Our History: questionnaire

A survey of graduates of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Melbourne. This information will be used to record and publish a history of the Department.

If you wish to remain anonymous, please place a cross in the box.

Approximate time commitment is 15 minutes.

For further information, please contact Joan Gravina
by phone 8344 7744
or by email

Thank you for your assistance.

	If you wish to remain anonymous, please tick the box Are you prepared to participate in a follow-up interview?   yes no   surname given name/s address telephone number fax number email address student number (if you remember it) when was your final year? 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 were you enrolled in: BE BE/BSc BE/BCom BE/LLB BE/BA           Masters PhD       1. Have you obtained any other academic qualifications since finishing your degree? If so, what? 2. Are your currently in the workforce?   yes no 3. If not, are you seeking employment?   yes no 4. If you are in the workforce, in which of the following industries are you employed? :   Industry Chemical (includes agricultural, specialty, industrial, petrochemicals, paint) Fuels (includes petroleum extraction, refining or production, natural gas, alternative energy sources) Electronics (includes IT, software development, process control, instrumentation) Food, Consumer Products (includes dairy, beverages, photographic, optical, automotive) Engineering Services (Design and Construction) (includes risk management, engineering consultants) Engineering Services (Research and Testing) (includes private research organisations) Engineering Services (Environmental) (includes environmental consultants) Business Services (includes management consultants, finance and accounting companies) Materials (includes mining and mineral extraction, plastics, glass) Biotechnology (includes pharmaceutical products, drugs, biotechnology) Paper (includes pulp and paper)   Government Environmental (includes EPA, civil water corporations) Defence Research   Academia Postgraduate study Academic position Other 5. What is your current job function? Construction/engineering design Plant engineer / maintenance Consulting-general; in consulting company Plant management Consultant-general; in private practice Plant operations / production Education - doing consulting Process engineer/design and development Education - non-consulting Project engineering / management Environmental engineering Purchasing Equipment design and manufacturing Quality control Government regulator Research and development Information technology and management Retired Instrument and control engineering Safety health & loss prevention engineering Management - corporation / general Sales and marketing Management - design and development Student Management - research and development Technician Planning/economics Unemployed Other 6. Give a brief description of your responsibilities. 7a. Is this your first job after graduation?   yes no 7b. Is it related to chemical engineering?   yes no 8. After graduation, how long did you actively seek employment before finding a job? 9. Describe your career path 10. Have all your jobs been related to chemical engineering?   yes no 11. Knowing what you know now, would you still choose to be a chemical engineer?   yes no 12. Do you feel that the material you studied for your Bachelor's degree has been of value: to yourself   yes no to your work?   yes no 13. Are you a member of the following professional bodies: Institution of Chemical Engineers   yes no Institution of Engineers, Australia   yes no RACI (Royal Australian Chemical Institute)   yes no Other professional society   yes no 14. How did you first become interested in becoming a chemical engineer? 15. Have you any comment you wish to make about your time as a student in the Department? Are there any particular subjects or lecturers you particularly recall? 16. Have your any other comments to make that you feel might be of interest in writing the history of the Department?

further information

please contact Joan Gravina
by phone 8344 7744 or email j.gravina@unimelb.edu.au