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Leading business, academic, research and government names are among 30 new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering whose elections were announced today at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy in Perth.
Leading business figures include Dr Zygmunt Switkowski FTSE, Chairman of ANSTO; Mr Graeme Liebelt FTSE, CEO and MD of Orica Limited; Mr John Grill FTSE, CEO of WorleyParsons Ltd; and Dr John Baxter FTSE, Joint Managing Director, Bishop Innovation Limited.
Other prominent names include Mr John Pizzey FTSE, Director, AMCOR Ltd, Iluka Resources Limited; Dr Ian Gould FTSE, Chair of CSIRO Mineral Resources Sector Advisory Committee, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Mr Ron Spithill FTSE, Director, Telecom New Zealand, Telecommunications Advisor, Macquarie Bank and Chairman, Alcatel Australia; and Mr Chris Vonwiller FTSE, Director and CEO, Appen Ltd.
Dr Stephen Gumley FTSE, CEO of Defence Materiel Organisation; Dr Peter Lilly FTSE, Chief, CSIRO Exploration and Mining; Dr Deborah Rathjen FTSE, CEO and MD, Bionomics Limited; Dr Graeme Woodrow FTSE, Chief, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies; and Dr Christopher Nicol FTSE, Chief Technology Officer, Embedded Systems, National ICT Australia (NICTA) were also among those elected.
The new Fellows (listed in alphabetical order) are:
NSW Dr John Baxter FTSE, Joint Managing Director, Bishop Innovation Limited for his brilliant engineering innovation and his record of successful conversion of ideas to high-value products.
NSW Professor Mark Bradford FTSE, Director, Centre of Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, University of New South Wales for his outstanding research and his published work on steel and composite engineering structures that has had widespread practical application.
Victoria Professor Xiao Dong CHEN FTSE, Chair of Biotechnology and Food Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Monash University for his outstanding research and inventions and his application in benefiting the food and bio processing industries in Australasia.
Victoria Professor Yi-Bing CHENG FTSE, Professor of Materials Engineering, Monash University for his major contributions through leadership in advanced ceramics research and the development of new classes of advanced ceramic and composite materials.
Queensland Professor Stuart Crozier FTSE, Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering, University of Queensland; Consultant, Magnetica Pty Ltd for his distinguished contributions to research and innovative design of medical devices and imaging technology with national and international commercial outcomes.
SA Professor Graeme Dandy FTSE, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Co-convenor of the Water Research Cluster, University of Adelaide; Director, Optimatics Pty Ltd for his international achievements in the development and commercial application of genetic algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques in water resources engineering.
NSW Professor Neil Foster FTSE, Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of NSW for his technological advancement of nanoparticle and microparticle formation in Super Critical Fluid solvents with particular application to the pharmaceutical industry.
SA Dr Ian Gould FTSE, Chair of CSIRO Mineral Resources Sector Advisory Committee, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), South Australian Minerals and Petroleum Expert Group (SAMPEG) and Toro Energy Limited for his major impact on the minerals industry through innovative management and leadership and championing improved environmental practice.
NSW Mr John Grill FTSE, CEO of WorleyParsons Ltd for his contribution over more than 35 years to the development of WorleyParsons as a leading international engineering business and his contribution to the development of expertise in project delivery in the resources and energy industries.
Victoria Dr Stephen Gumley FTSE, CEO of Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) for his leadership of technological change in the aviation and defence industries for 20 years.
Victoria Professor Anthony Guttmann FTSE, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS), Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne for his outstanding research leadership and his significant impact on practical applications for mathematics and on mathematics education.
Victoria Mr Graeme Liebelt FTSE, CEO and MD of Orica Limited for his leadership of a global company and its innovation in explosives, chemicals, coatings an d consumer products under leading brand names over nearly 20 years.
WA Dr Peter Lilly FTSE, Chief, CSIRO Exploration and Mining for his outstanding contributions to Australias minerals sector through scientific research, research management, tertiary education, engineering consultancies and service to professional associations.
Victoria Professor Arthur Lowery FTSE, Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University for his successful research on computer-aided design of photonics for the global market place.
NSW Professor Iain Mason FTSE, Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney; Emeritus Professor, St Johns College, Oxford; Director, Geomole Pty Ltd, Geosonde Pty Ltd for his exceptional achievements as a scientist and engineer in creating novel instrumentation and software for earth resource imaging.
Victoria Professor Colin Masters FAA FTSE, Executive Director, The Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria (MHRI); Laureate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Melbourne; Executive Director, Prana Biotechnology Ltd for his internationally acclaimed work in neuroscience, his discovery of the key molecular processes responsible for Alzheimers Disease and his successful commercialisation of neuro-active pharmaceuticals.
NSW Dr Christopher Nicol FTSE, Chief Technology Officer, Embedded Systems, National ICT Australia (NICTA) for his invention of widely used integrated circuit design techniques and his leadership in the development of pioneering mobile wireless products.
Victoria Mr John Pizzey FTSE, Director, AMCOR Ltd, Iluka Resources Limited; former Chairman, London Metals Exchange; former Director, WMC Resources Ltd, Alcoa of Australia Ltd for his leadership and service to the aluminium industry and international metals industry.
SA Dr Deborah Rathjen FTSE, CEO and MD, Bionomics Limited for her significant contribution to Australias biotechnology sector as an inventor, commercial developer and entrepreneur and her outstanding impact on the biotechnology industry.
NSW Professor Veena Sahajwalla FTSE, Professor, School of Materials Science, University of NSW for her achievements as an exceptional, innovative engineer with an established record of successful conversions of research to high-value products.
Victoria Professor German Spangenberg FTSE, Research Director, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Director, Plant Biotechnology Centre, Victorian Department of Primary Industries; Adjunct Professor, Department of Botany, La Trobe University for his inspiring and innovative research in agricultural biotechnology and as a world leader in pasture plant genomics and gene technology.
NSW Mr Ron Spithill FTSE, Director, Telecom New Zealand; Telecommunications Advisor, Macquarie Bank; Chairman, Alcatel Australia; Director Alcatel Shanghai Bell, China for his leadership of a global telecommunications company with outstanding success in Australia, Asia and Europe.
Victoria Dr Zygmunt Switkowski FTSE, Chairman of ANSTO; former CEO Telstra; Chair, Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review (UMPNER) for his achievements in leadership in the telecommunications industry and his contribution to the field of nuclear science.
Queensland Dr Kelly Thambimuthu FTSE, CEO, Centre for Low Emission Technology, Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT); Chair, International Energy Agency (IEA) Greenhouse Gas R&D Program for his international leadership in clean coal technology and his distinguished contributions to innovations in greenhouse gas abatement technologies.
NSW Professor Anh Kiet TIEU FTSE, Head, School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong for his leading-edge research in tribology and rolling technology which has won him an international reputation and whose application has had significant benefits to industry.
NSW Mr Chris Vonwiller FTSE, Director and CEO, Appen Ltd; Deputy Chairman, Warren Centre; Former Chairman, Pacific Telecommunications Council; Foundation Director, Intelsat Ltd for his outstanding leadership in international telecommunications and advanced ICT, including the creation and introduction of Telstra Big Pond.
Victoria Dr Keith Watson FTSE, WEHI Fellow and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research for his unique success in the conception and synthesis of commercially important bioactive molecules.
Victoria Professor Andrew Wilks FTSE, Chief Science Officer, Cytopia Ltd for his outstanding track record of innovative and practically oriented medical research and commercialising his discoveries.
ACT Dr Ian Williams FTSE, Senior Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU and Chief Scientist, Australian Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd for his contributions to the development of Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) technology and its geosceintific applications as well as its successful marketing.
Victoria Dr Graeme Woodrow FTSE, Chief, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies for his exemplary leadership of R&D enterprises, particularly biotechnology, for the benefit of Australian industry and community health. |
