Person
Perry, Anthony Edward (1937 - 2001)
FAA
- Born
- 19 February 1937
Newport, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 January 2001
- Occupation
- Mechanical engineer
Summary
Anthony Edward Perry was Professor (Personal Chair), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne 1984-2001. His research was on experimental and theoretical aspects of turbulence and vortex motions.
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Chronology
- 1955
- Career position - Cadet Engineer at ICIANZ
- 1958
- Career position - Trainee Engineer at Humes Ltd.
- 1959
- Education - Diploma of Mechanical Engineering (DipMechE), Royal Melbourne Technical College
- 1960
- Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honours (BE (Mech) Hons), University of Melbourne
- 1962
- Education - Master of Engineering Science with Honours (MESc (Hon)), University of Melbourne
- 1962 - 1965
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer, University of Melbourne
- 1965 - 1967
- Career position - Resident Tutor in Engineering, Queens College, University of Melbourne
- 1965 - 1969
- Career position - Lecturer, University of Melbourne
- 1966
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1968
- Career position - Resident Tutor in Mechanical Engineering, Ormond College, University of Melbourne
- 1969 - 1972
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
- 1972 - 1984
- Career position - Reader, University of Melbourne
- 1984 - 2001
- Career position - Professor (Personal Chair), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1985 - 2001
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1998
- Award - Fellow, American Physical Society - For physical insights into the behavior of turbulence, structure-based modeling approaches, elegant use of scaling arguments, and inspirational teaching.
Related entries
Published resources
Articles
- Chong, M.S., 'Professor Anthony E. Perry - 19.2.1937 to 3.1.2001' (2001), http://www.mame.mu.oz.au/fluids/Obituary/perry_obituary.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Marusic, Ivan and Smits, Alexander J., 'Anthony Edward Perry 1937-2001', Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (1) (2010), 91-105, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09022. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Chong, M. S., 'Obituary: Professor Anthony E. Perry, Scientist', The Age (2001). Details
Resources
- Professor Anthony Edward Perry ~Tony~ 19/2/1937 to 3/1/2001, 2001, http://www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Perry_obit.html. Details
- 'Perry, A E (1937-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1290996. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 April 2024