Professor Archie James Johnston
Dean, Engineering and Information Technologies
J12 - The School of Information Technologies
The University of Sydney
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Biographical details
As Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, Professor Archie Johnston's career has followed a natural progression from active researcher to academic leader, setting the agenda for engineering and technical education and policy at Australia's leading engineering faculty.
From 2004 to 2009 Professor Johnston was cited as one of Australia's 100 most influential engineers and in 2007, was honoured as the Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year and Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year of the Business and Higher Education Roundtable.
He is a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), Engineers Australia, the Institution of Civil Engineers (London) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. As well as being Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, Archie is also Chair of Health Sciences Divisional Board at the University of Sydney.
In addition to being Chair of the Education Forum of ATSE, he is an Advisor to the Reliance Group of India, Advisory Professor to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Advisor to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, and, is past National Chair of the Centre for Leadership and Management (Engineers Australia).
Currently a director of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, Smart Services CRC and CRC for Advanced Composite Structures, Archie is also an independent expert for the Cooperative Research Centres Selection Round (2011).
A former President of the Australian Council of Engineering, Archie has been Dean of Engineering at the University of Technology, Sydney and is an Emeritus Professor at that institution.
He has been Peer Reviewer for the 2010 Excellence in Research for Australia, a member of the Judging Panel of 2010, 2011 and 2012 Prime Minister's Science Prizes and Chair of the Judging Panel for the 2009 Australian Construction Achievement Awards.
Research interests
Building on a distinguished career as a civil engineer specialising in environmental fluid mechanics and water quality, Professor Johnston now guides the educational development of world-class graduates with both technical and interpersonal skills that are required by industry and prepares them for national and global leadership roles.
"My aim is to provide graduates of the University of Sydney with a globally competitive edge in innovation, research and leadership. This involves identifying and addressing the major issues facing contemporary engineering and technical education - particularly with respect to industry needs - and modifying our programs accordingly to develop the appropriate interpersonal and emotional intelligence characteristics of our graduate engineers and technologists. Through such research we believe we are now better preparing graduates for the local, national and global engineering and IT marketplaces.
"I've been an active researcher throughout my professional life, so it has well suited my career path to move from design applications within industry to addressing issues in a broader social, political and environmental context. My university-based research essentially still addresses a wide range of industry-related problems and their solutions.
"Being Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney has given me the opportunity to guide the development of world-class education and research programs with a unique group of talented staff and students. It has also allowed me to clearly communicate to the broader community both the benefits of a strong academic engineering profession and the value to Australia of having a premier world-leading engineering faculty."
Selected publications
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