A/AA Beyond COVID-19
University and Training Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the aviation and aerospace industry and the work of many individual professionals. These challenging times have created opportunity for innovation, multidisciplinary collaboration and the re-alignment of the skills of aviation and aerospace professionals to new contexts. It has challenged the way we work and connect with everyone, everywhere. Undoubtedly some innovations and changes will become more permanent.
The third of the A/AA Beyond COVID-19 Virtual Series will discuss the University and Training Sector . With an overall focus on how the aviation/aerospace industries and organisational landscape will look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is invited
In the spirit of keeping everyone connected, A/AA would like to extend complimentary attendance to all, not limited to our members.
How to join Beyond COVID-19
This event will be accessed via WebEx. Details will be emailed upon registration. If you need further information please contact us at [email protected]
Presenters
/ Dr Daniel Edginton-Mitchell | Senior Lecturer, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Monash University
Daniel Edgington-Mitchell received his undergraduate degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Monash University in 2005. During his PhD, he undertook graduate research in the High Temperature Gas Dynamics Laboratory at Stanford University under the auspices of a Fulbright Fellowship between 2008-2009. He was awarded his PhD from Monash University in 2013. He is the course director for Aerospace Engineering, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Monash University. He is a founding member of the Women in Fluids sub-committee of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, and a member of Monash's Athena Swan Committee
You can visit his website at daniel.edgington-mitchell.com
/ Maddy Johnson | Training Development Manager at Moorabbin Flying Services (MFS)
/ Professor Zheng Lei | Professor and Chair - Department of Aviation at Swinburne University of Technology and Non-executive Director at Aviation/Aerospace Australia
Professor Zheng Lei has research expertise in airline business models and air transport market analysis and holds a PhD in Air Transport and Tourism Management from the University of Surrey. A distinctive feature of Prof. Lei’s research is the real-world impact it has and its industry focus. Zheng advises senior executives at airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, aviation service providers, and civil aviation authorities around the world on strategic issues through research, consultancy and executive development programs.
/ Professor Gabriel Lodewijks | Head, School of Aviation at UNSW
After completing a PhD research project on dynamics of belt systems, such as moving sidewalks and escalators, Professor Lodewijks moved to the USA where he worked for a small engineering company as engineer special projects specializing in large scale transport systems. In 1999 he moved back to the Netherlands and was appointed professor of transport engineering and logistics at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands in 2000. In 2003 he was appointed head of the department of marine and transport technology and later deputy dean of the faculty of mechanical, maritime and materials engineering. In 2007 he was appointed Chief Technology Officer of the Schiphol group, a company that operates airports around the world. In 2008 professor Lodewijks was appointed scientific director of the Delft Centre of Aviation. Besides being active at TU Delft, he works as visiting/guest/chair professor at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Wuhan University of Technology, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, all in China, and Newcastle University, Australia.
Gabriel Lodewijks areas of interest are logistics and transport engineering in the aviation cluster. He works on problems associated with the optimization of maintenance, repair and overhaul processes, automation of air cargo handling systems, improvement of the quality of the flower supply chain handled through air cargo, tracking and tracing of equipment, components and people at airports and in aviation related companies, optimization of gate processes and baggage handling procedures to reduce the turnaround time of aircraft, maintaining safety and security in airport logistic processes, and the improvement of passenger experience by streamlining airport logistics.
/ Professor Talal Yusaf | Chief Business Development Officer at Aviation Australia and Ex-Pro Vice Chancellor at the International Federation Universtiy Australia
Professor Talal Yusaf currently holds the position of Chief of Business Development Officer at Aviation Australia, and Professor at University of Southern Queensland. From 2018-2020, he held the position of Pro Vice Chancellor (International and Partnership) and Professor at Federation University Australia. Earlier, from 2008– 2018, he was the Executive Director – International and Development and Associate Dean (Academic Coordinator) and Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland. Professor Yusaf has more than 30 years of experience across teaching and learning, research, management and broad university service in Australia (2000-2018); United Kingdom (2010-2011) and South East Asia (1991-2000). He holds a PhDs in renewable energy and biomechanical engineering.
/ Associate Professor Chrystal Zhang, PhD | Associate Professor of Aviation, Aerospace Engineering & Aviation, School of Engineering, College of Science, Engineering & Health at RMIT University
Dr Chrystal Zhang is an Associate Professor of Aviation in School of Engineering, RMIT University. She commenced her academic career in 2011 after over 2 decades of service in industry in both public and private sectors in China and the UK. She has expertise in aviation regulatory framework and policy making, airline/airport strategies and marketing, airport operation and management, and traveller's behaviour and wellbeing. She publishes extensively in leading aviation law and tourism/aviation management and marketing journals, and shares her thought leadership in newspapers. She is a frequent aviation commentator in mainstream media outlets such as ABC News 24, ABC Radio, Radio New Zealand, BBC, Financial Times, and Business Insider, and a featured speaker in industry summits. Her latest book is published by Routledge: China’s trade policymaking on international air transport: policy goals, driving forces and its impact.
Questions
A/AA, WA/AA and NGN members have the exclusive opportunity to submit questions before the event. Upon registration you will receive question submission instructions.
