Davie, Robert Samuel (Bob) (1930 - 2001)

Summary

Bob Davie was the Director of Swinburne Institute of Technology. In 1963 he joined Swinburne, as head of Production engineering and as Second Vice Principal and retired in 1987 as the Director.

He was a leader in cooperative curriculum development and cooperative education, working closely with industry, and was elected president of the World Association of Cooperative Education. He was a mechanical engineer and introduced work experience into the Production Engineering Diplomas at Swinburne in 1963. When the Institute began four year degree courses in 1971, industry based learning (IBL) was added to a wider range of the Swinburne degree courses.

Together with Jim Russell, they researched the value of cooperative industry based learning, and in 1983, hosted the 3rd conference of the World Association of Cooperative Education, in Melbourne.

Since 1963, IBL and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) have continued as a foundation of learning at Swinburne.

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Chronology

1953

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

1955

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide

1958

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1963 - c. 1972

Career position - Second Vice Principal, Swinburne Technical College

1968

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]

1972

Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

c. 1972 - c. 1976

Career position - Assistant Director of Engineering and Applied Science faculties, Swinburne Institute of Technology

c. 1976 - 1987

Career position - Director, Swinburne Institute of Technology

1977

Career position - Chairman, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers Australia

1979 - c. 1980

Career position - Chairman, College of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia

1985 - 1986

Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia

1987

Life event - Retired

1987

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to education, particularly in the field of engineering.

1992

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

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Published resources

Books

• Davie, R.S., Structure of engineering diplomas (Hawthorn, Victoria: Swinburne Technical College, 1967). Details
• Davie, R.S. [et al], Development of cooperative sandwich education : joint research project (Hawthorn, Vic.: Swinburne College of Technology, 1976). Details
• Davie, Robert Samuel; Stamm, Walter J., Australian case studies 1990 (Hawthorn, Vic: Swinburne University of Technology, 1990), 61 pp. Details

Conference Papers

• Davie, R.S., 'Case study - HPT Ltd: recruitment and training of engineers', in Developing engineers for high productivity: conference and workshop: 23-24 November 1988 (1988), p. 13., https://data.informit.org/doi/10.3316/engine.892467. Details
• Davie, R.S.; Gillin, L.M.; Russell, J.K., 'The Influence of Aerospace Developments upon Developments in Manufacturing', in Joint National Symposium 1985: The Influence of Aviation on Engineering and the Future of Aeronautics in Australia; Preprints (Barton, ACT: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1985), pp. 1-4., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.690034231818086. Details
• Davie, R.S.; Russell, J.K., 'Australian Attitudes Towards Cooperative Education in Engineering', in Conference on Engineering Education 1976: Preprints of Papers (Sydney, NSW: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1976), pp. 86-90., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.601397187542828. Details
• Russell, J.K.; Davie, R.S., 'Engineering Education: Its Relationship to Cultural Development', in Engineering Conference 1978: Engineers Developing a Better World; Conference Papers (Barton, ACT: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1978), pp. 77-81., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.611924816303711. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Leading engineer to chair new education body' (1985). Bob Davie appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Institutions Accreditation Committee for Advanced Education. Details
• Davie, R. S., 'The A.G.M. Michell Award', Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Australia: Mechanical Engineering, ME4 (November 1979) (1979), 63. Details
• Davie, R. S.; Gillin, L. M.; Russell, J. K., 'The influence of aerospace developments in manufacturing', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 57 (24) (1985), Supplement: 1-4. Details
• Davie, R. S.; Perry, J. H., 'A road to technological survival', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 56 (14) (1984), 34-36, https://data.informit.org/doi/10.3316/engine.855822. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'And Now Full Steam Ahead [Pritchard Steam Car]', The Chartered Engineer Victoria (1977), 8. 'As chairman, Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers Australia, Davie wrote to the Acting Premier of Victoria, to support local innovation'. Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1992 [Seventy-third Annual Report] (1993), 40 pp. 'Honorary Fellows - Council elected Robert Samuel Davie, AM, as Honorary Fellow', p.16. Details

See also

• 'Annual Report of the Colleges [1980]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 53 (3) (1981), 38-43. 'College of Mechanical Engineers - Bob Davie elected for 3rd term as Chairman', p.41. Details
• Anon, IBL 50 : Industry-based learning at Swinburne. Celebrating 50 years 1963-2013 (Hawthorn, VIC: Swinburne Uinversity of Technology, 2013), 24 pp, https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/1ca3f610-a284-4cb5-adfa-f9f3a1308d4f/1/. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Annual Report - Colleges [1978]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (4) (1979), 33-37. 'College of Mechanical Engineers - Davie elected Chairman 1979-1980', p.36. Details