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Head of School

Responsibilities

Unit Coordinator – Applied and Security Projects 

Background / Employment History

Ken has recently taken a position with the School of Computer and Security Science’s Security Research Centre. Ken has over 20 years experience in Government IT and spent the last 6 years with the Department of Mines and Petroleum’s Investigation and Enforcement Branch, where he conducted investigations into allegations relating to offences under the Acts that the Department administered. His final role with the Department was as the Project Manager for the Varanus Island Gas Explosion Prosecution (the largest prosecution the department had undertaken).

In 1999 Ken was seconded to Central TAFE WA to establish a Computer Graphics and Visualisation Centre in conjunction with this, Ken undertook a PhD with Nottingham University’s School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering in the UK.

In 2004 Ken returned to the Departments of Mines and Petroleum and later transferred to the Department’s Investigation and Enforcement Branch, In addition to his department role, Ken was actively researching the use of 3D laser scanners in incidents and accidents within the resource sectors, a project funded by the WA Government.

Ken is a former Vice-President and President of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (WA).

Staff Qualifications

Dip Cartography (TAFE), B.Bus - (WACAE), PhD (University of Nottingham UK), Cert IV – Investigations (PCT) 

Professional Memberships

• Australasian and South Pacific Accident Crash Investigators
• Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (Committee)
• International Association of Forensic and Security Metrology (Committee)
• Australian Law Enforcement, Forensic Surveying Working Group (Committee)

Awards and Recognition

• Adjunct Associate Professor with the University of WA’s Centre for Forensic Science 

Research

Research Interests

Use of HD laser scanners for accident and incident investigations and the visualisation of the data. 

Current Research Areas

Use of 3D Laser Scanners for small (micro) evidence collection such as blood splatter and footprint, finger and tyre prints.

Recent Research Grants

• WA Premiers Collaborative Research Program (Value $600,000) Collaboration with UWA, CSIRO and TAFE WA
• WA Science and Technology Innovation Strategy program. Collaboration with Continuum Resources, WA Police Service.

Recent Publications

Conference Papers

• Fowle, K., The Science, The Technology, The Law, The 8^th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, 30 November – 2 December 2010, Duxton Hotel, Perth, Western Australia.
• Stothard,P., Schofield, D., Squelch, A., Fowle, K., Caris, C., Kizil, M., Schmidt, M., van Wyk, E., and Mallet, L.  Taxonomy of Interactive computer-based visualisation systems and content for the mining industry (Part 1). 1^st International Future Mining Conference and Exhibition, 19 -21 November 2008, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
• Stothard,P., Schofield, D., Fowle, K., Squelch, A. Caris, C. and Kizil, M. - Virtual Reality (VR) Technology: Developing and deploying high resolution interactive mine visualisations and training scenarios. The AusIMM Bulletin – Journal of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. No.2 March/April 2008 (p50)