Person
Cumming, Ronald William (1920 - 1986)
FTS
- Born
- 21 October 1920
Perth?, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 31 December 1986
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer and Psychologist
Summary
Ronald Cumming was Director of the Caulfield Institute of Technology 1979-1982 and was then a visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Melbourne 1983-1986. Earlier he was a Research Scientist at the Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL), Melbourne 1941-1955 and a member of the Human Engineering Research Group at ARL 1956-1966 conducting research on human factors in aviation.
Details
Chronology
- 1979
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1983
- Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Related entries
Archival resources
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
- Ronald William Cumming - Records, MS 13551; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details
Published resources
Resources
- 'Cumming, Ronald William (19201021-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477178. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DEng, 1983', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 November 2022
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