Person
Raper, Judy Agnes (1954 - )
FTSE
- Born
- 19 May 1954
Budapest, Hungary - Occupation
- Chemical engineer and Educator
Summary
Judy Raper became the first woman to appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney (1997).
Details
The Judy Raper Award for Leadership is presented annually as one of the University of New South Wales Women in Engineering Awards.
Chronology
- 1957
- Life event - Settled in Australia
- 1982 - 1985
- Career position - Lecturer in chemical engineering, University of Newcastle
- 1986 - 1994
- Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney
- 1990 - 1997
- Career position - Regional Editor, Powder Technology
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney
- 1997
- Career position - Acting Dean of Applied Sciences, University of New South Wales
- 1997
- Award - New South Wales Professional Engineer of the Year, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1997 - 2003
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney
- 2002 - 2003
- Career position - President, 4th World Congress on Particle Technology, Sydney
- 2003 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 2003 - 2006
- Career position - Head of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, U.S.A.
- 2006 - 2008
- Career position - Divisional Director, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems, , National Science Foundation, U.S.A.
- 2008 - 2015
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Wollongong
- 2012 - 2016
- Career position - Board Member, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- 2015 -
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), University of Wollongong
- 2017
- Award - Chemeca Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers
- 2019
- Award - Ada Lovelace Medal, Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Judy Raper, chemical engineer, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Appointment: Professor J. A. Raper', Wisenet : Journal of the Women in Science Enquiry Network (1997), https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20120321072512mp_/http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE44/contnt44.html. Details
- Sarzin, Anne, 'Judy Raper: New dean brings engineering to the wider community', Wisenet : Journal of the Women in Science Enquiry Network (1997), https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20120321072512mp_/http://www.wisenet-australia.org/ISSUE45/contnt45.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Raper, Judy (19540519-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476623. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
- Kannegieter, Tim, 'Australia's top 100 most influential engineers [2015]', Engineers Australia: Civil Edition, 87 (5) (2015), 39-42, 44-69, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.964144482945092. 'Academia & research: Raper, Judy - University of Wollongong', p.46. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 31 March 2003, Last modified: 2 September 2025