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A/Prof. William ( Willy ) Sher

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Position Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office BSC201, Bsc Building

Biography

I entered academic life in the early 1980s as a part time lecturer and took up a full time lectureship in 1988. Motivation to enter academia came, in part, from my post-graduate studies at Loughborough University, UK. Academic life allowed me to combine my research and consulting interests with my teaching commitments. I have continued this approach in all the Universities I have taught at (University of the Witwatersrand, Loughborough University and Newcastle University). My publications record attests to dual research interests of computer-aided applications for the management of construction projects as well as construction education. I have published three books, over 120 refereed conference papers and over 30 refereed journal papers. I have secured research funding (in UK and in Australia) of over $1m in a range of areas and am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Newcastle, 2012
  • Master of Science, Loughborough University - UK, 1981
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours)(Building), University of Witwatersrand, 1974

Research

Research keywords

  • Construction

Research expertise

Virtual teamwork, Building Information Modelling, Modular construction, Pedagogy in construction education.

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
120299 Building Not Elsewhere Classified 80
120399 Design Practice And Management Not Elsewhere Classified 10
099999 Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified 10

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

  • Fellow - Chartered Institure of Building, Chair of Education sub-committee

Awards

Other

2007 Ronald Albert Swane award for excellence in teaching
Australian Institute of Building (Australia)
Recipient of Ronald Albert Swane award for excellence in teaching for 2007.
2006 Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Sustained transfer of industry research and practice to the undergraduate experience of construction management students.
2000 Nominated by
Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Inaugural National Teaching Fellowship, the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (UK).

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Construction