Person
Crisp, John Douglas Correll (1927 - 1992)
AM FTSE
- Born
- 4 May 1927
South Australia, Australia - Died
- 10 April 1992
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Mechanical engineer
Summary
John Crisp, AM FTSE ME FIEAust, was Professor of Engineering Dynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University from 1967 to 1991. He made a major contribution to mechanical and manufacturing engineering in Australia, as Chairman of the Institution of Engineers Australia's Task Force on Manufacturing 1978-1981 and as Chairman of the College of Mechanical Engineers 1975-1978.
His distinguished contribution to engineering was acknowledged when he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1982 in recognition of service to engineering, was awarded the A. G. M. Michell Medal in 1984, and was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal in 1987.
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Chronology
- 1946
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1950
- Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering, with Honours (BCE(Hons), University of Adelaide
- 1951
- Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1951
- Education - Fellowship Diploma in Civil Engineering (FSASM), South Australian School of Mines
- 1951 - 1953
- Career position - Attached scientist (Australian Department of Supply Trainee Officer), Royal Aircraft Establishment, England
- 1954
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1954 - 1955
- Career position - Attached scientist, Vickers-Armstrong Aeroelastic Group Technical Office, England
- 1956
- Education - Master of Engineering, University of Adelaide
- 1957 - 1959
- Career position - Research engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Research assistant professor, Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, USA
- 1960 - 1962
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Engineering, Monash University
- 1964
- Career event - Acting Head of Engineering Department, Monash University [vice Ken Hunt overseas]
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Reader, Engineering Department, Monash University
- 1965 - 1967
- Career position - Associate Professor, Applied Mechanics, Monash University
- 1967 - 1991
- Career position - Professor, Engineering Dynamics, Monash University
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1970
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1975 - 1978
- Career position - Chairman, College of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Chairman, Task Force of Manufacturing, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1981 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1982
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to engineering
- 1984
- Award - A G M Michell Medal, Mechanical Engineering College, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1981]
- 1987
- Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1992
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Engineering Dynamics, Monash University
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Published resources
Conference Papers
- Crisp, J. D. C., 'Overview of Manufacturing Task Force Report', in Engineering Conference 1980: Engineering in the 80s: Plenary Sessions Papers (Barton, ACT: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1980), pp. 13-.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.367735616175721. Details
- Crisp, J. D. C.; Brown, R. H.; Blackman, D. R., 'Disputation', in Conference on Engineering Education 1976: Preprints of Papers (Sydney, NSW: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1976), pp. 141-145.. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Annual Report - Colleges [1977]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 50 (4) (1978), 23-26. 'Chairman, College of Mechanical engineers [Portrait]'. Details
- 'IEAust news : Crisp wins P.N.R. Memorial Medal [1987 Award to Prof John Crisp]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 59 (1987), 40. Details
- Crisp, J. D. C., 'Theory and practice in engineering - a dilemma?', Transactions of The Institution of Engineers, Australia: Mechanical Engineering, ME9 (4) (1984), 316-321. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Annual Report of the Colleges 1984', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 57 (1984), 44-49. 'College of Mechanical Engineers: the A.G.M.Michell Medal was presented to J.D.C. Crisp', p.48. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'People - Dr. Keith (Bill) Bradfield; Geoffrey Coates; Prof John Crisp; Colin Seckington, Dr Vaughan Beck; Obituary: David Isaacs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 63 (20) (1991), 23. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1987 [Sixty-eighth Annual Report] (1988), 28 pp. 'Awards and Honours - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal for 1987 was awarded to Professor John Douglas Crisp'. Details
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