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Blackwood, Robert Rutherford (1906 - 1982)

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Born
3 June 1906
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Died
21 August 1982
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer, Industrialist and University Chancellor

Summary

Sir Robert Blackwood was Chancellor of Monash University 1961-1968 and Chairman of Dunlop Australia Ltd 1972-1979. He was President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1973-1974. He is commemorated by the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University.

His research into the strength of electric arc welding between 1928 and 1932, that gained him a Master of Civil Engineering, contributed significantly to the adoption of electric arc welding in Australia, and to the development of the first Australian Standards for Welding in Steel Frames Buildings.

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Chronology

1925
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1927
Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne
1928
Award - John Melvin Memorial Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne
1928 - 1932
Career position - Testing Officer, Engineering School, University of Melbourne
1929
Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne
1930
Award - Stawell Research Scholarship in Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne
1930 - 1933
Career position - Lecturer in Agricultural Engineering, University of Melbourne
1932
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1932
Education - Master of Civil Engineering (MCE), University of Melbourne
1933 - 1936
Career position - Research engineer, Dunlop Rubber Aust. Ltd, Melbourne
1934
Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia [Awarded 1940]
1937 - 1946
Career position - Technical manager, Dunlop Rubber Aust. Ltd, Melbourne
1947 - 1948
Career position - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne
1948
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1948 - 1966
Career position - General manager, Dunlop Rubber Aust. Ltd, Melbourne
1958 - 1961
Career position - Chairman, Interim Council, Monash University
June 1961
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - In recognition of service to the Melbourne University.
1964
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1964 - 1978
Career position - Trustee, National Museum of Victoria
1966
Life event - Retired, from Dunlop Rubber Aust. Ltd.
1968
Career position - Wrote Monash University : the first ten years
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1971
Award - Honorary Doctor of laws (LLD), Monash University
1971
Award - Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University - opened and named in his honour.
1972
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1973 - 1974
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
1975 - 1982
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

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Published resources

Books

  • Blackwood, Robert, Sir, Monash University : the first ten years (Melbourne: Hampden Hall, 1968), 262 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • 'Prizes of The Institution [The Institution of Engineers' Prize; Electrical Association Prize 1933, 1934]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 12 (1940), 314-315. Awarded Electrical Association Premium 1934, for his paper 'The Effect of Welding Variables on the Physical Properties of Electric Arc Weld Metals' Journal of the Institution of Engineers Australia v.6, no.11, p.421-. Details
  • 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1964 Award [Sir Robert Rutherford Blackwood, MCE BEE MIEAust]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 36 (1964), N95. Details
  • 'Monash's founding chancellor dies [Highway one]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 54 (19) (1982), 10. Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Strength of Electric Arc Welds in Structural Mild Steel - I.', Commonwealth Engineer (1930). Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'Some Research Problems in Electric Arc Welding', Journal of Australian Welding Institute (1931), 82-85. Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Strength of Electric Arc Welds in Structural Mild Steel - II', Journal of Australian Welding Institute (1932). Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Strength of Fillet Welds Under Oblique Loads', Journal of Australian Welding Institute (1933). Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'Some Fatigue Tests on Electric Arc Weld Metals', Journal of Australian Welding Institute (1933). Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Effect of Welding Variables on the Physical Properties of Electric Arc Weld Metals', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (11) (1934), 421-. Awarded Electrical Association Premium 1934 [Presented in 1940]. Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Effect of Welding Variables on the Physical Properties of Electric Arc Weld Metals [Discussion]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1935), 61-. Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Relation between the Physical Properties of Weld Metals', Journal of Australian Welding Institute (1935). Details
  • Blackwood, R. R., 'The Effect of Welding Variables on the Physical Properties of Electric Arc Weld Metals [Discussion]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (1936), 14-. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-first Annual Report [1940]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (1941), 33-51. 'Prizes - Electrical Association Premium (1934 award), to Mr R R Blackwood, MCE BE AMIEAust, Melbourne Division, for his paper entitled "The Effect of Welding Variables on the Physical Properties of Electric Arc Weld Metals", which was published in Volume 6 of The Journal', p.37. Details

Newspaper Articles

Reports

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Forty-fifth Annual Report [1964] (1965), 14 pp. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1964 Award), to Sir Robert Rutherford Blackwood, MCE BEE MIEAust', p.3. Details

Resources

Theses

  • Blackwood, Robert Rutherford, 'Research work on the Strength of Electric Arc Welds in Structural Mild Steel', M.C.E. thesis, University of Melbourne, 1932, http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au:80/record=b1884448~S30. Details

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