Faculty
Nathan Scott
Associate Teaching Professor
Research Interests
Principles and practice of engineering design education.
Education
- Ph.D. 1996, The University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Engineering 1987, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Experience
- 2011 - Present: Faculty Mentor, SAE Baja
- 2011 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Associate Teaching Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1996 - 2011: Research Officer, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, A/Prof, The University of Western Australia
Awards
- 2017: Champion of Industry
- 2015: Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching
- 2010: ALTC citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
- 2009: First place: Art & Artificial Life award
- 2008: Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
- 2000: Commendation: McGraw-Hill New Engineering Educator Award
- 1999: NCAM award for Innovation in the teaching of Mechanics
- 1998: Motorola award for excellence in innovation in engineering education
- 1996: Award for excellence in teaching innovation
Journal Articles
- Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Unemoto M, Iizuka T, Scott NW (2010). A ski robot system for qualitative modelling of the carved turn. Sports Engineering. 11. 131–141.
- Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Tatsuno D, Scott NW (2009). Measurement of ski deflection with torsion and ski-snow contacting pressure during the turn on the snow. Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. 75(652). 1100-1107.
- Maley MAL, Harvey JR, DeBoer B, Yu L, Scott NW, Arena G (2008). Addressing Current Problems In Teaching Pathology To Medical Students: Blended Learning. Medical Teacher. 30(1). e1-e9..
- Yoneyama T, Scott NW, Kagawa H, Osada K (2008). Ski deflection measurement during skiing and estimation of ski direction and edge angle. Sports Engineering. 11. 3-13.
- Scott NW, Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Osada K (2007). Measurements of the ski snow-pressure profile. Sports Engineering. 10. 145-156.
- Scott NW, Hirraniah S, Mannan MA, Stone BJ (2001). Teaching one-degree-of-freedom vibration on the WWW. Computers in Education Journal. XI(3). 5.594.1-11.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1999). We did it our way (and you must do it yours). Australasian Journal of Engineering Education. 8(2). 99-123.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1998). A flexible Web-based tutorial system for engineering, maths and science subjects. Global Journal of Engineering Education. 2(1). 7–16.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). Dynamic Teaching Solutions. International Journal of Engineering Education. 12(5).
Conference Proceedings
- Scott NW (2018). Junior assistants in senior design teams. Capstone Design Conference.
- Scott N (2014). Two innovations in JHU's two semester ME capstone course. Capstone Design Conference. Ohio State University.
- Yoneyama T, Tatsuno D, Scott NW, Kagawa H (2006). Measurement of the deflection of the ski and the snow contacting pressure during the turn. Proc. of the joint symposium on Sports Engineering and Human Dynamics.
- Scott NW, Kagawa H, Yoneyama T (2006). Measurement of an athlete's back angle using magnetic North, accelerometer and a mechanical gyroscope. Proc. of the joint symposium on Sports Engineering and Human Dynamics.
- Scott NW, Yoneyama T, Kagawa H (2006). A unified, custom-built measuring system for a ski athlete. 6th International Engineering of Sport Conf..
- Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Scott NW (2006). Timing of force application and joint angles during a long ski turn. 6th International Engineering of Sport Conf..
- Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Scott NW (2004). Ski robot system for the study of effective turn motions. Proc. 5th International Engineering of Sport Conf..
- Scott NW, Yoneyama T, Kagawa H, Takahashi M (2004). Measurement of joint motion and acting forces on a top athlete skiing. Proc. 5th International Engineering of Sport Conf..
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (2004). Java shells, animation and efficient collaboration. 15th Annual Conference of the Australasian Assn. for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (2003). Some considerations for the sustainability of engineering education. 14th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Hiranniah S, Mannan MA, Stone BJ (2000). Teaching One degree-of-freedom vibration on the WWW. Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (2000). The design of Java applets for vibration teaching on the WWW. Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1999). Some Observations about the Transfer of Educational Technology. Proceedings of the 1999 Teaching and Learning Forum: teaching in the disciplines.
- Maley M, Harvey J, Yu L, Scott NW (1999). Drag & Drop Pathology: first experiences with a new computer-based tutorial system in the Faculty of Medicine. Proceedings of the 1999 Teaching and Learning Forum: teaching in the disciplines.
- Faye C, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1998). Computer-based tutorials: cost functions and software durability. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.
- D'Souza S, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1998). A student-controlled two-degrees-of-freedom vibration laboratory. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.
- Faye C, Scott NW (1998). Cost-effective computer-based tutorials. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1998). Web-based tutorial systems in use at UWA. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Teaching & Learning Forum.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1997). A flexible Web-based tutorial system for engineering, maths and science subjects. 1st Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering & Technology Education,.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). Open-ended, evolving and spinning: first experiences with an unsupervised computer-monitored first-year engineering laboratory exercise. Proceedings of HERDSA ’96.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). An integrated computer environment for collaborative learning in engineering dynamics. Proceedings of HERDSA ’96.
- Yujnovich JR, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). New software to assess equations of motion. Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). Continuous monitoring and class performance. Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.
- Barrett-Leonard T, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). A self teach laboratory for multi-DOF vibration. Proceedings of the VIII International congress on experimental mechanics.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1996). Lessons learned from open-ended, un-supervised laboratory work in first-year engineering dynamics. Proceedings of the 5th annual teaching learning forum.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). The teaching of work/energy to first-year engineering students. Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). The qualitative assessment of curvilinear motion. Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference.
- Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). Student behaviour near a deadline as a predictor of academic success. Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). A Computer Package for Teaching Planar Kinematics. Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1995). An assessment package with diagnostic facilities. Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education.
- Scott NW, Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Stone BJ (1994). A computer package for teaching curvilinear motion. Australasian Association for Engineering Education 6th annual conference.
- Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1994). Computer-Based Assessment In Engineering Teaching. Australasian Association for Engineering Education 6th annual conference.
- Lyons M, Li X, Scott NW, Stone BJ (1994). A Student Controlled Vibration Laboratory. Australasian Association for Engineering Education 6th annual conference.
- Scott NW (1994). Simple computer assessment of a sketched graph. American Society for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Stone BJ (1994). Computer-based error detection in engineering dynamics education. American Society for Engineering Education.
- Scott NW, Devenish DG, Entwistle RD, Stone BJ (1994). Dynamic Teaching Solutions. IEEE First International Conference on Multi-Media Engineering Education.
