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Associate Professor Terry Berreen from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and QEB Interactive Pty Ltd managing director Dr Brian Chapman are the recipients of the 1999 Motorola Award for Innovation in Engineering Education.
The Motorola Award recognises creativity in design, implementation and evaluation of an innovation that has advanced the frontier of engineering education.
Associate Professor Berreen and Dr Chapman were the academic leader and design/programming leader respectively of the development team for new courseware in engineering mechanics.
The development team included Monash Malaysia's Professor Robin Alfredson, former Monash staff Mr Anthony Fernando and Mr Hugh Kelly, and Monash medical student Mr Philip Tran.
The central piece of the new courseware is an interactive CD that offers mechanistic simulations, 2-D and 3-D animations and virtual experiments in engineering mechanics.
In accepting the award, Associate Professor Berreen emphasised that "interactive computer material may not suit the learning style of all students but this approach broadens the available learning resources, thus enabling students to select their most appropriate learning style".
The material is currently being used by first-year students at the Clayton, Caulfield, Gippsland and Malaysia campuses.
Education Services manager Mr Ian Thomas said the development was "a useful model of a successful relationship between an academic team and a materials development company in the production of quality teaching and learning resources".
Winners of the 1999 Motorola Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, Associate Professor Terry Berreen (left) and Dr Brian Chapman.
Former
Monash chancellor Dr Bill Rogers, AO, was awarded an honorary Doctor of
Laws at a Monash graduation ceremony last week.
Dr Rogers made a significant contribution to the university as chancellor from 1992 until early 1999.
His involvement with Monash began when, as a young solicitor, he assisted with legal work associated with the acquisition of the Clayton site, and advised on the preparation of the university's legislation.
He has had a distinguished career in the legal profession as a senior partner in a legal firm, holds directorships of a number of Australia's leading companies and continues to serve on several councils in the education and community sectors.
Dr Rogers was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1998 for service to tertiary education as the chancellor of Monash University, and for service to the gas and petroleum industry and to the community.
The outstanding achievements of Faculty of Medicine senior lecturer Dr Ken Jones in the field of health professional education were recognised recently when he was awarded the 1999 ANZME Award.
The award is presented by the Australasian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education for contributions and achievements in the field of health professional education carried out in Australasia and New Zealand.
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