Person
Johnson, Charles Henric James (1928 - 2022)
- Born
- 1 July 1928
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 13 April 2022
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Charles Johnson was a mathematician who spent his career applying mathematics to myriad physical and chemical problems. These problems included the design of aerofoils in cascade, heat transfer in moving fluids, intermolecular forces and the properties of gases, theory of titration, solid state physics, polymerisation kinetics, the morphology of polymeric materials and laser processing. His career spanned a time when mathematical modelling was becoming more important in the development and understanding of research projects. Advances in computer technology enabled more accurate predictions from mathematical models, and he was able to turn his mathematical analysis into sophisticated computer models. Johnson joined CSIRO in 1959, retiring from the Division of Materials Science and Technology as Senior Principal Research Scientist in 1993.
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Chronology
- 1950
- Education - BSc, University of Tasmania
- 1952
- Education - BSc (Hons) in Mathematics, University of Tasmania
- 1956 - 1959
- Career position - Experimental Officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratories
- 1959 - 1963
- Career position - Research Officer, CSIRO Chemical Engineering Section
- 1960
- Career position - Guest lecturer for Mathematics IV, Royal Melbourne Technical College
- 1963 - 1966
- Career position - Senior Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry
- 1966 - 1973
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry
- 1974 - 1987
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
- 1978
- Education - DSc, University of Melbourne
- 1986
- Career position - Consultant to CSIRONET Supercomputing Services
- 1987 - 1993
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
- 1993
- Life event - Retired from CSIRO
- 1993 - 1994
- Career position - Consultant to CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Polymer Blends Project
- 2000 - 2004
- Career position - Consultant to Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bolton, H.C.; and Johnson, C. H. J., 'Monte-Carlo studies of kinetic-Ising-model', Physical review B, 13 (7) (1976), 3025-33. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.13.3025. Details
- Johnson, C. H. J.; Moad, G.; Solomon, D. H.; Spurling, T. H.; and Vearing, D. J., 'The application of supercomputers in modelling chemical-reaction kinetics - kinetic simulation of "quasi-living" radical polymerization', Australian journal of chemistry, 43 (7) (1990), 1215-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9901215. Details
- Johnson, C. H. J.; Moad, G.; Solomon, D.H.; and Spurling, T. H., 'Kinetic simulation of polymerization involving termination by reversible chain transfer', Australian journal of chemistry, 39 (12) (1986), 1943-50. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9861943. Details
- Johnson, C.H. J.; and Spurling, T. H., 'Pairwise additive third virial coefficients for multipolar molecules - application to water vapour', Australian journal of chemistry, 24 (8) (1971), 1567-80. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9711567. Details
Theses
- Johnson, C. H. J., 'Some mathematical problems in statistical mechanics and in heat and mass transfer', DSc thesis, University of Melbourne, 1978. Details
Thomas Spurling
Created: 31 May 2022