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Journal Article

Author
Institution of Engineers Australia
Title
Twenty-first Annual Report [1940]
In
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Editor
MacLean, E. S.
Imprint
vol. 13, no. 2, Feb 1941, pp. 33-51
ISBN/ISSN
0020-3319
Abstract

Prizes.-The following prizes have been awarded during the session.-

Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1939 award) - to Sir Henry Barraclough, KBE VD ME MME(Cornell) MIEAust, Sydney Division.

Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1940 award) - to Mr. A. J. Gibson, ME MIEAust, Sydney Division.

Electrical Association Premium (1933 award) - to Mr. A. B. Corbett, MBE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for his paper entitled "Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney", which was published in Volume 5 of The Journal.

Electrical Association Premium (1934 award) - to Mr. R. R. Blackwood, MCE BE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for his paper entitled "The effect of welding variables on the physical properties of electric arc weld metals", which was published in Volume 6 of The Journal.
The paper by Mr. F. B. Haugaard, AMIEAust, entitled "Parallel operation of automatically controlled three phase induction voltage regulators and tap changing transformers" was adjudged as proxime accessit for this award.

The Institution of Engineers' Prize (1940 award) - jointly to Mr. J. Warner, BSc BE for his thesis "Vacuum tube oscillators", and Mr. G. Tangie, BSc BE StudIEAust, for his thesis "The cathode ray oscillograph - Its application to mechanical engineering and the technique of de-focussing".

Awards

  • Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

    'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1933 award) - to Mr A B Corbett, MBE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for the paper "Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney", published in Volume 5 of The Journal; (1934 award) - to Mr R R Blackwood, MCE BE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for the paper "The effect of welding variables on the physical properties of electric arc weld metals", published in Volume 6 of The Journal. The paper by Mr F B Haugaard, AMIEAust, "Parallel operation of automatically controlled three phase induction voltage regulators and tap changing transformers" was adjudged as proxime accessit for this award', p.37

  • The Institution of Engineers' Prize, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1925 - )

    'Prizes - The Institution of Engineers' Prize (1940 award) - jointly to Mr J Warner, BSc BE for his thesis "Vacuum tube oscillators", and Mr G Tangie, BSc BE StudIEAust, for his thesis "The cathode ray oscillograph - Its application to mechanical engineering and the technique of de-focussing"', p.37

  • Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

    'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1939 award) - to Sir Henry Barraclough, KBE VD ME ME(Cornell) MIEAust, Sydney Division; Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1940 award) - to Mr A J Gibson, ME MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.37

People

  • Barraclough, Edward (1915 - 1972)

    'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1939 award) - to Sir Henry Barraclough, KBE VD ME ME(Cornell) MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.37

  • Blackwood, Robert Rutherford (1906 - 1982)

    'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1934 award) - to Mr R R Blackwood, MCE BE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for the paper "The effect of welding variables on the physical properties of electric arc weld metals", published in Volume 6 of The Journal', p.37

  • Corbett, Arthur Brownlow (c. 1876 - 1970)

    'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1933 award) - to Mr A B Corbett, MBE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for the paper "Mechanical handling of mails, General Post Office, Sydney", published in Volume 5 of The Journal', p.37

  • Gibson, Alexander James (1876 - 1960)

    'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1940 award) - to Mr A J Gibson, ME MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.37

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