Dr Tim Ferris 

• Systems engineering
• Engineering management

2002 Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE (USA), (Member 1991) Engineering Management and Professional Communication Societies

Member, International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE

Member, Australian Association for Engineering Education

1997 PhD, University of South Australia

1982 BE(Hons)(Electrical), University of Adelaide

1988 BTh, Flinders University

1991 BLitt(Hons) in Religious Studies, Deakin University

2003 GradCert Education (HigherEd), Queensland University of Technology

• Defence and Systems Engineering
• Fundamental nature of engineering
• Research methods for systems engineering
• Cross cultural issues in systems engineering
• Personal and teamwork aspects of engineering work
• Curriculum and personal aspects of engineering education
• Theory of measurement

Book chapters

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) A Bourdieuan perspective on the graduation transition to work in engineering education, Innovations 2007 World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, International Network for Engineering Education and Research, Arlington, Virginia, pp 231-234.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "Churchman and measurement", McIntyre-Mills, J.J. ed., Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: Critical and Systemic Implications of Democracy, C. West Churchman Legacy and Related Works series, New York, Springer, chapter 11, pp 213-225.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Principles of epistemology as related to measurement", Sydenham, P.H., Thorn, R. eds., Handbook of Measuring Systems Design, Chichester, England, Wiley, chapter 24, pp 140-143.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Characteristics of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom", Sydenham, P.H., Thorn, R. eds., Handbook of Measuring Systems Design, Chichester, England, Wiley, chapter 39, pp 231-234.

Journal papers

Ferris, T.L.J. (2010) Bloomfs taxonomy of educational objectives: A psychomotor skills extension for engineering education, International Journal of Engineering Education, vol 26, no 3, pp 699-707.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2010) Academic activities, INCOSE Insight, vol 13, no 1, p 33.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) Systems engineering professional doctorate to educate defence engineering leadership, International Journal of Defence Support Systems, vol 2, no 3, pp 171-183.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) INCOSE research plan: 2008-2020, INCOSE Insight, vol 12, no 2, pp 47-49.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Ethnic culture and the systems engineering process, INCOSE Insight, vol 11, no 1, January, pp 28-30.

Cook, S.C., Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Re-evaluating systems engieneing as a framework for tackling systems issues", Systems Research and Behavioural Science, vol 24, pp 169-181.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Some early history of systems engieering - 1950's in IRE publications (part 1): The problem", Systems Engineering Society of Australia Newsletter, no 43, June, pp 60-69.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Some early history of systems engineering – 1950’s in IRE publications (part 2) – The solution, Systems Engineering Society of Australia Newsletter, no. 44, September, pp 46-57.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Evolution of assessment in a hierarchical team project at final year undergraduate level, Systems Engineering Society of Australia Newsletter, no. 44, September, pp 16-25.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2004) "A new definition of measurement", Measurement, vol 36, no 1, pp 101-109.

Ferris, T.L.J., (1997), "The concept of leap in measurement interpretation", Measurement, vol 21, no 4, pp 137-146.

Ferris, T. (1997) "Human dignity, racism and political correctness", Zadok Perspectives, no 57, pp 18.

Ferris, T. (1996) "A trend to resist dehumanisation in the work-place", Zadok Perspectives, no 52, pp 10-11.

Ferris, T.L.J., (1995), "A New appraisal of the medical diagnostic measurement process - Towards an information processing architecture", Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis & Communications, vol 7, no 4, pp 384-391.

Ferris, T.L.J., Grant, A.J., (1992), "Frequency domain method for windowing in Fourier analysis", Electronics Letters, vol 28, no 15, 1992, p 1440.

Reports

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C., Grill, R., Davidson, N. (2009) Study to Investigate Demand for Professional Doctorates in Systems Engineering, July, for DMO.

Lawson, E., Ferris, T., Cropley, D., Cook, S. (2006) Development of a Foundation for Military Network Science, June, for DSTO, 55 pages.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2001) MaxLink Communication Technology Evaluation of Demonstration, for a client, 12 pages.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1984) Transimission Line Upgrading Designer's Manual, Electricity Trust of South Australia.

Conference papers

Kew, Martin S, Ferris, Timothy L.J., Grossmann, Georg, Stumptner, Markus (2010) Enhancing event driven architectures with event-bus types, 21st Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC) Industry Proceedings, Auckland, New Zealand, 6-9 April, pp 67-76.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) Development of a framework of research topics in systems engineering, 19th INCOSE International Symposium: East Meets West The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering, 20-23 July, Singapore.

Peng, W.Y.S., Ferris, T.L.J., Wang, T.J. (2009) Taiwanese engineering process survey results – A preliminary study, 19th INCOSE International Symposium: East Meets West The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering, 20-23 July, Singapore.

Tran, X.-L., Huynh, T.V., Ferris, T.L.J., Shoval, S. (2009) Research on a framework for selecting and applying systems engineering tools for Australian small and medium enterprises – II, 19th INCOSE International Symposium: East Meets West The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering, 20-23 July, Singapore.

Valerdi, R., Jain, R., Ferris, T., Kasser, J. (2009) An exploration of matching teaching to learning preferences of systems engineering graduate students, 19th INCOSE International Symposium: East Meets West The Human Dimension to Systems Engineering, 20-23 July, Singapore.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) On the methods of research for systems engineering, Conference on Systems Engineering Research, 20-21 April, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.

Ferris, T.L.J., Sitnikova, E., Duff, A.H. (2008) Engaging engineering students in learning how to successfully communicate research plans, Duff, A., Quinn, D., Green, M., Andre, K., Ferris, T., Copeland, S., eds., ATN Assessment Conference: Engaging Students in Assessment, 20-21 November, Adelaide, South Australia, pp 225-233.

Ferris, T.L.J., Peng, W.Y.S., Wang, T.J. (2008) Method for comparative study of engineering process in Taiwan and Australia, APCOSE 2008: Systems Engineering: Wisdom for Global Harmony, 22-23 September, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Early History of Systems Engineering (Part 3) – 1950’s in Various Engineering Sources, 18th International Symposium of INCOSE Systems Engineering for the Planet, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 15-19 June.

Martin, J.N., Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) On the Various Conceptualizations of Systems and Their Impact on the Practice of Systems Engineering, 18th International Symposium of INCOSE Systems Engineering for the Planet, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 15-19 June.

Tran, X.-L., Huynh, T.V., Ferris, T.L.J., Shoval, S. (2008) Research on a Framework for Systems Engineering Tools for Australian Small and Medium Enterprises, 18th International Symposium of INCOSE Systems Engineering for the Planet, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 15-19 June.

30. Tran, X.-L., Huynh, T.V., Shoval, S., Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Tool Selection Process and its Management for Small and Medium Enterprises in Defence Projects, IEEE Systems of Systems Engineering Conference, Monterey, California, 2-4 June.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Research Methods in Systems Engineering, 2008 National Symposium on System Science and Engineering (NSSSE '08), Ilan, Taiwan, 6-7 June.

32. Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Systems engineering process standardization and cultural diversity, 19th International Engineering Management Conference Managing Creativity c the Rise of the Creative Class, 29 July – 1 August, Austin, Texas, IEEE, ISBN 978-1-4244-2146-6.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C., Sitnikova, E., (2008) Design as a Research Methodology for Systems Engineering, Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Redondo Beach, California, 4-5 April.

Ferris, T.L.J., (2008) Problems of Knowing in Design in Systems Engineering, Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Redondo Beach, California, 4-5 April.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C., Sitnikova, E., (2007) Research Methods for Systems Engineering, 13th Annual ANZSYS Conference Systemic Development Local Solutions in a Global Environment, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December.

Fernandez-Solis, J.L., Palmer, K.D., Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Theoretical approach to the interaction between the meta-system schemas of the artificial (built) environment and nature", Proceedings of the International Symposium Towards the Formation of Theory for the Built Environment, 18-19 June, The University of Salford.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Systems engineering process standardization and cultural diversity", 19th International Engineering Management Conference Managing Creativity ... the Rise of the Creative Class, 29 July - 1 August, Austin, Texas.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Engineering practice and national cultural context", IEEE International Engineering Msnagement Conference, Salvador, Brazil, 17-20 September 2006, ISBD 1-4244-0286-7.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Some early history of systems engineering - 1950's in IRE publications (part 1) - The problem", 17th Annual International Symposium Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises, 24-28 June, San Diego, California, paper 7.4.3.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Some early history of systems engineering - 1950's in IRE publications (part 2) - The solution", 17th Annual International Symposium Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises, 24-28 June, San Diego, California, paper 7.4.4.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Evolution of assessment in a hierarchical team project at final year undergraduate level", 17th Annual International Symposium Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises, 24-28 June, San Diego, California, paper 4.6.4.

Ferris, T.L.J., Wang, T.J., Peng, W.Y.S. (2007) "The interface of Chinese culture and systems engineering process", Asia Pacific Systems Enginering Conference Systems Engineering - East Meets West, 23-24 March, Singapore, paper 0014.

Cook, S.C., Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "The bounds of systems engineering", Proceedings of the 12th ANZSYS Conference - Sustaining Our Social and Natural Capital, 3-6 December, Katoomba, NSW, paper 81, pp 432-449.

Peng, Y.S.W., Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "A framework for a national undergraduate systems engineering stream of studies in discipline-centric degrees: Proposal analysis", Proceedings of the 16th INCOSE Annual International Symposium - Systems Engineering: Shining Light on the Tough Issues, 9-14 July, Orlando, Florida.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "Cross-cultural issues associated with the application of ISO/IEC 15288 standard", Proceedings of the 16th INCOSE Annual International Symposium - Systems Engineering: Shining Light on the Tough Issues, 9-14 July, Orlando, Florida.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C. (2006) "The necessity for a phenomenological and analytic philosophy of systems engineering", Proceedings of the 36th CIE Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 20-23 June, pp 4079-4089.

Kew, M., Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "A novel approach to trade-off analysis incorporating the philosophical analysis of ethics", Proceedings of the 36th CIE Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, 20-23 June, pp 1080-1088.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C. (2005) "Away from a single theory of engineering management", Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference IEMC 2005 - A Strategic View of Engienering and Technology Management, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 11-14 September, pp 271-275.

Cook, S.C., Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "The fundamental nature of systems engineering", Proceedings of the 11th ANZSYS Managing the Complex V Conference - Systems Thinking and Complexity Science: Insights for Action, 5-7 December, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C., Honour, E.C. (2005) "Towards a structure for systems engineering research", Proceedings of the 15th INCOSE Annual International Symposium - Systems Engineering: Bridging Industry, Government and Academia, 10-14 July, Rochester, New York, paper 6.1.1.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Systems engineering measurement primer - A metrological evaluation", Proceedings of the 15th INCOSE Annual International Symposium - Systems Engineering: Bridging Industry, Government and Academia, 10-14 July, Rochester, New York, paper 4.3.3.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Approach for evaluation of a college and diploma program for advanced standing entry to a degree program", Proceedings of iNEER Conference for Engineering Education and Research, 1-5 March, Tainan, Taiwan, paper F24.

Ferris, T.L.J., Aziz, S.M. (2005) "A psychomotor skills extension to Bloom's taxonomy of education objectives for engineering education", Proceedings of iNEER Conference for Engineering Education and Research, 1-5 March, Tainan, Taiwan, paper W14.

Aziz, S.M., Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Teaching digital design: An innovative project-based approach", Proceedings of iNEER Conference for Engineering Education and Research, 1-5 March, Tainan, Taiwan, paper F72.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2004) "Artefacts and the Use of Artefacts", Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation Conference, Adelaide, 8-9 November 2004.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2004) "The Interplay of Modernism, Postmodernism and Systems Engineering", International Engineering Management Conference, vol 3, Singapore, 18-21 October 2004, pp 1003-1007.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2004) "Product and Process - Student Learning in an Undergraduate Systems Engineering Course", Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Toulouse, France, 20-24 June, Paper Number 5.2.3.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Exploration of the application of 'Ready-to-hand' and 'Present-at-hand' in the design of systems", 9th ANZSYS Conference, 18-20 November, Melbourne, CD-ROM proceedings, #3000061.

Cook, S.C., Kasser, J., Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Elements of a framework for the engineering of complex systems", 9th ANZSYS Conference, 18-20 November, Melbourne, CD-ROM proceedings, #3000079.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cook, S.C., Honour, E. (2003) "A structure for systems engineering research", Systems Engineering/Test and Evaluation Conference, 27-29 October, Canberra, CD-ROM proceedings.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Something old, something new - A novel approach to web integrated teaching in Engineering Management", Australasian Association for Engineering Education 14th Annual Conference, 29 September-1 October, Melbourne, pp 294-301.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "A technician is half an engineer - Overseas students and advanced standing in Engineering degrees", Australasian Association for Engineering Education 14th Annual Conference, 29 September-1 October, Melbourne, pp 37-44.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Review of Papers Concerning Engineering Teams in INCOSE Symposia 1991 to 2002", Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Washington DC, 29 June-3 July, pp 502-516.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Emergence: An Illustration of the Concept for Education of Young Students", Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Washington DC, 29 June-3 July, pp 945-956.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2002) "Epistemological Issues in Representation of Things and Requirements Specification", Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Las Vegas, 28 July-1 August, CD-ROM proceedings.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2002) "Two Views of Systems Engineering: Project-Centric and System Conception", Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Las Vegas, 28 July-1 August, CD-ROM proceedings.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2002) "Issues Associated with the Assertion that "Universities are Businesses"", Australasian Association for Engineering Education 13th Annual Conference, 29 September-2 October, Canberra, pp 107-112.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2001) "Systems engineering management - The pedagogical background", Australasian Association for Engineering Education 12th Annual Conference, 26-28 September, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, pp 187-192.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2001) "Development of undergraduate engineering management stream of studies", The 8th Australasian Conference of Engineering Management Educators, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 12-13 July, pp 15-20.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2001) "Student learning in engineering industrial placement", The 8th Australasian Conference of Engineering Management Educators, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 12-13 July, pp 123-128.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2001) "Matching observed spiral form curves to equations of spirals in 2-D images", Proceedings of the First Japanese-Australian Joint Seminar on Applications of Electromagnetic Phenomena in Electrical and Mechanical Systems, 16-17 March 2000, Adelaide, University of South Australia, Australia, pp 151-157.

Ferris, T.L.J., Torng, J., Lin, G.C.I. (2001) "Design of two tone ultrasonic distance measurement system", Proceedings of the First Japanese-Australian Joint Seminar on Applications of Electromagnetic Phenomena in Electrical and Mechanical Systems, 16-17 March 2000, Adelaide, University of South Australia, Australia, pp 151-157.

Torng, J., Lin, G.C.I., Ferris, T.L.J. (2000) "Design of Accurate Measurement System for Robot Position Calibration", 2000 Pacific Conference on Manufacturing, 6-8 September, Singapore, pp 782-787.

Torng, J., Lin, G.C.I., Lu, T.-F., Ferris, T.L.J. (2000) "Development of a Robot Reverse Engineering (RRE) System", 8th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, 27-30 August, Sydney, pp 389-394.

Torng, J., Lin, G.C.I., Lu, T.-F., Ferris, T.L.J. (2000) "Planning and development of an automated coordinate measuring robot (CMR) for large objects measurement", 5th International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacture, 28-30 March, Singapore, pp 415-424.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1999) "Effectiveness of group-work formula for final year projects", 11th Annual Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Adelaide, 27-29 September, University of South Australia, pp 253-259.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1999) "Cost benefit analysis of engineering education", 11th Annual Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Adelaide, 27-29 September, University of South Australia, pp 378-383.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1999) "Personal relationships of staff and students in engineering education", 11th Annual Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Adelaide, 27-29 September, University of South Australia, pp 177-183.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1998) "Progress of information technology engineering students in relation to family and cultural background, Waves of Change", Gladstone, 28-30 September, Central Queensland University, pp 105-109.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1998) "Assessment processes for group work final year projects - The problem of fairness", Waves of Change, Gladstone, 28-30 September, Central Queensland University, pp 333-337.

Stewein, J.C., Ferris, T.L.J. (1998) "The asterisk operator - An edge detection operator addressing the problem of clean edges in bone X-ray images", Second International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Electronic Systems, Adelaide, 21-23 April, vol 3, pp 28-31.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1997) "Social and cultural background of students of engineering in information technology engineering", Proceedings of the 9th Annual Convention and Conference Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Ballarat, 14-17 December, University of Ballarat, pp 183-187.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1997) "Consistency of student performance throughout Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering)", Proceedings of the 9th Annual Convention and Conference Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Ballarat, 14-17 December, University of Ballarat, pp 338-342.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1997) "Research technique training for Honours candidates in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics)", Proceedings Pacific Region Conference on Electrical Engineering Education 97, Wollongong, 16-18 February, University of Wollongong, pp 133-138.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1996) "General practitioner response to hypothesis based diagnostic assistance concept", 2nd Medical Engineering Week of the World, Taipei, Taiwan, 26-30 May.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1996) "General practice patient record system", 2nd Medical Engineering Week of the World, Taipei, Taiwan, 26-30 May.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1995) "Hypothesis based diagnostic assistance software", Health Informatics Conference, 16-17 October, Adelaide, pp 37-41.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1995) "Contextualisation of theology", Australasian Chinese Conference on Evangelism, 27-31 December, pp 59-66.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1994) "A convolutional model of the diagnostic measurement process", Australasian Instrumentation and Measurement Test and Evaluation Conference, 26-29 April, Adelaide, Australia, 1994, pp 367-371.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1994) "The theorem of necessary invertibility, proven and discussed", Australasian Instrumentation and Measurement Test and Evaluation Conference, 26-29 April, Adelaide, Australia, 1994, pp 131-136.

Ferris, T.L.J., Sydenham, P.H. (1994) "Epistemological Aspect of Measurement", IMEKO XIII, Torino, Italy, 5-9 September, pp 865-870.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1994) "A New appraisal of the medical diagnostic measurement process - Towards an information processing architecture", The 1st Medical Engineering Week of the World, Taipei, Taiwan, 25-29 September, pp 127-132. Reprinted in 1995 as a journal paper - see above.

Ferris, T.L.J., Sydenham, P.H. (1994) "A need for a national approach to CALS training", CALS Australia ¡®94, Sydney, 14-16 November, CD-ROM proceedings.

Ferris, T.L.J., Sydenham, P.H. (1993) "Electroencephalography and the problem of the ill-defined signal processing target", IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Irvine, California, May 18-20, 1993, pp 132-136.

Ferris, T.L.J., Cropley, D.H. (1993) "Implicit modelling arising from signal processing algorithms", 1st International Conference-Workshop on Modelling in Measurement Processes, Wroclaw, Poland, 7-9 June.

Cropley, D.H., Ferris, T.L.J. (1993) "Semantic modelling of information in measurement systems", 1st International Conference-Workshop on Modelling in Measurement Processes, Wroclaw, Poland, 7-9 June.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1992) "Purpose of clinical measurement - distinguishing disorders in patients", Australasian Instrumentation and Measurement 92, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November, 1992, pp 225-230.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1992) "Using continuous measurement data to form classificatory conclusions", Australasian Instrumentation and Measurement 92, Auckland, New Zealand, 24-27 November, 1992, pp 231-235.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1992) "Processing sleep EEG signal at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital", Electronics '92, Adelaide, South Australia, 29 Sept-1 Oct, 1992, pp 538-544.

Book reviews

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) Book review, Mark E. Nissen, 2006, Harnessing Knowledge Dynamics: Principled Organizational Knowing and Learning, IRM Press, Hershey, Pennsylvania, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 52, no 2, June, pp 215-216.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2009) Book review, E. Saddler-Smith, 2008, Inside Intuition, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, UK, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 52, no 1, March, pp 115-116.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Book review, William H. DuBay, 2007, Unlocking Language The Classic Readability Studies, Impact Information, Costa Mesa, California, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 51, no 4, December, pp 416-417.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2008) Book review, Mark Zachry, Charlotte Thralls, 2007, Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions Cultural Perspectives on the Regulation of Discourse and Organizations, Baywood Publishing Company, Amityville, New York, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 51, no 2, June, pp 232-234.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Book review, Sandra D. Collins, 2006, Listening and Responding, Thomson Higher Education, Mason, Ohio, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 50, no 4, December, pp 379-380.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Book review, M. Katherine Brown, Brenda Huettner, Char James-Tanny, 2007, Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most From Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools, Wordware Publishing, Plano, Texas, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 50, no 3, September, pp 263-265.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) Book review, Gina Poncini, 2004, Discursive Strategies in Multicultural Business Meetings, Peter Lang, Bern, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 50, no 2, June, pp 177-179.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2007) "Book review, Mizuko Iyo, Daisuke Okabe, Misa Matsude, 2005, Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 50, no 1, pp 71-73.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2006) "Book review, Wolfgang Lefevre, 2004, Picturing Machines 1400-1700, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 49, no 4, pp 365-367.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2005) "Book review, Keld Bodker, Finn Kensing, Jesper Simonsen, 2004, Participatory IT Design Designing for Business and Workplace Realities, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 48, no 3, pp 327-328.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2004) "Book review, Piet Westendorp, 2002, Presentation Media for Product Interaction, PhD thesis, Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 48, no 2, pp 230-231.

Ferris, T.L.J., (2004), "Book review, Clay Spinuzzi, 2003, Tracing Genres Through Organizations A Sociocultural Approach to Information Design, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts", IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, vol 47, no 4, pp 329-330.

Ferris, T.L.J., (2004), "Book review, Mirel, Barbara, 2004, Interaction Design for Complex Problem Solving Developing Useful and Usable Software, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Amsterdam", IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, vol 47, no 3, pp 218-219.

Ferris, T.L.J., (2004), "Book review, K. Vredenburg, S. Isensee, C. Righi, C., 2002, User-Centered Design An Integrated Approach, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey", IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, vol 47, no 1, pp 75-77.

Ferris, T.L.J., (2003), "Book review, Y. Dittrich, C. Floyd, R. Klischewski, R., eds., 2002, Social Thinking-Software Practice, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts", IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, vol 46, no 4, pp 337-339.

Ferris, T.L.J. (2003) "Book review, Kim J. Vicente, Cognitive Work Analysis Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999, 392pp. with index and references", IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, vol 46, no 1, pp 63-65.

Theses

Ferris, T.L.J. (1997) Foundation For Medical Diagnosis and Measurement, University of South Australia, PhD thesis.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1990) The Concept of Contextualization of Theology in the Publications of the Asia Theological Association, 1974-1987, Deakin University, School of Humanities, Honours thesis.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1981) Radiation Pattern of a Monopole Antenna Above a Finite Ground Plane, University of Adelaide, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Honours thesis.

Other items

Sardar, S.K.K., Mazumdar, J., Ferris, T.L.J. (1996) "Analysis of heart sound (Phonocardiogram) signals using the Wavelet Transform", Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine and Health Conference, 21-24 October 1996, p 161.

Ferris, T.L.J. (1992) "Letter to the editor", IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol 11, no 3, September 1992, p 14.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Engineering

• Theory of Measurement
• Research methods in systems engineering
• Nature of engineering