Eur Ing Dr. Mann, Phebe
Contact details
Position: Senior Lecturer
Location: Docklands Campus, East Building
Contact address:
School of Architecture Computing & Engineering
University of East London
University Way
Beckton
London E16 2RD
Brief biography
Awards:
- Talent2030 Hero http://www.talent2030.org/earn-big-money/talent2030-heroes/
- UKRC Woman of Outstanding Achievement Tomorrow's Leader Award 2011 http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press-releases/2011/03/phebe.htm
- Asian Women Achievement Public Sector Award Finalist 2010
- The Open University Practice-based Professional Learning Teaching & Learning Excellence Award
- Phi Delta Kappa Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award Finalist
- The Chartered Institute of Building International Innovation and Research Award
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office Award
- Royal Academy of Engineering Award
- The Institution of Civil Engineers QUEST Award
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Activities and responsibilities
Professional Activities
- Institution of Civil Engineers ICE London Regional Committee
- External Examiner, University of Plymouth
- UCAS Tariff Expert Group in Construction and the Built Environment
- Foundation Degree External Examiner in Foundation Degree Forward, Lichfield Centre
- Reviewer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume on Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design II
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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise
Legal Research in Construction and Technology, Highway Engineering and Transportation Planning, Mobile Technology in Construction Management; Information Technology in Construction; Collaborative Design; Computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW); Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment / Building Information Modelling (BIM)
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Teaching: Programmes
- MSc in Highway and Transportation
- MSc in Civil Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering
- BSc (Hons) Construction Management
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Teaching: Modules
- CEM012 Highway Engineering
- CEM013 Transportation Engineering
- CEM014 Construction, Environmental and Planning Law
- CEM003 Environmental and Planning Law
- CEM011 MSc Dissertation
- CE3220 Highway anf Traffic Engineering
- CE2221 Construction Management and Contracts
- CE3215 Integrated Projects
- CE3216 BEng Dissertation
- CE2223 Sustainable Construction
- CE2211 Professional Skills
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Current research and publications
Sustainability & Alternative Technology
Educational Technology Research
- Wong, David T. W. and Mann,P. (2012) "Using technology “roles” across university offices to increase work efficiency in establishing campus-wide information technology solutions." In Advances in Computing and Technology Conference 2012. London: University of East London, 2012
- Wong, David T. W., and Phebe Mann.(2011) "User Needs, IT Provisions and Web 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges in e-Learning." In Advances in Computing and Technology, Proceedgins of the AC&T 2011. London: University of East London, 2011.
- Mann, P and Wong, David T. W.(2010) "Innovative implementation of iLearn e-Portfolio for Personal Development Planning." In European University Information Systems International Congress, 23-25 June, finalist for The EUNIS Dørup E–learning Award. University of Warsaw, Poland: European University Information Systems International Congress, 2010.
Legal Research in the Built Environment
- Mann, P (2011) “What does the duty of utmost good faith (uberrimae fidei) in Insurance Contract mean for the Construction Industry in Hong Kong?” Paper submitted for the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong Award
- Mann, P (2011) “Are Architects and Engineers’ Designs protected by US and UK Intellectual Property Law?” Paper submitted for the American Intellectual Property Law Association Watson Award
- Mann, P. (2011) “Is Expert Witness Immunity from Suit a thing of the past in Construction Law?” Submission for the Australian Society of Construction Law Brooking Prize
- Mann, P. (2010) "What can Croatian Construction Law learn from the US Copyright Law in the protection of intellectual property rights of architects and engineers?" First Place, The Croatian American Bar Association 2010 Essay Competition
- Mann, P. (2010) “What can UK’s Construction Law learn from the US Copyright Law in the protection of intellectual property rights of architects and engineers?” Commendation for the Society of Construction Law Hudson Prize
- Mann, P. (2010) “Implications of Commons Act 2006 for the registration of land as a town or village green” In Proceeding of the Royal Institution of Surveyors RICS COBRA Conference, Paris, September 2010, ISBN 978-1-84219-619-9
- Mann, P. (2010) “Who owns the copyright of architectural works and designs?” In Proceeding of the Legal Research Symposium of the Royal Institution of Surveyors RICS COBRA Conference, Paris, September 2010, ISBN 978-1-84219-619-9
- Mann, P. and Denoncourt, J. (2009) Copyright issues on the protection of architectural works and designs. In Proceedings of 25th Annual Conference of Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) at the Albert Hall, Nottingham, September 2009
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Research archive
Selected Publications
Book Chapters
- Mann, P. & Garner, S (2006) The Role of Sketches in Supporting Near-Synchronous Remote Communication in Computer Supported Collaborative Design. Book Chapter in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Special Issue on Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design. LNCS 3865. Springer Verlag
Journals
- Garner, S and Mann, P (2003) "Interdisciplinarity: perceptions of the value of computer-supported collaborative work in design for the built environment, Pages 495-499 ", Refereed paper published in the International Journal of Automation in Construction Elsevier Science, September 2003
Refereed Conference papers
- Driscoll, C. and Mann, P. (2010) WREN: electronic management system for facilities management. In: RICS COBRA, 2nd - 3rd September 2010, Paris, France
- Mann, P. (2008) "Supporting Computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) in conceptual design". Paper to be submitted to the 24th Annual Conference of Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) at the University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Wales, September 2008
- Mann, P. (2005) The Use of Misfit Analysis in HCI Design of Shared Virtual Environments for Collaborative Design Communities. In Proceedings at the HCI 2005 Conference (Volume 2), September 2005
- Mann, P. (2005) Requirements for the Design of Tools for Computer-supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in Design. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer-supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD 2005), Coventry, UK, 24-26 May 2005.
- Mann, P. (2005) Design for Design: Support for Creative Practice in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in Design. In Proceedings of the 5th Creativity and Cognition Conference, April 2005, Goldsmith College, London, ACM SIGCHI Conference, Sheridan Printing Co. Inc. (ISBN 1-59593-025-6)
- Mann, P. (2004) Drawing and dialogue interaction in virtual learning environments for computer-supported collaborative work in design. In Proceedings of Fourth international workshop on Active Learning in Engineering Education (ALE), Nantes, France, June 2004.
- Mann, P. (2004) Design, Drawing and Dialogue Interaction in Virtual Learning Environments for Computer-supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in design. In Proceedings of Design Research Society International Conference, Futureground, Monash University, Melbourne, November 2004.
- Mann, P. (2004) Design for Design: Requirements for Graphical Communication in Computer-supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) in Design. In Proceedings at the HCI 2004 Conference (Volume 2), September 2004
- Garner S and Mann P (2002) "Interdisciplinary : Perceptions of the value of computer supported collaborative work in Design Management for the Built Environment" Paper submitted to CAADRIA (The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia) Conference, Multimedia University, Malaysia, Cyberjaya, Malaysia 18 - 20 April 2002..
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Other scholarly activities
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional Member (2006) Phi Delta Kappa International, Professional Association in Education
- European Engineer (2004) Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingénieurs
- Chartered Civil Engineer (1999) The Institution of Civil Engineers
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor (1993) The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Chartered Builder (1990) The Chartered Institute of Building
- Member (1999) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Quality Assurance Auditor (1993)
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (2009)
- Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (2010)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- BA Hons (Cantab) Computer Science, MA (Cantab) Cambridge University
- LLB (Hons) Buckingham University
- MSc Construction (Management), Loughborough University
- MSc Bridge Engineering (Management), Surrey University
- MSc Research Methods, PhD, Open University
- PGCert Academic Practice, Reading University
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