Jamie Mackee

Biography

Jamie has over ten years experience in academia, and professional education at University level in Australia and a further eight years in a developing country. His approach to research and teaching is based on innovation, critical thinking, problem analysis providing viable, sustainable and creative solutions and student centred learning. He has been received an award for his doctoral research, achieved international recognition with invitations to referee on journals and participate on editorial advisory boards and established a reputation within the discipline with membership on State Government advisory committee. He has recently taken on a further leadership role as Assistant Dean (International) in teh Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. In academia in Australia and abroad Jamie has been associated with teaching and curriculum development for Architects, Construction Managers and Quantity Surveyors. In a number of roles he has been involved with leading edge educational programs in Architecture and Construction Management using Problem Based Learning. Architectural consultancy and project supervision experience covers an extensive range of work in Australia and overseas focusing on the design, documentation, refurbishment and site supervision of a range of buildings from individual houses to International resort complexes, shopping centres, market complexes, residential complexes, industrial and commercial buildings. Jamie has worked and studied for a number years in Sri Lanka and Singapore. He has been involved in architectural consultancy in Sri Lanka that makes him familiar with tropical and sub-tropical climatic conditions and appropriate architectural responses. A recent major project in which Jamie was involved was a Tsunami project in Sri Lanka. This was a large hospital building designed, documented and tendered within a very short time frame of two months to meet the demands of post-tsunami rebuilding. The University of Newcastle sponsored Jamie to work in Sri Lanka on this project. Finally in 2009 Jamie was appointed as Head of Discipline for Construction Management. In this period he has managed and obtained new accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK). He has also developed a unique online portal for managing continual accreditations and been proactive in addressing problems with in the program, such as a lack of tutorial staff and managing curriculum changes in response to external examiners comments. 

Research Interest

Natural Hazards, Architectural Heritage and Conservation, Building