Person
Rudd, James Brydon (1910 - 1975)
- Born
- 26 November 1910
Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 25 May 1975
late of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist and Radio engineer
Summary
James Rudd was the chief engineer at Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) and was responsible for many developments in radio technology in Australia, from when he first joined the firm as an engineer in 1937 until he retired.
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Chronology
- 1931
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1933 - 1936
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics, Newcastle Technical College
- 1937 - 1970
- Career position - Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 1947
- Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia [Awarded 1949]
- 1947
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1949
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1962
- Education - Doctor of Engineering Science (DScEng), University of Sydney
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1970 -
- Career position - Chief engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bailey, V. A.; and Rudd, J. B., 'The behaviour of electrons in nitrous oxide', Philosophical Magazine, 14 [Ser.7] (1932), 1033-1046, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786443209462143. Details
- Green, A. L.; and Rudd, J. B., 'A general-purpose communication receiver', A.W.A. Technical Review, 4 (1939), 181-197. Details
- Rudd, J. B,; and Craig, D., 'Remote control of rotary switches', A.W.A. Technical Review, 5 (1940), 1-19. Details
- Rudd, J. B., 'Equipment for the measurement of loudspeaker response', A.W.A. Technical Review, 3 (1938), 143-156. Details
- Rudd, J. B., 'The impedance of the voice-coil of a loudspeaker', A.W.A. Technical Review, 3 (1938), 100-112. Details
- Rudd, J. B., 'A portable beat-frequency oscillator', A.W.A. Technical Review, 5 (1941), 171-179. Details
- Rudd, J. B., 'Theory and design of radio-frequency transformers', A.W.A. Technical Review, 6 (1944), 193-256. Details
- Rudd, J. B.; Honnor, W. W.; and McGuire, W. S., 'An experimental Frequency-Modulated broadcast transmitter', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 20 (1948), 107-. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Thirtieth Annual Report [1949] (1949), 16 pp. 'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1947 Award), to Mr Wilfrid Weston Honnor, BSc ME MIEAust, and Mr James Brydon Rudd, BSc AMIEAust, Sydney Division, for their paper "An Experimental Frequency-Modulated Broadcast Transmitter." It was recorded that Mr W S McGuire, non-member, was a joint author of the paper. Details
Resources
- 'Rudd, James Brydon (1910-1975)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473438. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Rudd, James Brydon', 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/P001798p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 March 2025
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