Person
Lorenz, George ( - 2002)
- Born
- Hungary
- Died
- 24 August 2002
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Mechanical engineer and Research scientist
Summary
George Lorenz was a Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Tribophysics, and later, Division of Manufacturing Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne.
Educated in Hungary and Switzerland, he graduated as a mechanical engineer specialising in scientific management and production engineering, in 1944, at the Swiss Federal Institution of Technology (ETH), Zurich. He held academic appointments at the ETH and industrial assignments in Swiss engineering industry. He moved to Australia in 1951, working in industry then joined CSIRO in 1955 as a research scientist.
In 1962 he was elected a member of the International Academy of Production Engineering Research (CIRP), was elected President 1982 - 1983, and he significantly contributed to CIRP's Scientific Technical Committee - Cutting (STC-C).
George published many papers on metal cutting, concentrating particularly on aspects of tool life. He applied sophisticated statistical techniques to establish relationships and interaction of materials, cutting fluids and tool geometry.
He was awarded the George Julius Medal, by the Mechanical College, Institution of Engineers Australia in 1978.
Details
Chronology
- 1944
- Education - Graduated as a Mechanical Engineer, Swiss Federal Institution of Technology (ETH), Zurich [Studied under Professor Erich Bickel]
- 1951
- Life event - Moved to Australia
- 1951 - 1955
- Career position - Mechanical engineer, production and industrial engineering
- 1955 -
- Career position - Research Officer, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- 1962 -
- Career event - Member, The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
- c. 1962 -
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Production Engineering Research Group of the Division of Applied Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- c. 1972 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Tribophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne
- 1978
- Award - George Julius Medal, Mechanical College, Institution of Engineers Australia, for the paper "A study on the effect of tap geometry"
- 1978 - 1980
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Materials Science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne
- 1980 -
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Division of Manufacturing Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Melbourne
- 1982 - 1983
- Career position - President, The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
- 1985 -
- Career position - Divisional Liaison Officer in Sydney, Division of Manufacturing Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Leslie, R. T.; Lorenz, G., Tool-life exponents in the light of regression analysis (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1964), 30 pp. Details
- Lorenz, G., The effect of different gauge addenda on the performance of "not go" screw plug gauges for unified threads (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1957), 28 pp. Details
- Lorenz, G., The effect of nut blank dimensions in automatic nut tapping (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1959), 35 pp. Details
- Lorenz, G., The effect of tap relief in nut tapping (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1961), 22 pp. Details
- Lorenz. G., Dimensional analysis of production processes (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1960), 20 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Lorenz, G., 'A study on the effect of tap geometry', in Australian Conference on Manufacturing Engineering 1977: Preprints of Papers (Institution of Engineers Australia, 1977)., https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.574081251678307. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Annual Report of the Colleges [1979]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 52 (4) (1980), 40-45. 'College of Mechanical Engineers - George Julius Medal (1979 Award) - presented to George Lorenz, for the paper "A study of the effect of tap geometry", Mechanical Engineering Transactions 1978', p.43. Details
- Henderson, Robin, 'Colleges', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (6) (1979), 55. George Julius Medal (1978 Award) - to G Lorenz, for the paper "A study on the effect of tap geometry". Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'A.G.M. Michell Medal [to Prof Ken Hunt, and George Julius Medal to George Lorenz]', The Chartered Engineer Victoria (1979), 3. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'A.G.M. Michell Award [to Prof Ken Hunt, and George Julius Medal to George Lorenz]', The Chartered Engineer Victoria (1979), 11. Details
- Lorenz, G., 'The interplay between machining research and industrial experimentation', Production Engineer, 45 (10) (1966), 544-560, https://doi.org/10.1049/tpe.1966.0088. Details
Resources
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Created: 9 September 2026