Publications
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Books
Toft, Y. and Howard, P. OHS for Engineers – A Resource for Engineering Education, 2nd Ed., Contract Research, National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (under review)
International Refereed Journal Articles
Toft, Y., Howard, P. and Jorgensen, D. 2003 Human centred engineers – A model for interdisciplinary communication and professional practice. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, v. 31/3 pp. 195-202.
Toft, Y., Howard, P. and Jorgensen, D. 2003 Changing paradigms for professional engineering practice towards safe design – an Australian perspective. Safety Science: Special Issue - Safe Design, v. 41/2-3 pp. 263-276.
Invited Papers/Speaker
Howard, P and Toft, Y. 2003 The Coroner’s Voice – a powerful weapon but it must hit the target!. In Quest: The Journal of the Australasian Coroner’s Society Inc. October 2003
Toft, Y. 2002 ‘Transdisciplinarity’ – Is this a new paradigm for professional practice in ergonomics? Kongres Nasional XI Dan Seminar ILMIAH X111, Ikatan AHLI ILMU FAAL, Indonesia (IAFI), Dan Seminar Internasional Ergonomii (Konas IAFI 2002), Udayana University Press, Denpasar, October 15-17, 2002. ISBN 979 8286 44 8.
Toft, Y. and Howard, P. 2000 Changing paradigms for professional practice towards a sustainable engineering future. Invited Speaker at the Designing for Health and Safety National Stakeholder Forum. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Sydney.
Toft, Y. 1999 The relationship between professional engineering practice and ergonomics. Invited Speaker at the Queensland Workplace Health & Safety Research Network, Department of Employment Training & Industrial Relations, Brisbane.
Thesis
Toft, Y. 1999 The relationship between professional engineering education and ergonomics, Masters Thesis, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
National & International Refereed Conference Papers
Toft, Y. and Howard, P. 2003 The Lions, the Which and the Wardrobe. Discovery – 2003 Women in Research Conference, Rockhampton, November 13-14 2003.
Toft, Y., Jorgensen, D. and Moxham, L. 2001 An interdisciplinary, flexible learning, project based design module. Refereed paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Towards Excellence in Engineering Education AaeE 2001, 26 – 28 September, 2001
Toft, Y., Howard, P. and Jorgensen, D. 2000 Toward a sustainable future – an alternate model for teaching undergraduate ergonomic and engineering courses. Ergonomics for life: at work, home, and leisure, Proceedings of the Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc. 36th Annual Conference, October 8 – 11, 2000
Toft, Y. 2000 Safe design – What do engineers know and need to know about ergonomics? Visions Conference 2000. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Safety Institute of Australia Conference, Gold Coast, August 30, 31 and September 1, 2000, pp.207 - 217.
Toft, Y., Howard, P. and Jorgensen, D. 1999 Holistic interdisciplinary communication and professional practice – towards the development of human centred, socio-technical engineering. Refereed Paper in the Proceedings of Unfolding Landscapes in Engineering Education, 11th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 22 – 29 September, 1999, Adelaide, Australia.
Non Refereed Publications
Howard, P. and Toft, Y. 2002 OHS for Engineers Workshop, 13th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Leadership in Learning: Learning in Leadership of Engineering Education, Canberra, 30 September to 2 October 2002.
Toft, Y., Howard, J. and Jorgensen, D. 2001 Socio-technical engineering design – interdisciplinary student teams design a rock climbing harness. Presented at Better integration: Bringing research and practice together, 37th Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, 27 – 30 November, 2001
Toft, Y.M. and Howard, R.P., and Jorgensen, D.O. 2000 Using PBL to develop multi-disciplinary teams. Paper presented at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Problem-Based Learning, PBL: Educational innovation across disciplines, Singapore. December, 4 – 7, http://www.tp.edu.sg/pblconference/full/Toft%20Haward%20Jorgensen.pdf
Toft, Y., Howard, P., Jorgensen, D. and Moxham, L. 2000 Engineers are critical thinkers, lifelong learners and interdisciplinary team members – What’s the key? Paper presented, Life Long Learning Conference, Yeppoon, Australia.
Toft, Y. 1998 Designing for human use - Workshop Report. In P. Howard, G. Swarbrick and A. Churches (Eds), Conference Proceedings of Waves of Change, 10th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Volume 2, 28 – 30 September, 1998, Gladstone, Australia.