Biographical entry Mulcahy, Maurice Francis Robinson (1920 - )

Summary

Maurice Francis R. Mulcahy worked for many of Australia's top industrial research organisations from 1942. He also spent a short period as a Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. During his career he co-authored at least four research articles.

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1938

Education - Diploma of Applied Chemistry completed at Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong, Victoria

1941

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1942

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1942 - 1946

Career position - Research Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Lubricants and Bearings Section

1948

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Oxford University, UK

1949 - 1957

Career position - Research Officer at CSIR Division of Tribophysics

1958 - 1959

Career position - Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1959 - 1975

Career position - Principal Research Fellow at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Coal Research / Mineral Chemistry

1971

Career position - Visiting Professor of Chemistry at City University in London

1971

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Oxford University

1975 - 1981

Career position - Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry

1980 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1981 - 1983

Career position - Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels

1983

Career position - Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Germany

1983

Career position - Research Fellow at CSIRO

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Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Mulcahy, Maurice Francis Robinson', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001763p.htm. Details
• 'Mulcahy Maurice Francis Robinson (19200213-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476373. Details

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_m.html. Details