Person

Cumming, Ronald William (1920 - 1986)

FTS

Born
21 October 1920
Perth?, Western Australia, Australia
Died
31 December 1986
Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Engineer and Psychologist

Summary

Ronald Cumming was Director of the Caulfield Institute of Technology 1979-1982 and was then a visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Melbourne 1983-1986. Earlier he was a Research Scientist at the Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL), Melbourne 1941-1955 and a member of the Human Engineering Research Group at ARL 1956-1966 conducting research on human factors in aviation.

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Chronology

1979
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1983
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

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Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Ronald William Cumming - Records, MS 13551; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

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Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
  • Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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