Dr Janelle Wilkes
Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | jwilkes2@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Natural Resources (W21) Room 102 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2025 (or +61 2 6773 2025 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2769 |
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) - UNE
- PhD (Environmental Engineering) - UNE
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - UNE
Areas of Teaching
- ENGT352 Principles of Hydrology (unit coordinator)
- RSNR402/502 Freshwaters: Ecology and Management
- NR331/531 Remote Sensing and Surveying (unit coordinator)
- RSNR110 Sustaining Our Rural Environments (Climate module and unit coordinator)
- RSNR120 Sustainable Management and Monitoring of Agricultural and Marine Systems (Surveying module and practical coordinator)
Research interests
- Monitoring and management of salt movement from beef cattle feedlots
- Environmental impact of sewage treatment plants (biosolids and wastewater) to land
- Acid sulphate soil monitoring
- Information literacy
- First year teaching
Additional
• Member – Australian Society of Soil Science
• Member – Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA)
• Member - Australasian Association for Engineering Education(AAEE)
Professional Recognition
2012 - Office of Teaching and Learning Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning For addressing deficiencies in numeracy of students in engineering, so as to reduce mathematics anxiety and influence, motivate and inspire students to learn
2011 - School of Environmental and Rural Science Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
2009 - National Finalist in the Lecturer of the Year (Uni Jobs)
Student Supervision
PhD and masters students
- White, N. (completed) Changes in coastal wetland chemistry due to changes in drainage management
- Jenkins, R. (completed) Develop methods for monitoring any impacts of longwall mining remotely
Honours
- Crosdale, T The development of a framework for the assessment of indirect greenhouse gas emissions within the environmental impact assessment process in NSW
- Cooper, N. Impact of sewage treatment plant on water quality
- Clibborn, B. Feasibility of using sheep abattoir paunch to rehabilitate agricultural soil
- Lawrence, J. The environmental and economic implications of use of rainwater tanks in Sydney as an alternative to reticulated water supply
Selected Publications
Wilkes, J. 2012, Screencasts – are they the panacea for dealing with student’s diverse mathematical skills?, AAEE conference, Melbourne, December
Glencross-Grant, R., Wilkes, J. 2011, Embedding Sustainability in Bachelor of Engineering Technology, Engineering in Engineers Australia Regional Conference, Armidale, September
Wilkes, J. 2010, Addressing the Diversity of Student Mathematics Preparedness for Engineering Surveying: A Proposal for a Technology Supported Learning Scaffold, Proceedings of the University Learning and Teaching Futures Colloquium, UNE
Wilkes, J., Gurney, L. 2009, ‘Perceptions and Applications of Information Literacy by First Year Applied Science Students’, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 40 (3), 159-171
Wilkes, J. 2010, Soil carbon changes in response to feedlot manure application, Australian Society of Soil Science Inc Recent Advances in Soil Science and Management, March
Gurney, L J and Wilkes, J 2008, Creating a library presence in online units, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, vol. 39 (1), 26-37.
Trotter, T., Frazier, P., Jenkins, R., Lamb, D., Wilkes, J. 2007, The effect of longwall mine subsidence on native vegetation and agricultural environments at Proceedings of the 2007 Regional Convention Newcastle Division of Engineers Australia, October.
White, N., Faulkner, R., Frazier, P. and Wilkes, J. 2006, The impact of restoring a tidal regime on wetland water quality: Little Broadwater, NSW, Australia, paper presented at SWS, Cairns, July.
Goonrey, C., Hose, G., Page, D., Pelekani, C. and Wilkes, J. 2003, Allocation of Communally Owned Resources, paper presented at Water: the Australian Dilema, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Melbourne, November.