National Committee for Mechanical and Engineering Sciences
The National Committee for Mechanical and Engineering Sciences aims to foster Engineering Science and Mechanics in Australia, to link the Academy to scientists and relevant scientific societies in this area, and to serve as a link between Australian and overseas scientists, for example through the International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Sciences.
Governance
Reports and activities
John Booker Medal in Engineering Science
The National Committee plays an active role in the promotion of early career researchers through the establishment and ongoing advancement of the John Booker Medal in Engineering Science.
Related groups and organisations
Members
- Chair: Professor Mark Bradford
- University of New South Wales, Research Director for the Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety
- Research expertise: Sustainability in construction, structural engineering
- Committee member: Professor Andrew Bassom
- University of Tasmania, Head of Discipline: Mathematics
- Research expertise: Theoretical and applied mechanics, seismology and seismic exploration
- Committee member: Professor Yvonne Stokes
- The University of Adelaide, School of Mathematical Sciences
- Research expertise: Theoretical fluid mechanics, applied mathematics
- Committee member: Professor Ian Petersen FAA
- Australian National University, Research School of Engineering
- Research expertise: Systems and control, robust control theory
- Committee member: Professor Nalini Joshi AO FAA FRSN FAustMS
- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Chair of Applied Mathematics
- Research expertise: Distribution of large prime numbers, collisions of atomic particles, electric fields in electrolyte solutions, integrable systems