Person

Connick, Wynford (1934 - 2017)

FTSE

Born
6 April 1934
Fforesfach, Swansea, Wales
Died
14 September 2017
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Aeronautical engineer and Science administrator

Summary

Wynford Connick, who retired from his position as director of DSTO's Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory at Maribyrnong, Victoria, in 1995, was at one stage of his career the leader of an expert team of explosive and propellant scientists. In directing the operations at Maribyrnong he established a business office for the protection and commercialisation of the research results of his teams. He aimed to consolidate the Laboratory's reputation in materials performance and analysis with consequent involvement in investigations into air crashes, bombings and the restoration of cannons from HMS Endeavour.

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1954
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Wales, United Kingdom
1955
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Wales, United Kingdom
1964
Life event - Settled in Australia
1964 - 1968
Career position - Scientist, Defence Standard Laboratories, Maribyrnong, Victoria
1968 - 1971
Career position - Research Leader, explosives and ammunition, Defence Standard Laboratories, Maribyrnong, Victoria
1971 - 1974
Career position - Superintendent, Physical Chemistry Division, Defence Standard Laboratories, Maribyrnong, Victoria
1974 - 1983
Career position - Chief, Physical Chemical Division, Materials Research Laboratory
1975 - 2017
Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1978 - 1980
Career position - Counsellor, Defence Science, Australian Embassy, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
1983 - 1994
Career position - Chief Superintendent, Materials Research Laboratories
1988
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1994 - 1996
Career position - Director, Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories (AMRL), Fishermens Bend, Melbourne
1995
Award - Secretary of Defence's Achievement Award
1996 - ?
Career position - Chairman, Minister for Science's Cooperative Research Centres' Expert Assessment Panel for Physical Sciences and Engineering
1996
Life event - Retired
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in defence science.

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
  • Horsley, Ray; Howe, John; O'Reilly, Jan, Materials Research Laboratory: Structure and Information 1988 (Melbourne, Victoria: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1988), 149 pp. Page 4. Details

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