Dr. Tom Edwards
Senior Lecturer
- Areas:
-
Physics
Engineering and Science Education Research Group - Office:
- EN705b
- Phone:
- +61 3 9214 8272
- Fax:
- +61 3 9214 8264
- E-Mail:
- tedwards@swin.edu.au
- Campus:
- Hawthorn
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia
Qualifications
- B.Sc. (Chemistry), University of London, 1964
- Ph. D. (Spectroscopy and Physical Chemistry), University of London, 1967
Teaching Areas
- Physics
- Electronics
- and formerly, Chemistry
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Chartered Chemist (CChem), 1976-1996
Responsibilities
- Education Development Coordinator (EDC), FEIS
- Program Coordinator Associate Degree in Engineering
- Unit Convenor for first year physics
- Coordinator for Student Orientation
- Chair Progress Review Panel
- Chair Courses Committees
Interests / Activities selected
- Secondary to tertiary student transition - recognised teacher Dept. Education and Science, UK
- Curriculum development especially Active Learning and e-Learning
- AusAid funded Thailand-Australia Science and Engineering Project (TASEAP) consultant 1997 - 2001.
- Commonwealth Government National Development Teaching Grants First year engineering education: developing a culture of teaching and learning (k$110), 1998
After research and teaching positions in the UK, USA, The Netherlands and Sierra Leone I came to Australia and took up a six-month contract at Swinburne in 1988.