Person
Polmear, Ian (1928 - 2025)
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- Born
- 19 February 1928
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 May 2025
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer, Metallurgist and University Administrator
Summary
Ian Polmear was a renowned metallurgist with outstanding achievements in personal research, academic leadership and consulting. His focus was mainly on light alloys, particularly ones containing aluminium and their use in modern aircraft, as well as investigating problems such as metal fatigue. He was the first person in his extended family to attend a university. He ended up pioneering the Department of Materials Engineering at Monash and later was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
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Chronology
- 1967 - 1986
- Career position - Professor of Materials Science, Monash University
- 1970
- Career event - Established the Department of Materials Engineering, Monash Unversity
- 1978 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
- 1986 - 1990
- Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Monash University
- 1987 - 2025
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1988
- Award - Silver Medal, Institute of Metals and Materials Australasia
- 1991
- Career position - Personal Chair in Materials Science, Monash University
- 1992
- Career position - Emeritus Professor
- 1993
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for services to materials science and engineering
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in metallurgy
- 2008
- Award - Monash University 50th Anniversary Research Award
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Published resources
Resource Sections
- Anon, 'Vale Emeritus Professor Ian Polmear AO', in Vale: the story-makers and pioneers whose work created the mosaic of our shared history., Monash University, Melbourne, 7 May 2025. https://www.monash.edu/vale/home/articles/vale-emeritus-professor-ian-polmear-ao2. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 21 May 2025, Last modified: 22 May 2025