Person

Bowden, Andrew Thomson (1900 - 1968)

Born
11 January 1900
Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland
Died
1968
Sunderland, Northumberland, England
Occupation
Mechanical engineer

Summary

Andrew Bowden, BScEng PhD AMIEAust FIMechE MIMarE, was Lecturer in charge, then Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia from 1926 until 1944.

He also worked in the Department of Physics, University of Sydney on graphical techniques and linkages for computer systems 1936-1939.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he was requisitioned by the British War Office to aid research into armoured materials, took leave of absence and returned to Great Britain in 1939. He didn't return to Australia, resigning from the University in 1944, to be Chief Research Engineer and later Director with C. A. Parsons, leading the further development of gas turbine engines.

He was the author of a number of notable papers, received the Akroyd Stuart award (1935), from the Institution of Marine Engineers, London; and received the Hawksley Gold Medal twice, and the James Clayton Prize (1953) from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London.

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Bowden was also:
* Member (MIMarE), Institute of Marine Engineers

Chronology

1915 - 1920
Career position - Apprentice, Menzies and Co. Ltd., Shipbuilders and Engineers, Leith [included work on developing Q-ships during the First World War]
1923
Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), University of Edinburgh
1923 - 1926
Career position - Assistant to Sir Thomas Hudson Beare, Engineering Department, University of Edinburgh [engaged on research work on Fatigue of Helical Springs under special grant from the Aeronautical Research Committee]
21 Nov 1924
Career event - Graduate, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London
1926
Life event - Moved to Western Australia, to take up position at the University of Western Australia
1926 - 1937
Career position - Lecturer in charge, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Mining, University of Western Australia
1927
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
20 Jul 1928
Career event - Associate Member (AMIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London
1931
Lecture - Akroyd Stuart Lecture, University of Western Australia ["The origin and development of heavy oil engines"]
1935
Award - Akroyd Stuart award, Institution of Marine Engineers, London [Presented in 1936]
1936 -
Career position - Member of committee, Perth Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
1937 - 1944
Career position - Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia
1938 -
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Australia
1939 - 1944
Military service - Requisitioned by the British War Office
21 May 1943
Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London
1944 - 1955
Career position - Chief Research Engineer, C. A. Parsons, England
1953
Award - James Clayton Prize, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London [Shared with Dr T W F Brown]
1955 - 1965
Career position - Director, C. A. Parsons, England
c. 1965
Career event - Fellow (FIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

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Journal Articles

  • Bowden, A. T., 'The origin and development of the Heavy Oil Engine', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (1933), 28-. Details
  • Bowden, A. T., 'Some graphical aids to engineering calculations', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (1936), 30-. Details
  • Bowden, A. T., 'Some graphical aids to engineering calculations - Discussion', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1937), 39-. Details

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See also

Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes

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