Rate My Professor Jamie MacKee

Jamie MacKee is an Honorary Associate Professor in Construction Management in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Engineering, Science and Environment, at the University of Newcastle. He possesses over thirty years of experience in higher education and professional architectural practice across Australia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. His academic qualifications include a PhD from the University of Newcastle, a Master of Science in Building from the National University of Singapore, a Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation of Monuments and Sites from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a Bachelor of Design Studies, and a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) from the University of Queensland. Throughout his career, MacKee has held key leadership positions such as Assistant Dean (International) in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment since 2014, Head of Discipline for Construction Management from 2009 to 2014, Construction Discipline Faculty Board Representative since 2012, School Research Director in 2003, and academic roles at the University of Newcastle since 2000, preceded by lecturing at the University of Moratuwa's Department of Building Economics from 1991 to 1998. He has contributed to curriculum development and accreditation, including obtaining Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recognition, and implemented innovative Problem-Based Learning programs for architecture, construction management, and quantity surveying students. Practically, he has supervised diverse projects from houses to resort complexes and led post-disaster reconstruction efforts, including the University-sponsored design, documentation, and tendering of a $1 million hospital and community maternity clinic in Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami.