Rate My Professor Guy Littlefair

Professor Guy Littlefair is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) at the University of Western Australia. In this role, he leads the University's education mission and student experience portfolio, which includes oversight of student access and participation, employability, work-integrated learning and career development, course structure and design, academic standards, enhanced learning and teaching initiatives, lifelong learning, and the internationalisation strategy. Before joining UWA, Professor Littlefair occupied several senior leadership positions at Auckland University of Technology, such as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies. He also served as Dean of Engineering and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industry and Strategic Partnerships) at Deakin University. Professor Littlefair is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a chartered professional engineer.

Professor Littlefair's academic interests focus on manufacturing and engineering, particularly machining machinability, titanium alloys processing, friction stir spot welding, and finite element analysis applications in engineering contexts. His research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education. He has produced 112 research outputs, comprising 48 journal articles, 40 conference papers, 8 book chapters, and 8 review articles. Notable publications include: "Enhancing post machining surface finish of titanium alloy by cutting parameter optimization using ANOVA analysis" (International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2025), "Tool Geometries and Design of Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW) Tools and Effect on Weld Properties—A Comprehensive Review" (Materials, 2025), "Finite Element Analysis Study to Calculate Stress, Restraint, and Displacement Values of an Elevated Oil Expansion Loop in Rumaila Oil Field" (Petroleum Chemistry, 2024), "A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF MACHINING CHARACTERISTICS OF LENS TITANIUM ALLOY (TI-6AL-4V)" (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2023), and "Effects of machining parameters on enhancing Alpha-Beta Titanium alloy using Taguchi-grey relational analysis for aerospace applications" (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 2023). His scholarly impact is evidenced by over 5,500 citations on Google Scholar. Among his accolades are the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Building Economic, Social and Human Capital (Deakin University, 2015), Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Innovation (Deakin University, 2015), Leading Professor under the Chutian Scholar Programme (Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 2015), Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Sunderland, 2015), and AUT Vice-Chancellor's Excellence in Research (Team) Award (2009).