STAFF PROFILE
Professor Iouri Belski
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Electronic and Telecommunications Eng
Phone:
+61 3 9925 2984
Email:
iouri.belski@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Areas of research and consulting expertise
- Engineering problem solving including the Theory of Inventive problem Solving (TRIZ): practice and cognitive foundations
- Design creativity and design thinking
- Acquisition of expertise in engineering
- Novel educational technologies
Consultancies on thinking and problem-solving
- Australia: Honeywell, Bosch, Energy Australia, Kraft, R. M. Williams, The Government of South Australia, Shefenacker Vision Systems, Monash Accident Research Centre, Department of State and Regional Development (NSW), Masterfoods
- Austria: Appliances Components Companies
- Singapore: Becton Dickinson, Singapore Technologies Engineering, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, National Institute of Education, DSO National Laboratories, Ministry of Defence, Republic Polytechnic
- USA: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), North Carolina State University (Rayleigh, NC)
Awards
- 2009 - Australian Award for Teaching Excellence (Physical Sciences and Related Studies)
- 2009 - TRIZ Master (MATRIZ Diploma No 75)
- 2007 - The Inaugural RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2006 - Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning: “For the creation of innovative methodologies and imaginative resources which help students in enhancing thinking and problem-solving skills”
- 2005 - SET Portfolio Teaching Award – Scholarship of Teaching
- 2005 - RMIT Certificate of Achievement – Scholarship of Teaching
- 2004 - RMIT University Teaching Award – Student Centred Teaching – HE
- 2004 - SET Portfolio Special Commendation for Student-Centred Teaching
- 1988 to 1991 - The Best Inventor, “PHONON” Corporation, Moscow, Russia
- 1984 to 1986 - The Best Young Scientist, “PHONON” Corporation, Moscow, Russia
- 1985 to 1989 - PhD in Physics (semiconductors and dielectrics) Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.
- 1975 to 1981 - BEng (First Class Honours), Automation and Electronics. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.
Employment history
- From 1996 - Professor. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
- 1992 to 1993 - Head, Department of Innovations. Russian-USA Joint Venture “TECOM“, Moscow, Russia
- 1980 to 1992 - Principal Research Scientist, Project Leader and Project Deputy Leader, “PHONON“ Scientific Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
Professional and honorary memberships
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
- International TRIZ Association (MATRIZ)
- Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)
- Golden Key International Honour Society: “For contribution to tertiary education at RMIT, guidance and encouragement to students for lateral thinking and devotion to the development in the area of engineering“
- Valentine, A.,Belski, I.,Hamilton, M. (2017). Developing creativity and problem-solving skills of engineering students: a comparison of web- and pen-and-paper-based approaches In: European Journal of Engineering Education, , 1 - 21
- Belski, I.,Belski, R. (2016). Student-generated dynamic worked examples as videos to enhance learning in STEM In: Student-generated Digital Media in Science Education, Routledge, United States
- Belski, I.,Adunka, R.,Mayer, O. (2016). Educating a creative engineer: learning from engineering professionals In: Procedia CIRP, 39, 79 - 84
- Belski, I.,Livotov, P.,Mayer, O. (2016). Eight fields of MATCEMIB help students to generate more ideas In: Procedia CIRP, 39, 85 - 90
- Belski, I.,Teng, T.,Belski, A.,Kwok, R. (2016). TRIZ in Enhancing of Design Creativity: A Case Study from Singapore In: Research and Practice on the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ), Springer, Switzerland
- Valentine, A.,Belski, I.,Hamilton, M. (2016). Engaging engineering students in creative problem solving tasks: How does it influence future performance? In: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2016), Tampere, Finland, 12-15 September 2016
- Belski, I.,Belski, R. (2016). Influence of prior knowledge on students' performance in idea generation: Reflection on university entry requirements In: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2016), Coffs Harbour, Australia, 4-7 December 2016
- Valentine, A.,Belski, I.,Hamilton, M. (2016). Perceptions of computer and pen-and-paper based learning environments for engaging in creative problem solving activities In: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2016), Coffs Harbour, NSW, 4-7 December 2016
- Steger, F.,Nitsche, A.,Schweiger, H.,Belski, I. (2016). Teaching battery basics in laboratories: Comparing learning outcomes of hands-on experiments and computer-based simulations In: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Coffs Harbour, Australia, 4-7 December 2016
- Lawson, J.,Hadgraft, R.,Male, S.,Shrestha, S.,Lowe, D.,Lemkert, C.,Von Konsky, B.,Deller-Evans, K.,McGill, D.,Johnson, M.,Belski, I.,Kavanagh, L.,Reidsema, C.,Lamborn, J.,Jarman, R.,Figueroa, E.,Lake, N.,Lloyd, N. (2015). Developing a national approach to eportfolios in engineering and ICT In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2015), Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 6-9 December 2015
- Educating the Edisons of the 21st Century: embedding tools of the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) into the engineering curriculum. Funded by: Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Fellowships Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)
- Building Information Modelling: Methods and Applications to link Post Occupancy Evaluation to Architectural Programming.. Funded by: RMIT Emerging Researcher Grants from (2008 to 2009)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
2 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Engineering problem-solving, engineering creativity, systems thinking, novice to expert transformation, engineering education, technology-enhanced education, educational feedback, diagnostic assessment.