Person

Muir, Hugh (1923 - 1984)

Born
21 March 1923
Dalmuir, Glasgow, Scotland
Died
26 June 1984
late of Castle Cove, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Academic and Metallurgist

Summary

Hugh Muir BMetE ScD CPEng FIM FIEAust MAusIMM, was Professor of Physical Metallurgy, University of New South Wales from 1960 to 1983. Earlier he had worked at the Munitions Supply Laboratories, Victoria 1943-1945 and had lectured at the University of Otago 1947-1954 and the University of Melbourne 1955-1959.

Hugh was national President of the Australian Institute of Metals, and President of its New South Wales Branch; made notable contributions to the Standards Association of Australia and the Australian Welding Research Association; and was prominent in the Commission into Melbourne's King Street Bridge failure.

The Hugh Muir Prize is awarded annually by the Head of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, to the student, who has contributed most to the corporate life of the school.

Details

Chronology

1941 - c. 1944
Military service - Second World War. Citizens Military Forces, Melbourne University Regiment
1942
Award - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy prize - for essay "The electric steel plant, Austarlian Iron and Steel Ltd, Port Kembla, NSW"
1943 - 1945
Career position - Munitions Supply Laboratories, Victoria
1944
Education - Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering (BMetE), University of Melbourne
1947 - 1954
Career position - Lecturer, Metallurgy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
1955 - 1959
Career position - Lecturer, Metallurgy, University of Melbourne
1960 - 1983
Career position - Professor of Physical Metallurgy, University of New South Wales
1964
Career event - Founder, Australian Welding Research Association
1964 - 1983
Career position - Head of School of Metallury, University of New South Wales
1975
Award - Florence M Taylor Medal, Sydney Branch, Australian Institute of Metals - for his contributions to the advancement of the science of the treatment of metals, and his services to the Institute
1983
Life event - Retired

Related Corporate Bodies

Archival resources

University of New South Wales Archives

  • Hugh Muir - Records, 1959 - 1984, CN 746; University of New South Wales Archives. Details

Published resources

Conference Papers

  • Muir, Hugh, 'The contribution of the metallurgist to engineering', in The Australian Institute of Metals twenty-fourth Annual Conference, Sydney, May 1971 (Melbourne, VIC: ustralian Institute of Metals, 1971).. Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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