Person
Murray, Noel William (1928 - 2001)
- Born
- 5 November 1928
Brighton, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 2 January 2001
- Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Noel Murray was professor of structural engineering at Monash University, Victoria, for almost forty years. He was a member of the coroner's committee investigating the collapse of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge in 1970 and later tested full scale sections of the bridge and advised on aspects of its redesign.
Details
Chronology
- 1948
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide
- 1949 - 1950
- Career position - Engineer for the Irrigation and Water Supply Commission, Queensland
- 1952 - 1957
- Career position - Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Manchester University, UK
- 1957 - 1959
- Career position - Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sheffield University, UK
- 1959 - 1961
- Career position - Senior Stress Analyst at GEC-Simon Carves Atomic Energy Division in the UK
- 1961 - 1964
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Victoria
- 1964 - 1994
- Career position - Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Victoria
- 1990
- Award - Faculty Medallion, Slovak University in Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1994 - 2001
- Career position - Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Victoria
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Noel Murray, Professor, structural engineer, Cuttings files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Donald, Ian and Grzebieta, Raphael, 'Obituary: Professor Noel William Murray, Engineer', The Age (2001). Details
Resources
- 'Murray, Noel W (1928-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1301478. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 December 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007