Person

Long, Gordon (1937 - 2014)

FTSE

Born
19 January 1937
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died
6 July 2014
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Summary

Gordon Long, was a leading researcher in the aeronautical industry - researching structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, unsteady aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, fatigue testing and composite structures. From 1991 to 1998, he was the Foundation Director, Cooperative Research Centre for Aerospace Structures (CRC-AS), which subsequently became the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd (CRC-ACS).

Most of his career from 1962 to 1991, was with the Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL), Defence Science and Technology Organisation. From 1982, as the Chief of Structures Division, he led the development of dynamic fatigue testing of full-scale aircraft structures.

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He was also awarded the following:
* Paul Anderson Memorial Prize, Institution of Engineers, London
* Walter Atkinson Memorial Prize, Royal Institution of Naval Architects
* L P Coombes Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia.
* Fellow (FRAeS), Royal Aeronautical Society
* Lawrence Hargrave Medal, Royal Aeronautical Society
* Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Memorial Distinguished Lectureship Award - for his career achievements in aeronautics

Chronology

1958
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), Queens University, Belfast
1961
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Queens University, Belfast
1962
Life event - Immigrated to Victoria, Australia
1962
Life event - Married Rosalie Naylor, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1962 - 1967
Career position - Researcher, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Organisation [at Fisherman's Bend]
1967 - 1969
Career position - Researcher, Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Farnborough, England
1968 - 1972
Career position - Researcher, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
1972 - 1982
Career position - Group Leader, Vibration and Aeroelasticity, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
1982 - 1991
Career position - Chief, Aircraft Structures Division, Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
1991 - 1996
Career position - Founding Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Aerospace Structures Ltd
1994
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1996 - 1998
Career position - Founding Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd
1998
Life event - Retired
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in aeronautical engineering
2008
Award - A G M Michell Medal, Mechanical Engineering College, Institution of Engineers Australia

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Books

  • Anon, Australian men and women of science, engineering and technology (Port Melbourne: Reed Reference Australia, 1995), 661 pp. 'Long, Gordon, Dr', p.319. Details
  • Long, Gordon, The leading edge: sixty years of aeronautical research and development for Australia's defence 1939 - 1999 (Melbourne: Aeronautical & Maritime Research Laboratory, 1999), 132 pp. Details

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