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Assistance for current and commencing students
Are you a current or commencing student? Our Ask ECMS team is available for any questions you have regarding your degree—from enrolment and practical experience, to degree checks and credit transfers. You can also access online resources, including study plans and forms.
Key contacts
If your question relates to a specific matter, you can contact the relevant faculty staff member directly. Our key contacts are:
Deputy deans and executive directors
- Dr Braden Phillips – Interim Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching)
- Professor Volker Hessel – Deputy Dean (Research)
- Professor Peter Ashman – Deputy Dean (Performance and Infrastructure)
- Professor Scott Smith – Deputy Dean (International)
Directors
- Mrs Mary Gonzalez – Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
- Professor Michael Goodsite – Director, University’s Industry Engagement Priority for Energy, Mining and Resources; Interim Director of the Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER)
- Dr Damien LeClercq – Director, Partnerships and Engagement; Director, Commercialisation
- TBC – Director (Future Students)
- Dr Will Robertson – Director (Curriculum Implementation)
- Associate Professor Sanjeeva Balasuriya – Director (Learning Quality)
- Professor Brian Ng – Director (New Programs and Curriculum)
- Associate Professor Murat Karakus – Director (International)
- Associate Professor Seth Westra – Director (Research)
- Associate Professor Alex Ng – Director (Higher Degrees by Research)
- Professor Zonghan Xie – Director, Strategic Partnerships (China)
- Dr Cris Birzer – Director, Strategic Partnerships (India)
- Associate Professor Yung Ngothai – Director, Strategic Partnerships (Vietnam)
Faculty leads
- Martin McCarron – Faculty Executive Manager
- Lachlan Coleman – Student and Learning Manager
- Dr Lisa Mensforth – Research Development Manager
- Tom Roder – Finance and Planning Manager
- Simon Clifton – Human Resources Manager
- Louise O’Reilly – Interim Marketing, Engagement and Recruitment Manager
- Jacob Kuzyakov – Infrastructure and Technical Services Manager
Heads of schools
- Professor Anthony Zander – Head of School - School of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor David Lewis – Head of School - School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials
- Professor Ian Reid – Head of School - School of Computer Science
- Dr Kathryn Amos – Head of School - Australian School of Petroleum and Energy Resources
- Professor Scott Smith – Interim Head of School - Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
- Professor Alan Peters – Dean and Head of School - School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Professor Nelson Tansu – Head of School - School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Professor Finnur Larusson – Head of School - School of Mathematical Sciences
Research centre directors
- Associate Professor Jeremy Woolley – Director - Centre for Automotive Safety Research
- Dr Andre Costa – Director (Commercial) - Teletraffic Research Centre
- Dr Matthew Britton – Director (Defence) - Teletraffic Research Centre
- Dr Andrew Coyle – Deputy Director - Teletraffic Research Centre
- Professor Samer Akkach – Director - Centre for Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA)
Research theme leaders
- Associate Professor Mathias Baumert – Medical, Health and Bioprocessing Technologies
- Dr Hung Nguyen – Space and Defence
- Professor Gus Nathan – Energy, Resources and Environment
- Professor Seth Westra – Food, Water and Agriculture
- Professor Joshua Ross – Smart Technologies and Mathematics
- Professor Samer Akkach – Culture, History and Theory; Asia and the Middle East
- Professor Veronica Soebarto – Environment and Building
- Professor Emma Baker – Housing and Healthy Cities
- Professor Jian Zuo – Sustainable Construction
Academic and professional staff
Please see our staff directory for a full list of all academic and professional staff members within the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.