Person

Hawken, Roger William Hercules (1878 - 1947)

Born
12 May 1878
Darlington, New South Wales, Australia
Died
18 October 1947
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Roger Hawken MIEAust, was Professor of Engineering, University of Queensland from 1916 until 1947. He served as a civil engineer in New South Wales, Federal Malay States and Queensland. He also lectured at the Ballarat School of Mine and the University of Sydney. Hawken was a co-founder of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919), the first chairman of its Brisbane division (1919), its President in 1923 and a councillor. He was the instigator of the compulsory registration of consulting engineers. Hawken worked on the initial design of the Sydney harbour bridge (which was later aborted) and researched widely in the areas of hydrology, earth pressure, and column design.

The Hawken Engineering Building, University of Queensland; Hawken Drive, St Lucia; and the Hawken Address, an annual oration presented by the Queensland division of the Institution of Engineers, are all named in his honour.

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Chronology

c. 1900
Career position - Engineer at Tamworth-Manilla railway, New South Wales
1900
Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Sydney
1901 - 1903
Career position - Engineer on the Sydney Harbour Bridge project
1902
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
1904
Career position - locum tenens Professor of Engineering, School of Mines, Ballarat
1905 - 1909
Career position - Assistant engineer, later Executive engineer, Public Works Department, Federated Malay States [under John Trump MInstCE]
1909 - c. 1911
Career position - Engineer, Shire of Ashford (NSW) then Yelleroi (Qld)
7 Dec 1909
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1912 -
Career position - Inaugural Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Queensland
1916 - 1919
Career position - de facto Professor of Engineering, University of Queensland
1918
Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Sydney
1919 -
Career position - de jure Professor of Engineering, University of Queensland
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1919
Career position - Co-founder, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1919 - 1947
Career position - Member, Queensland Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London
28 Jan 1919
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1920
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1923
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1923 - 1947
Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1931
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1938 - 1947
Career position - Chairman, Queensland Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London

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Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

Edited Books

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary [Professor Roger William Hercules Hawken]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 19 (Sep-Dec) (1947), 207-8. Details
  • 'Obituary: Professor R. W. H. Hawken', Australian Journal of Science, 10 (4) (1948), 107. Details
  • 'First members of institution [Diamond Jubilee feature article]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (20) (1979), 69. 'Registered member number 15'. Details
  • Hawken, R. W., 'The use of influence lines in the designing of structures.', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 8 (1903), 51-98, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2036. Details
  • Hawken, R. W., 'The method of two origins for deducting the deflection of a beam and the equation of three moments', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 20 (1915-17), 37-48, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2331. Details
  • Hawken, R. W., 'Column analysis and design', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 21 (1917-20), 1-40, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2070. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, '48th Council Meeting [23rd November 1931, Sydney]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 3 (1931), 434. '1931 award of the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal be made to Professor R W H Hawken, Member, Brisbane Division.'. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twelfth Annual Report [1931]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (1932), 178-179. 'Prizes awarded during the session: The P. N. Russell Memorial Medal, to Professor R W H Hawken', p.179. Details

Resources

See also

  • 'P. N. Russell Memorial Medal [List of recipients 1923 - 1931]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 3 (1931), 445. Details

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