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Staff Profiles - Julia Lamborn



Julia Lamborn

Contact Details:

Office Location: EN701d
Phone: +61 3 9214 8344
Fax: +61 3 9214 8264
Email: jlamborn@swin.edu.au

Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia

Julia Lamborn
BE(SIT) GradDipChemEng (SIT) MEng (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 behaviour.

She is the Director, Industry Liaison. 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 25 years.

Areas of Expertise and Research

  • Environmental engineering
  • Landfill engineering
  • Waste management
  • Civil and chemical engineering design
  • Water Sensitive Urban Design
  • Hydraulics
  • Research skills
  • Heat and mass transfer
  • Computer applications
  • Environmental Management Systems
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Cleaner production
  • Contaminated land
  • Engineering heritage
  • Greenhouse gas emissions

Lecturing Fields

  • Environmental engineering
  • 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
  • International Working group sustainability engineering education

Appointments to Government Bodies

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

Service To Profession (Engineers Australia)

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

Professional Learned Activities

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

Publications

Research outcomes have been disseminated through 29 refereed journal and refereed conference publications. A selection of 10 publications are as follows:

  1. Lamborn J.; Frecker G. Integration of environmental principles in engineering courses at Swinburne University of Technology. Australasian Environmental Engineering Conference; July 1999; Auckland New Zealand
  2. Lamborn, J. The dilemma of reuse with large industrial complexes. IEAust multi-disciplinary transactions Vol. GE23 1999 Published Feb 2000
  3. Lamborn, J., Frecker, G., Landfill decomposition behaviour modelling. Sardinia 2003, Ninth International Landfill Symposium; October 2003; Margherita di Pula, Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
  4. Lamborn, J., Project based learning for engineering sustainability. NEC05, Sydney July 2005
  5. Lamborn, J., Developing a Landfill Gas Model. Sardinia 2005, Tenth International Landfill Symposium; October 2005; Margherita di Pula; Cagliari Sardinia, Italy.
  6. Lamborn, J. Progress Report on “Agenda for Achieving Ecological Sustainability in Victoria”. IEAust multi-disciplinary transactions Vol. 5 No 1. 2007
  7. Lamborn, J., Prescribed Waste Containment Facilities: Issues With Siting, Public Acceptance and Approvals, Sardinia 2007, XI International Landfill Symposium; October 2007; Margherita di Pula; Cagliari Sardinia, Italy
  8. Lamborn, J. Hazardous Waste Facilities: Issues With Siting, Public Opinion And Approvals, SSEE07 Perth, Australia October 2007
  9. Lamborn, J. Issues With Approvals For Prescribed Waste Facilities, Enviro08, Melbourne, 5-7 May 2008
  10. Lamborn, J., Developing a Landfill Gas Model, Book Chapter: Landfill Modelling, Edited by A. Haarstrick, T Reichel, IWWG Task group on landfill modelling, CISA, ISBN 978-88-6265-001-4, (in print)

Published Government Reports

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

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