AAEE Awards Past Winners

The Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Awards

The AAEE Annual Awards recognise outstanding contributions to engineering education in Australasia. Awards are presented each year at the AAEE Annual Conference and are judged by a panel of experts drawn from across Australasia. 

Australian Council of Engineering Deans National Award for Engineering Education Excellence
for demonstrated excellence in Engineering Education

Engineering Education Research Design Award
for rigorous, innovative and transferable research design in the field of Engineering Education

Engineering Education Engagement Award
for fostering an excellent standard of successful engagement with stakeholders in Australasian Engineering Education

Previously Awarded: Engineering Industry Engagement Award

2023 AAEE Conference Best Paper Awards

AAEE Best Practice Paper​

Winner: “Exploring application of AI technologies for engineering education in systematic invention and innovation”​ Pavel Livotov, Mas’Udah and Quentin Lemaire​, Offenburg University​

Highly Commended: “Formative Sprints to improve feedback, learning, and fidelity in practice-based activities”​ Anna Lidfors Lindqvist, Keith Willey, Lena Lidfors, and Beata Francis​

AAEE Best Research Paper

Winner: Generative AI as a Catalyst for Enhanced Learning Experience in Engineering Education”​ Behzad Fatahi, Hadi Khabbaz, Jianfeng Xue and Roger Hadgraft​, University of Technology, Sydney​

Highly Commended: “Major Decisions! Exploring Student Pathways to Engineering Majors as Markers of Identity”​ Amy Young, Les Dawes and Bouchra Senadji Queensland University of Technology​

AAEE Best Student Paper

Winner: “’P’s Get Degrees’: Exploring First-Year Engineering Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Failure”, Sara Abdulghaffar, Marissa Phoon, Dragon Power Poon, Luke Tan, Jonathan Li, Nicoleta Maynard and James Salamy​, Monash University​

Highly Commended: “Engineering Thinking: Preparing Students for the Workforce with Novel Tertiary Pedagogy Design”​ Adam Schonker, Devin Goralsky, Michael Crocco and Tony Vo​, Monash University​

AJEE vol. 27  Best Paper Award

Winner: “Influences on U.S. undergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of ethics and social responsibility: findings from a longitudinal study”​, Shiloh James Howland, Stephanie Claussen, Brent K. Jesiek, and Carla B. Zoltowski​

Highly Commended: “Influence of using a pen-and-paper or computer-based approach on engineering students’ self-efficacy during idea generation”​, Andrew Valentine, Iouri Belski, and Margaret Hamilton​

Citations for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Engineering Education

The AAEE Citations for Outstanding Early Career Contribution to Engineering Education are also awarded at the Annual Conference and judged by a panel of experts from across Australasia. Citations recognise and reward the diverse contributions made by individuals to the quality of engineering student learning and teaching at the early stages of their career.

Distinguished Member Award

The Distinguished Member Award is awarded by the AAEE Executive Committee to recognize an outstanding member who has tirelessly contributed to the AAEE community over the course of many years.