Person

Lowke, John James (1934 - )

FTSE

Born
3 April 1934
Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Physicist and Science administrator

Summary

John Lowke was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Applied Physics, Sydney from 1980 to 1988, and has published in the field of gas lasers and on related topics.

Details

Chronology

1956
Education - BSc (hons), University of Adelaide
1956 - 1958
Career position - Teacher, South Australian Department of Education
1958
Education - DipEd. University of Adelaide
1963
Education - PhD, University of Adelaide
1963
Career position - Lecturer, Adelaide Teachers College
1964 - 1975
Career position - Senior Physicist (later Fellow), Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1969 - 1970
Career position - Rothman Fellow, Australian National University
1976 - 1980
Career position - Senior Lecturer (later Reader), School of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
1978
Award - John Madsen Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia
1980 - 1988
Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [II]
1981 - 1989
Career position - Member, Australian Electrical Research Board
1981 - 1994
Career position - Member, Research Board, Welding Technology Institute Australia
1983 - 2014
Career position - Convenor, Panel on Physics of Welding, Wireless Technology Institute Australia
1988 - 1999
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics [II]
1989
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1993
Award - Ramsay Moon Award (jointly0, Welding Technology Institute Australia
1999 -
Career position - Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Manufacturing
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in applied physics
2004
Award - Physics of Welding Award, Japanese Welding Society
2007
Award - Wilfred Chapman Award, Welding Technology Institute Australia

Archival resources

Private hands (Lowke, J.J.)

  • John James Lowke - Records, 1980 - 1987; Private hands (Lowke, J.J.). Details

Published resources

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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