Dr. Andrew Batchelor
After graduating from the University of London (Imperial College), Andrew completed a post-doctoral fellowship sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, thereafter serving as an academic – in a variety of universities in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia; where Andrew supervised post graduate students, established collaborations with industry, authored textbooks and edited journal publications; and also served in industries, as Research Development Manager in Australia; and Training Consultant to large petroleum company in Middle East – initiated participation in WorldSkills competitions, successful registrations of patents and investment in local community development.
Andrew is the co-founder of the Journey Towards Hope (JoTHe) Projects since 2002. The projects which aim to promote peace and wellbeing by engaging, educating and empowering participants through creative arts and culture; have traversed through 23 nations Australia, Malaysia, UK, USA, Cambodia, Japan for example JoTHe projects have received the National Award for Crime and Violence Prevention (Australia) at the Australian Parliament; Western Australian Multicultural Community Services Award 2008; and global commendations from International Women Judges Association; United Nations Commissions on Status of Women; Vishtar Academy Bangalore India; Another Development Cooperation Sweden.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Applied Mechanics (1983)
University of London, England (UK) - Master of Applied Finance (1998)
Macquarie University, Australia - Bachelor of Sciences of Engineering and Finance (1978)
University of London, England (UK)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- British University Vietnam (BUV)
Senior Lecturer (2024 – Current) - Monash University (Australia)
Business Research Manager & Teaching associate (2017 – 2024) - Monash University (Malaysia)
Associate Professor (2000 – 2006)
RESEARCH AREAS / FIELDS
- Renewable Energy, its finance and equity
- Islamic banking
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- A.W. and V.B. Batchelor, The Business of Tribology, May 2006, Lubrication Engineering and Tribology. Editorial mention in the May issue.
- A.W. and V.B. Batchelor, The application of intellectual property in developing and newly developed countries, Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, 18th to 21st June 2003, University of Hawaii – West Oahu, CD ROM (ISSN #1539-722X)
- V.B.Batchelor, Meyappan M. Pillai and A.W. Batchelor, Modern views of Judeo Christian influence on usury and its role in the regulation of money lending practices in Malaysia, Proc. International Conference on Islamic Banking, 9th-10th September, 2003, Edit. Balashanmugam, publ. Monash University Malaysia.
- About 10 textbooks with reputable publishers such as Elsevier, Imperial College Press, World Scientific. The 5th edition Engineering Tribology is currently with the publishers (Butterworth Heinemann).
- Written scientific journal articles and presented at technical conferences
RESEARCH & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS / EXHIBITIONS
- A.W.Batchelor, A. Cameron and H. Okabe, An apparatus to measure the reactivity of nascent steel surfaces, Trans. ASLE, 1985, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 467-474. Presented at the Annual ASLE Conference in San Diego, California, October 1984.
- A.W. Batchelor and G.W. Stachowiak, Synergism between Corrosion and Abrasion, International Tribology Conference, Melbourne, December 1987, Australia, IEA Conf. Publ. 87/18, pp. 255-259.
- A.W. and V.B. Batchelor, ‘The Business of Tribology’”, May 2006, Lubrication Engineering and Tribology. Editorial mention in the May issue.
- A.W. and V.B. Batchelor, The application of intellectual property in developing and newly developed countries, Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, 18th to 21st June 2003, University of Hawaii – West Oahu, CD ROM (ISSN #1539-722X)
- V.B.Batchelor, Meyappan M. Pillai and A.W. Batchelor, Modern views of Judeo Christian influence on usury and its role in the regulation of money lending practices in Malaysia, Proc. International Conference on Islamic Banking, 9th-10th September, 2003, Edit. Balashanmugam, publ. Monash University Malaysia
- In 2013, Organized the induction and participation of Arab American Oil Company trainee employees to join the Saudi Arabian national team to WorldSkills 2013 in Germany. Also initiated and organized Skills Competitions for the Training and Development Group of the Arab American Oil Company.
RESEARCH GRANTS
- About SGD 330,000 (Singapore) for fundamental research, another SGD5,000 for development of new technologies while a Senior Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
AWARDS & HONOURS
- 1997 George Julius Award for the best paper in Mechanical Engineering (Institution of Engineers, Australia)
- 2008 Western Australian Multi-Cultural Community Services Award
- 2009 Co-recipient of the National Award for Crime and Violence Prevention (Australia).
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