Person

Lloyd, Brian Edmund (1929 - 2014)

AM HonFIEAust

Born
30 June 1929
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Died
2 March 2014
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Educator, Engineer and Engineering historian

Summary

Brian Lloyd, AM MA PhD HonFIEAust CPEng, was a distinguished engineer, educator, and historian who lead major changes in engineering education and in the recognition of professional engineers in Australia. He worked for the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works as an electrical engineer from 1957 to 1972 and as Manager, Scientific and Technical Services until his retirement in 1984.

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Chronology

1949
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1950
Career position - Ford Motor Company, Geelong
1951 - 1954
Career position - Australian Cement Ltd, Geelong
1952
Education - Diploma of Electrical Engineering (DipElectEng), Gordon institute of Technology, Geelong
1953
Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1955
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1955 - 1957
Career position - Hydro-Electric Commission, Tasmania
1957 - 1972
Career position - Electrical Engineer, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
1971
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1972
Education - Diploma of Business Administration (DipBusAdmin), Institute of Business Administration
1972
Award - Distinguished Life Member, Association of Professional Engineers, Australia (Professional Engineers Australia)
1972 - 1984
Career position - Manager Scientific and Technical Services, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
1973 - 1983
Career position - Chairman, Curriculum Board, Technical Education Victoria
1973 - 1994
Career position - Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia
1981
Career position - Chairman, Victorian Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
1982 - 1985
Career position - Chairman of Directors, TAFE National Centre for Research and Development
1983 - 1987
Career position - Chairman, TAFE Accreditation Board
1984
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for service to Engineering, particularly in the field of Education
1986
Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne
1986 - 1994
Career position - Director, EPM Consulting Group
1989
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1989 - 1991
Career position - Vice president, Institution of Engineers Australia
1992
Award - Silver Medal, Australasian Association for Engineering Education - for contributions to engineering education
1992
Career position - Deputy president, Institution of Engineers Australia
1993 - 1994
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1995 - 2002
Career position - Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University
1998
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
2001
Award - Centenary Medal, for researching and publishing the history of the Victorian High Country

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Published resources

Books

  • Anon, Australian men and women of science, engineering and technology (Port Melbourne: Reed Reference Australia, 1995), 661 pp. 'Lloyd, Brian Edmund, Dr.' p.316. Details
  • Lloyd, B.E.; and Wilkin W. J. [Foreword by R.L. Aston.], The Education of professional engineers in Australia: a detailed study of the technological educational structure (Sydney: Association of Professional Engineers, Australia, 1958), 358 pp. Joint Author. Details
  • Lloyd, Brian E., Engineers in Australia: a Profession in Transition (Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1991), 256 pp. Details
  • Lloyd, Brian E.; and Vines, Helen, Status and Reward: the History of Industrial Representation of Professional Engineers in Australia (Melbourne: Cherrington Carr, 1996), 329 pp. Details

Conference Papers

Journal Articles

Newspaper Articles

  • Lloyd, Brian, 'Life of Leadership Touches Many [Obituary: Bernard James Callinan (1913 - 1995)]', The Age (1995), 14. Details
  • Lloyd, Brian, 'Guiding hand in technical studies [Obituary: William Norman Roebuck (1930 - 2012)', The Age (2012). http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=AGE120114MP4C25KQI68. Details
  • Lloyd, Rosemary, 'Engineer and educator raised the profession to new status: engineer and historian Brian Lloyd has died aged 84', Sydney Morning Herald (2014). Details

Reports

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1989 [Seventieth Annual Report] (1990), 36 pp. 'Vice President, Education and Training. Chairman, Board of Education', p.16-17. Details

Resources

Theses

  • Lloyd, Brian E., 'In Search of Identity: Engineering in Australia, 1788-1988', Thesis, University of Melbourne, 1988. Details

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