RECYCLING

Biography

Caroline is Chair of Engineering Education at UWA, Perth and has previously held appointments at the University of Sydney, Imperial College, UK and Queens University, Canada. Beginning her academic career in materials engineering, she has also gained qualifications, expertise and experience in education and social science and she now works at the juncture between these disciplines as well as between theory and practice. Caroline is particularly interested in ways in which engineering can help to create solutions for the environment as well as social problems. In 2006 she founded the not for profit organisation, Waste for Life (wasteforlife.org), which uses composites materials knowledge to co-create income streams for marginalised populations in different parts of the Global South. She also founded the Engineering, Social Justice and Peace network (esjp.org). Caroline is a Thomson Reuters Highly cited materials science author, with over 200 publications, papers and books on green materials, engineering education and engineering and social justice.

Research Interest

Engineering education Engineering and social Justice Mining and community engagement Waste recycling and informal workers