Langlands, Ian (1906 - 1994)

Summary

Ian Langlands was Chief of CSIR/O Division of Building Research 1944-1971, 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.

He was educated at the University of Melbourne (BEE, MMechE) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976 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

1928 - 1929

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

c. 1929

Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), 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

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

1944 - 1949

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

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

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

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

1973

Career position - Research Consultant

1974 - 1980

Career position - Deputy-Chancellor, Monash University

1976

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

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

Life event - Buried, Boroondara Cemetery, Victoria

Related entries

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
• 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

Journal Articles

• 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1973 Award [Ian Langlands]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 45 (October-November) (1973), 23. Details
• 'Institution elects two new Honorary Fellows [Ian Langlands, Sir John Parker]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 52 (16. August 8-21) (1980), 7. 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 (1941), 146. Details
• Langlands, Ian, 'Modern Developments in the Design of Timber or Timber Structure', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 14 (1942), 115. 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