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Australian Academy Of Technology And Engineering
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is an independent Learned society, learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. History The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences was founded by Ian McLennan in 1975 in Melbourne. In 1987 the name was lengthened to include engineering, as the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. In 2015, the Academy adopted a new business name, the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, reserving the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as its company name. Organisation ATSE operates as an independent, non-government, not-for-profit, Royal charter, chartered organisation. it was composed of nearly 900 fellows, bringing together Australia's leading experts in applied science, technology, and engineering, to provide impartial, practical and evidence-based advice on how to achieve sustainable solutions and advance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Woodthorpe
Katherine Lesley Woodthorpe is an Australians, Australian chair and company director, president and fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has also been chair of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Bushfire and Natural Hazards, chair of Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, as well as Chair of National Climate Science Advisory Committee. Early life and career Woodthorpe was born in Malaysia and grew up in Hong Kong. She obtained a honours degree in chemistry, at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, then a PhD in chemistry from the University of Leicester. She worked in Western Australia, and then Europe, as well as selling medical products in Western Australia. She was employed in her role in Western Australia during a time when women were 'discriminated against', and not allowed to work underground nor drink with their colleagues. She has one son. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Victoria
The Fellowship of the Royal Society of Victoria is an historically recent college made up of about 30 Australian scientists and proponents of scientific literacy. Fellows judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to their field and/or to the public appreciation of science may be elected to Fellowship of the Society. Fellows are often denoted using the post-nominal FRSV (Fellow of the Royal Society of Victoria). Fellows are appointed for life; this table also contains deceased fellows. Fellows References *The Royal Society of Victoria{{Reflist, colwidth=30em Australian scientists, Royal Society of Victoria Royal Society of Victoria The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) is the oldest scientific society in Victoria, Australia. Foundation In 1854 two organisations formed with similar aims and membership, these being the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (found ... Fellows of the Royal Society of Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Ward
Robert George (Bob) Ward (c.19282013) was a British and Australian metallurgist. He came from Farnborough, Hampshire and became was Professor of Metallurgy at McMaster University (Ontario, Canada). In 1966 he moved to BHP in Melbourne, Australia. From 1991 to 1992 he was Australia's Chief Defence Scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Ward became Head of Research at BHP in 1966. He was General Manager of Planning and Research in 1970-1974 and General Manager of Research and New Technology in 1974-1988. He was Deputy Chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission, and a member of the National Energy Research and Development Council and the Advisory Council of the CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency that is responsible for scientific research and its commercial and industrial applications. CSIRO works with leading organisations arou .... He was appointed a Foundation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Vernon (chemist)
Sir James Vernon AC CBE FTSE (1910–2000) was an Australian Industrial Chemist who, amongst other things, served as Director of CSR (Colonial Sugar Refining Company) 1958–1982.Vernon, James (1910 - 2000) Encyclopaedia of Australian Science. He also served on the boards of a raft of other companies including: Director, Westham Dredging Company Pty Ltd 1975–1991; Chairman, CIBC Australia Ltd 1974–1989; Chairman, Volvo Australia Pty Ltd 1980–1989; Chairman, O'Connell St Associates, and International President of the Pacific Basin Economic Council 1980–1982. Vernon Report In 1965, Vernon issued a major economic report from "the committee of economic enquiry" regarding Australia's economy.Honours and awards * 1961 Officer of the Order of the British Order (O ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Henry Solomon
David Henry Solomon (born 19 November 1929 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian polymer chemist. He is best known for his work in developing Living Radical Polymerization techniques, and polymer banknotes. Education Solomon received an Associate of Sydney Technical College, (equivalent to a Diploma of Chemistry) in 1950 and went on to complete a Bachelor of Science (BSc (Hons)) in 1952 from the New South Wales University of Technology (now the University of New South Wales), a Master of Science (MSc) from the same university in 1955, and a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1959 with a thesis entitled ''Studies on the Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds''. In 1968 he was awarded a DSc from the University of New South Wales for his thesis ''Studies on the Chemistry of Coating Compounds''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Norma Olley
June Norma Olley (2 March 1924 – 29 July 2019) was a world-renowned seafood technologist and advocate for women's education. She was among the first to devise a scientific methodology for predictive microbiology. Early life Olley was born on 2 March 1924 in London in a bungalow at the back of Croydon aerodrome. Despite the expense, she was enrolled in boarding school by her mother who even inspected the standard of the school's laboratories. Her father, an early aviator and airline owner, "didn't believe in education for girls". Passionate about science from a young age, she was so devoted to her studies that her teachers blocked out the windows of the science library during the Blitz so she could continue to work there at night. Early career Olley completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours from University College London in 1944 . She then went on to do a PhD on lipid metabolism in 1950 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She then joined the Torry Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Oliphant
Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons. Born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Oliphant graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1922. He was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship in 1927 on the strength of the research he had done on mercury, and went to England, where he studied under Sir Ernest Rutherford at the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory. There, he used a particle accelerator to fire heavy hydrogen nuclei (deuterons) at various targets. He discovered the respective nuclei of helium-3 (helions) and of tritium (tritons). He also discovered that when they reacted with each other, the particles that were released had far more energy than they started with. Energy had been liberated from inside the nucleus, and he realised that this was a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Lazenby
Alec Lazenby (born 4 March 1927) is a British academic who has held positions at the University of Cambridge, University of New England, University of Tasmania, the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research and the Welsh Plant Breeding Station. Lazenby served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England from 1970 to 1976, and the University of Tasmania from 1982 to 1990. Early life and career Lazenby was born in Yorkshire on 4 March 1927. He attended Wath Grammar School, before studying for a BSc and MSc in Agriculture at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. After spending time as a scientific officer at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, he returned to academia to read for a PhD at the University of Cambridge, and both lectured and demonstrated there (latterly as a fellow of Fitzwilliam House) before moving to Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. University of New England Lazenby was appointed the foundation Professor of Agronomy and head of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Law
Phillip Garth Law, AC, CBE, FAA, FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966. Early life Law was born in Tallangatta, Victoria, the second of six children of Arthur and Lily Law. One of his younger sisters was the traveller and writer Wendy Law Suart. After attending Hamilton High School, he taught in secondary schools, including Melbourne High School where he taught physics and boxing, while studying part-time at the University of Melbourne, earning an MSc in 1941. He was the Melbourne University lightweight boxing champion and also lectured in physics there from 1943 to 1948. During the Second World War he enlisted in the RAAF, though the university physics department, which was involved in weapons research, insisted that he continue his work there. He did however manage to visit the battle areas of New Guinea on a four-month sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Farrer
Keith Thomas Henry Farrer (28 March 1916 – 6 June 2012) was a chemist, food scientist and historian who was the Chief Scientist of Kraft Foods Limited in Melbourne between 1976 and 1981. Early life and education Farrer was born in Footscray in Melbourne but soon left to live in Hobart in Tasmania. He was first educated at Hobart High School, however after receiving a scholarship in 1930, he left to finish his high school studies at Carey Baptist Grammar School, becoming a school prefect and matriculating in 1933. Afterwards, he completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) in 1937 and 1938 respectively at the University of Melbourne. This culminated in 1938 when he joined Kraft Foods Ltd as a research chemist. Career Later on, Farrer would go on to support the process in Vegemite, regarding Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) and its associated nutrients. Progressively, he climbed the ranks of the organisation to become senior research chemist between 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Philip
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until Death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. Philip was born in Greece into the Greek royal family, Greek and Danish royal family, Danish royal families; his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, when he was 18 years old. In July 1939, Philip began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. During the Second World War, he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean Fleet, Mediterranean and Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Institute Of Company Directors
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is a non-profit membership organization for directors. The AICD is a founding member of the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). History The origins of the AICD can be traced back to the United Kingdom's Institute of Directors (IoD), formed by royal charter in 1906. Branches of the IoD appeared in the Australian states in the 1960s. These branches were amalgamated in January 1971 under the Institute of Directors in Australia, an autonomous body affiliated with the IoD in the United Kingdom. The challenge of servicing state branches saw the emergence of the Company Directors Association of Australia in 1982. The two bodies merged on 1 January 1990 to form the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2022, an AICD seminar on cybersecurity was crashed by hackers. International associations AICD is a founding member of the Global Director Development Circle, now known as the Global Network of Directors Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
