Dr Peter Doe graduated from the University of Tasmania with Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) degrees in 1963. After 18 months working as an engineer in the Hydraulics Section of the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania, he accepted an offer of a lectureship in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tasmania. Over the next 8 years he completed a PhD while lecturing over range of units (subjects). In a career spanning 40 years his research focused on the application of heat and mass transfer principles to such diverse applications as hop drying, fish drying in developing countries, and timber seasoning. From 1996 to 2000 he was Head of Engineering on the UTAS campus in Launceston and for a short time was also Head of Architecture. He retired from his position as Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the UTAS School of Engineering in 2003. He returned to full time work in 2006 as Head of Engineering at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK).
As well as leading and teaching at the ACK, Peter was responsible for the design and establishment of an articulation pathway from the existing diplomas in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering to corresponding Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree courses at the University of Tasmania. After returning to Hobart in 2009 Peter continued teaching part-time and in 2013 was one of the authors of the School of Engineering's accreditation application. From 2012 to 2017 he managed the school's international engineering articulation (2+2) programs. In 2016 Peter was appointed Project Manager of the Office of Learning and Teaching strategic grant titled “Engineering Pathways for Regional Australia: viable learning platforms built by knowledge partnering”. In 2018 and 2019 he was a part-time lecturer in the University College at the University of Tasmania delivering mechanical and electrical units to students in an associate degree program. Since 2010, in collaboration with co-author and wife, Dr Seeta Jaikaran-Doe, he has taken an active interest in Engineering Education and has authored or co-authored 11 journal and conference papers in that field. Dr Doe is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He has edited a book (on fish smoking and drying), written 13 chapters in books, and has published more than 80 journal and conference papers.