Person

Imberger, Jörg (1942 - )

AM FTSE FAA

Born
10 September 1942
Upwey, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Jörg Imberger was Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Western Australia and Chair of its Centre for Water Research until 2015. His major research on how water moves and how substances disperse in stratified bodies of water has been world leading, and he has developed innovative instruments to detect these previously unknown phenomena. Imberger has been recognised internationally for this work, including being awarded the world's most prestigious water award, the Stockholm Water Prize.
He is an avid environmentalist and is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Earthwatch. He has worked on over 200 different research projects and has had more than 300 (co-) authored works published.

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Chronology

1963
Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne
1964
Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1966
Education - Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc), University of Western Australia
1970
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, USA
1970 - 1971
Career position - Lecturer, Departments of Mathematics and Hydraulics, University of Western Australia
1971 - 1972
Career position - Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
1975 - 1976
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Departments of Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia
1976 - 1978
Career position - Assistant (later Associate) Professor, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
1978 - 2015
Career position - Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Western Australia
1984 - 1987
Career position - President, Australian Marine Sciences Association
1985 - 1986
Career position - Fairchild Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
1985 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1985]
1988
Award - Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulics Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers
1989
Career position - Visiting Professor, Institute of Hydrodynamics and Water Resources, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
1992
Award - Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Society for Limnology
1992
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to civil engineering and to education.
1993 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1994
Award - Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulics Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers. [with Charles J Lemckert]
c. 1994 - c. 1999
Career position - Director of the Centre for Environmental Fluid Dynamics, University of Western Australia
1995
Life event - R. H. Clarke Lecturer, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
1995
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1995
Award - Peter Hughes Water Award, Australian Water and Wastewater Association Inc.
1996
Award - Stockholm Water Prize, Stockholm International Water Institute
1997
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation
1997
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
c. 1999 -
Career position - Chair of the Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia
1999 -
Award - Life Fellowship of the Water Academy in Oslo, Norway
2001 -
Career position - Corresponding Fellow, Academy of Science, Argentina
2001
Career position - Walter Bean Scholar, University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada
2001
Award - James N Kirby Award, Institution of Electrical Engineers
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community through science and environmental engineering
2002
Life event - R. H. Clarke Lecturer, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
2002
Award - Sackler Professorship Award, Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies in Israel
2004
Award - Vice-Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow, University of Western Australia
2006 -
Award - Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
2007 -
Award - Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2007
Award - Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
2008 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
2009
Award - Western Australian Scientist of the Year
2010 -
Award - Inaugural Fellow, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society

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See also

  • Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details

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