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MR JOHN WEIR



Contact Details

Organization: Mechanical Engineering
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
Email:
Homepage: http://www.mame.mu.oz.au/people/staff/john_weir.html
Work: 8344 6720
Mobile: 0414 257 762
Fax: 9347 8784
Building: Mechanical Engineering
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1979

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (MIEAUST)
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia (FIEAUST) 01-Mar-2008

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Case Study of Ideational Flexibility in Innovative Conceptual Design
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 16th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'07)
    Conference Publication: 16th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'07). Conference Proceedings.
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: ICED'07, Ecole Centrale Paris(Paris)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A case study to illuminate the concepts of design expertise and designer flair in engineering design
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • A quantitative study of ideation, visualisation and graphical skills in engineering design
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • Case studies on the influence of the design scenario on concept generation
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • Proposed quality function deployment enhancements
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • The Williams Carp Cage: Engineering-based design enhances a science-based invention
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):
  • The impact of spatial abilities on the comprehension of design drawings
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05 - Engineering Design and the Global Economy
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 15-th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED05
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: Institution of Engineers Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • An electronic tutor for mechanical engineering
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 14th Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 14-th Annual Conference Australasian Association for Engineering Education and 9-th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: IE Aust(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • An electronic tutor for structural distillation
    Year: 2003
    Event name: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED-03)
    Conference Publication: Research for Practice-Innovation in Products, Processes and Organisations
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1211.1-1211.10
    Publisher: The Design Society(Stockholm)
    Author(s):
  • Applying Agent Technology to Evaluation Tasks in e-Learning Environments
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Exploring Educational Technologies Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Exploring Educational Technologies Conference
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: Monash University(Clayton)
    Author(s):
  • Developing skill for solving complex design problems
    Year: 2003
    Event name: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED-03)
    Conference Publication: Research for Practice-Innovation in Products, Processes and Organisations
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1419.1-1419.10
    Publisher: The Design Society(Stockholm)
    Author(s):
  • Responses of novice designers to unstructured problems
    Year: 2003
    Event name: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED-03)
    Conference Publication: Research for Practice-Innovation in Products, Processes and Organisations
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1718.1-1718.10
    Publisher: The Design Society(Stockholm)
    Author(s):
  • Student difficulties in structural distillation tasks
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 14th Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 14-th Annual Conference Australasian Association for Engineering Education and 9-th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: IE Aust(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A study of complexity in engineering design
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Engineering Design Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of Engineering Design Conference
    Page numbers: 79-92
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
    Author(s):

Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A common language for engineering design practice and research
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Page numbers: 147-154
    Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing(London)
    Author(s):
  • Conceptual errors in machine design
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Page numbers: 253-260
    Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing(London)
    Author(s):
  • Strategies for solving complex problems in engineering design
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design
    Page numbers: 109-116
    Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing(London)
    Author(s):
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