Person
Leicester, Robert Hocquard (1935 - )
- Born
- 1935
Singapore - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Robert Leicester is an engineer who was a pioneer in engineered building performance. His research looked at how buildings behaved when subjected to loads arising from the weight of building contents, winds (including cyclones), building fires and bushfires. He also developed now widely-accepted methods for the assessment of materials for use in engineered performance procedures. Several Australian and international standards related to the structural use of timber were drafted by Leicester. He retired in 2001 as Chief Research Scientist from the CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering.
Details
In 1998 Leicester was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for scientific contributions to knowledge of timber structural properties.
Chronology
- 1950
- Education - Master of Engineering Science, Iniversity of Western Australia
- 1957
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), University of Western Australia
- 1960
- Award - Edward Noyes Prize, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1961 - 1963
- Career position - Structural Design Engineer, Architectural Division, Western Australian Department of Public Works
- 1964
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Western Australia
- 1966 - 1971
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Forest Products
- 1971 - c. 1984
- Career position - Program Leader (Safety and Risk), CSIRO Division of Building Research
- 1992
- Award - Stanley Clark Medal for Wood Science, Institute of Wood Science, United Kingdom
- 1998
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
- 2000
- Award - Marcus Wallenberg Prize, Sweden
- 2001 -
- Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO
- 2001
- Career event - Retired as Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Building, Construction and Engineering
- 2006
- Award - Wood Engineering Achievement Award, Forest Products Society, U.S.A.
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Leicester, R. H., 'Section - The use of timber as a structural material' in Chapter 6: Engineering Construction and Building, John Holland, ed. (Melbourne: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988), pp. 318-321, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/317.html. Details
Resources
- 'Leicester, R H', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-618474. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Robert Hocquard Leicester', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Lampard-Douglas-Geoffrey. 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
- Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 11 April 2024
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