Professor Peter Leslie Lee (born 1954) is an Australian

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

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, and higher education administrator, and a recognized authority within the field of

process control An industrial process control in continuous production processes is a discipline that uses industrial control systems to achieve a production level of consistency, economy and safety which could not be achieved purely by human manual control. ...

. He served as

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is ...

Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is ranked in the t ...

Education

Lee was educated in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a BEng (Chem) Degree from

RMIT RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scien ...

and was awarded a PhD from

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...

Professional career

Lee has wide experience in higher education administration in Australia, including service with

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

, the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Austral ...

and the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = ...

. Lee served as Vice-Chancellor of Southern Cross University in northern New South Wales from 2009 to 2016, and has also served as Chair of the Australian

Regional Universities Network The Regional Universities Network (RUN) is a network of seven universities primarily from regional Australia, as well as campuses in the Australian capital cities and some international campuses. Members History The Regional Universities Netw ...

Honours and awards

Lee was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001; the Institute of Engineers Australia Excellence Award in 1998; and the Sheddon Pacific Medal for Excellence in 1993.

Publications

* Bao, J.and Lee, P.L. 2007. ''Process Control: The Passive Systems Approach.'' London and New York: Springer. * Lee, P. L., Newell, R.B. and Cameron, I.T. 1998. ''Process Control and Management''. London: Blackie Academic and Professional. * Lee, P.L. 1993. ''Nonlinear Process Control.'' London and New York: Springer. * Newell, R.B. and Lee, P.L. 1989. ''Applied Process Control: A Case Study''. New York and Sydney: Prentice-Hall. Online articles: http://theconversation.com/profiles/peter-lee-124620

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Peter 1954 births Living people Academic staff of Southern Cross University