Goodwin, Graham Clifford (1945 - )

Summary

Graham Clifford Goodwin is ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. He has published and lectured widely and has gained an international reputation as an expert in the areas of systems science and dynamical systems. Goodwin is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA), and of The Royal Society, London (FRS). He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (HonFIEAust) and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Chronology

1963

Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1964

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales

1970

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales

1971 - 1974

Career position - Lecturer in the Department of Computing and Control at Imperial College in London

1974 - 1976

Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle, New South Wales

1977 - 1983

Career position - Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle

1978

Career position - Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA (six months)

1979 - 1984

Career position - Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Newcastle

1982

Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Houston, USA (six months)

1983 -

Career position - Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Newcastle

1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1988 - 1996

Career position - Director of the Centre for Industrial Control Science

1990

Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia

1991

Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1994 - 1996

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Newcastle

1995 -

Career position - Consultant to General Motors Research Laboratories in the USA

1996

Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of New South Wales

1997

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1997 - 2001

Career position - Director of the Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control

1998 -

Career position - Honorary Professor, Northeastern University, China

2000 - 2002

Career position - Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (USA) Control Systems Society Fellow Evaluation Committee

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society and science in systems and control theory

2002 -

Career position - Research Director of the Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control

2002 -

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

2002 -

Career position - Australian Research Council (ARC) Federation Fellow

2003 -

Career position - Board member of National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA)

2003

Education - Honorary Doctor, Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden

2004 -

Career position - Distinguished Professor, Universidad Technica Federico Santa Maria in Chile

2010

Award - IEEE Control Systems Field Award

2013

Award - Rufus T Oldenburger Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

2021

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For distinguished service to tertiary education, and to electrical engineering, as an academic and researcher, and to scientific academies.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Fellow of Royal Society [Professor Graham Goodwin]', Engineers Australia, 74 (6) (2002), 12. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Fine achievements recognised [IEAust Colleges]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 62 (24) (1990), 33-34. 'Electrical College - Graham Goodwin, professor of electrical engineering at Newcastle University, was recently named the winner of the 1990 M A Sargent Medal', p.33. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5592725. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/32147558. Details
• 'Goodwin, Graham C (19450420-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-817993. Details