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The Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) leads strategic development and management of research at the University of Western Sydney, with the aim of providing a research-rich environment, valued for the quality, distinctiveness and impact of its research programs and training.

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Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)

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Professor Andrew Cheetham is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Western Sydney leading strategic development and management of research and research training in the University, with the aim of providing a research-rich environment, valued for the quality, distinctiveness and impact of its research programs and training.

He commenced with UWS in January 2007 and prior to this Professor Cheetham was the Pro Vice-Chancellor – Research & Information Management at the University of Canberra with responsibilities for research and research training, and as the University’s Chief Information Officer. Before that Professor Cheetham held the positions of Deputy Director of the Division of Business, Law &Information Sciences, and Head of School of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering.

After obtaining his PhD in plasma physics at the Flinders University of South Australia, Professor Cheetham spent fifteen years working in the field of plasma diagnostic systemsin nuclear fusion energy research laboratories in the Institute for Plasma Research, University of Stuttgart (Germany), the Centre for Research in Plasma Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), the Plasma Research Laboratory, ANU (Australia) and ultimately as a Principal Scientific Officer at the Euratom nuclear fusion project, the Joint European Torus (JET), UK. In 1990 he returned to Australia and joined the then School of Electronics Engineering and Applied Physics at the University of Canberra where he has taught physics, electronics, power systems, signal processing, computer controlled instrumentation and automatic control systems.

Professor Cheetham is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has published 60 refereed articles and presented over 90 conference papers in the fields of: plasma and fusion physics, computer controlled instrumentation, the use of IT in science and engineering education and on leadership in research and ICT. Professor Cheetham has broad experience in refereeing papers for peer reviewed journals, examining PhD theses and in assessing research grants in the areas of plasma physics and nuclear fusion research.  

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