Edwin Thomas (Ted) Brown (born 4 December 1938,

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) is an Australian mining and civil engineer acknowledged as a world expert in the field of rock mechanics.Companion of the Order of Australia
26 January 2001, It's an Honour, "For service to the engineering profession as a world expert in the field of rock mechanics and to scholarship through promotion of the highest academic and professional standards."Centenary Medal
1 January 2001, It's an Honour, "For service to Australian society in mining and civil engineering."2007 Muller Award Nomination
28 November 2005, Australian Geomechanics Society His academic career spanned 36 years from 1965 to 2001. He received a Ph.D. from the

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in 1969, a D.Sc. (Engineering) from the University of London in 1985, he was lecturer and Associate Professor at

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, then Reader and Professor of Rock Mechanics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London (1975–1987), serving as Dean of the Royal School of Mines 1983–1986. On return to Australia, he became Dean of Engineering at the University of Queensland. He was appointed an

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in 2001.Emeritus Professors
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Ted 1938 births Australian civil engineers Australian mining engineers University of Queensland alumni Academic staff of the University of Queensland Academic staff of James Cook University Living people Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Deans of the Royal School of Mines