Person

Sinha, Hari Narayan (1929 - 2023)

Born
1929
Roorkee, India
Died
7 July 2023
Occupation
Metallurgical Engineer

Summary

Hari Narayan Sinha, metallurgical engineer, led the CSIRO team that developed the process for the production of high grade zirconia for engineering ceramics in the late 1970s. Previously, all zircon-based processed had occurred overseas but used Australian minerals. It was Sinha's team that made it possible to carry out these processes in Australia, and this led to the construction of the world's largest zirconia plant, in Rockingham Western Australia. In 1987 Sinha received the Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award for his work on the zirconia powders process leading to the construction of the world's largest zircon processing plant. Sinha was a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Metals.

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Chronology

? - 1993
Career position - Chief Research Scientist and Deputy Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry/Mineral Products
1950
Education - Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, India
1950 - 1953
Career position - Lecturer in Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, India
1953 - 1956
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Melbourne, as a Colombo Plan Fellow
1956 - 1958
Career position - Reader at the Banaras Hindu University, India
1958
Career event - Established the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay, India
1961 - c. 1964
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Melbourne
1964 - 1967
Career position - Senior Research Scientist with the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
1968 - 1977
Career position - Research Manager of Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd
1973
Award - Distinguished Alumnus Award, Banaras University
1978 - ?
Career event - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
1983
Award - RACI Award for best paper on Process Chemistry presented at Chemeca
1983 - 1988
Career position - Member, Executive Committee, International Committee for Studies of Bauxite, Alumina and Alminium (ICSOBA)
1986 - 2023
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Scoences and Engineering
1987
Award - Ceramic Achievement Award of Australian Ceramic Society
1987
Award - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award, CSIRO
1990
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science and technology and to Australian-Indian relations
1993
Career event - Retired as Deputy Chief, CSIRO Division of Minerals Products
1993 - 1999
Career position - Chairman, Victorian Division, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian science in metallurgical science and engineering

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