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Dr Milind Siddhpura
Course Coordinator & Senior Lecturer
School of Mechanical Engineering
Room 804
8 Thelma Street, West Perth, Western Australia
+61 8 9321 1702
5008
FIEAust, CPEng, NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus), PhD, MEng, BEng, DME, DipPM, Cert IV TAE.
Dr Milind Siddhpura has gained over 20 years of substantial & internationally significant experience as a mechanical engineer, academic, researcher & consultant in top Australian and overseas organizations & universities. He has accomplished a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Australia (UWA) & has won many prestigious awards. He has published articles & served as a reviewer, keynote speaker & guest editor in international journals/conferences.
Dr Milind is a Chartered Engineer (CPEng) in multiple areas of practice including Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering & Leadership & Management. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia (EA) & serves on various EA committees. He is also registered in the National Engineering Register (NER) in Australia & International Engineering registers including APEC Engineer and IntPE(Aus).
In his current leadership role as a Course Coordinator in engineering at EIT, he has been instrumental in leading & managing a global pool of lecturers (50+) & students (160+ countries) for multiple campuses across the world & in online mode. He has been developing, enhancing & quality control of the Bachelor & Master of Engineering courses in Mechanical & Civil-Structural Engineering disciplines at macroscopic & microscopic levels. He has significantly contributed to the development, operation & supervision of the ‘Doctorate in Engineering’ course, which is becoming highly popular with professional engineers wanting to advance their careers to the next level. He has expertise in the accreditation & compliance processes of the courses with TEQSA, Engineering Australia & a few international accreditation bodies such as the UK, USA, PNG & South Africa.
As a passionate academic, he has taught Mechanical Engineering as well as multi-disciplinary subjects and supervised engineering students at the bachelor, master & doctorate levels. He is a passionate educator & an advocate for the Flipped classroom approach & Active learning principles. He promotes a cooperative learning environment in the classrooms using intelligent instructional strategies. He has expertise in face-to-face, blended & fully online delivery modes in engineering.
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| DEng | [1] Associate Supervisor for Mr Brian Bachinilla in the Doctorate (DEng) topic “SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION USING SUBSTRUCTURING TECHNIQUE TO THE PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN OF RAILWAY BRIDGES” started in 2021
[2] Associate Supervisor for Mr Jianwei Ma in the Doctorate (Deng) topic “Study on Truss-Column Pinned Connections in Large-Span Steel Structures” started in 2021 [3] Associate Supervisor for Mr Jye West in the topic “Asset Maintenance in Australian Commercial Buildings” [4] Associate Supervisor for Mr Ehidiame Ibazebo “A Multi-Criteria Maintenance Optimization Decision-Making for Ship Maintenance” [5] Associate Supervisor for Mr Valdiney Domingos De Oliveira in the topic of “Silicon 5.0” |
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