Dr Geoff Swan

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5447  
Email: g.swan@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.207  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Graduate Diploma in Education, The University of Adelaide .
  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Adelaide .
  • Doctor of Philosophy, England, 1989 .
  • Bachelor of Science Honours, The University of Adelaide, 1984 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Wild, G., Swan, G., (2011), The development of acoustic experiments for off-campus teaching and learning. Physics Education, 46(3), 281-289, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/46/3/004.
  • Sharma, M., Swan, G., Mills, D., Pollard, J., Mendes, A., O'Byrne, J., (2009), Physics learning and teaching in Australian Universities. CAL-laborate International, 17(1), 26-40, Sydney.
  • Sharma, M., Pollard, J., Mendez, A., Mills, D., O'Byrne, J., Scott, D., Hagon, S., Gribble, J., Kirkup, L., Livett, M., Low, D., Merchant, A., Rayner, A., Swan, G., Zadnik, M., Zealey, W., (2008), What does a physics undergraduate education give you? A perspective from Australian Physics. European Journal of Physics, 29(1), 59-72.

Conference Publications

  • Swan, G., (2012), An introduction to climate change. Proceedings of the 20th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, incorporating the 37th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, 2012, CD P1-4, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), A Fibre Bragg Grating Based Reed Switch for Optical Fibre Intrusion Detection Systems. IQEC/CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Conference Proceedings, 136-138, Sydney, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Computer based experiments for off-campus teaching and learning of AC electricity. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education., 357-363.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., (2011), Optical Fibre Communications and Sensing System Experiments for Undergraduate Photonics Laboratories. Proceedings of SPIE: Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices, 8204(5-7 December 2011), 82042Q, Bellingham, Washington, USA, DOI: 10.1117/12.903224.
  • Swan, G., Wild, G., (2010), Evolution of an Experiment: Introduction to the Oscilloscope and Resonance in Pipes. Proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, 2010, 1p., Online.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), AC Electricity Experiments for Off-Campus Teaching and Learning. Proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, 1p., Online.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., (2010), Acoustic education: Experiments for off-campus teaching and learning. Proceedings of 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2010, 20(23-27 August 2010), 6p., Sydney.
  • Swan, G., (2009), Energy Security: An Australian Nuclear Power Industry. Proceedings of the 2nd Australian Security and Intelligence Conference, 48-54, Perth, WA.
  • Swan, G., (2008), Guest Physics Teaching. Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 18th National Congress., 151-154, [Adelaide, S. Aust.].
  • Swan, G., (2008), Nuclear Radiation: Properties, Characteristics, And Radiological Dispersal Devices. Proceedings of the 1st AustralianSecurity and Intelligence Conference, 111-119, Perth, Western Australia.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Teaching And Learning Physics In Thai Rajabhat Universities..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensors For The Structural Health Monitoring Of Aerospace Vehicles..