Morse, Roger Neill (1914 - 2003)

Summary

Roger Morse was Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Mechanical Engineering from 1963 to 1973. In total, he had more than a thirty year association with CSIRO. Morse was also Chairman of the Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission (1978-1980) and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his contributions to engineering and solar energy research.

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Chronology

1932

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

1934

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1936

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

1936

Award - Institution of Engineers Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia

1936 - 1940

Career position - Engineer with Westinghouse Rosebery Pty. Ltd.

1940

Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1940 - 1945

Military service - Second World War. Major, Royal Australian Engineers, AIF

1945

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

1945 - 1955

Career position - Electrical and Mechanical Engineer with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) / CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1955 - 1963

Career position - Officer-in-charge of the Engineering Section at CSIRO

1961

Award - Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia

1961

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1963 - 1973

Career position - Chief of the Division of Mechanical Engineering at CSIRO

1965 -

Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia

1967

Award - Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia

1968

Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]

1974 - 1978

Career position - Director of Solar Energy Studies at CSIRO

1977 - 1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

1978

Career position - Member (Victoria), Board of the General College of Engineering, Institution of Engineers Australia

1978 - 1980

Career position - Chairman, Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission

1979

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For Public Service

1980

Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

1983

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

1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1977]

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society through research and development

Related entries

Published resources

Book Sections

• Morse, Roger N., 'Chapter 11: Energy' in Technology in Australia, 1788-1988: a condensed history of Australian technological innovation and adaptation during the first two hundred years, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, eds (Melbourne: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988), pp. 779-848, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/748.html. Details

Conference Papers

• Morse, R. N.; and Siemon, J. R., 'Solar energy for Australia. The role of biological conversion.', in Annual Engineering Conference: Engineering 1976-2001, Townsville, May 10-14, 1976 (Institution of Engineers, Australia, ), pp. 1-5.. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Roger N. Morse', Australian Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating, 18 (6) (1964), 58-58. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Seventeenth Annual Report [1936]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1937), 145-154. 'Prizes - The Institution of Engineers Prize (1936 Award) to: Mr R N Morse, BSc BE StudIEAust, Sydney Division'. Details
• Kaletzky, E.; MacPherson, R. K.; and Morse, R. N., 'The effect of low-temperature radiant cooling on thermal comfort in a hot, moist environment', Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Transactions, 5 (1963), 60-. Details
• Morse, R. N., 'A method of investigating the transient characteristics of electrical circuits', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1937), 77-83. Details
• Morse, R. N., 'Chairman's Address -Technology for export', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 36 (1964), N41-. Details
• Morse, R. N., 'A rock bed regenerative building cooling system (and Discussion)', Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions, 4 (1968), 23-. Details
• Morse, R. N.; and Kaletzky, E., 'A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 33 (1961), 181- , Discussion pp.269-. Details
• Morse, R. N.; and Read, W. R. W., 'The development of a solar still for Australian conditions (and discussion)', Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions, 3 (1967), 71-. Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Forty-third Annual Report [1962] (1963), 16 pp. 'Prizes - Mechanical Engineering Prize (1961 Award), to Mr R N Morse, BSc BE MIEAust, (Mrs E Kaletzky, non-member, as co-author), for the paper entitled "A New Approach to Radiant Cooling for Human Comfort"', p.2. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Forty-ninth Annual Report [1968] (1969), 14 pp. 'Prizes - Mechanical Engineering Prize (1967 Award), to Mr R N Morse, BSc BE FIEAust, and Mr W R W Read, GradIEAust, for their paper entitled "The Development of a Solar Still for Australian Conditions"', p.3. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1980 [Sixty-first Annual Report] (1981), 16 pp. 'Institution Awards - Council awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal for 1980 to Mr R N Morse, AO FIEAust', p.10. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1983 [Sixty-fourth Annual Report] (1984), 16 pp. 'Institution Honours - Council elected Mr R N Morse, AO, as Honorary Fellow', p.12. Details

Resources

• CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B4747, MORSE/ROGER NEILL', B4747 Army Militia service records, attestation documents, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=9300674. Details
• CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, VX58808', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6136585. Details
• 'Morse, R N (1914-2003)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-642293. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Morse, Roger Neill', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001760p.htm. Details
• Ward, C., 'Roger Neill Morse', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Morse-Roger-Neill. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details