Melbourne School of Engineering
Coordinates: 37°47′59″S 144°57′42″E / 37.799627°S 144.961773°E The Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne is the oldest engineering faculty in Australia. It was established in 1861, 8 years after the establishment of the University of Melbourne, and was made a Faculty in 1889. It teaches a substantial number of undergraduate and postgraduate students (around 4,500, including over 1,400 international students from over 50 countries), as well as being a significant centre for engineering research, employing many leaders in their fields. In 2011 the Melbourne School of Engineering celebrates its sesquicentenary and the School developed a large range of events and activities which are listed on the 150th Anniversary Website (MSE:150th Anniversary).[1]
Research
The Melbourne School of Engineering is one of the largest engineering research institutions in Australia, with a 2010 research income of $90 million. The School conducts leading interdisciplinary research in four key themes – Biomedical, Structured Matter, Information and Communication Systems, and Sustainable Systems and Energy.
The School is home to a range of key research centres, institutes, groups and laboratories, including:
- Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing (ACART)
- ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing
- Australia-China Centre on Water Resources Research
- Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES)
- Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications
- Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNST)
- Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration
- Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Laboratory
- CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC)
- CRC for Irrigation Futures
- CRC for Polymers
- CRC for Spatial Information (CRC-SI)
- eWater CRC
- Gait Analysis & Gait Rehabilitation (NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence)
- Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society
- Interaction Design Laboratory
- Melbourne Systems Laboratory
- National ICT Australia (NICTA)
- Neuroengineering Research Laboratory
- Nonlinear Signal Processing Lab
- Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC) (ARC Special Research Centre)
- Peer-to-Peer Networks and Applications Research Laboratory
- Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA)
- Uniwater
Deans of the Faculty
| 1889 – 1909 | W.C. Kernot |
| 1909 – 1910 | G. Higgins |
| 1910 – 1931 | H. Payne |
| 1932 – 1936 | W.N. Kernot |
| 1937 – 1943 | A.F. Burstall |
| 1943 | J.N. Greenwood |
| 1944 – 1945 | A.F. Burstall |
| 1946 | C.W. Sexton |
| 1947 | R.R. Blackwood |
| 1948 – 1949 | J.A.L. Matheson |
| 1950 – 1952 | C.E. Moorhouse |
| 1953 – 1955 | H.K. Worner |
| 1956 – 1957 | A.J. Francis |
| 1958 – 1959 | H.W. Worner |
| 1960 – 1961 | P.L. Henderson |
| 1962 – 1965 | C.E. Moorhouse |
| 1966 | P.W. Whitton |
| 1967 – 1969 | M.E. Hargreaves |
| 1970 – 1976 | S.R. Siemon |
| 1977 – 1979 | J.B. Potter |
| 1980 – 1987 | L.K. Stevens |
| 1988 – 1996 | W.W.S. Charters |
| 1997 – 2002 | D.G. Wood |
| 2003 – 2006 | J. van Deventer |
| 2007 – 2018 | I.M.Y. Mareels |
| 2018 – | Mark Cassidy |
The Kernot Memorial Medal
The Kernot Memorial Medal honours distinguished engineering achievement in Australia, and was established in memory of Professor William Charles Kernot, the first professor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. The award is made by the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Engineering following the recommendation of a selection committee. This committee comprises the Heads of Departments within the Faculty, and two members who do not hold teaching or research appointments in the University. It is open to persons resident in Australia for at least five out of the last seven years before the award. Throughout its history, the Kernot Memorial Medal has been presented to many distinguished Australian engineers.
Recipients of The Kernot Memorial Medal
- 1926 F W Clements
- 1927 R W Chapman
- 1928 M E Kernot
- 1929 J N Reeson
- 1930 Sir John Monash
- 1931 G K Williams
- 1932 J R Kemp
- 1933 J J C Bradfield
- 1934 H R Harper
- 1935 E G Ritchie
- 1936 F W H Wheadon
- 1937 A G Michell
- 1938 Sir George Julius
- 1939 C F Broadhead
- 1943 Essington Lewis
- 1944 C S Steele
- 1945 D McVey
- 1946 J G Burnell
- 1947 T H Upton
- 1948 W E Bassett
- 1949 L R East
- 1950 A K Hacke
- 1951 C H Kernot
- 1952 R J Dumas
- 1953 E D Shaw
- 1954 H Hey
- 1955 L F Loder
- 1956 W Nimmo
- 1957 W H Connolly
- 1958 Sir William Hudson
- 1959 Sir Lawrence Wackett
- 1960 D V Darwin
- 1961 A J Keast
- 1962 B B Lewis
- 1963 A W Knight
- 1964 Sir Lindesay Clark
- 1965 Sir Maurice Mawby
- 1966 Sir Philip Baxter
- 1967 Dr J A L Matheson
- 1968 L P Coombes
- 1969 Sir George Fischer
- 1970 Sir Ian McLennan
- 1971 I Langlands
- 1972 Sir Robert Blackwood
- 1973 Dr H K Worner
- 1974 Dr D M Myers
- 1975 Sir James Foots
- 1976 Sir John Holland
- 1977 Sir Brian Inglis
- 1978 Sir Frank Espie
- 1979 Professor Kenneth Hunt
- 1980 Dr John W Connell
- 1981 Professor H W Worner
- 1982 Sir Bernard Callinan
- 1983 Professor Arthur J Francis
- 1984 Professor David H Trollope
- 1985 Mr F Belgiorno-Nettis
- 1986 Professor S R Siemon
- 1987 Professor P T Fink
- 1988 Mr Brian Loton
- 1989 Sir Arvi Parbo
- 1990 Dr H Wragge
- 1991 Professor H R C Pratt
- 1992 Mr G P Cook
- 1993 Professor O E Potter
- 1994 Dr John M Schubert
- 1995 Dr Robert H Brown
- 1996 Dr Robin J Batterham
- 1997 Professor Jorg Imberger
- 1998 Mr Ian Vaughan
- 1999 Mr P Boland
- 2007 Professor Don M Grant
- 2011 Mr Jim Fox
Supporters of the Faculty
The engineering school has benefited from close links to industry including donations for its research from a number of engineering companies such as Hardcastle & Richards.[2]