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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.
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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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2000
Conference Publication
Curriculum Design for Chemical Engineering Graduate Attributes
Crosthwaite, C. A., Cameron, I. T. and Lant, P. A. (2000). Curriculum Design for Chemical Engineering Graduate Attributes. Effective Teaching and Learning Conference 2000, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 9 - 10 November 2000. Brisbane, Australia: TEDI (Teaching & Educational Development Institute), University of Queensland.
2000
Journal Article
Reflections on a Residential Orientation Program
Crosthwaite, C. A. and Churchward, G. (2000). Reflections on a Residential Orientation Program. Australasian. Journal of Engineering Education, 9 (1), 39-45.
Funding
Past funding
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