Langlands, Ian (1906 - 1994)

Summary

Ian Langlands was Officer-in-charge of the CSIR Building Material Research Section 1944-1945 and then Chief of CSIRO Division of Building Research 1949-1971, and took a leading role in researching Australian building materials and establishing building practices in Australia, particularly in structural timber. He was Deputy Chancellor, Monash University 1974-1980.

His distinguished engineering and career achievements were acknowledged when he was awarded the Kernot Memorial Medal, by the University of Melbourne in 1971, the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal by the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1973, appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976, an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (HonFIEAust) in 1980, an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Monash University in 1980, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) in 1981.

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Chronology

1923

Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1927

Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne

1927 - 1928

Award - Dixson Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne

1928 - 1929

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Design, University of Melbourne

1929 - 1930

Award - Student Research Scholarship, Scientific Research Endowment Fund, CSIR

1930 - 1931

Career position - Research student, CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

1931 - 1944

Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Timber Mechanics Section, Division of Forest Products, CSIR

1932

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1938 - 1944

Career position - Lecturer (part-time) in Timber Construction, University of Melbourne

1939

Publication - Book: "Handbook of structural timber design" CSIR First edition

1939 - 1940

Education - Master of Mechanical Engineering (MMechE), University of Melbourne

1944 - 1949

Career position - First Officer-in-Charge, Building Research, CSIR

1946 -

Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia

1949

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1950 - 1971

Career position - Chief of Division, Division of Building Research, CSIRO

1951 - 1952

Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia

1961 - c. 1973

Career position - Member of Council, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University

1964 - 1971

Career position - Chairman, Building Research Advisory Committee, Territory of Papua-New Guinea

1967 - 1973

Career position - Member of Council, Papua New Guinea Institute of Technology

1968

Career event - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia

13 Sep 1968

Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]

1971

Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

1973

Career position - Research Consultant

1973

Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

1974 - 1980

Career position - Deputy-Chancellor, Monash University

12 Jun 1976

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - For Engineering and Monash University

1 Aug 1977

Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal

1980

Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1980

Award - Doctor of Laws honoris causa (Hon LLD), Monash University

1981 - 1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1981]

1994

Buried - Boroondara Cemetery, Victoria

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Published resources

Books

• Bock, Geoff, The End was to Build Well: a Half-century of Australian Government Building Research (North Ryde, New South Wales: CSIRO, Division of Building, Construction and Engineering, 1995). Langlands, Ian. pp.14-16, 18, 22-23, 59-61, 69, 110-112, 173-175, 179, 180. [Portrait p.15]. Details
• CSIRO, CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Canberra: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 1962), 64 pp, https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15940.pdf. Details
• Langlands, Ian, Whither building? : retiring chairman's address to Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia, 29th April, 1952 (Melbourne, Vic.: CSIRO, Division of Building Research, 1952), 15 pp. Details
• Langlands, Ian; Thomas, A. J., Handbook of structural timber design (3rd Ed.) (Melbourne: CSIR, Division of Forest Products, 1948), 299 pp. Details
• Thomas, A. J.; Langlands, Ian, Building-frames : timbers and sizes (1st Ed.) (Melbourne, Vic.: CSIR, Division of Forest Products, 1941), 76 pp. Details

Gazette Articles

• 'Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal', Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, P7 (1 Aug 1977) (1977), 54, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237152137. Details

Journal Articles

• 'President of The Institution for 1968 [Mr. I. Langlands]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 40 (4-5) (1968), N25. Details
• 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1973 Award [Ian Langlands]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 45 (10-11) (1973), 23. Details
• 'Past presidents - where are they now?', Engineers Australia, 50 (7) (1978), 20-22. Details
• 'Institution elects two new Honorary Fellows [Ian Langlands, Sir John Parker]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 52 (16) (1980), 7. Details
• Blackwood, R. R.; Chapman, W. D.; Langlands, I., 'The effect of welding variables on the physical properties of electric arc weld metals (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (2) (1935), 61-62. Details
• Langlands, Ian, 'Timber as a structural material', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (2) (1936), 75-79. Details
• Langlands, Ian, 'Modern developments in the design of timber or timber structures (Abstract)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 13 (6) (1941), 146. Details
• Langlands, Ian, 'Modern developments in the design of timber or timber structures', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 14 (5) (1942), 115-119. Details
• Langlands, Ian, 'Fifty years. (Presidential Address)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 41 (9) (1969), 137-140. Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1980 [Sixty-first Annual Report] (1981), 16 pp. 'Institution Honours - Mr Ian Langlands, OBE FIEAust elected Honorary Fellow during the current Council year', p.10. Details

Resources

• 'Langlands, Ian (1906-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-899754. Details

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_l.html. Details