Peter Doe

About Me

I retired from my position as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2003 after having headed up the University of Tasmania's School of Engineering in Launceston and for a year, also the Head of Architecture.  Three years later I returned to full time work as Head of Engineering at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK).  As well as leading and teaching at the ACK, I was responsible for the design and establishment of an articulation pathway from the existing diplomas in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering to corresponding Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree courses. After returning to Hobart in 2009 I continued teaching part-time. From 2012 to 2017 I managed the School's international engineering articulation (2+2) program and delivered engineering units locally and in China.  In 2016 I was appointed Project Manager of the Office of Learning and Teaching strategic grant titled “Engineering Pathways for Regional Australia: viable learning platforms built by knowledge partnering”.  In 2019 I joined the UTAS University College as a lecturer to deliver units in the Associate Degree in Applied Technologies courses. Since December 2022 I have been a member of the Academic Board of the Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT). I am a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.  I have edited a book (on fish smoking and drying), written 13 chapters in books, and have published more than 80 journal and conference papers including 5 on engineering education.

Interests

Music - at last count I was playing in a symphony orchestra ('cello) and three brass bands (trumpet, trombone and tuba ). 

Golf - Member of Kingston Beach Golf Club. 

Writing - I have written several short stories, three short novels and a science-fiction novel that was published on iBooks a couple of years ago (First Person Familiar) - about a mini-computer (called a Me) that attaches to a child and through artificial intelligence mirrors the child's brain.