School of Chemical Engineering

Ms Beverly Coulter

Senior Lecturer
School of Chemical Engineering
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Researcher biography

Beverly Coulter is a Teaching Focused academic in the School of Chemical Engineering. Bev teaches in a range of fundamental chemical engineering courses, specialising on the compulsory, project-centred courses. Bev’s teaching research focusses on the integration of professional skill development in core chemical engineering courses and industry placements, with a particular focus on communication, teamwork, and critical thinking. Bev completed a BE (Hons) Chemical Engineering at UQ and Master of Business Administration at the London Business School. Bev has over 12 years of industry experience in the oil refining, minerals processing, finance, and consulting engineering sectors.

Bev serves as the Director, External Engagment in the School of Chemical Engineering and promotes strong linkages between the School and its key external stakeholders including industry partners, alumni, and other education providers, both domestic and international.

Publications

Conference Papers (7)

Conference Papers

Rufford, Thomas E., Coulter, Bev, Ye, Liu, Fraga, Gabriel and Jensen, Paul (2024). Scaffolding development of process engineering drawing skills across an undergraduate chemical engineering curriculum. CHEMECA 2024, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 29 September-1 October 2024. IChemE.
Coulter, Bev, Ye, Liu, Oehmen, Adrian and Rufford, Thomas E. (2024). Threading process control and process safety concepts through undergraduate chemical engineering courses at UQ. CHEMECA 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2024. IChemE.
Coulter, Beverly, Birkett, Greg, Boden, Marie, Chen, Shaun, Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Fred, Fleming, Melanie, Hickman, Mark and Hope Borchardt, Lilly (2023). Why is teamwork so hard to teach well at university?. 34th Australasian Association For Engineering Education Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 3-6 December 2023.
Coulter, Beverly, Pratt, Steven, Dwyer, Jason and Jeffress, Laura (2019). A model for effective industry-education partnerships through authentic industry placements. CHEMECA 2019, Sydney, NSW Australia, 29 September – 2 October 2019. Sydney, NSW Australia: Engineers Australia.
Fleming, Melanie, Coulter, Bev and Weaver, Shannon (2018). Exploring the student experience of industry placements using sentiment analysis. 29th Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9-12 December 2018. Hamilton, New Zealand: Engineers Australia.
Coulter, Beverly , Petelin, Roslyn , Gannon, Justine , O’Brien, Kate and Macdonald, Corrie (2017). Enhancing technical writing skills for undergraduate engineering students. 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2017), Sydney, Australia , 10-13 December 2017. Sydney, Australia: School of Engineering, Macquarie University.
Murzi, Homero, Mazzurco, Andrea and Coulter, Beverly (2017). Integrating professional practice in the engineering curriculum: BE/ME Chemical Engineering students’ experiences in industry placements. 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2017), Sydney, NSW Australia, 10-13 December 2017. Sydney, NSW Australia: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.