Neil Cochrane

As a Teaching Fellow, I have helped to re-shape our undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering programs to offer new and innovative learning methods, such as apprenticeship degree programs. This blended learning model has transformed my teaching for full-time students, providing formative learning opportunities that suit their learning styles.

I’m passionate about creating accessible learning resources for diverse students and ensuring our graduates address societal challenges. I led a curriculum review to meet sustainable development and net zero construction goals, collaborating with colleagues to embed these goals in their teaching.

I aim to grow my role in academia by sharing best practices through interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students. This is recognized through my Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE).

My teaching expertise spans the gap between environmental assessment and engineering design. I am keen on exploring ways to enhance the alignment of these topics and developing innovative methods to foster an awareness and passion for sustainable design within our undergraduate curriculum.

My current teaching responsibilities include:

• CL114: Civil Engineering Design Projects
• CL134: Engineering Mechanics 2
• EO106: Structural Analysis 1
• CL804: Research Methods for Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
• EV939: Environmental Impact Assessment
• CL941: Best Practice in Environmental Impact Assessment

In addition to these teaching duties, I hold the position of programme leader for our undergraduate (BEng Hons / MEng) programmes in both Civil and Civil & Environmental Engineering.

My research focuses on how different parties collaborate in the built environment. This work aims to improve decision-making and sustainable design outcomes by understanding how stakeholders in environmental assessment and engineering design work together.

This interest has shaped my teaching practice and emerging scholarship in pedagogic research. Industrial practitioners make more sustainable decisions by collaborating early in construction projects. Our graduates can learn to share skills in an interdisciplinary environment while at Strathclyde which – with the largest engineering faculty in Scotland – is uniquely placed to deliver.

MEng MSc GMICE GradIEMA SFHEA