Dr Malcolm Gillies
Name | Dr Malcolm Gillies |
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Email Address | malcolm.gillies@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Senior Lecturer (Water Engineering) |
Qualifications | BEng USQ, PhD USQ |
Department | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Affiliations | Centre for Agricultural Engineering |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-5081 |
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Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Research Fellow | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture and CRC for Irrigation Futures | 2007 | 2009 |
Lecturer (Hydraulics) | Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland | 2009 | 2014 |
Senior Research Fellow (Hydraulic Engineering and Irrigation) | Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland | 2014 | 2022 |
Senior Lecturer (Hydraulic Engineering and Irrigation) | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland | 2022 | 2024 |
Expertise
Surface Irrigation, Irrigation modelling, Furrow Irrigation, Travelling Gun Irrigators
Teaching
Current
AGR1109 Professionalism in Agriculture
AGR2301 Agricultural Science
AGR2902 Agricultural Field Practice
ENV4106 Irrigation Science
ENV4107 Water Resource Engineering
ENV5104 Advanced Hydraulic Systems
ENV3903 Soil and Water Engineering Practice 2
Past
ENV2103 Hydraulics 1
ENV3104 Hydraulics 2
ENG4104 Engineering Problem Solving Simulations
ENV2901 Soil and Water Engineering Practice 1
ENV2902 Hydraulics Practice
Fields of Research
- 309999. Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified
- 409999. Other engineering not elsewhere classified
BEng
USQ
2004
PhD
USQ
2009
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Stochastic hybrid optimisation of irrigation scheduling | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Use of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) technology to determine water movement within the landscape | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Hydraulic performance characterisation of variable rate irrigation technology | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
Development of an evaluation technique in near zero slope furrowed border systems with common water supply | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
Improving design practices for drip irrigation systems installed in the Punjab province, Pakistan | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2019 |
Irrigation performance of centre pivot end-guns operating in windy conditions | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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Smarter Irrigation for Profit Phase 2 | Involved in 3 subprojects, funded by CRDC, SRA, Dairy Australia & DAFF | 2019 |
Training for RWUEI grant recipients in Southern Queensland | Cotton Australia | 2018 |
Development of a decision support tool for Centre Pivot and Lateral Move irrigation machines on the Darling Downs | Cotton Australia | 2018 |
Precise real-time automated cotton irrigation for improved water productivity | Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) | 2018 |
Improved irrigation system selection and operation for increased sugarcane productivity and profitability | Sugar Research Australia (SRA) | 2018 |
UQID Australia Africa Awards irrigation short course | University of Queensland (UQ) | 2017 |
Improved Irrigation Efficiency for Indonesian Rice Growers | DFAT & Higgins consulting | 2016 |
Smarter Irrigation for Profit | CRDC, SRA, Dairy Australia & DAFF | 2015 |
African Sugar Training – Swaziland | Illovo Sugar - Delivering Training on Surface Irrigation | 2015 |
Irrigation Training for Pakistan | US AID | 2014 |
Modernisation of Furrow Irrigation in the Sugar Industry | Sugar Research Australia (SRA) | 2014 |
Automation demonstration project | Goulburn-Murray Water | 2013 |
Commercial prototype smart automation system for furrow irrigation | Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) | 2013 |
Preliminary Assessment of Deep Drainage in Furrow Irrigation in the Atherton Tableland Region | Tableland Sugar Services | 2013 |
Surface Irrigation Training – Burdekin | BSES Limited | 2013 |
Zambia Surface Irrigation Training | Illovo Sugar - Delivering Training on Irrigation fundamentals and surface irrigation | 2013 |
Irrigation Fundamentals Course for the Sugar Industry | Canegrowers | 2012 |
Irrigation training for Kenyan irrigation specialists | Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) | 2012 |
Benchmarking Furrow Irrigation Efficiency in the Australian Cotton Industry | CRDC & Cotton Catchment Communities CRC | 2011 |
Improving Border-Check Irrigation Performance | Murray Dairy | 2010 |
Automation and Real Time Control of Furrow Irrigation | CRDC & Cotton Catchment Communities CRC | 2009 |
Benchmarking Water Management in the Australian Cotton Industry | Cotton Catchment Communities CRC | 2007 |
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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2018 | Researcher of the Year Award | Cotton Australia & CSD | |
2009 | Young Professionals Award | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage | |
2020 | Associate Editor | Irrigation Science - Springer | |
2018 | Australian Delegate for the Young Professionals Training | Chinese Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (CNCID) and International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) | |
2016 | Young Tall Poppy Science Award | Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) |