Dr Irene Renaud-Assemat

Dr Irene Renaud-Assemat

Senior Lecturer
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Irene obtained a MSc in Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France. Then, she did a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. The PhD work, funded by Total S.A (oil and gas company), focused on the development of a boundary-fitted method for computing turbulent incompressible two-phase flows with a Lagrangian approach. Between 2011 and 2014, she worked as a Teacher in Industrial Sciences for Engineers in secondary schools and Higher School Preparatory Classes in France. From very early on, her focus was into STEM education.
In 2014, she joined the University of Bristol (UK) as a Lecturer in Thermofluids in the department of Mechanical Engineering. She lectured in Fluid Mechanics related units and was the Unit Director in Computer based Modelling. She supervised undergraduate research projects. In 2019, she became Senior Tutor, an important departmental role, providing academic and pastoral support to undergraduate students.

Irene was an active member of the Engineering Education Research Group at the University of Bristol. Her scholarly interests include problem-based learning, development of writing and communication skills for engineering students and flipped classroom curriculum delivery models in a computing course. She presented her work at several engineering education conferences and co-authored publications. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. This is testament to her continued engagement with the profession and sustained commitment to further improve her practice. Irene also played an important role in the engineering outreach team, designing and delivering activities to students of all school ages and backgrounds, to empower them into considering engineering and STEM higher education.

Since October 2020, Irene is a Senior Lecturer (Education focused role) at UNSW – School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. 

Location
Ainsworth Building J17 Level 2, Room 208C UNSW, Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Beier S; Armour W; Chen X; Renaud-Assemat I, 2022, 'Rethinking Authentic Assessment - A Peer-Assessed Virtual conference for Online Collaborative Learning', International Journal of Engineering Education, 38, pp. 1677 - 1688
    Journal articles | 2022
    Beier S; Armour W; Chen X; Renaud-Assemat I, 2022, 'Rethinking Authentic Assessments - A Peer-Assessed Virtual Conference for Online Collaborative Learning', International Journal of Engineering Education, 38, pp. 1667 - 1688
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gonzalez-Buelga A; Renaud-Assemat I; Selwyn B; Ross J; Lazar I, 2022, 'Development and delivery of a work experience week programme for mechanical engineering', International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 50, pp. 349 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306419020981043
    Journal articles | 2020
    Selwyn R; Renaud-Assemat I, 2020, 'Developing technical report writing skills in first and second year engineering students: a case study using self-reflection', Higher Education Pedagogies, 5, pp. 19 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2019.1710550
  • Conference Presentations | 2022
    Renaud-Assemat I, 2022, 'Ready: Design, build and test!', presented at UNSW's Education Festival, UNSW Engineering Sydney, 21 November 2022 - 25 November 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Renaud-Assemat I; Selwyn R, 2020, 'Designing a flipped learning model in a computing course to facilitate students’ self-regulation', presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy, The Open University, UK (online), 01 July 2020
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Selwyn R; Renaud-Assemat I; Lazar I; Ross J, 2018, 'Improving student writing skills using a scaffolded approach', University College London, UCL, London, presented at Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium for Engineering Education (ISEE 2018), UCL, London, 17 July 2018, https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/162695621/Selwyn_Improving_student_writing_skills_using_a_scaffolded_approach.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Selwyn R; Renaud-Assemat I, 2018, 'Interventions to improve student engagement and learning in practical laboratory activities', presented at HEA STEM Conference 2018: Creativity in Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement. Higher Education Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 31 January 2018

Engineering Education Research

My Teaching

  • MMAN2700 Thermodynamics
  • MECH4100 Mechanical Design 2