Anna Lyza Felipe

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School: School of Science & Technology
Department: Software Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT)
Position: Associate Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: anna.felipe@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0003-2868-5702

Anna has been a full-time lecturer, offering coordinator, and program advisor in Information Technology and Software Engineering at RMIT University since 2011. Anna has more than 20 years of experience in STEM education as a program coordinator and lecturer in the Philippines and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Additionally, she was granted a full-fee scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. at RMIT University, Australia. Her research focuses on the areas of creativity in computer science and engineering education, project-based learning, the internet of things (IoT), embedded software, and activity recognition.

In recognition of her research ability, she was successfully awarded an RMIT Research grant in 2013, 2016, and 2017 to conduct research. Currently, she is the offering coordinator of two courses namely software engineering fundamentals and software engineering project management.

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Candidate) - Computer Science Education, RMIT Melbourne, Australia 
  • Master of Science in Computer Science (AMA Computer University, Philippines) 
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (AMA Computer University, Philippines) 
  • Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Teaching and Learning (RMIT University)

  • Computer Systems and Platform Technologies 
  • Software Engineering Fundamentals 
  • Software Engineering Project Management 
  • Data Communications and Networking

  • Creative thinking skills 
  • Creativity in computer science and engineering education 
  • STEM Education 
  • Project-based learning
  • Embedded system and software 
  • Activity recognition

  • L. D. Tran, A. L. S. Felipe and G. I. Matthews, "The Need for 2-Phase Design Paradigms in High-Throughput GALS Network-On-Chip Architectures," 2022 RIVF International Conference on Computing and Communication Technologies (RIVF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2022, pp. 305-310, doi: 10.1109/RIVF55975.2022.10013843
  • Eleazar, M., Aragoncillo, A., Nguyen, M.X., Felipe, A. 2020, ‘Bringing PBL to Philippines’s higher education: How much are teachers geared for the transition from traditional PBL approach?”, Proceedings of the PAEE/ALE’2020, International Conference on Active Learning in Engineering Education 12th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE) 17th Active Learning in Engineering Education Workshop (ALE) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok - Thailand, 26 -28 August 2020, pp 88-96 
  • Felipe, A. Pham, T. Amouroux, E. and Nguyen, M. 2017, 'Interdisciplinary collaborative teaching in project-based learning approach', in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2017), Nazmul Huda, David Inglis, Nicholas Tse, Graham Town (ed.), Macquarie University, School of Engineering, Sydney, Australia, pp. 54-61 (28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education) 
  • Anna Lyza Felipe, Edouard Amouroux, Thanh Pham, Alex Stojcevski. “Vietnamese Students Awareness towards a Project Based Learning Environment”, Project Approaches in Engineering Education / Active Learning in Engineering Education (PAEE/ALE) 2016, Guimarães, Portugal, July 6 – 8, 2016
  • Mathews Nkhoma, Cherry Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul, Anna Lyza Felipe, Thanh Kim Cao, Roger Epworth, Avinash Shankaranarayanan, Huy Le Quang. “ASEAN Users’ Privacy Concerns & Security in Using Online Social Networks”, International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, June 2016
  • Anna Lyza Felipe, Edouard Amouroux, Thanh Pham, Alex Stojcevski. “Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning in the Centre of Technology”, Vietnam Engineering Education/Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program (VEEC/HEEAP) 2016, Lotte Legend, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, April 14-15, 2016
  • Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul, Anna Lyza Felipe, Anna Shillabeer, Ondris Pui, Mathews Nkhoma, Quyen Ha Tran, Thanh Kim Cao. “Awareness and Impact of Vietnamese Security Concerns in Using Social Networks”, 18th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2014, July 15 -18, 2014
  • Narumon Sriratanaviriyakul, Mathews Nkhoma, Anna Lyza Felipe, Thanh Kim Cao. “Vietnamese Privacy Concerns & Security in Using Online Social Networks”, International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, June 2014

  • Primary Investigator for RUVN Internal Research Grant 2017 for the project “Challenges and Solution: Project Based Learning for Higher Education in South East Asia”
  • Primary Investigator for RUVN Internal Research Grant 2016 for the project “Approach, Spaces and Perceptions: Implementing the Project Base Learning (PBL) Model in a Vietnamese Transnational Education Context in Technology”
  • Associate Investigator for RUVN Internal Research Grant 2013 for the project “Towards an Understanding of Vietnamese Privacy Concerns & Security in Adopting a Safe Online Social Network”

  • Admin Officer and Programmer Trainee, Balangkas Pilipinas Software Company (1995) 
  • Sales Engineer, Arkay Energy and Industrial Supply (1993)

  • (2011 – Present) RMIT University Vietnam (Assoc. Lecturer), School of Science, Engineering and Technology 
  • (2010 -2011) Don Bosco Technical College, Philippines (Asst. Professor 3), Computer Science Department 
  • (2007 – 2010) Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Philippines (Asst. Professor 1), School of Information Technology 
  • (2007) Central College of the Philippines (Department Head), College of Engineering (Computer Engineering Department) 
  • (2004 - 2006) AMA International University, Kingdom of Bahrain (Asst. Professor 1), College of Engineering and Information Technology 
  • (2003 – 2004) AMA Computer College, Makati, Philippines (Acting Dean), College of Engineering and School of Graduate Studies 
  • (1997- 2003) AMA Computer College, Makati, Philippines (Department Head / Instructor), College of Engineering