STAFF PROFILE
Professor Margaret Jollands
Position:
Associate Dean
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Phone:
+61 3 9925 2089
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision,
Media comments
- STEM education research
- Engineering education research
- Multi-disciplinary education research
- BA (Engineering, Economics and Management), 1984, Oxford University, UK
- PhD (Polymer Engineering), 1989, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedford, UK
- GradDip (Tertiary Teaching), 2001, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Employment history
- 2016 - Associate Dean Student Experience
- 2013 - 2014, Deputy Head, Teaching & Learning
- 2008 - 2012, Discipline Head, Chemical Engineering
- 2005 - Associate Professor, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineer, RMIT
- 1999-2004, Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, RMIT
- 1996-1999, Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, RMIT
- 1989-1994, Senior Research Engineer, Dow Chemical Company, Germany
- 1984-1985, Production engineer and Assembly Supervisor, BOC, UK
Affiliations and professional memberships
- Associate Member, Institution of Chemical Engineers, London
- Member, Australasian Association for Engineering Education
Industry collaboration
- Ricegrowers Co-operative Ltd - development of a novel process to produce products from rice hulls and plastic resins
- Cryovac Australia Pty Ltd - development of technology to produce value added products from recycled heat sensitive and cross-linked multiplayer film waste
Other achievements
- Australian Council of Engineering Deans National Award for Engineering Education Excellence 2011 Highly Commended Team: Jollands, Alban, Latham, Parthasarathy
- RMIT University Award Winner, Innovation in Curricula, Learning and Teaching for the suite of project based learning courses in Chemical Engineering; team: Jollands, Alban, Kao, Molyneaux, Parthasarathy, Swinbourne, Ward
- Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, Education and Training Award Shortlist "Teaching sustainability in the chemical engineering design project"; team: Jollands, Alban, Latham, Parthasarathy
- CHEMECA 2010 Best Oral Presentation
- Dean’s Scholarship to visit Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, CA, USA March - May 2002.
- Inaugural RMIT University 2000 Distinguished Teaching Award in Higher Education
- Jollands, M. (2018). A comparison of assessment methods for engineering students' understanding of sustainability In: Sustainable Development Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, Springer, Basel
- Ujianto, O.,Jollands, M.,Kao, N. (2018). Effect of processing variables on tensile modulus and morphology of polyethylene/clay nanocomposites prepared in an internal mixer In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Ota, Nigeria, 3�7 July 2017
- Kootsookos, A.,Alam, F.,Chowdhury, H.,Jollands, M. (2017). Offshore engineering education: Assuring quality through dual accreditation In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2016), Melbourne, Australia, 14-16 December 2016
- Alam, F.,Kootsookos, A.,Jollands, M.,Chowdhury, H. (2017). Internationalising engineering degrees: the challenge of multiple accreditations In: Office for Learning and Teaching, Department of Education and Training, Federal Government of Australia Canberra, Australia
- Jollands, M.,Boles, W.,Peterson, F. (2017). Developing students' employability in work placements In: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2017) Order of Proceedings, Sydney, Australia, 10-13 December 2017
- Ibrahim, N.,Jollands, M.,Parthasarathy, R. (2017). Optimising processing conditions of PLA nanocomposites using response surface methodology In: Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 25, 63 - 72
- Grando, D.,Pocknee, C.,Clarke, B.,Jollands, M. (2016). What do Life Science employers look for in graduates? In: Microbiology Australia, 37, 60 - 64
- Jollands, M.,Gravina, R. (2015). Development of 'superpracs' that appeal to both male and female high school students In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2015), Geelong, Australia, 7-9 December 2015
- Jollands, M.,Smith, J. (2015). Perspectives of stakeholders on engineering graduate employability In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education - AAEE2015, Geelong, Australia, 6-9 December 2015
- Hamilton, M.,Carbone, A.,Jollands, M. (2015). Learning beyond the curriculum: Academics' perspectives on ICT student employability skills In: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2015), Geelong, Australia, 7-9 December 2015
- Internationalising engineering degrees: the challenge of multiple accreditations. Funded by: Office for Learning and Teaching Grant 2014 from (2014 to 2016)
- Developing graduate employability through partnerships with industry and professional associations. Funded by: Office for Learning and Teaching Grant Pre-2014 from (2013 to 2015)
- Gender-based discipline choices in science and engineering. Funded by: Engineering Information Foundation Grant pre-2014 from (2013 to 2013)
- Stuctural characterisation of rice hull ash for use in polypropylene composites using solid state NMR. Funded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Research Grant pre-2014 from (2006 to 2006)
- Economical Particleboard Product from Hardwood Sawmill Waste for Domestic and Industrial Applications. Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects 2003 Round 2 from (2003 to 2007)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Current Supervisions14 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
Education research in project based learning, Graduate employability, Gender and sustainability.