Skip to content

Dr Malcolm Gillies

Dr Malcolm Gillies
Name Malcolm Gillies
Position Senior Lecturer (Water Engineering)
Section School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Office T337
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 1715
Extension 1715
Email
Qualifications BEng USQ , PhD USQ
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80qz0/dr-malcolm-gillies
The views expressed on staff homepages may not reflect the views of the University.

Research Career


  • Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 099999 )
  • Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 079999 )
  • Other Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 409999 )
  • Other Agricultural ( 309999 )
  • Other Agricultural ( 309900 )
  • Other Engineering ( 409900 )

Surface Irrigation: Hydraulic models for estimation of soil intake parameters. Developing modelling tools for performance evaluation and system optimisation.

Smart Irrigation: Implementing automated control and sensing systems for broadacre cropping. Working towards precision autonomous irrigation systems.

Pressurised Irrigation: Decision support tools for gated pipes and predicting wind distortion of spray patterns from travelling gun machines.

Water Resource Engineering


  • Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE)

Teaching


AGR1109 Professionalism in Agriculture
AGR2301 Agricultural Science
ENV3104 Hydraulics II
ENV5104 Advanced Hydraulic Systems
ENV4106 Irrigation Science
ENV4107 Water Resource Engineering
AGR1201 Agricultural Engineering Foundation A
ENV2902 Hydraulics Practice
AGR2902 Agricultural Field Practice
AGR3903 Soil and Water Practice 2


14 Years


Academic Integrity Lead, School of Agriculture and Environmental Science

Supervision


  • Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 099999 )
  • Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 079999 )
  • Other Engineering not elsewhere classified ( 409999 )
  • Other Agricultural ( 309999 )
  • Other Agricultural ( 309900 )
  • Other Engineering ( 409900 )