Phone 61-2-95142614
Fax 61-2-95142633
Email robert.mclaughlan@uts.edu.au
Room 2/502, Building 2, Broadway Campus see the map
Postal Address: c/o Faculty of Engineering, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
Street Address: No. 1 Broadway, Ultimo.

• Academic Positions
• Areas of Special Competence
• Awards and Scholarships
• Education and Qualifications
• Professional Associations and Activities
• Employment

Academic Positions

Senior Lecturer, Infrastructure and Environment Group, Faculty of Engineering

Program Head, Core Curriculum Program

Core Researcher, University e-Learning Research Group

Visiting Research Fellow, UNSW

Areas of Special Competence

Soil/Groundwater/Infrastructure Biogeochemistry & Management

• Contaminated Site Remediation
• Land-based treatment of Urban water
• Corrosion and fouling processes in groundwater & wells

Multi-disciplinary Education

• Instructional Techniques: Online Roleplay-simulation and debates
• Curricula Design for Safe Design, Sustainability and other non-disciplinary themes

Awards and Scholarships

Excellence in Distance Education Materials Award (2002).  COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING (COL) Awarded at Pan-Commonwealth Forum, Durban for the Mekong eSim Programme

Citation of the Mekong e-Sim as an exemplar in the Australian University Teaching Committee funded project "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Their Role in Flexible Learning", 2002.

ASCILITE  Best www project for Exemplary Use Of Electronic Technologies In Teaching And Learning In Tertiary Education (2001) (Australian Society for Learning in Tertiary Education).

Pearson Education Uniserve Science Teaching Award  (2001).

Scholarship to attend Short Course "Aeration technologies for soil and groundwater remediation", E3 Enterprises, USA, 1994.

Education and Qualifications

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GradCertHE), University of Technology, Sydney (1997)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales (1992), Sydney. Thesis Title: Corrosion and fouling in groundwater wells

Master of Applied Science (MAppSc) University of New South Wales (1986), Sydney. Thesis Title :Hydraulic modeling of a landfill.

Graduate Diploma in Civil Engineering (Grad DipEng), University of New South Wales (1983)

Bachelor of Science (BSc) majoring in Environmental/Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne (1980)

Professional Associations and Activities

Member Australian Association of Engineering Education

Member Australian Water Association

Employment

Senior Lecturer                                                                           July 2002- present
Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) 

• Undertake subject development and teaching duties related to the Engineering undergraduate core program and one or more of the Engineering undergraduate fields of practice as required

• Undertake research and/or consulting projects in the areas that underpin the Engineering undergraduate core program or the teaching paradigms, underpinning philosophy, and/or graduate attributes of the UTS Engineering program

Research Fellow, Lecturer & Senior Lecturer                July 1992- June 2002
National Centre for Groundwater Management, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)

The National Centre for Groundwater Management is a specialized unit within UTS that runs postgraduate degrees in Groundwater Management. It was transferred from University of NSW. The business model relies on consultancy and contract research to supplement income from teaching. My duties were to undertake teaching, research, consultancy and community service activities to support the strategic plan of the Centre.

Professional Officer                                                        January 1987-July 1992
National Centre for Groundwater Management, University of New South Wales         

• Manage and conduct multi-disciplinary research into the hydraulics, hydrochemistry and microbiology of water well deterioration due to well biofouling and corrosion. All mainland water agencies and the Land and Water Resources and Research Development Corporation jointly funded the research. It had a budget of $330,000.   
• Liaise with staff from Water agencies across Australia and conduct field-based investigations.

Hydrogeologist                                                                             1981-1982 & 1984
Rockwater Pty. Ltd., Perth

Rockwater Pty Ltd is a small consultancy firm of engineers and geologists who specialized in groundwater supply and mine dewatering projects. My work duties included the supervision of drilling, well construction and test pumping personnel; the hydraulic and hydrochemical evaluation of fractured rock and alluvial aquifers; water well design; geophysical logging and report writing.

Groundwater Engineer                                                                    part-time 1983
Australian Groundwater Consultants Pty Ltd, Sydney

My work duties were undertaken as a part-time employee while I was engaged in post Graduate study at UNSW. My duties focused around supporting groundwater-modeling activities through data preparation, operating the models and then formatting modeling output.