List of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology people
Science and technology
Table:
Name

Association with RMIT

Notability

References

Amanda Barnard

B Sci (AppPhysics) (Hon), PhD

nanotechnologist and theoretical physicist; Head of the CSIRO Nanoscience Laboratory

[372][373]

Martin G. Bean

current Vice-Chancellor

technology executive; former Global Director of Microsoft and former Vice-Chancellor of Open University

[374]

Gordon S. Brown

Dip Civil Eng, Elec Eng, Mech Eng [WMC]

cyberneticist; Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT

[375][376]

John Béchervaise, OAM, MBE

science classes

Antarctic explorer and author

[377]

Megan Clark, AC

DAppSci (honoris causa), former faculty

scientist; current CEO of the CSIRO

[127]

J. Donald R. de Raadt

FRMIT

Emeritus Professor of Informatics and System Science at Luleå University of Technology

[378]

Graham Dorrington

faculty

aeronautical engineer; subject of the 2004 documentary The White Diamond by Werner Herzog

[379][380]

Dennis Gibson, AO

former Chancellor

mathematician

[381][382]

Ranulph Glanville

former faculty

cybernetics theoretician

[383]

Alfred Gottschalk

former faculty

biochemist and glycoprotein researcher

[384]

Ann Henderson-Sellers

former Deputy Vice-Chancellor

former Director of the UN Climate Programme

[385]

Arthur R. Hogg

science classes

astronomer and physicist

[386]

Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh

attended (PhD) and also former faculty

Materials scientist, electronic engineer and Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow; recipient of the IEEE and ACS awards

[387]

Richard Kaner

faculty

chemist and nanotechnologist; recipient of the Tolman Award (2008)

[388]

Lakshmi Kantam

faculty

chemist; Adjunct Professor and Director of the IICT-RMIT Research Centre

[389]

William Kernot

former President [WMC]

Old Kernot Engineering School at RMIT named in his honour

[390][391]

Sir Albert Kitson

geology, mining, surveying classes [WMC]

geologist; recipient of the Lyell Medal (1927)

[392]

David Malin

D AppSci (honoris causa)

astronomer

[23]

Henry Millicer, AM

D Eng (honoris causa); former faculty

aircraft designer

[23][393][394]

Luca Marmorini

faculty

head of the engine and electronics department for the Ferrari F1 team

[395]

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Amanda Susan Barnard ( born 31 December 1971 ) is an Australian theoretical physicist working in predicting the real world behavior of nanoparticles using analytical models and supercomputer simulations and applied machine learning . Barnard is a pioneer in the thermodynamic cartography of nanomaterials , creating nanoscale phase diagrams relevant to different environmental conditions , and relating these to structure/property maps . Her current research involves developing and applying statistical methods and machine/deep learning in nanoscience and nanotechnology , and materials and molecular informatics . In 2014 she became the first person in the southern hemisphere , and the first woman , to win the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology , which she won for her work on diamond nanoparticles . Barnard is currently based in Australia as Professor of Computational Science in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University .
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ( CSIRO ) is an Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research . Its chief role is to improve the economic and social performance of industry for the benefit of the commonwealth . CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world . From its headquarters in Canberra , CSIRO maintains more than 50 sites across Australia and in France , Chile and the United States , employing about 5,500 people . Federally funded scientific research began in Australia 103 years ago . The Advisory Council of Science and Industry was established in 1916 but was hampered by insufficient available finance . In 1926 the research effort was reinvigorated by establishment of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ) , which strengthened national science leadership and increased research funding . CSIR grew rapidly and achieved significant early successes . [ citation needed ] In 1949 further legislated changes included renaming the organisation as CSIRO . [ citation needed ] Notable developments by CSIRO have included the invention of atomic absorption spectroscopy , essential components of Wi-Fi technology , development of the first commercially successful polymer banknote , the invention of the insect repellent in Aerogard and the introduction of a series of biological controls into Australia , such as the introduction of myxomatosis and rabbit calicivirus for the control of rabbit populations .
Martin George Bean CBE ( born 26 October 1964 ) is an Australian education administrator and the current Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT ) in Victoria , Australia ( since 2015 ) . He was previously Vice-Chancellor of the Open University ( 2009 to 2015 ) - the largest university in the United Kingdom .
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond , Washington . It develops , manufactures , licenses , supports , and sells computer software , consumer electronics , personal computers , and related services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , the Microsoft Office suite , and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers . In 2016 , it was the world 's largest software maker by revenue ( currently Alphabet/Google has more revenue ) . The word Microsoft is a portmanteau of microcomputer and software . Microsoft is ranked No . 30 in the 2018 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue . Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4 , 1975 , to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800 . It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s , followed by Microsoft Windows . The company 's 1986 initial public offering ( IPO ) , and subsequent rise in its share price , created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees . Since the 1990s , it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions , their largest being the acquisition of LinkedIn for $ 26.2 billion in December 2016 , followed by their acquisition of Skype Technologies for $ 8.5 billion in May 2011 .
The Open University ( OU ) is a public research university , and the biggest university in the UK for undergraduate education . The majority of the OU 's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus ; many of its courses ( both undergraduate and postgraduate ) can also be studied anywhere in the world . There are also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48-hectare university campus where they use the OU facilities for research , as well as more than 1,000 members of academic and research staff and over 2,500 administrative , operational and support staff . The OU was established in 1969 and used the original television studios and editing facilities at Alexandra Palace , in north London , which had been recently vacated by the BBC . The first students enrolled in January 1971 . The university administration is based at Walton Hall , Milton Keynes , in Buckinghamshire , but has administration centres in other parts of the United Kingdom . It also has a presence in other European countries . The university awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees , as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates or continuing education units . With more than 174,000 students enrolled , including around 31% of new undergraduates aged under 25 and more than 7,400 overseas students , it is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom ( and one of the largest in Europe ) by student number , and qualifies as one of the world 's largest universities . Since it was founded , more than 2 million students have studied its courses . It was rated top university in England and Wales for student satisfaction in the 2005 , 2006 and 2012 United Kingdom government national student satisfaction survey , and second in the 2007 survey . Out of 132 universities and colleges , the OU was ranked 43rd ( second quartile ) in the Times Higher Education Table of Excellence in 2008 , between the University of Reading and University of the Arts London ; it was rated highly in Design , Art History , English , Earth and Environmental Sciences , Computer Science , Development Studies , Social Policy and Social Work and Sociology .
Gordon Stanley Brown ( August 30 , 1907 in Australia - August 23 , 1996 in Tucson , Arizona ) was a professor of electrical engineering at MIT . He originated many of the concepts behind automatic-feedback control systems and the numerical control of machine tools . From 1959 to 1968 , he served as the dean of MIT 's engineering school . With his former student Donald P. Campbell , he wrote Principles of Servomechanisms in 1948 , which is still a standard reference in the field .
A cyberneticist or a cybernetician is a person who practices cybernetics . Heinz von Foerster once told Stuart Umpleby that Norbert Wiener preferred the term cybernetician rather than cyberneticist , perhaps because Wiener was a mathematician rather than a physicist . The word cyberneticist was used by Nicolas Rashevsky who began as a theoretical physicist . Robert Rosen , who began his career as a mathematician , regarded neurocybernetics - and more generally biocybernetics - as fields closely allied to mathematical biology and mathematical biophysics in which control theory and dynamical system theories also play significant roles . Today cybernetician is preferred by members of the American Society for Cybernetics .
Emeritus ( male ) /Emerita ( female ) ( /əˈmɛrɪtəs/ ) , [ Note 1 ] in its current usage , is an adjective used to designate a retired chairperson , professor , pastor , bishop , pope , director , president , prime minister , rabbi , emperor , or other person who has been permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held . Like the Romance languages derived from it , Latin contains many words that are gender-specific ; emeritus is used for a male , emerita for a female . In some cases , the term is conferred automatically upon all persons who retire at a given rank , but in others , it remains a mark of distinguished service , awarded only to a few on retirement . It is also used when a person of distinction in a profession retires or hands over the position , enabling their former rank to be retained in their title , e.g. , professor emeritus . The term emeritus does not necessarily signify that a person has relinquished all the duties of their former position , and they may continue to exercise some of them .
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) is a private research university in Cambridge , Massachusetts . The Institute is a land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant university , with an urban campus that extends more than a mile ( 1.6 km ) alongside the Charles River . The Institute also encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , the Bates Center , and the Haystack Observatory , as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes . Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States , MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering . It has since played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science , engineering , mathematics , and technology , and is widely known for its innovation and academic strength , making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world . As of October 2019 [ update ] , 96 Nobel laureates , 26 Turing Award winners , and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni , faculty members , or researchers . In addition , 58 National Medal of Science recipients , 29 National Medals of Technology and Innovation recipients , 50 MacArthur Fellows , 73 Marshall Scholars , 48 Rhodes Scholars , 41 astronauts , and 16 Chief Scientists of the US Air Force have been affiliated with MIT . The school also has a strong entrepreneurial culture , and the aggregated annual revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni ( $ 1.9 trillion ) would rank roughly as the tenth-largest economy in the world ( 2014 ) . MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities ( AAU ) .
John Mayston Béchervaise OAM , MBE ( 11 May 1910 - 13 July 1998 ) was an Australian writer , photographer , artist , historian and explorer . He is especially notable for his work and achievements in Antarctica . Béchervaise was married to Lorna Fearn Wannan ; the couple had one son and three daughters . His family had come from Jersey in the 19th century where there is still a Bechervaise Lane . Béchervaise was educated in Melbourne . He joined Geelong College in 1935 in order to establish a program of outdoor activities for the boys . During the years of the Second World War he studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London , but returned to Geelong College after the war . In January 1949 he led a mountaineering expedition of the Geelong College Exploration Society to climb the hitherto unclimbed 1224 m Federation Peak in Tasmania . He also led the first party to land Tasmania 's Rodondo Island in Bass Strait , 10 km off the coast of Victoria . As well as contributing to the development of outdoor education in Victoria , he was for many years the assistant editor of the Australian magazine Walkabout .
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II , Queen of Australia , to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service . Before the establishment of the order , Australian citizens received British honours . The Queen of Australia is sovereign head of the order , while the Governor-General of Australia is the principal companion/dame/knight ( as relevant at the time ) and chancellor of the order . The governor-general 's official secretary , currently Paul Singer , is secretary of the order .
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry , rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences , work with charitable and welfare organisations , and public service outside the civil service . It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions , the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female . There is also the related British Empire Medal , whose recipients are affiliated with , but not members of the order . Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom , the self-governing Dominions of the Empire ( later Commonwealth ) and the Viceroy of India . Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British ( Imperial ) honours . Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they created their own honours . [ a ]
The Antarctic ( US English /æntˈɑːrktɪk/ , UK English /ænˈtɑːrktɪk/ or /æntˈɑːrtɪk/ and /ænˈtɑːrtɪk/ or /ænˈɑːrtɪk/ ) [ Note 1 ] is a polar region around the Earth 's South Pole , opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole . The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica , the Kerguelen Plateau and other island territories located on the Antarctic Plate or south of the Antarctic Convergence . The Antarctic region includes the ice shelves , waters , and all the island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence , a zone approximately 32 to 48 km ( 20 to 30 mi ) wide varying in latitude seasonally . The region covers some 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere , of which 5.5 percent ( 14 million km2 ) is the surface area of the Antarctic continent itself . All of the land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude are administered under the Antarctic Treaty System . Biogeographically , the Antarctic ecozone is one of eight ecozones of the Earth 's land surface .
Megan Elizabeth Clark AC , FTSE is an Australian geologist and business executive , former director of the CSIRO , and head of the Australian Space Agency .
J. Donald R. de Raadt ( born 1946 ) is a Swedish organizational theorist and Professor Emeritus in Informatics and System Science at Luleå University of Technology .
Luleå University of Technology ( Swedish : Luleå tekniska universitet ) of Sweden is Scandinavia 's northernmost university of technology . It has four campuses , located in Luleå ( the main campus ) , Kiruna ( space science ) , Skellefteå ( wood technology , 3D graphics and computer game engineering ) and Piteå ( Department of music and media ) .
Graham Dorrington ( born in Chalfont St. Giles ) , is an English aeronautical engineer . He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1989 and was formerly a lecturer at Queen Mary , University of London , though he is now teaching at RMIT University in Melbourne , Australia . He was the subject of the film The White Diamond ( 2004 ) directed by Werner Herzog .
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft . It has two major and overlapping branches : aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering . Avionics engineering is similar , but deals with the electronics side of aerospace engineering . Aeronautical engineering was the original term for the field . As flight technology advanced to include vehicles operating in outer space , the broader term aerospace engineering has come into common use . Aerospace engineering , particularly the astronautics branch , is often colloquially referred to as rocket science .
The White Diamond is a 2004 documentary film by Werner Herzog . It illustrates the history of aviation and depicts the struggles and triumphs of Graham Dorrington , an aeronautical engineer , who has designed and built a teardrop-shaped airship which he plans to fly over the forest canopies of Guyana . It features music composed by Ernst Reijseger , which was re-used in Herzog 's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder . Most of the film focuses on Dorrington 's flights near Kaieteur Falls , in Guyana . Dorrington discusses the mechanics of his flight , as well as his own struggles with uncertainty and the heaviness he feels after the death of the cinematographer Dieter Plage . The film also explores the Kaieteur Falls themselves , a local man named Marc Anthony Yhap , a diamond miner , and the white-tipped swifts ( Aeronautes montivagus ) which roost in an inaccessible cave behind the falls . The film holds ratings of 83% ( based on 12 reviews ) on the film review aggregator websites Metacritic and 94% ( based on 18 reviews ) on Rotten Tomatoes .
Werner Herzog ( German : [ ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk ] ; born 5 September 1942 ) is a German film director , screenwriter , author , actor , and opera director . Herzog is a figure of the New German Cinema . His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams , people with unique talents in obscure fields , or individuals who are in conflict with nature . Werner Herzog made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19 . Since then he has produced , written , and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries , such as Aguirre , the Wrath of God ( 1972 ) , Heart of Glass ( 1976 ) , Nosferatu the Vampyre ( 1978 ) , Fitzcarraldo ( 1982 ) , Lessons of Darkness ( 1992 ) , Little Dieter Needs to Fly ( 1997 ) , My Best Fiend ( 1999 ) , Invincible ( 2000 ) , Grizzly Man ( 2005 ) , Encounters at the End of the World ( 2007 ) , Bad Lieutenant : Port of Call New Orleans ( 2009 ) , and Cave of Forgotten Dreams ( 2010 ) . He has published more than a dozen books of prose , and directed as many operas . French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog the most important film director alive . American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog has never created a single film that is compromised , shameful , made for pragmatic reasons , or uninteresting . Even his failures are spectacular . He was named one of the world 's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009 .
Emeritus Professor R. Dennis Gibson , AO is a British-born Australian academic and mathematician He was the Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University ) in Melbourne , Australia , from 2003-2010 . He is a member of the Council of Bond University on the Gold Coast , Australia , and a Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich in London , England . He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane , Australia , for 21 years , before he retired in 2003 and was appointed the Chancellor of RMIT .
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work , typically to solve mathematical problems . Mathematics is concerned with numbers , data , quantity , structure , space , models , and change .
Ranulph Glanville ( 13 June 1946 - 20 December 2014 ) was an Anglo-Irish cybernetician , design researcher , theorist , educator and multi-platform artist/designer/performer . He spent most of his career teaching at Portsmouth University , and was later professor of research in Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art , London , professor of research design in the Faculty of Architecture Catholic University of Leuven , Belgium , and adjunct professor of design research at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University , Melbourne . He was known for his contributions in the field of design research , and cybernetics . Glanville maintained a small art practice including music , video , architecture , publishing , writing and installation/land art as well as design and architecture . He has organised international conferences , exhibitions and performances , as well as taking part in them . He was internationally regarded as a lecturer , keynote speaker and consultant . He held several other professorial posts in a variety of specialisms , at universities around the world . He was Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics for one term , from 2006 to 2009 , and President of the American Society for Cybernetics for two terms , from 2009 to 2014 inclusive .
Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary approach for exploring regulatory systems - their structures , constraints , and possibilities . Norbert Wiener defined cybernetics in 1948 as the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine . In other words , it is the scientific study of how humans , animals and machines control and communicate with each other . Cybernetics is applicable when a system being analyzed incorporates a closed signaling loop - originally referred to as a circular causal relationship - that is , where action by the system generates some change in its environment and that change is reflected in the system in some manner ( feedback ) that triggers a system change . Cybernetics is relevant to , for example , mechanical , physical , biological , cognitive , and social systems . The essential goal of the broad field of cybernetics is to understand and define the functions and processes of systems that have goals and that participate in circular , causal chains that move from action to sensing to comparison with desired goal , and again to action . Its focus is how anything ( digital , mechanical or biological ) processes information , reacts to information , and changes or can be changed to better accomplish the first two tasks . Cybernetics includes the study of feedback , black boxes and derived concepts such as communication and control in living organisms , machines and organizations including self-organization . Concepts studied by cyberneticists include , but are not limited to : learning , cognition , adaptation , social control , emergence , convergence , communication , efficiency , efficacy , and connectivity . In cybernetics these concepts ( otherwise already objects of study in other disciplines such as biology and engineering ) are abstracted from the context of the specific organism or device . The word cybernetics comes from Greek κυβερνητική ( kybernētikḗ ) , meaning governance , i.e. , all that are pertinent to κυβερνάω ( kybernáō ) , the latter meaning to steer , navigate or govern , hence κυβέρνησις ( kybérnēsis ) , meaning government , is the government while κυβερνήτης ( kybernḗtēs ) is the governor or helmperson of the ship . Contemporary cybernetics began as an interdisciplinary study connecting the fields of control systems , electrical network theory , mechanical engineering , logic modeling , evolutionary biology , neuroscience , anthropology , and psychology in the 1940s , often attributed to the Macy Conferences .
Alfred Gottschalk ( 22 April 1894 - 4 October 1973 ) was a German biochemist who was a leading authority in glycoprotein research . During his career he wrote 216 research papers and reviews , and four books . Gottschalk was born in Aachen , the third of four children to Benjamin and Rosa Gottschalk . He choose to study medicine , from 1912 he attended the Universities of Munich , Freiburg im Breisgau and Bonn ; the War interrupted his studies , but he completed them in 1920 graduating MD from the University of Bonn . He completed clinical work experience at the medical schools of Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg and physiology-biochemistry studies at Bonn , that led to his first publications , an award from the University of Madrid and an invitation to work at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Experimental Therapy and Biochemistry with Carl Neuberg . In 1923 he married Lisbeth Berta Orgler ; together they had one son . They separated in 1950 . Gottschalk left the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biochemistry in 1926 to become Director of the Biochemical Department at the General Hospital in Szczecin . He left the hospital in 1934 following upheaval in Nazi Germany and entered private practice , left for England in the spring of 1939 , and on to Melbourne in July . He was offered a position as a biochemist by Charles Kellaway Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ; he also taught biochemistry and organic chemistry at the Melbourne Technical College and later at the University of Melbourne . In 1945 he became a naturalized British citizen . In 1949 he received a DSc from the University of Melbourne .
Biochemistry , sometimes called biological chemistry , is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms . Biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life . A sub-discipline of both biology and chemistry , biochemistry can be divided in three fields ; structural biology , enzymology and metabolism . Over the last decades of the 20th century , biochemistry has through these three disciplines become successful at explaining living processes . Almost all areas of the life sciences are being uncovered and developed by biochemical methodology and research . Biochemistry focuses on understanding the chemical basis which allows biological molecules to give rise to the processes that occur within living cells and between cells , which in turn relates greatly to the study and understanding of tissues , organs , and organism structure and function . Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology , the study of the molecular mechanisms of biological phenomena . Much of biochemistry deals with the structures , functions and interactions of biological macromolecules , such as proteins , nucleic acids , carbohydrates and lipids , which provide the structure of cells and perform many of the functions associated with life . The chemistry of the cell also depends on the reactions of smaller molecules and ions . These can be inorganic , for example water and metal ions , or organic , for example the amino acids , which are used to synthesize proteins . The mechanisms by which cells harness energy from their environment via chemical reactions are known as metabolism . The findings of biochemistry are applied primarily in medicine , nutrition , and agriculture .
Glycoproteins are proteins which contain oligosaccharide chains ( glycans ) covalently attached to amino acid side-chains . The carbohydrate is attached to the protein in a cotranslational or posttranslational modification . This process is known as glycosylation . Secreted extracellular proteins are often glycosylated . In proteins that have segments extending extracellularly , the extracellular segments are also often glycosylated . Glycoproteins are also often important integral membrane proteins , where they play a role in cell-cell interactions . It is important [ according to whom ? ] to distinguish endoplasmic reticulum-based glycosylation of the secretory system from reversible cytosolic-nuclear glycosylation . Glycoproteins of the cytosol and nucleus can be modified through the reversible addition of a single GlcNAc residue that is considered reciprocal to phosphorylation and the functions of these are likely to be additional regulatory mechanism that controls phosphorylation-based signalling . In contrast , classical secretory glycosylation can be structurally essential . For example , inhibition of asparagine-linked , i.e . N-linked , glycosylation can prevent proper glycoprotein folding and full inhibition can be toxic to an individual cell .
Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers ( born 1952 ) is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Environment and Geography at Macquarie University , Sydney . She was the Director of the Joint Planning Staff ( JPS ) of the World Climate Research Programme in 2006 and 2007 and was the Director of the Environment Division at ANSTO from 1998 to 2005 . She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor ( Research & Development ) of The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1996-1998 . Prior to this she was the founding director of the Climatic Impacts Centre at Macquarie University where she continues to hold a Professorship in Physical Geography . Professor Henderson-Sellers previously led the WMO Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes , which operates as an international Internet-based collaboratry . She recently led the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment ( MECCA ) Analysis Team . She also acts as a consultant to the United Nations University on various aspects of the impact of climate . During 1995 she was a convening lead author for the IPCC SAR . Professor Henderson-Sellers has been an Earth Systems scientist all her life spearheading the description and prediction of the influence of land-cover and land-use change on climate and human systems . She has a BSc in mathematics , undertook her PhD in collaboration with the U.K. Meteorological Office and earned a D.Sc . in climate science in 1999 . She is an elected Fellow of Australia 's Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and was awarded the Centenary Medal of Australia for Service to Australian Society in Meteorology in 2003 .
The United Nations ( UN ) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security , develop friendly relations among nations , achieve international cooperation , and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations . It is the largest , most familiar , most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world . The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City ; other main offices are in Geneva , Nairobi , Vienna and The Hague . The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future wars , succeeding the ineffective League of Nations . On 25 April 1945 , 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter , which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945 , when the UN began operations . Pursuant to the Charter , the organization 's objectives include maintaining international peace and security , protecting human rights , delivering humanitarian aid , promoting sustainable development , and upholding international law . At its founding , the UN had 51 member states ; this number grew to 193 in 2011 , representing the vast majority of the world 's sovereign states . The organization 's mission to preserve world peace was complicated in its early decades by the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies . Its missions have consisted primarily of unarmed military observers and lightly armed troops with primarily monitoring , reporting and confidence-building roles . UN membership grew significantly following widespread decolonization beginning in the 1960s . Since then , 80 former colonies have gained independence , including 11 trust territories that had been monitored by the Trusteeship Council . By the 1970s , the UN 's budget for economic and social development programmes far outstripped its spending on peacekeeping .
Arthur Robert Hogg ( 25 November 1903 - 31 March 1966 ) was an Australian physicist and astronomer . He was born in Melbourne , Victoria , was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and at the University of Melbourne where he earned his B.Sc . in 1923 and M.Sc . in 1925 . In 1927 he began working at the Broken Hill Associated Smelters in Port Pirie , South Australia , becoming the assistant supervisor of research , and he remained there until 1929 . He then joined the Mount Stromlo Observatory , then called the Commonwealth Solar Observatory , as an assistant and he remained associated with the observatory until his death in 1966 . At Mount Stromlo , he took up the study of electrical phenomena in the atmosphere , including ionization in the lower atmosphere . He then transitioned into the study of cosmic rays . In 1933 he was married to Irene Doris Tyson ( known as Yandell ) . The couple had two sons , Robert Ernest Tremayne b 1936 and Garth Richard b . 1940 and a daughter , Elizabeth Irene born 1946 . Beginning in 1940 , near the start of World War II , he worked as a physicist in the Chemical Defence Section at the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong .
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth . They observe astronomical objects such as stars , planets , moons , comets and galaxies - in either observational ( by analyzing the data ) or theoretical astronomy . Examples of topics or fields astronomers study include planetary science , solar astronomy , the origin or evolution of stars , or the formation of galaxies . Related but distinct subjects like physical cosmology , which studies the Universe as a whole . Astronomers usually fall under either of two main types : observational and theoretical . Observational astronomers make direct observations of celestial objects and analyze the data . In contrast , theoretical astronomers create and investigate models of things that can not be observed . Because it takes millions to billions of years for a system of stars or a galaxy to complete a life cycle , astronomers must observe snapshots of different systems at unique points in their evolution to determine how they form , evolve , and die . They use these data to create models or simulations to theorize how different celestial objects work . Further subcategories under these two main branches of astronomy include planetary astronomy , galactic astronomy , or physical cosmology .
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics , which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe . Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate causes of phenomena , and usually frame their understanding in mathematical terms . Physicists work across a wide range of research fields , spanning all length scales : from sub-atomic and particle physics , through biological physics , to cosmological length scales encompassing the universe as a whole . The field generally includes two types of physicists : experimental physicists who specialize in the observation of physical phenomena and the analysis of experiments , and theoretical physicists who specialize in mathematical modeling of physical systems to rationalize , explain and predict natural phenomena . Physicists can apply their knowledge towards solving practical problems or to developing new technologies ( also known as applied physics or engineering physics ) .
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh ( born in November 1971 ) is an Australian scientist involved in research in the fields of materials sciences , electronics , and transducers . He is best known for his works on two-dimensional semiconductors , ingestible sensors and liquid metals . He led his group to the invention of an ingestible chemical sensor : human gas sensing capsule .
Richard B. Kaner is a synthetic inorganic chemist , whose work spans across many areas of expertise . He is well known for his research in the fields of conductive polymers ( polyaniline ) , superhard materials and carbon compounds , such as fullerenes and graphene . Richard Kaner holds a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Department of Material Science and Engineering at UCLA . Richard Kaner is involved with outreach programs geared to teaching new scientific concepts to high school teachers as well as making online videos . He has served on the board of directors for California NanoSystems Institute . Richard Kaner is the 2009 recipient of the Tolman Award from the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society medal and has been appointed as an adjunct professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , in Australia .
The Tolman Medal is awarded each year by the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society ( SCALACS ) for outstanding contributions to chemistry which include contributions in areas of fundamental studies , chemical technology , and significant contributions to chemical education or outstanding leadership in science on a national level . To be eligible for the Medal , the recipient must have accomplished the majority of his or her work while resident in Southern California . The Medal is named for physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman .
Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam is an Indian scientist . She is the Director of CSIR-IICT and has obtained her PhD degree from Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra , India under the guidance of Prof. V. Yatirajam in 1982 . She joined as a Scientist B in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology , Hyderabad in the year 1984 . In 2005 , she has been elevated as Head of the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division , consisting of 30 scientists and 150 Ph.D students . She has guided 27 PhD students and 15 students are presently working under her guidance for their Ph.D. She has more than 260 research publications and 43 US patents to her credit . Kantam has made outstanding contributions towards the development of specially designed homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysts for chemical reactions with innovative scientific inputs to achieve highest possible atom economy . In particular , utilization of nanomaterials , hydrotalcites and hydroxyapatites as supports and catalysts for asymmetric catalysis and C-C / C-N coupling reactions is noteworthy . Development of ligand-free heterogeneous layered double hydroxide supported nanopalladium catalyst using basic LDH in place of basic ligands exhibiting higher activity and selectivity in the Heck olefination chloroarenes is a success story . Asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones to chiral secondary alcohols with good yields and excellent enantioselectivities using Cu-Al hydrotalcite and BINAP has opened up a new perspective . Innovative design of catalysts for the conversion of waste plastics into oil is another success story . She has designed and developed recyclable heterogeneous catalysts , copper-exchanged fluorapatite and tert-butoxyapatite by incorporating basic species F-/tBuO- in apatite for N-arylation of imidazoles with chloroarenes and fluoroarenes for the first time . She has also carried out development of phosphine free homogeneous catalysts , palladium ( II ) complexes of tetradentate dicarboxyamide/dipyridyl ligands for Heck reaction aryl halides , the first report on the use of purely N-donor ligands .
Adjunct professor ( adjunct lecturer , adjunct instructor , adjunct faculty or contingent academic labor collectively ) is a type of academic appointment in higher education .
The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology is a national-level research center located in Hyderabad , Telangana , India under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ) . IICT conducts research in basic and applied chemistry , biochemistry , bioinformatics , chemical engineering and provides science and technology inputs to the industrial and economic development of the country . IICT has filed one of the maximum CSIR patents .
William Charles Kernot ( 16 June 1845 - 14 March 1909 ) , was an Australian engineer , first professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne and president of the Royal Society of Victoria .
Sir Albert Ernest Kitson , CMG , CBE ( 21 March 1868 - 8 March 1937 ) was a British-Australian geologist , naturalist , and winner of the Lyell Medal in 1927 .
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid , liquid , and gaseous matter that constitutes the Earth and other terrestrial planets , as well as the processes that shape them . Geologists usually study geology , although backgrounds in physics , chemistry , biology , and other sciences are also useful . Field work is an important component of geology , although many subdisciplines incorporate laboratory work . Geologists work in the energy and mining sectors searching for natural resources such as petroleum , natural gas , precious and base metals . They are also in the forefront of preventing and mitigating damage from natural hazards and disasters such as earthquakes , volcanoes , tsunamis and landslides . Their studies are used to warn the general public of the occurrence of these events . Geologists are also important contributors to climate change discussions .
The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London , equal in status to the Murchison Medal . This medal is awarded based on one Earth Scientist 's exceptional contribution of research to the scientific community . It is named after Charles Lyell .
David Frederick Malin AM ( born 28 March 1941 ) is a British-Australian astronomer and photographer . He is principally known for his spectacular colour images of astronomical objects . A galaxy is named after him , Malin 1 , which he discovered in 1986 and which is the largest spiral galaxy so far discovered .
Henry K. Millicer , AM ( 11 June 1915 - 28 August 1996 ) born Henryk Kazimierz Milicer , was a Polish-Australian aircraft designer and pilot .
Luca Marmorini ( born June 17 , 1961 ) is the former head of the engine and electronics department at the Ferrari Formula One team . Marmorini started his Formula One career with Ferrari in 1990 , which he joined after completing a mechanical doctorate . He stayed with Ferrari until 1999 , when he joined Toyota as it prepared to enter Formula One . After progressing to the position of technical director in charge of engines , he left Toyota on January 19 , 2009 , only to return to Ferrari on October 6 that same year , replacing Frenchman Gilles Simon as head of the engine and electronics department . He left the Scuderia Ferrari Team on 31 July 2014 and has been linked with Renault .
Ferrari ( /fəˈrɑːri/ ; Italian : [ ferˈraːri ] ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello . Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939 out of Alfa Romeo 's race division as Auto Avio Costruzioni , the company built its first car in 1940 . However , the company 's inception as an auto manufacturer is usually recognized in 1947 , when the first Ferrari-badged car was completed . In 2014 Ferrari was rated the world 's most powerful brand by Brand Finance . In June 2018 , the 1964 250 GTO became the most expensive car in history , setting an all-time record selling price of $ 70 million . Fiat S.p.A. acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 and expanded its stake to 90% in 1988 . In October 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. ( FCA ) announced its intentions to separate Ferrari S.p.A. from FCA ; as of the announcement FCA owned 90% of Ferrari . The separation began in October 2015 with a restructuring that established Ferrari N.V. ( a company incorporated in the Netherlands ) as the new holding company of the Ferrari group and the subsequent sale by FCA of 10% of the shares in an IPO and concurrent listing of common shares on the New York Stock Exchange . Through the remaining steps of the separation , FCA 's interest in Ferrari 's business was distributed to shareholders of FCA , with 10% continuing to be owned by Piero Ferrari . The spin-off was completed on 3 January 2016 . Throughout its history , the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing , especially in Formula One , where it is the oldest and most successful racing team , holding the most constructors championships ( 16 ) and having produced the highest number of drivers ' championship wins ( 15 ) . Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of speed , luxury and wealth .
Formula One ( also known as Formula 1 or F1 ) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA ) and owned by the Formula One Group . The World Drivers ' Championship , which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981 , has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950 . The word formula in the name refers to the set of rules to which all participants ' cars must conform . A Formula One season consists of a series of races , known as Grands Prix ( French for 'grand prizes ' or 'great prizes ' ) , which take place worldwide on purpose-built circuits and on public roads . The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual World Championships : one for drivers , the other for constructors . Drivers must hold valid Super Licences , the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA . The races must run on tracks graded 1 ( formerly A ) , the highest grade-rating issued by the FIA . Most events occur in rural locations on purpose-built tracks , but several events take place on city streets . Formula One cars are the fastest regulated road-course racing cars in the world , owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic downforce . The cars underwent major changes in 2017 , allowing wider front and rear wings , and wider tyres , resulting in peak cornering forces near 6.5 lateral g and top speeds of up to approximately 350 km/h ( 215 mph ) . As of 2019 [ update ] the hybrid engines are limited in performance to a maximum of 15,000 rpm , the cars are very dependent on electronics and aerodynamics , suspension and tyres . Traction control and other driving aids have been banned since 2008 .