Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering is an independent thinktank that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia’s four learned Academies.
Its original name was the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences but in 1987 the name was extended, with the addition of Engineering.
In 2015, the Academy adopted a new business name, the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, reserving the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as its company name.
In 2018, the Academy changed its brandmark from ATSE to Applied, to avoid the confusion caused by the acronym and to reaffirm the Academy’s origins in applied science and technology.
Organisation
The Academy consists of a Board, a number of Board Committees, policy-generating Forums, an Assembly and about two dozen professional and administrative staff.[1]
Board Committees
- Membership Committee
- Clunies Ross Awards Selection Committee
- Audit and Risk Committee
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- State and Territory Divisions
Source:[1]
List of Presidents
- Sir Ian McLennan KCMG KBE FAA FTSE – 1975-1983
- Sir David Zeidler AC CBE FAA FTSE – 1984-1988
- Sir Rupert Myers KBE AO FAA FTSE – 1989-1994
- Sir Arvi Parbo AC FTSE – 1995-1997
- Mr M A (Tim) Besley AC FTSE – 1998-2002
- Professor John Zillman AO FAA FTSE – 2003-2006
- Professor Robin Batterham AO FREng FAA FTSE 2007–2012
- Dr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE 2013–2015
- Professor Peter Gray FTSE – 2015-2016
- Professor Hugh Bradlow FTSE – 2016-
Fellowship
Royal Fellow
The Academy inducted its Royal Fellow, HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC PC FRS FAA FTSE, in 1977.
Foundation Fellows
Foundation Fellows include:
- Prof Graeme Bird
- Dr John Christian
- Mrs F Cumbrae-Stewart
- Dr Bob Durie
- Dr Keith Farrer[2]
- Dr John Gladstones
- Em Prof Antoni Karbowiak[3]
- Dr Philip Law
- Prof Alec Lazenby
- Sir Ian McLennan - Foundation President
- Dr Robert Muncey
- Sir Mark Oliphant
- Prof June Olley
- Prof David Solomon
- Sir James Vernon
- Dr Bob Ward[4]
- Prof Howard Worner
Honorary Fellows
Honorary Fellows include:
- Elizabeth Broderick AO, a former Sex Discrimination Commissioner
- Dame Marie Bashir AD, the former Governor of NSW
- Tim Andrew Fischer AC, the former Deputy Prime Minister
- John Landy AC, the former Olympian and Governor of Victoria
- David Hurley, AC DSC, Governor of NSW
Foreign Fellows
Foreign Fellows include:
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder, chairperson and managing director of Biocon Limited, an Indian company that is Asia’s leading biopharmaceuticals enterprise, became the Academy's first female Foreign Fellow in 2018.
Fellows
The Academy has more than 800 living Fellows.[5][6]
Clunies-Ross Award
The Clunies-Ross Foundation was founded in 1959 to perpetuate the memory of Sir Ian Clunies Ross, and promote the development of science and technology in Australia’s beneficial interest. In November 2002, the Foundation was brought under the umbrella of the ATSE.[7]
The Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award was established in 1991. It is now called the ATSE Clunies Ross Award, and is awarded for the application of science and technology for the economic, social or environmental benefit of Australia.[7]
A catalogue of awardees and the reasons for their awards can be found on the ATSE website.[8]
ATSE submissions
- Address to ATSE by the Minister, Departments of Energy, Resources and Tourism, 16 January 2009
- ATSE submission to the COAG Review of the National Water Commission, August 2011
- Response to the Issues Paper : Barriers to Effective Climate Change Adaptation, ATSE submission to the Productivity Commission, December 2011
- ATSE submission to the Draft Energy White Paper[permanent dead link], Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Australian Government, March 2012
See also
References
- ^ a b "About us". Applied. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Dr Keith Farrer" (PDF). Focus. ATSE. August 2012. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.
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- ^ To produce a list of all currently living Fellows, go to the "Fellows Public Directory" page, and leaving the name fields empty, click on the "FIND" button.
- ^ a b ATSE Clunies Ross Award, University of South Australia
- ^ Past Award Winners Archived 2 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ATSE Clunies Ross award, www.atse.org.au
External links
- Official website
- Address by the Governor-General at the ATSE Clunies Ross Awards ceremony, 19 May 2011, www.gg.gov.au