WIETE News 25 January 2010

Dianne Q. Nguyen graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science from Deakin University, Australia, in 1994; Honors from Monash University, Australia, in 1997 and completed her Masters in Engineering Science (Research) at Monash University, Australia in 2000. She has spent some time working in research laboratories before entering academia. Between 1995 and 2008, she was with the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE), based in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, as a Research Fellow. She completed her PhD in Engineerin in 2011. She is currently a Project Coordinator in the School of Information Technology at Monash University and the Manager and Academic Secretary of the WIETE-IAAC.

Awards/Achievements:

Her awards and achievements include:

Women in Engineering Education Scholarship (1997 - 2000)
Silver Badge of Honour for her contribution to engineering education and to the operation of the Centre (1998)
Diamond Award (first place) for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 1st Global Congress on Engineering Education (1998)
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) (2000 - 2003)
Monash Departmental Award (2000 - 2003)
Monash Travel Grant (2001)
Silver Award for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 8th Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education (2004)
Diamond Award (first place) for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 9th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education (2006)
Gold Award for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 10th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education (2007)
Diamond Award (first place) for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 11th Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education (2007)
Gold Badge of Honour for her contribution to engineering education and to the operation of the Centre (2007)

Professional Engagement:

She has served on the following national and international conference programme committees:

1st World Conference on Technology and Engineering Education (Sept. 2010)
1st WIETE Annual Conference on Engineering and Technology Education (Feb. 2010)
22nd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Dec. 2009)
4th Australian Conference on Artificial Life (Dec. 2009)
12th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems (Dec. 2008)
Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education (1998-2007)
Global Congress on Engineering Education (1998-2006)
UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education (1998-2007)
Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering & Technology Education (1997-2005)
3rd East-West Congress on Engineering Education (Sept. 1996)
Australasian Association for Engineering Education 8th Annual Convention and Conference (Feb. 1996)
Australasian Association for Engineering Education 7th Annual Convention and Conference (Feb. 1995)

Other Appointments: Academic Secretary of the WIETE-IAAC; Treasurer of the International Liasion Group for Engineering Education (2006-2009); Assistant Editor of the Global Journal of Engineering Education; Manager and Assitant Editor of the World Transactions on Engineering & Technology Education; and Production Editor of the 12th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Intelligent & Evolutionary Systems.

Research Interests: Environmental Engineering Education, Issues of Sustainability, Engineering & Technology Education, Globalisation and its Impact on Education, Curriculum Analysis & Design, Research Methods, Statistical Analysis, Women in Engineering and Interests in Web Authoring and Web Design, and Programming in HTML/XHTML, CSS and Javascript.