Person
Stewart, Ian McColl (1912 - 1994)
AM HonFIEAust
- Born
- 17 October 1912
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 22 October 1994
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Chemical engineer and Engineering historian
Summary
Ian Stewart was foundation professor of chemical engineering at the University of Newcastle from 1965 to 1977. Before that he was chief engineer at Hepburn Ltd (1947-1965), where he was consultant to mine management on coal marketing and utilisation, and on mechanical and electrical services to the company's mines, including coal cleaning and power generation.
He was also: a Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE); a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Energy (SFInstE); and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Energy (FIAE).
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Chronology
- 1932
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1932
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Queensland
- 1934 - 1938
- Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Travelling Fellowship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- c. 1938
- Education - Master of Science (SM), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1939
- Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1940 - 1942
- Career position - Engineer in Food Dehydration section, Department of Commerce and Agriculture
- 1941
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1943 - 1947
- Career position - Fuel-economy Engineer, Commonwealth Coal Commission
- 1947 - 1965
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Hepburn Ltd
- 1958
- Career position - Chairman, Newcastle Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1958
- Career position - Chairman of Australian Membership to the Institute of Fuel
- 1965
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1965 - 1977
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle, New South Wales
- 1968
- Award - Chemical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia [with J Saville]
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Chemical Engineering, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1973 - 1976
- Career Position - Councillor, National Committee for Chemical Engineering, Insitution of Engineers Australia
- 1975 - 1976
- Career position - Chairman, College of Chemical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1976 - 1979
- Career Position - Convenor, Liquid Fuels Working Party
- 1978 - 1994
- Career Position - Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle
- 1981 -
- Career Position - Chairman, Institute of Fuel Research, University of Newcastle
- 1983
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to engineering
- 1986
- Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1989
- Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Newcastle
Related entries
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Stewart, I. McC., 'Newcastle's Engineering Heritage', in Engineering Conference Newcastle: Engineering Towards the 21st Century; Conference Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1983), pp. 49-52., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.488034190407940. Details
- Stewart, I. McC., 'Newcastle as an Engineering Heritage', in Third National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1986: Practices and Responsibilities of Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1986), pp. 31-36.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.680084225166207. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Institution News and Notes - Prizes [1968: R. W. Chapman Medal; Warren Memorial Prize; Electrical Engineering Prize; Mechanical Engineering Prize; Chemical Engineering Prize; The Institution Award. 1969: Edward Noyes Prize; J. R. Bainton Prize; R. J. N. Franki Medal]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 42 (1-2) (1970), N17-N19. Awarded the Chemical Engineering Prize (1968) with J Saville, BE MIEAust - for their paper "A Simplified Heat Transfer Equation for Sinter Beds", Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions, Nov 1968. Details
- 'Prince Philip becomes HonFIEAust [Also elected Honorary Fellows: Peter Courtney Gration, Hill Wesley Worner, Ian McColl Stewart, Ronald John Yates]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 59 (October 31) (1986), 39. Details
- Stewart, I. McC., 'A Review of Coal Utilisation in Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 19 (1947), 97-. Details
- Stewart, Ian; and Caldwell, Rod, 'From the Past', Newsletter of Engineering Heritage Australia, 22 (December 2009) (2009), 5. Details
- Wall, Terry, 'Obituary: Ian McColl Stewart [1912 - 1994]', Engineers Australia, 66 (1994), 50. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Fiftieth Annual Report [1969] (1970), 14 pp. 'Prizes - Chemical Engineering Prize (1968 Award), to Professor I McC Stewart, ME MSc FIEAust, and Mr J Saville, BE MIEAust, (but GradIEAust, at time of submission of paper) for their paper entitled "A Simplified Heat Transfer Equation for Sinter Beds"', p.3. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1986 [Sixty-seventh Annual Report] (1987), 24 pp. 'Awards and Honours - Honorary Fellows -Council elected Prof I McC Stewart, AM FIEAust, as Honorary Fellow', p.15. Details
Resources
- 'Stewart, Ian McC (1912-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-485766. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DEng, 1989', Honorary degrees, University of Newcastle, 2023, https://www.newcastle.edu.au/engage/alumni/stories/honorary-degrees. Details
See also
- Draper, W.J. ed., Who's who in Australia 1983 (Melbourne, Victoria: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1983), 960 pp. p.811. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 31 August 2023