Professor Claire Davis

National Teaching Fellow 2002 I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2002, a University of Birmingham Teaching fellowship in 2007 and the ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching award in 2007. I balance an interest in the pedagogy of engineering subject delivery, teaching undergraduates and technical research in the subject of microstructure/property relationships in steels. I also take an active role in public engagement of science and engineering, having held various grants in this area. I gave the British Association Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award lecture in 2006. My pedagogic interests include: case study learning styles and approaches, including peer marking; effective large class size lecturing and the methods of introducing subject specific software to support learning in such an environment; development of internet based learning on steel to support company employees and university students as part of the WorldSteel project steering group*. * WorldSteel sponsor a multi-million dollar project to develop internet learning on steel applications, properties and fundamental science. Selected publications: E. Wilcock and C. Davis, Group working and peer tutoring in case studies, Journal of British Engineering Education Society (BEES), Vol 5, No 1, 2006, pp 3-10. E. Wilcock and C. Davis, Developing, implementing and evaluating case studies in Materials Science, European Engineering Education Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1, 2005, pp 59-69. C.L. Davis and E. Wilcock, Thematic booklet 'case study teaching' published by the UK Centre for Materials Education (UKCME), LTSN for Materials, 2003, pp 1-16.