Person

Roderick, Jack William (1913 - 1990)

FAA FTSE HonFIEAust

Born
21 September 1913
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died
27 November 1990
Glenhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Jack Roderick was Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney 1951-1978. In 1968 he set up the Postgraduate Civil Engineering Foundation, an organisation which brought industry and University together and which provided a source of funds for research. He made significant contributions to the theory of welded and other metal structures and the application of plastic theory to the design of such structures.

In 1981, the University of Sydney named the J.W. Roderick Laboratory for Materials and Structures in his honor.

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Chronology

Career position - Chairman, Provisional Council, Australian Welding Research Association
Career event - Fellow, Institute of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom
Career event - Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers London, England
Career event - Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, United States of America (USA)
- 1935
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Bristol, England
- 1937
Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Bristol, England
- 1941
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol, England
- 1945
Education - Masters of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge, England
1935
Career position - Engineering Assistant, H. Young and Co. Structural Engineers, Bristol, England
1935 - 1937
Career position - Engineering Assistant, Experimental Department, Bristol Aeroplane Company, England
1937 - 1939
Career position - Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, England
1939 - 1943
Career position - Lecturer in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, England
1940s
Career position - Technical Intelligence Officer, Ministry of Home Security (survey of bomb-damaged steel structures), England
1944
Career position - Secondment to the University of Cambridge, England by the British Welding Research Association
1945 - 1950
Career position - Assistant Director of Research, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, England
1946
Career position - Secondment to British Welding Research Association to supervise establishment of its Abington Research Station
1951
Career position - University Lectureship and in Charge of Postgraduate Courses, University of Cambridge, England
1951 - 1978
Career position - Challis Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
1952
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1954 - 1990
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1962
Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1962 - 1964
Career position - Secretary (Physical Sciences), Australian Academy of Science
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1969
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Newcastle
1969
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1975
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1977 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1979
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1981
Award - Laboratory named in his honor, The J.W. Roderick Laboratory for Materials and Structures, University of Sydney
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1977]

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Published resources

Books

  • Black, Hermann, The J.W. Roderick Laboratory for Materials and Structures, amed by Sir Hermann Black. One hundred years of structural testing, address by N. S. Trahair (Sydney: University of Sydney Press, 1981). Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Roderick awarded P.N.R. Memorial Medal [Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1975 to Professor J W Roderick, MA(Cantab) MSc PhD HonDEng FIEAust]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 48 (1-2) (1976), 9. Details
  • Harrison, H. B.; and Poulos, H. G., 'Jack William Roderick, 1913-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (3) (1993), 270-277. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9930930270. Details
  • Roderick, J. W., 'Edward Hughesdon Davis 1920-1981', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (3) (1982), 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9820530109. Details
  • Roderick, J. W., 'William Henry Wittrick, 1922-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710123. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes

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