Overview
Background
Professor Caroline Crosthwaite BE(Hons), MEngSt (UQ), MSc. (JCU). Associate Dean (Academic) Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology, University of Queensland. Caroline is a chemical engineer with over 30 years’ experience in engineering education and curriculum innovation. She has been involved in teaching, curriculum design and the development of student centred learning practices in engineering. She has published widely on project centred engineering education and has won UQ and national AAUT and AAEE awards for enhancement of student learning. Through the Associate Dean role Caroline champions teaching and learning innovation and development and active learning. Recent projects include the implementation of the Engineers without Borders National Design Challenge as part of the first year core engineering curriculum at UQ, and the development of Immersive Learning Environments in engineering using Virtual Reality . Caroline led the has recently completed Office of Learning & Teaching sponsored evaluation in 13 Australasian universities on the adoption of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge projects into first-year curricula as a model for widespread curriculum renewal in engineering education. Caroline has also led national work by the Australian Council of Engineering Deans and other engineering organisations investigating attrition and retention in Bachelor of Engineering degrees in Australia. She consults nationally and internationally on engineering education and curriculum redesign which includes work with IChemE in Malaysia, Imperial College London and Purdue University USA.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Caroline Crosthwaite is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Research) of Science, James Cook University
Research interests
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Engineering education
Engineering curriculum design including project centered curriculum approaches, active student learning including team based approaches and peer assessment, engineering student engagement, retention, attrition, teaching and learning staff development, women in engineering
Works
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2008
Journal Article
Development and deployment of a library of industrially focused advanced immersive VR learning environments
Cameron, Ian, Crosthwaite, Caroline, Norton, Christine, Balliu, Nicoleta, Tade, Moses, Hoadley, Andrew, Shallcross, David and Barton, Geoff (2008). Development and deployment of a library of industrially focused advanced immersive VR learning environments. Advances in Engineering Education, 1 (2), 1-34.
2007
Journal Article
Triple objective team mentoring: achieving learning objectives with chemical engineering students
Kavanagh, Lydia and Crosthwaite, Caroline (2007). Triple objective team mentoring: achieving learning objectives with chemical engineering students. Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers D (Education for Chemical Engineers), 2 (1), 68-79. doi: 10.1205/ece06027
2007
Conference Publication
Development and Deployment of an Immersive Learning Environment for Enhancing Process Systems Engineering Concepts
Cameron, Ian, Norton, Christine, Crosthwaite, Caroline, Balliu, Nicoleta, Tade, Moses, Shallcross, David, Hoadley, Andrew and Barton, Geoff (2007). Development and Deployment of an Immersive Learning Environment for Enhancing Process Systems Engineering Concepts. Chemeca 2007: Academia and Industry Strengthening the Profession, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23-26 September 2007.
2006
Journal Article
Balancing curriculum processes and content in a Project Centred Curriculum: in pursuit of graduate attributes
Crosthwaite, C., Cameron, I., Lant, P. and Litster, J. (2006). Balancing curriculum processes and content in a Project Centred Curriculum: in pursuit of graduate attributes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 84 (7 A), 619-628. doi: 10.1205/cherd.ecesample0607
2006
Journal Article
Balancing curriculum processes and content in a project centred curriculum - In pursuit of graduate attributes
Crosthwaite, C A, Cameron, I T, Lant, P A and Litster, J D (2006). Balancing curriculum processes and content in a project centred curriculum - In pursuit of graduate attributes. Education for Chemical Engineers, 1 (1), 39-48. doi: 10.1205/ece.05002
2006
Book Chapter
Project Centered Learning in Chemical Engineering: An Australian Perspective
Crosthwaite, C A and Cameron, I T (2006). Project Centered Learning in Chemical Engineering: An Australian Perspective. Innovations 2006: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research. (pp. 95-105) edited by Win Aung, Caroline Crosthwaite, Ramon Vasquez Espinosa, Jerzy Moscinski, Chan-Hwei Ou and Luis Manuel Sanchez Ruiz. USA: iNEER.
2006
Conference Publication
Changing a culture: Project centred curriculum
Crosthwaite, Caroline and Cameron, Ian (2006). Changing a culture: Project centred curriculum. 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-13 December 2006. Auckland, New Zealand: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
2005
Conference Publication
Process and content - in pursuit of graduate attributes
Crosthwaite, C. A. and Cameron, I. T. (2005). Process and content - in pursuit of graduate attributes. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering incorporating the g, Glasgow, Scotland, 10-14 July 2005. Scotland: IChemE.
2005
Conference Publication
Project centred-learning in Chemical Engineering - an Australian perspective
Crosthwaite, C. A. and Cameron, I. T. (2005). Project centred-learning in Chemical Engineering - an Australian perspective. International Conference on Engineering Education - Global Education Interlink, Gliwice, Poland, 25-29 July 2005. Gliwice, Poland: Silesian University of Technology.
2005
Conference Publication
An Immersive Learning Environment for Process Engineering using Real Time VR
Cameron, I.T., Crosthwaite, C. A., Donaldson, A., Samsudi, H. and Fry, M. (2005). An Immersive Learning Environment for Process Engineering using Real Time VR. 33rd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference : CHEMECA 2005 : smart solutions, doing more with less, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 September 2005.
2005
Conference Publication
Actualising research-led teaching and learning within university curriculum
O'Brien, M., Byers, H. K., Huber, T. L., Jacobsen, I., Bulmer, M., Burgh, G., Crosthwaite, C. A., Harrison, J. and Hughes, C. P. (2005). Actualising research-led teaching and learning within university curriculum. Effective Teaching and Learning Conference, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3-4 November, 2005.
2003
Conference Publication
An early introduction to simulation in a process systems analysis course
Crosthwaite, C. A. (2003). An early introduction to simulation in a process systems analysis course. AIChE '03 Annual Meeting, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, USA, 16-21 November 2003. USA: AIChE.
2003
Conference Publication
Starting to Belong: an O-Week Introduction to Engineering & Sustainability
Crosthwaite, C. A., Humphries, J., Jolly, L. and Radcliffe, D. F. (2003). Starting to Belong: an O-Week Introduction to Engineering & Sustainability. 14th Annual AAEE Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 29 September - 1 October 2003. Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
2003
Conference Publication
Embedding graduate attributes development using project centred curriculum
Litster, J. D., Lant, P. A., Crosthwaite, C. A. and Cameron, I. T. (2003). Embedding graduate attributes development using project centred curriculum. AIChE '03 Annual Meeting, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, USA, 16-21 November 2003. USA: AIChE.
2003
Conference Publication
Curriculum Diversity in a Common First Year
Crosthwaite, C. A. and Simmons, J. M. (2003). Curriculum Diversity in a Common First Year. 14th Annual AAEE Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 29 September - 1 October 2003. Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
2002
Conference Publication
Written Communication Skills - A Graduate Outcome of Process Engineering Education?
Rounsefell, B., Crosthwaite, C. A. and Petelin, R. M. (2002). Written Communication Skills - A Graduate Outcome of Process Engineering Education?. Leadership in Learning: Learning in Leadership, Rydges Canberra, ACT, 30/09/02 - 02/20/02. Canberra, ACT: Australasian Association for Engineering.
2002
Conference Publication
Implementing Graduate Attributes
Jolly, L., Radcliffe, D., Crosthwaite, Caroline Anne and Humphries, J. (2002). Implementing Graduate Attributes. 13th Annual Conference and Convention Australian Association of Engineering Education, Canberra, Australia, 30 September - 2 October 2002.
2002
Conference Publication
Undergraduate student perceptions of engineering
Jolly, L., Crosthwaite, C. A. and Radcliffe, D. F. (2002). Undergraduate student perceptions of engineering. 13th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Enginm, Canberra, 30 September - 2 October. Canberra: I. E. Australia.
2002
Conference Publication
Catalyzing cultural change in a research intensive University
Radcliffe, D. F., Crosthwaite, C. A. and Jolly, L. (2002). Catalyzing cultural change in a research intensive University. 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jun1 16-19, 2002. USA: American Society for Engineering Education.
2001
Conference Publication
Curriculum Design for Chemical Engineering Graduate Attributes
Crosthwaite, C. A., Cameron, I. T. and Lant, P. A. (2001). Curriculum Design for Chemical Engineering Graduate Attributes. World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, 23rd - 27th September. Melbourne: I.E.Aust.
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