Malcolm Gillies

Dr. Malcolm Gillies is a Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering at the School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland. He specializes in surface irrigation, smart irrigation systems, and hydraulic modeling, with affiliations to the Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE). His teaching includes courses like AGR1109 Professionalism in Agriculture, ENV3104 Hydraulics II, and ENV4107 Water Resource Engineering.

• BEng (2004) and PhD (2009) from University of Southern Queensland

His research focuses on surface irrigation, smart irrigation systems, and pressurized irrigation. Key contributions include developing automated control systems for furrow irrigation, optimizing water delivery for cotton and sugarcane, and modeling seepage losses in irrigation channels.

Recent publications analyze hydraulic performance of large-diameter gated fluming, automation strategies for bay irrigation, and seepage estimation in shutdown channels. His work emphasizes precision irrigation, agricultural automation, and water productivity in crops like cotton and sugarcane.

• 2020: Associate Editor, Irrigation Science
• 2018: Researcher of the Year, Cotton Australia
• 2016: Young Tall Poppy Science Award
• 2009: Young Professionals Award, ICID

He has received grants from organizations including the Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Sugar Research Australia, and Goulburn-Murray Water. His projects include Smarter Irrigation for Profit and Automation of Furrow Irrigation.