Biography

Elivio Bonollo PhD (Melb), CPEng MIEAust, CEng MIET is one of Australia’s leading industrial design educators and researchers. In 2008 he was conferred with the Honour of Cavaliere by the President of the Republic of Italy in recognition of his collaborative work in design and education.  He is emeritus professor of industrial design at the University of Canberra (UC) and recently visiting professor in the School of Design and Environment (2004 -2007), and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2007) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also ongoing visiting professor in the Faculty of Applied Art and Design at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand.

He was foundation professor of industrial design at UC (1997-2002) and a Pro Vice-Chancellor (1999-2001): earlier he was Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design (1997-98). Elivio (Livio) was professor and director of the Centre for Industrial Design at Monash University (1989-96) and before this senior lecturer in charge of industrial design in the Faculty of Art at RMIT (1979-89). He is the founder of the industrial design discipline at Monash University and the principal author of the original industrial design degrees at RMIT (1982) and Monash University (1989). 



After a cadetship at General Motors Holdens in Melbourne, he began his teaching career at RMIT as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering before moving on to the Department of Design in 1979. He has taught and consulted in a number of universities including appointments as external examiner in design at NUS, Ngee Ann and Temasek Polytechnics in Singapore. He is a member of LENS; the International Learning Network on Sustainability (Politecnico di Milano). He is a PhD supervisor and currently a member of the Space, Place and Object Research Cluster in the Faculty of Arts and Design: his recent book is entitled: Bonollo, Elivio, 2010, Product Design: A course in first principles (pdf 1.8MB), ISBN 978-0-9806114-0-3, LBPublications (lb.publications@gmail.com)

Recent research and related grants gained include:

2004/5 - Collaborative Research Grant of Sg $27,000 to investigate Parametric Form Design applied to consumer products (co-principal investigator with Dr. Sivam Krish), Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore.

1999 (Dec.) - 2003, An Australian Government, AusIndustry, Collaborative R & D Start Grant, with Caroma Industries, Sydney, for $1,000,000 over three years, to develop a water efficient WC system (co-principal investigator with Dr Steve Cummings).  Caroma Industries invested an additional 5M dollars to see the project through to field testing and tooling stages; an interim model (called the “Smart Flush”) has been introduced commercially in the Australian market.

Principal Supervisor (and Chair of the Supervisory Panel) of the following Doctoral theses (completed) – School of Design, Faculty of Arts and Design:

Roantree, B. J. (2000)     Development of a Methodological Framework for Design Education in the Vocational Education and Training sector – with particular reference to a praxis relevant post-modernity approach (conferred Dec. 2000).  (Formerly Dean, Faculty of Design, Canberra Institute of Technology).

Cummings, S. (2001)     The Design of Water Closet Systems in Australia with Particular Reference to Minimising Water Consumption (conferred Dec. 2001).  (R&D Manager, Caroma Industries, Sydney)

Tan Ah Kat (2003)     Product Information Management in Concurrent Design Systems (conferred Dec 2003).  (Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director (course programs) in Mechanical Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore)

Green, L. N. (2005)     A Study of the Design Studio in Relation to the Teaching of Industrial and Product Design (conferred Dec.2005).
(Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW)

Carson, D. J. (2005)     Designing Graduate Programs in Product Design with Particular Reference to Evaluating Creativity in the Thai Cultural Context (conferred Dec.2005).  (Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, University of Canberra – thesis supervised by EB on behalf of Ubon Rajathanee University, Thailand)

Pengsaa Ana (2009)    An Investigation of Isan Textiles at the Village level in Northeastern Thailand with Particular Reference to Design and Manufacturing Strategies.
(passed July 2009)

Klimek, Chris (2011)    A Study of Design Education in the Australian Vocational Education and Training Context (conferred Sept 2011).
(Formerly Lecturer and Curriculum Manager, Faculty of Design, Canberra Institute of Technology)

Principal Supervisor of the following PhD theses in progress – Faculty of Arts and Design

Gien, Brandon.    An Investigation into the Promotion of Industrial Design in the context of the Australian International Design Awards.
(Executive Director, Australian Design Awards, Standards Association, Sydney)

Thawon Niyompanitpatana.    A Design Study of Infectious Waste Management Systems for Health Care Providers in North-Eastern Thailand.
(Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Art and Design, Ubon Rajathanee University, Thailand)

Mohammad Azroll Ahmad.    A Cross-Cultural Study of Human Responses to Creative Objects with Particular respect to the Design of Public Furniture.
(Lecturer in Industrial Design, faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi, MARA, Malaysia.)

Haszlin Shaharudin.    A Study of Chair Design: Influence, Image, identity and Functional Parameters. (Lecturer in Industrial Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi, MARA, Malaysia.)

Supervised Masters Theses (by research) completed:

Van Leeuwen, B. (2001)     The Influence of Chinese Calligraphy on Australian Painting.
Thesis for the degree of Master of Environmental Design by research, School of Design, UC.

Chummuel, C. (2001)      Design of an Introductory On-line Course in Product Design.  Thesis for the degree of Master of Industrial Design by research, School of Design and Architecture, UC. (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Rajathanee University, Thailand).

Publications

Design Textbook:

Bonollo, Elivio, 2010, Product Design: A course in first principles, ISBN: 978-0-9806114-0-3, LBPUBLICATIONS (lb.publications@gmail.com)

Book Chapter:

Bonollo, E. (1983) Quality Control and Inspection of Products.  Chapter 29 in Sydenham, P. H. (Editor), Handbook of Measurement Science, Volume 2 Practical Fundamentals, ISBN 0 471 10493 0; Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 1251-1281.

Refereed papers in journals & conference proceedings (since 1998)

Elivio Bonollo & Carlos Montana Hoyos (2011) Drawing and the development of creativity and form language in product design education. Proceedings ACUADS Annual Conference, University of Canberra & The Australian National University, Canberra.
 
Christopher Klimek & Elivio Bonollo (2011) A systems design approach for investigating Australian TAFE design education, Paper 31. Proceedings AVETRA 14th Annual Conference, Melbourne.

Carson, D., Bonollo, E. and Prakob Wirojanagud (2007) Graduate Design Education in North-East Thailand – A Case Study.  Connected 2007 International Conference on Design Education, University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Pengsaa Anasee, Carson D. and Bonollo E., (2007) Developing Appropriate Field Survey Research Methods for Village Product Development in North-Eastern Thailand. Connected 2007 International Conference on Design Education, University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Carson, D. and Bonollo, E. (2005) Integrated creativity evaluation – A tool for developing design judgment in graduate product design students in North-eastern Thailand.  Proceedings, Evaluation and Assessment Conference, Australian Technology Network, University of Technology, Sydney.

Green, L. N. and Bonollo, E. (2005) Complexity in Student Major Projects.  Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education, Bangkok, Thailand 26-29 September.

Green, L. N. and Bonollo, E. (2004) The importance of design methods to student industrial designers.  Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 8, No 2, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Australia.  This paper was also presented to the 4th Global Conference on Engineering Education, 2004, UICEE, Bangkok, Thailand, 5th-9th July, 2004.

Green, L. N. and Bonollo, E. (2003) Studio-based teaching: history and advantages in the teaching of design.  World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2003, ISSN 1446-2257.

Lewis, W.P. and Bonollo, E. (2002) An analysis of professional skills in design: implications for education and research.  Design Studies, Vol 23, No 4, July 2002, 385-406, Elsevier Science Ltd, Great Britain.

Green, L. N. and Bonollo, E. (2002) The development of a suite of design methods appropriate for teaching product design.  In Pudlowski, Z. J. (Ed.) Global Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 6, No 1, 45-51, ISSN 1328-3154. UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Tan Ah Kat and Bonollo, E. (2002) Product information management in integrated product design and development systems.  Proceedings of the 20002 International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA’02), ISBN 0 -7803-7413-4, Xiamen University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, IEEE Singapore Control Chapter et al., Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.

Cummings, S. J., Wright, G. B. and Bonollo, E. (2001) Australian water closet developments and their role in sustainable sanitation.  Building Services Engineering Research and Technology Journal, 22, 1, pp. 47-57, London, ISSN 0143-6244.  The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Arnold Publishers.

Green, L. N. and Bonollo, E. (2001) Understanding design methodology as a basis for its teaching.  In Pudlowski, Z. J. (Ed.) Conf. Proceedings, 4th UICEE Conference on Engineering Education, Bangkok, Thailand.  UNESCO
International Centre for Engineering Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 223-226, ISBN 0 7326. 21461.  (This paper received a Platinum Award for distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 4th UICEE Conference, Bangkok.)

Green, L. N., and Bonollo, E. (2001) The application of methodologies to product design teaching within the industrial design studio.  In Pudlowski, Z. J. and Tai, D W-S. (Eds) Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education, 2001 UICEE Conference, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, 8 - 11th July, pp 210-213, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Monash University, ISBN 0 7326 2173 9.

Roantree, B. J. and Bonollo, E. (2001) Applying constructivist approaches to problem-based situational learning in design education to enhance creativity and innovation.  Conf. Proceedings (www) 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Problem-Based Learning, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore.

Tan Ah Kat and Bonollo, E. (2001) An integrated genome-like product database and management system.  Proceedings of ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 2001. ASME, ISBN 0-7918-3531-6.

Tan Ah Kat, Elivio Bonollo and Tan Lam Wing (2000) Integrating design attributes and parameters in concurrent engineering with the design tensor method.  In Singh, J., Lew, S. C. and Gay, R. (Eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing (ICCIM 2000), Singapore.  School of MPE Nanyang Technological University and GINTIC Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, 581-592, ISBN 981 04 1997 X

Cummings, S. and Bonollo, E. (2000) Sustainable utilisation of water resources through improved design of WC systems.  Conf. Proceedings (CD) "Shaping the Sustainable Millennium", Brisbane, Australia.  QUT, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), CSIRO and University of Florida, pp 11, ISBN 1 86435 487 9.

Cummings, S., Wright, G. B. and Bonollo, E. (2000) Sustainable water supply and drainage developments.  In Prince, R. et al. (Eds) Environmental engineering Research Event 2000, Conf. Proceedings Environmental Disciplines Working Together for a Sustainable Future.  Victor Harbour, South Australia, ISBN 0642 448 663.

Cummings, S. and Bonollo, E. (1999a) Experience with dual flush technology in Australian W.C. design.  CIB W62 Water Supply and Drainage Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp D6-1 to D6-8.  See also PM Engineer, Vol 8, No 6, June 2002, Business News Publishing Co., Troy, Michigan, USA.

Cummings, S. and Bonollo, E. (1999b) Developing product design and testing criteria for ultra low flush WC systems.  In Considine, R., Low, S. L. and Mol, S (Eds) CD of Conf. Proceedings, "Environmental Disciplines Working Together for a Sustainable Future".  The Third Annual Australian Environmental Engineering Research Event, Castlemaine, Victoria.  University of Queensland and University of Melbourne, ISBN 06438256X

Cummings, S., Bonollo, E. and Carson, D. (1998) The Concept of a Water Saving Matched Performance System in the Design of Bathroom Appliances.  In Schäfer, A.I. et al. (Eds), Environmental Engineering Research Event 1998, Conference Proceedings Environmental Engineering in Australia: Opportunities and Challenges. UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney, Australia, pp 165 – 170, ISBN 07334 05193.

Invited conference papers:

Chummuel, C., Carson, D. and Bonollo, E. (2001) Design process and CAD/CAM connections in industry.  Proceedings of the 2001 Industrial Engineering (IE) Network Conference, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.

Bonollo, E. (2000) Engineering and industrial design in the context of national productivity.  Proceedings of the first UKM-UC Regional Conference on Technology and Society, University of Canberra, Universiti Kebangsaan, Selangor, Malaysia, pp 10.

Chummuel, C. and Bonollo, E. (2000) Teaching and learning product design online.  Proceedings of the ACET 2000 Conference, Technology Education - Designing Tomorrow Today.  Daramallan College, Canberra, pp 9.

Chummuel, C. and Bonollo, E. (1999) Product design teaching and learning.  Proceedings of the 1999 IE Network National Conference, Khon Kaen, Thailand.  Thammasat University, Khon Kaen University and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), 97-104.

Invited Keynote Addresses:

Bonollo, E. (2004) Keynote Address: Design Research: Methodology, Art and Supervision.  Seminar on “Teaching and Practicing on Culture, Welfare and Creativity”, Chang Gung University, Industrial Design Department, Taipei, Taiwan.

Bonollo, E. (2004) Keynote Lecture: The Art and Science of the Design Profession.  Inaugural One-Day Design & Technology Conference “Meaning in Design – “expected unexpected outcome”, 15th March 2004, Dunman Secondary School; Singapore; organiser - Technical Education Society, Singapore

Bonollo, E. (2004) Invited Address: The Art and Methodology of Design Research; Architectural Research Think Tank, 24th March 2004, School Conference Room, Block SDE-1, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore

Bonollo, E. (2000) Invited Address: Engineering and Industrial Design in the Context of National Productivity; Proceedings of the first UKM-UC Regional Conference on Technology and Society, University of Canberra, Universiti Kebangsaan, Selangor, Malaysia, pp 10.

Bonollo, E. (Nov. 1999) Keynote Address: The Connection between Engineering and Industrial Design; Proceedings of the 1999 Industrial Engineering Network National Conference, Khon Kaen, Thailand.  Thammasat University, Khon Kaen University and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), 28-36.

Invited Workshop February 2004
At the invitation of the Design Technology Institute, NUS: Planner and presenter for the three-day Intensive Workshop on Industrial Design and Product Development.


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