Melbourne School of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne is the oldest engineering and information technology 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 Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology celebrated its sesquicentenary and the School developed a large range of events and activities to mark the occasion.
Research
The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 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 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 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 William Hudson
- 1959 Lawrence Wackett
- 1960 D V Darwin
- 1961 A J Keast
- 1962 B B Lewis
- 1963 A W Knight
- 1964 Lindesay Clark
- 1965 Maurice Mawby
- 1966 Philip Baxter
- 1967 J A L Matheson
- 1968 L P Coombes
- 1969 George Fischer
- 1970 Ian McLennan
- 1971 I Langlands
- 1972 Robert Blackwood
- 1973 H K Worner
- 1974 D M Myers
- 1975 James Foots
- 1976 John Holland
- 1977 Brian Inglis
- 1978 Frank Espie
- 1979 Kenneth Hunt
- 1980 John W Connell
- 1981 H W Worner
- 1982 Bernard Callinan
- 1983 Arthur J Francis
- 1984 David H Trollope
- 1985 F Belgiorno-Nettis
- 1986 S R Siemon
- 1987 P T Fink
- 1988 Brian Loton
- 1989 Arvi Parbo
- 1990 H Wragge
- 1991 H R C Pratt
- 1992 G P Cook
- 1993 O E Potter
- 1994 John M Schubert
- 1995 Robert H Brown
- 1996 Robin J Batterham
- 1997 Jorg Imberger
- 1998 Ian Vaughan
- 1999 P Boland
- 2007 Don M Grant
- 2011 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.[1]