swinburne

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Long term performance of pavement line marking
This project involves monitoring the long term performance of common types of line marking materials over time and testing their reflectivity and effectiveness at different times and in different conditions.

Modelling Landfill Degradation Behaviour
This project investigates the prediction of gas generation rates and total gas production from various models using small, medium and large-scale landfill data. These models vary considerably in their level of complexity.

Lecturing Fields

• Environmental engineering
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Civil and Chemical engineering design
• Research skills
• Waste management

Professional Memberships and Activities

• FIEAust CPEng (Current year)
• Society of Sustainability and Environmental Engineering
• International Waste Working Group (IWWG)
• IWWG: Task group on landfill modelling
• Waste Management Association
• Australasian Association for Engineering Education
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication
• Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors

Appointments to Government Bodies

• 2002 - Present Member of Industrial Heritage Advisory Committee
  • (a sub committee of the Heritage Council)
• 2000 -2009 Member Planning Panels Victoria
• 1997 - 2002 Chair of Historic Mines Advisory Committee
  • (a sub committee of the Heritage Council)
• 1996 - 1999 Member of Victorian Heritage Council
• 1985 - 1996 Member of Victorian Historic Buildings Council

Service To Profession (Engineers Australia)

• 2012 - Present – Immediate Past Chair College of Environmental Engineers
• 2009 - 2011 Member National Board, Environmental Engineering Society
• 2009 - 2011 National Chair College of Environmental Engineers
• 2009 Judge for National John Monash Heritage Medal, National Heritage Branch
• 2009 - Present Member Membership Committee, Vic Division
• 2008 Judge for National John Monash Heritage Medal, National Heritage Branch
• 2007 - 2009 Member National Sustainability Committee of Council
• 2007 - 2009 National Deputy Chair, College of Environmental Engineers
• 2007 Panel chair for judging of Vic Engineering Excellence Awards
• 2007 Member accreditation panel for University of Queensland engineering programs
• 2006 Member accreditation panel for UNSW engineering programs
• 2006 - 2011 Member National Congress Board
• 2005 Panel chair for judging of Vic Engineering Excellence Awards
• 2005 - 2006 Deputy Chair Division Committee, Victoria Division
• 2005 - 2008 Chair Membership Committee, Vic Division
• 2004 Judge for National John Monash Heritage Medal, National Heritage Branch
• 2004 - Present Member National Board Environmental College
• 2004 - 2009 Member Division Committee, Victoria Division
• 2003 Judge for National John Monash Heritage Medal, National Heritage Branch
• 2003 Panel chair for judging of Vic Engineering Excellence Awards
• 2003 - 2007 Member National Board, Environmental Engineering Society
• 2003 - 2005 Chair Environmental Engineering Society Vic Branch
• 2001 Panel member for judging of Vic Engineering Excellence Awards
• 1996 - 2009 Member Environmental Engineering Society Committee
• 1993 - 2008 Member Engineering Heritage Branch Committee
• 1993 Member Building Regulations Committee
• 1990 - 1991 Member Board of Education
• 1990 - 1991 Member Board of Engineering
• 1990 - 1991 Member Division Committee, Victoria Division
• 1987 Chair Women in Engineering Branch
• 1983 - 1992 Member Women in Engineering Branch Committee
• 1982 - 1992 Member "Women Talk Work Register"
• 1982 - 1991 Member Career's Advice Subcommittee

Professional Learned Activities

• 2010 Mentor for the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka for their Washington Accord application
• 2007 Reviewer for National Environmental Conference SSEE07,
  • Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering Society, Engineers Australia, Perth October 2007
• 2007 Reviewer for Proceedings Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering
  • Sustainability, Institution of Civil Engineers UK
• 2007 Reviewer for Australian Journal of Water Resources, Engineers Australia
• 2007 Guest Editor Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, 5/1 NEESC 2005, Engineers Australia
• 2006 Member of Accreditation Panels for Engineers Australia
• 2006 Member Academic organising committee and reviewer for CELM
  • (Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management) National conference 2006
• 2006 Reviewer for Environmental Engineering and Science Journal, Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, New York , USA
• 2005 - 2007 Editor National Environmental Engineering Society Journal
• 2005 Reviewer for NEC05: National Environment Conference,
  • Environmental Engineering Society & Environmental College Engineers Australia, Sydney July 2005
• 2004 - Present Member International Waste Working Group (IWWG),
  • coordinated in USA and a Founding Member of Task group on Landfill Modelling
• 2003 Reviewer for NEC03: National Environment Conference,
  • Environmental Engineering Society & Environmental College Engineers Australia, Brisbane June 2003
• 2002 - Present Reviewer for Waste Management,
  • International Journal of Integrated Waste Management, Elsevier Science, New York, USA
• 2001 - 2003 Academic organiser for EERE: National Environmental Engineering Research Event
• 1999 - 2003 Member LAPMAR: International Landfill Process Modelling Arena, hosted in the UK

Publications

List of Further Publications from Swinburne Research Bank

Research outcomes have been disseminated through 31 refereed journal and refereed conference publications and 18 other publications. A selection of publications is as follows:

1. Lamborn, J., “Issues In Using Medium To Large Scale Landfill Data For Modelling, Model Calibration And Prediction”, Sardinia 2011 Thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, CISA
2. Dowling, D., Hadgraft, R. and Lamborn, J., “Developing an inclusive stakeholder consultation process: A case study”, AAEE Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia
3. Lamborn, J. (In Print), “Developing a Landfill Gas Model”, Landfill Modelling, A. Haarstrick and T. Reichel, CISA.
4. Lamborn, J. (2009), “Conversion Of Municipal Solid Waste Fractions Into Model Inputs”, Sardinia 2009 Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, CISA.
5. Lamborn, J. (2009), “Characterisation of Municipal Solid Waste Composition into Model Inputs”, Third Workshop on the Hydro–Physico–Mechanical Properties of Wastes (HPM3), Braunschweig, Germany.
6. Lamborn, J. (2007), “Hazardous Waste Facilities: Issues with Siting, Public Opinion And Approvals”, SSEE07, Perth, WA.
7. Lamborn, J. (2007), “Prescribed Waste Containment Facilities: Issues with Siting, Public Acceptance and Approvals”, Sardinia 2007, XI International Landfill Symposium, Margherita di Pula; Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
8. Lamborn, J. (2007), “Data Requirements for Predictive Landfill Models”, HPM2, Southampton, UK.
9. Lamborn, J. (2007), “Progress Report on 'Agenda for Achieving Ecological Sustainability in Victoria'”, IEAust multi–disciplinary transactions, 5(1).
10. Lamborn, J. (2005), “Developing a Landfill Gas Model”, Sardinia 2005, 10th international landfill symposium, S Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, CISA.
11. Lamborn, J. (2005), “Project based learning for engineering sustainability”, NEC05, Sydney, NSW.
12. Lamborn, J. and Frecker, G. B. (2003), “A Review of Landfill Decomposition Modelling”, Sardinia 2003, 9th international landfill symposium, S Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, CISA.
13. Lamborn, J. (1999), “The dilemma of reuse with large industrial complexes”, IEAust multi–disciplinary transactions, GE23.
14. Lamborn, J. and Frecker, G. (1999), “Integration of environmental principles in engineering courses at Swinburne University of Technology”, Australasian Environmental Engineering Conference, Auckland New Zealand.

Published Government Reports

1. Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme Amendment C114, Department of Community Development and Planning June 2009 - October 2009
2. Warrnambool Planning Scheme: Amendment C44 Part 2, Department of Community Development and Planning November 2008 - April 2009
3. Greater Geelong Planning Scheme Amendment C143, Corio Quay North Berth Extensions, Department Of Sustainability And Environment, January 2008
4. Brimbank Planning Scheme Amendment C84, Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, September 2007
5. Mildura Planning Scheme: Amendment C41, Long Term Containment Facility, Nowingi, Environment Effects Inquiry, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, December 2006
6. Wyndham Planning Scheme Amendment C51 Wyndham Waterways Strategy Plan, Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, September 2005
7. Kingston Planning Scheme Amendment C46(2) Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, July 2005
8. Whitehorse Planning Scheme Amendment C52(2) Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, March 2005
9. Maribyrnong Planning Scheme Amendment C33 Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, August 2004
10. Hobson's Bay Planning Scheme Amendment C17, Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Feb 2003
11. Hobson's Bay Planning Scheme Amendment C17 Part B, Panel Report, Planning Panels, Department of Sustainability and Environment, December 2002
12. Hopkins River Bridge Warrnambool, Advisory Committee Report, Department of Infrastructure, November 1998