Brown, Robert Hallowes (1930 - )

Summary

Robert Hallowes (Bob) Brown is a renowned mechanical engineer. Between 1980 and 1990 Brown was Foundation Chief of the CSIRO's Division of Manufacturing Technology and in this role he commissioned and oversaw the development of many pioneering technologies that became highly successful products. He played key roles in research initiatives at national and international levels, including the Technology Transfer Council and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems.

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Chronology

1954

Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne

1955 - 1956

Career position - Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne

1956

Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1956 - 1957

Career position - Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, United States of America

1957

Education - Master of Science (MS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1958 - 1964

Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne

1963

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1965 - 1968

Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University

1968 - 1969

Career position - Visiting Associate Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh

13 Sep 1968

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]

1969

Publication - Book: The Machining of Metals, co-authored with E. J. A. Armarego

1969 - 1976

Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University

1976 - 1980

Career position - Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Department, University of Western Australia

1980 - 1990

Career position - Foundation Chief of the CSIRO's The Division of Manufacturing Technology

1981

Award - The Blackall Machine Tool and Gauge Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

1982

Award - Albert M Sargent Progress Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA

1983 - 1984

Career position - Chairman, College of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia

1984

Education - Doctor of Engineering degree (DEng), Monash University

1984

Career position - Director, Victorian Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre

1984 - 1990

Career position - Member, Metal Fabrication Industry Council, Commonwealth Government

1985 - 1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences

1986 -

Award - Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, U.S.A.

1987 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1956]

1987

Award - James N Kirby Medal, Institution of Production Engineers

1987 - 1989

Career position - Member of Council, La Trobe University

1990

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to manufacturing engineering

1990 - 1993

Career position - Appointed to the Physical Sciences Panel of the Cooperative Research Centres committee

1992

Award - Alan Burn Memorial Lecturer, Tasmania Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia

1993 - 1994

Career position - Foundation Executive Director CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technologies

1994 - 2004

Career position - Chief Executive Officer of Australian delegation of an international group researching Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

1995

Award - A G M Michell Medal, College of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia

1995

Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

1996

Award - Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia

2000

Award - Emeritus Fellow, International Academy of Production Engineers

1 Jan 2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in production engineering

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Mechanical College Report', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 59 (1987). 'James Kirby Medal to Dr Bob Brown'. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Annual Report of the Colleges 1983', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 56 (4) (1984), 41-48. 'College of Mechanical Engineers - Bob Brown, chairman for 1983/1984 [Includes portrait]', p.45. Details

Resources

• 'Brown, Robert Hallowes (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514400. Details

Resource Sections

• Ward, C., 'Robert Hallowes Brown', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Brown-Robert-Hallowes. Details