Ian Woolf

Current

• Physicist at University of Technology Sydney

Past

• Project Officer at University of Technology Sydney
• Physics Demonstrator at University Of Technology, Sydney
• Unix tutor at University of Ballarat

• Networking Lecturer at University of Technology, Sydney
• Computing Theory subject Coordinator at University of Technology, Sydney
• Research Assistant at University of Technology, Sydney
• Computing Theory Tutor at University of Technology, Sydney
• Virtual Communities Tutor at University of Technology, Sydney
• Systems Programmer at University of Technology, Sydney
• Software engineer at Sun Microsystems
• Senior Computer Operator at St George Hospital
• Solar Astronomer at Culgoora Observatory
• Testing Officer at Australian Consumers Association
• Technical Assistant at Optus

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Education

• University of Technology, Sydney

Connections

37 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Ian Woolf’s Summary

Ian Woolf lives in Sydney, has a degree in Applied Science, worked as a solar astronomer, software engineer, systems programmer, webmaster, Cisco CCNA tutor, Computational Theory lecturer, and subject coordinator, and Physics demonstrator; while changing his career to professional writing and broadcasting. Listen to Ian on the Diffusion science show on radio 2SER 107.3 FM Mondays at 6:30pm in Sydney, on the web at http://www.diffusionradio.com/ or listen to the Discovery podcast http://feeds.feedburner.com/Diffusionradio/.

Ian was the "Philosopher" at the "Immortality for Beginners" "Science On Tap" event in on July 7th at the Powerhouse Museum sponsored by Cosmos magazine. He gave a public talk on the 2005 Terror Laws for the Philorum philosophy group, and a public talk on the 2006 Welfare reforms for the Sydney Shove economics group.

Ian Woolf’s Specialties:

Radio production
Science communication
Broadcast law
Internet technologies
Freelance writing
Blogging and podcasting

Ian Woolf’s Experience

• Physicist

  University of Technology Sydney

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Project Officer for the Science Communication Education Project,
  conducting interviews with UTS scientists, recorded as podcasts to stimulate a communications assignment in the first year science curriculum, and for broadcast on 2SER, and the internet. First year students will be exposed to good science communication while learning how to practice the skills, and will learn about research happening at UTS, that they may wish to participate in later in their academic career.

• Project Officer

  University of Technology Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 3 months)

  Using audio and video podcasts supported by lectures to teach first year science students the art of communicating technical information to a non-technical audience using a Personal Response writing exercise, while also teaching them about scientific research happening in their own University, and possible career paths they might take.
  http://www.hereswhy.tk/scep/

• Physics Demonstrator

  University Of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 5 months)

  Assistant Demonstrator, helping to teach first year physics lab sessions.

• Unix tutor

  University of Ballarat

  (Privately Held; Higher Education industry)

  March 2003 — April 2003 (2 months)

  Taught Unix to classes of 40 international students for the International Institute of Business Information Technology (IIBIT)

• Networking Lecturer

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 2 months)

  Delivered lectures and practical lessons for the Cisco CCNA Networking classes, within the Computing Systems department.

• Computing Theory subject Coordinator

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 2 months)

  Designed the Computing Theory syllabus, lesson plans, timetables and web resources.
  Delivered Computing Theory lectures and tutorials for 230 students for the Software Engineering department.

• Research Assistant

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  March 1998 — February 2002 (4 years )

  Designed and developed content and maintained the Graduate Internetworking website http://www.iwork.uts.edu.au,
  researched compatibility and performance problems in Internetworking,
  Wrote and maintained Perl CGI scripts for running of the graduate program by web for the Computer Systems Department.

• Computing Theory Tutor

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)

  Tutored a class of 30 students in Computing Theory for Software Engineering department.

• Virtual Communities Tutor

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)

  Tutored students in Virtual Communities for the Information Systems Department.

• Systems Programmer

  University of Technology, Sydney

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 7 months)

  Wrote and maintained web Perl scripts,
  wrote web based documentation,
  installed and maintained the TeX scientific typesetting system,
  solved Unix and technical problems of students and staff.

• Software engineer

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

  Solving Unix problems over the phone for Sun subscribers.

• Senior Computer Operator

  St George Hospital

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

  Computer operator responsible for backups and security,
  solving staff computer problems on the Help Desk,
  train staff in internet use

• Solar Astronomer

  Culgoora Observatory

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year )

  Observe and analyse data and images from optical, x-ray and radio telescopes,
  develop image processing and display software for ionospheric data,
  make daily solar activity forecasts for the international warning centres,
  guide tourists through the observatory.

• Testing Officer

  Australian Consumers Association

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Consumer Services industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year )

  Testing consumer goods for CHOICE magazine, analyzing the results, and writing technical reports for the journalists to reference in the magazine.

• Technical Assistant

  Optus

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1988 — 1988 (less than a year)

  Computer support and backup services.

Ian Woolf’s Education

• University of Technology, Sydney

  Bachelor of Applied Science , Physics , 1992

  2SER Diffusion Science show
  Certificate IV in Training
  Cisco Networking CCNA semester 1 instructor
  Solaris System Administration
  Solaris 1.x System Administration
  Sun SPARC Hardware

  Activities and Societies:

  Debate Team
  Physics Society
  Programmers Society
  Computing Society

Additional Information

Ian Woolf’s Interests:

Education and training, radio broadcasting, podcasting, publishing, psychology, new technology, internet technologies, science writing, science fiction, movie reviews, carnivorous plants, quantum computers, blogs, games, gerontology, philosophy, juggling, magic and illusion

Ian Woolf’s Groups:

Australian Science Communicators
2SER Community Radio

•    CeBIT Australia AusInnovate Conference

Ian Woolf’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch