Person

Morse, Roger Neill (1914 - 2003)

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Born
25 January 1914
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
2 March 2003
Occupation
Electrical engineer, Mechanical engineer Mechanical engineer and Science administrator

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
27 November 1963 - 31 December 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
13 Sep 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
1976 - 1977
Career position - Member Task Force on Energy, Institution of Engineers, Australia
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 - 2003
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1987 - 2003
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

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Books

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

  • George, D. W.; Rawlings, B.; Alder, K. F.; Dembecki, J. A.; Messerle, H. K.; Morse, R. N.; Symonds, J. L., 'Review of energy research and development in Australia. (Report of Working Party 11)', in Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) (Institution of Engineers Australia, 1977), pp. 209-215.. Details
  • 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
  • Morse, R. N.; Baddams, H.; Close, D. J.; Dembecki, J. A.; Higgins, P.; Kirkwood, J. B.; Luxton, R. E.; Read, W. R.; Saunders, D. W.;Siemon, J. R.; Smith, G. E., 'Solar energy as heat and for fuel. (Report of Working Party 6)', in Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) (Institution of Engineers Australia, 1977), pp. 112-128.. Details
  • Urie, R.; Meldrum, I. W.; Hocking, D. W.; Foster, R. J.; Kirkwood, J. B.; George, D. W.; Morse, R. N.; Harris, S. F.; Symonds, J. L., 'Long term primary energy prospects and usage patterns. (Report of Working Party 1)', in Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) (Institution of Engineers Australia, 1977), pp. 1-22.. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Roger N. Morse', Australian Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating, 18 (6) (1964), 58-58. Details
  • Endersbee, L. A. [etal], 'An energy policy for Australia: Extracts from the summary report and recommendations of the Task Force on Energy of The Institution of Engineers, Australia', Energy, 5 (4) (1980), 295-323, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0360544280900328. 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

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See also

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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