Person

Sarich, Ralph Tony (1938 - )

Born
10 December 1938
Baskerville, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Ralph Tony Sarich developed the orbital engine in 1972 and more recently the orbital combustion process engine, which is based upon a re-designed two stroke engine using direct gasolene injection.

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Born Baskerville, Western Australia, 10 December 1938. AO 1988. Educated Midland Technical School. Hon. DSc (Murdoch). Apprentice, Trainee Engineer, Western Australian Government Railways 1954-63; Plant Engineer, Thiess Brothers Western Australia 1963-65; Principal, Sarich Engineering Western Australia 1965-69; Managing Director, Orbital Engine Company Pty Ltd 1972-89; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Orbital Engine Corporation 1989-92; Chairman, Cape Bouvard Investments Pty Limited. ABC Australian Inventor of the Year 1972; Sir Lawrence Hartnett Inventors Award 1972; Churchill Medal, British Society of Engineers 1987; Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award 1991.

Chronology

1991
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation

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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_s.html. Details
  • Ingpen, Robert, Australian inventions and innovations (Rigby Publishers Limited, 1982), 80 pp. "Ralph Sarich - A success story" pp.60-61, 62. Details

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