Professor James Trevelyan

Professor James Trevelyan is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and chairs the Mechatronics Discipline Group at The University of Western Australia.

He is well known internationally for pioneering research that resulted in sheep shearing robots and with his students he produced the first industrial robot that can be remotely operated via the internet in 1994.

Since 1996 he has researched landmine clearance methods and his web site is an internationally respected reference source. He has received several international and national awards for his teaching and research.

His most recent work is research on engineering practice to understand what engineers and technologists actually do in their work.

Profressor Trevelyan has been involved with research and teaching at the University of Western Australia, and part-time consulting on computer controls and mechanisms since 1975. Before then, he worked with ESAMS Ltd (part of GEC Alsthom) on avionic systems, project control and the Barra sonobuoy project.

Profressor Trevelyan's presentation at the Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions Conference was, Engineering in Countering Militancy in Pakistan.