Dr Stephen Russell 

I am a Senior Lecturer in systems engineering at the Defence and Systems Institute - DASI - and am currently Programme Director for the Associate Degree in Engineering (Defence Systems) LTDS. I took up the position of Senior Lecturer at the beginning of 2007. I hold a PhD in astronomy from the Australian National University, and worked in Ireland for eight years as Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. My background includes working on infrared physics for British Aerospace Dynamics in England, and as Senior Systems Engineer and Operations Manager on the Australian FedSat satellite project for Vipac Engineers and Scientists Ltd.

Prior to joining DASI, I was Senior Technology Coordinator at the Australasian Centre for Policing Research. My current research interests include disaster management, and using systems methodologies for developing resilience to natural hazards in Pacific Island Nations.

Defence and Systems Institute (DASI)

• Systems Engineering
• Astronomy
• Teaching research

INCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering

RNSA - Research Network for a Secure Australia

Ph.D. (Astronomy), ANU, 1989

M.Sc. (Astronomy & Astronautics), Hatfield Polytechnic, 1982

B.Sc. (hons – Physics), ANU, 1979

Advanced Diploma Arts (Professional Writing), Adelaide Institute of TAFE, 2005

Graduate Certificate in Education (University Teaching), University of South Australia, 2009

• Defence and Systems Engineering
• Disaster Management
• Building resilience to natural hazards in Pacific Island Nations using systems methodologies
• Systems Engineering education
• Assessment practices in education

Articles

Russell, S. C., 2004, Two-thirds reduction in bearing failure derailments, Track & Signal, 8, 94

Reports

Trace, A., Russell, S.C., & Rivory, J. 2004,
Design of a Remote Methane Detector (RMD) for the coal industry, Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), Project Number C12067

Refereed journals

Russell, S. C. 1997, More Light on RV-Tau Variables, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 326, 1069-1075 Lemke, D. et al. including Russell, S. C. 1996, ISOPHOT - capabilities and performance, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 315, L64 - L70.

Russell, S.C. 1996, The lithium abundance dispersion in the Pleiades? Astrophysical Journal, 463, 593-601.

Russell, S.C. 1995, Lithium abundances in δ Scuti Stars and their relationship with the Lithium Dip, Astrophysical Journal, 451, 747-762.

Russell, S. C. and Dopita, M. A. 1992, Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds: III. Interpretation of results, Astrophysical Journal, 384, 508-522.

Russell, S. C. and Dopita, M. A. 1990, Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds: II. HII regions and supernova remnants, Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 74, 93-128.

Russell, S.C. and Bessell, M.S. 1989, Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds: I. Metal abundances of F type supergiants, Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 70, 865-898.

Conference proceedings and other publications

Russell, S. 2009, What place is there for teacher-directed learning at university? Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference, “Engineering the Curriculum”, University of Adelaide 6-9 December 2009.

Russell, S. 2009, How well do Australian universities assess their students? Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference, “Engineering the Curriculum”, University of Adelaide 6-9 December 2009.

Russell, S. 2009, E-learning experiences at the Defence And Systems Institute, Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference, “Engineering the Curriculum”, University of Adelaide 6-9 December 2009.

Russell, S. 2009, How e-learning can be used to enhance learning and teaching, Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Conference, “Engineering the Curriculum”, University of Adelaide 6-9 December 2009.

Do, Q, Cook, S, Mansell, T, Campbell, P, Shoval, S, Russell, S. and Relf, P 2009, A Sandpit for Systems Engineering and Systems Integration Education and Research, Special Issue on Systems Engineering Education, International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems, 2009.

Cook, S., T. Mansell, Q. Do, P. Campbell, P. Relf, S. Shoval and Russell, S., 2009. Infrastructure to Support Teaching and Research in the Systems Engineering of Evolving Systems, 7th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research 2009 (CSER 2009), Loughborough, UK.

Russell, S. 2008, Assessment in Australian universities: what they say they do to engage students, Australian Technical Network (ATN) Assessment in Australian universities conference, Adelaide, Australia, 20-21 Nov 2008.

Smith, D. & Russell, S. 2008, How to measure the effects of systems engineering on the outcomes of a project, SETE Conference, Canberra, Australia, 23-24 Sep 2008.

Cook, S, Campbell, P, Shoval, S, Russell, S, Do, Q, and Mansell, T 2008, Microcosm: A Systems Engineering Educational Environment, SETE Conference, Canberra, Australia, 23-24 Sep 2008.

Shoval, S., Hari, A., Russell, S., Mansell, T., and Relf, P. 2008, Design of a Systems Engineering Laboratory Using a Scenario Matrix, CSER2008, Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Los Angeles, CA USA, 4-5 April, 2008.

Russell, S. 2007, ‘A systems approach to building resilience to natural disasters at a local level in Pacific Island Nations’ Australia and New Zealand Systems Conference, 2-5 December 2007.

Russell, S. 2007, 'The potential for using UAVs in Australian security applications,' Research Network for a Secure Australia, Science and Technology Conference, 28 September 2007.

Russell, S. 2007, ‘A systems approach for dealing with natural disasters in Pacific Island Nations,’ Systems Evaluation and Test and Evaluation Conference, Australia, 25-26 September 2007.

Russell, S.C. 2007, ‘What technologies can best assist recovery from the next catastrophe?’ International Emergency Management, Adelaide, March 2007.

Fraser, B.J. & Russell, S.C. 2005, The FedSat experience: an Australian research satellite mission, Proceedings of the COSPAR (Committee for Space Research) Conference 2004, Australia.

Russell, S.C. & Parfitt, A.J. 2004, FedSat – The first year of operations, Technical Proceedings of the Institute of Electronics Information and Communication Engineers, Tokyo, Japan, 23-25 March 2004.

Hamilton, M.W., Russell, S.C. & Rivory, J.F. 2003, A sensitivity analysis of methane differential absorption lidar, Australian Conference on Optics Lasers and Spectroscopy, University of Melbourne, Australia, December 2003.

Russell, S.C. 2003, FedSat launch and operations, 17th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Utah, US, 11-14 August 2003.

Russell, S.C. & Vesely, M. 2003, FedSat in orbit – the operations, 10th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 14th International Space Engineering Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 29 July – 1 August 2003.

Russell, S. C. 2001, Operating a small satellite – FedSat shows the way, CRCSS Space Industry News, 90, 4-6.

Russell, S.C. 2000, Developing a space based Greenhouse Gas Monitor, 6th Australian Space Development Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 17-19 July 2000

Russell, S. C., Vesely, M., Graham, C., and Petkovic, M. 1999, Progress towards FedSat 2001 A’stralian Space Odyssey, 13th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Utah, US.

Graham, C., Petkovic, M., Russell, S., Seumahu, S. E., and Vesely, M. 1999, The FedSat microsatellite, International Conference on Information and Communication Systems - 1999 (ICICS’99).

Vesely, M., and Russell, S. C. 1999, The FedSat platform, International Astronautical Congress (IAC) Conference, 1999.

Russell, S. C., Vesely, M, and Rennison, D. 1998, FedSat – Australia’s entry into the satellite business, 49th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Melbourne, Australia, 28 Sept – 2 Oct 1998.

Russell, S. C. 1998, RV Tau variables in globular clusters: clues on their nature? Publications Astronomical Society of Australia, 15, 189-193

Richards, P. J., Russell, S.C., & Knee, L.B.G. 1998, FIR mapping of bok globules CB202, CB220 and CB236 (L1166) with ISOPHOT, in conference entitled "The Universe as seen by ISO", Paris, 20 - 23 October 1998

Russell, S. C., Richards, P. J., & Knee L. B. G. 1997, Protostars in Bok Globules, in conference “Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)” held in Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 June 1997

Richards, P. J., & Russell, S. C. 1997, ISOPHOT Observations of dust in open clusters, in conference “Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)” held in Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 June 1997

Russell, S. C. 1997, New light on RV Tau variables, in conference “Stellar Ecology” held on Isle de Elba, Italy, 23-29

Tuffs, R. J., Drury, L. O’C., Rasmussen, I., Heinrichsen, I., Innes, D. E., Russell, S., Schnopper, H., Volk H. J. 1997, Spectrophotometry of dust and gas in Cassiopeia and the Cygnus Loop, in “The first ISO workshop on Analytical Spectroscopy”, ESA SP, 419, 177

Russell, S.C. 1994, The Abundances of Li in delta Scuti stars: can they explain the Li dip? in the ESO/EIPC Workshop on "Light Element Abundances", Marciana Marina, Elba, 23-28th May 1994, 248-251.

Saraceno, P., Ceccarelli, C., Molinari, S., André, P., Griffin, M., and Russell, S. 1993, Millimeter continuum observations of YSOs: the relationship between circumstellar environments and mass loss, presented at the 2nd Köln-Zermatt Symposium on “The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds – mm, Sub-mm, and IR-Observations in Astrophysics” 21st-24th Sept. 1993.

Russell, S.C., and Knee, L.B.G. 1993, Preliminary results from a millimetre continuum survey in search of the youngest protostars, in XXVIIIth Rencontres de Moriond, XIIIth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting “The Cold Universe” Les Arcs, Savoie - France, March 13-20th 1993.

Russell, S.C. 1992, Star formation with ISOPHOT, in IAU Coll. 136 "Stellar Photometry - Current Techniques and Future Developments", held at Trinity College Dublin, 4th - 7th Aug 1992.

Russell, S.C. 1992, Magellanic Cloud research with ISO, in conference on "New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research" held in Heidelberg, June 15 - 17, 1992, 56-58.

Russell, S.C. 1992, Our present understanding of the elemental compositions of the Magellanic Clouds, in 3rd DAEC meeting in Paris on "The Feedback of Chemical Evolution on the Stellar Content of Galaxies" Oct 12 - 16, 1992 eds. D. Alloin and G. Stasinska, 273-278.

Ceccarelli, C., Griffin, M., André, P., Saraceno, P., Molinari, S., and Russell, S.C. 1992, On the nature of Class I sources in ρ Ophiuchus, at VIth GIFCO congress, 3-6th Nov 1992, Palermo, Italy. Published in Il Nuovo Cimento.

Russell, S.C. 1991, The Magellanic Clouds: how well do we know what our nearest neighbours are made of? Vistas in Astronomy, 34, 235-248.

Russell, S.C. 1991, The chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds, IAU Symp. 148 "The Magellanic Clouds" eds. R. Haynes, and D. Milne, (Kluwer, Dordrecht), p. 367-369.

Russell, S.C. 1991, Heavy element abundances in the Magellanic Clouds, Proceedings Astronomical Society Australia, 9, 82-83.

Russell, S.C. 1990, The Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds, Irish Astronomical Journal, 20, 42-44.

Russell, S. C., Bessell, M. S., and Dopita, M. A. 1988, Abundances of heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds, in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 132, "The Impact of Very High S/N Spectroscopy on Stellar Physics" Paris-Meudon Observatory, 1987, G.Cayrel & M. Spite eds., (Reidel, Dordrecht), 545-550.

Russell, S. C., Bessell, M. S., and Dopita, M. A. 1988, Abundances of the heavy elements in the Magellanic Clouds, in : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Galactic and Extragalactic Star Formation" Whistler, B.C., Canada, 1987, R. E. Pudritz & M. Fich eds. (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers), 601-608.

Russell, S. C., Bessell, M. S., and Dopita, M. A. 1987, Strömgren photometry of supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds, Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 7, 65-68.

Russell, S. C. and Hyland, A. R. 1985, A deep survey of infrared sources in the field of the Small Magellanic Cloud, Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 6, 52-54.