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Biography
Professor Anthony Williams is the Head of School of Architecture and Built Environment and has extensive experience in project management in the domain of professional education. He is a winner of multiple University Teaching Awards as well as a National Awards for Teaching Excellence. He has worked extensively in curriculum design and implementation both at program and course levels. He is highly regarded in this area having worked as a curriculum consultant nationally and internationally. His research area is in Design Cognition with recent projects involving identification of core skills for effective participation in virtual design teams.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle, 30/01/2006
- Bachelor of Education (Applied Arts), Avondale College
- Master of Curriculum Studies, University of New England
- Bachelor of Education (Industrial Arts), University of Newcastle
Research
Research keywords
- Design Cognition
- Design Education
Research expertise
I research in two areas of Design, the first is design collaboration specifically the ways in which designers collaborate both in the face to face domain as well as the virtual domain. This extends to the Knowledge, skills and attitudes which designers need to be effective collaborators.
My second area of research is in Design Education. Specifically what are the curriculum models, teaching methods and assessment models which support the creative processes of design.
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 120299 | Building Not Elsewhere Classified | 55 |
| 120199 | Architecture Not Elsewhere Classified | 45 |
Collaboration
- Design cognition
- Spatial ability and spatial performance
- Creativity, design and education
- Creativity and assessment
- Construction education in Australia
- Problem-based learning in a virtual-reality context
- Virtual environments in collaborative design
- Virtual mentoring and virtual teams
- Work Integrated Learning
- Online learning
- Competency Descriptors
Administrative
Administrative expertise
I have been the Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning for over five years.
I have become the Head of School of the School of Architecture and Built Environment in 2007 after 2 years as Deputy Head of School.
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Design
- Professional Education
Teaching expertise
I currently teach in two domains within the University. The first, which is my Discipline domain, is design and manufacture. This is predominantly taught into the Design and Technology programme but also into Architecture and the Built Environment.
I also teach professional education in the Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching. This programme provides lecturers at the University of Newcastle with foundation skills in teaching.
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.Pilot Linkage: Developing a Model of Collaboration for Intercultural Practice$10,000
Competitiveness in a regional construction industry: developing innovation and competitive advantage in the Tasmanian Architectural, Engineering and Construction sector$9,700
Enhancing and Assessing Group and Team Learning in Architecture and Related Design Contexts$4,000
Attitudes and Behaviours in Consumer Spaces: Quantifying the Benefits of a Sustainable Retail Environment$47,500
Understanding the implications of haptic devices in design: do human-computer haptic interfeces change design behaviours and outcomes?$7,600
Understanding the implications of haptic devices in design: do human-computer haptic interfeces change design behaviours and outcomes?$7,000
Assessing Creativity: Strategies and Tools to Support Teaching and Learning in Architecture and Design$194,000
Attitudes and Behaviours in Consumer Spaces: Quantifying the Benefits of a Sustainable Retail Environment$135,000
Facilitating WIL Through Skills-Enabled e-Portfolios in the Disciplines of Construction and Nursing$130,000
CEF admin relief London$50,000
Assessing and improving spatial ability for design-based disciplines utilising online systems$196,331
Identification of teaching and instructional issues and opportunities for the architecture and associated disciplines$100,000
Identification of Teaching and Instructional Issues and Opportunities for the Construction Management, Quality Surveying and Building Surveying Disciplines$98,666
Markers on loads: do safe handling prompts change behaviour?$30,000
Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Ditital Age - CELDA 2007, Algave, Portugal, 7/12/2007 - 9/12/2007$2,500
Mapping the spatial ability profile of novice designers$2,388
WonderGround, Libson, Oct 31 - Nov 3 2006$2,400
eDesignConstruct - SME Skill and Knowledge Development Stage 1$40,000
2005IDC - International Design Congress, 31 October - 4 November 2005$1,565
Team Collaboration in High Bandwidth Virtual Environments$122,917
International Conference of Engineering Education Research 2004, 18-21 October 2004, USA$2,290
International Design Conference, Dubrovnik 14-17 May, 2002$2,400
Shared Electronic Work Space Collaborative Design Project$3,400
Intenational Design and Technology Aducation Research - Longhborough Universtiy of Technology, UK, 1-3 September 1997$2,102
Communication Strategies used by Multi disciplinary Design Team Participants$2,000
Function of Multi Disciplinary Design Teams, strategies used by discipline specialists in communicating technically specific information during...$5,500
the 2nd Jerusalem International Science & Technology Education Conference - Jerusalem - 8-11/1/96$1,492
Teaching Technology for Entrepreneurship & Employment, Netherlands,6-11 Apr$1,079
The Implementation of Problem Based Learning in Technology Education$3,300
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 29 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $1,215,130 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2012 (2 grants)
Pilot Linkage: Developing a Model of Collaboration for Intercultural Practice$10,000
Funding Body: NSW Architects Registration Board
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Neena Mand, Doctor Jamie MacKee, Professor Anthony Williams, Professor Lawrence Nield, Mr Satvir Mand | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2012 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1200855 | ||
Competitiveness in a regional construction industry: developing innovation and competitive advantage in the Tasmanian Architectural, Engineering and Construction sector$9,700
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Graham Brewer, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Pilot Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,700 | 2012 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1101173 | ||
2011 (1 grants)
Enhancing and Assessing Group and Team Learning in Architecture and Related Design Contexts$4,000
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dr Richard Tucker, Professor Anthony Williams, Professor Graham Thorpe, Ms Louise Wallis, Professor Michael Ostwald | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $4,000 | 2011 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1100953 | ||
2010 (3 grants)
Attitudes and Behaviours in Consumer Spaces: Quantifying the Benefits of a Sustainable Retail Environment$47,500
Funding Body: Lend Lease Investment Management Pty Limited
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Ostwald, Professor Anthony Williams, Associate Professor Graham Brewer | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $47,500 | 2010 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0900162 | ||
Understanding the implications of haptic devices in design: do human-computer haptic interfeces change design behaviours and outcomes?$7,600
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Ning Gu, Mr Wyn Jones, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,600 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900049 | ||
Understanding the implications of haptic devices in design: do human-computer haptic interfeces change design behaviours and outcomes?$7,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Ning Gu, Mr Wyn Jones, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000739 | ||
2009 (3 grants)
Assessing Creativity: Strategies and Tools to Support Teaching and Learning in Architecture and Design$194,000
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams, Professor Michael Ostwald | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $194,000 | 2009 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900117 | ||
Attitudes and Behaviours in Consumer Spaces: Quantifying the Benefits of a Sustainable Retail Environment$135,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Ostwald, Professor Anthony Williams, Associate Professor Graham Brewer | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $135,000 | 2009 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0189757 | ||
Facilitating WIL Through Skills-Enabled e-Portfolios in the Disciplines of Construction and Nursing$130,000
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams, Professor Tracy Levett-Jones, Associate Professor Willy Sher | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $130,000 | 2009 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900116 | ||
2008 (1 grants)
CEF admin relief London$50,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams, Conjoint Professor Kerry London | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Career Enhancement Fellowship for Academic Women | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $50,000 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0189254 | ||
2007 (6 grants)
Assessing and improving spatial ability for design-based disciplines utilising online systems$196,331
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Ken Sutton, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $196,331 | 2007 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188331 | ||
Identification of teaching and instructional issues and opportunities for the architecture and associated disciplines$100,000
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Ostwald, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $100,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187385 | ||
Identification of Teaching and Instructional Issues and Opportunities for the Construction Management, Quality Surveying and Building Surveying Disciplines$98,666
Funding Body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams, Associate Professor Willy Sher | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $98,666 | 2007 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188064 | ||
Markers on loads: do safe handling prompts change behaviour?$30,000
Funding Body: WorkCover Authority of New South Wales
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Maya Guest, Professor Anthony Williams, Dr Leman Gul | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| WorkCover Assist Applied Research Projects | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187572 | ||
Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Ditital Age - CELDA 2007, Algave, Portugal, 7/12/2007 - 9/12/2007$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188338 | ||
Mapping the spatial ability profile of novice designers$2,388
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,388 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188324 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
WonderGround, Libson, Oct 31 - Nov 3 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186874 | ||
2005 (2 grants)
eDesignConstruct - SME Skill and Knowledge Development Stage 1$40,000
Funding Body: CRC for Construction Innovation
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Kerry London, Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Proposal | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $40,000 | 2005 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0185991 | ||
2005IDC - International Design Congress, 31 October - 4 November 2005$1,565
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,565 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185946 | ||
2004 (2 grants)
Team Collaboration in High Bandwidth Virtual Environments$122,917
Funding Body: CRC for Construction Innovation
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams, Associate Professor Willy Sher | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Proposal | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $122,917 | 2004 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0186152 | ||
International Conference of Engineering Education Research 2004, 18-21 October 2004, USA$2,290
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,290 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184799 | ||
2002 (1 grants)
International Design Conference, Dubrovnik 14-17 May, 2002$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0182121 | ||
1997 (3 grants)
Shared Electronic Work Space Collaborative Design Project$3,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Teaching Committee Teaching Grants | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $3,400 | 1997 | 1997 |
| GNo:G0176584 | ||
Intenational Design and Technology Aducation Research - Longhborough Universtiy of Technology, UK, 1-3 September 1997$2,102
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,102 | 1997 | 1997 |
| GNo:G0179602 | ||
Communication Strategies used by Multi disciplinary Design Team Participants$2,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Special Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,000 | 1997 | 1998 |
| GNo:G0177639 | ||
1996 (2 grants)
Function of Multi Disciplinary Design Teams, strategies used by discipline specialists in communicating technically specific information during...$5,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| New Staff Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5,500 | 1996 | 1996 |
| GNo:G0176358 | ||
the 2nd Jerusalem International Science & Technology Education Conference - Jerusalem - 8-11/1/96$1,492
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,492 | 1996 | 1996 |
| GNo:G0175989 | ||
1995 (1 grants)
Teaching Technology for Entrepreneurship & Employment, Netherlands,6-11 Apr$1,079
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,079 | 1995 | 1995 |
| GNo:G0176860 | ||
1994 (1 grants)
The Implementation of Problem Based Learning in Technology Education$3,300
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Anthony Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Teaching Committee Teaching Grants | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $3,300 | 1994 | 1994 |
| GNo:G0175891 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 10 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN Masters EFTSL | 0.38 |
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.9 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2016 | M Philosophy (Design) | Co-Supervisor | The Preparation and Creation of Design Briefs for New Product Development |
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Engineering) | Principal Supervisor | The Impact of PBL Curriculum on Technical Education Collaborative Learning (Teamwork) and its Assessment at German Malaysian Institute. |
| 2013 | 2016 | PhD (Architecture) | Co-Supervisor | Designing Care Homes For Dementia: How Can the Layout of Care Homes Improve the Quality of Life of People With Dementia? |
| 2013 | 2015 | PhD (Architecture) | Co-Supervisor | Investigating Representational Media in Crowd Orientated Design: The shared process of Representational Modification and its Potential to Lead to Innovative Crowd Responses |
| 2013 | 2019 | PhD (Building) | Co-Supervisor | Landholder Compensation for Occupation by Coal Seam Gas Infrastructure |
| 2012 | 2016 | M Philosophy (Building) | Co-Supervisor | Implications of Building Information Modelling for Business Culture in Small and Medium Sized Building and Construction Enterprises |
| 2012 | 2020 | PhD (Architecture) | Principal Supervisor | An Investigation of Neurological Spatio-Affective Responses of the Visually Impaired to Residential Ceiling Heights Using Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Devices |
| 2011 | 2015 | M Philosophy (Building) | Co-Supervisor | Remediate or Detonate? |
| 2008 | 2013 | PhD (Building) | Co-Supervisor | Building Information Modelling: Conceptual Constructs and Performance Improvement Tools |
| 2007 | 2015 | PhD (Architecture) | Principal Supervisor | The State of Design Instruction in Architectural Education: An Australasian Case Study (2007-2010) |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PhD (Building) | Sole Supervisor | Tertiary Construction Management Education: the Lived Experience of Academic Staff in Australia |
| 2011 | M Philosophy (Building) | Principal Supervisor | The Education of Virtual Teamwork Skills in Construction Management, Building Surveying and Quantity Surveying Programs in Australian Universities |
| 2009 | PhD (Architecture) | Co-Supervisor | Is a Western Model of Learning Appropriate to Architectural Education in Papua New Guinea? |
| 2008 | M Philosophy [R] | Principal Supervisor | An Investigation Into the Roles and Contributions of Non-Technical Skills in Collaborative Design Teams in an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Environment |
| 2008 | PhD (Building) | Co-Supervisor | Innovation and Attitude: Mapping the Profile of ICT Decision-Makers in Architectural, Engineering and Construction Firms |
| PhD (Architecture) | Co-Supervisor | Authentic Co-Production of Public Space as the Achievement of Mitterand's Vision for Realisation of Social Reform |
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Professor Anthony Williams
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 5771 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4921 6913 |
| Tony.Williams@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Positions | Professor School of Architecture and Built Environment Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Conjoint Professor School of Architecture and Built Environment Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment | |
| Office | AG27, Architecture, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/tony-williams |
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