Person

Davis, Edward Bruce (1920 - 2004)

Born
29 October 1920
Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia
Died
12 June 2004
Blacktown Hospital, Late of Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Electrical engineer

Summary

Edward Bruce Davis, BSc MIEAust, was Chief Superintendent, Weapons Research Establishment / Defence Research Centre, Salisbury from 1966 to 1981. During the 1960s, he was responsible for the design of equipment for the Woomera Range and for extensive support for the whole of WRE. A group he headed studied problems of near real time processing of large amounts of data and the extraction of weak signals from clutter and noise. From 1983 to 1989, he was Chairman, Federal Communications Advisory Committee.

He was also a Councillor of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Central Section) Inc. in South Australia.

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Chronology

c. 1940
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc)
1941 - 1946
Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
1946 - 1952
Career position - Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department
1949
Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1953 - 1957
Career position - Senior Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department
1955
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1959 - 1962
Career position - Principal Engineer, Communications section, Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury
1962 - 1966
Career position - Superintendent, Electronics and Communications Division, Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury
1966 - 1978
Career position - Chief Superintendent, Engineering Wing, Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury
13 Sep 1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
1978 - 1981
Career position - Chief Superintendent, Advanced Engineering Laboratory, Defence Research Centre, Salisbury
1982 - 1984
Career position - Visiting Fellow, Division of Manufacturing Technology, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1983 - 1989
Career position - Chairman, Federal Communications Advisory Committee

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Journal Articles

  • Davis, E. B., 'The Woomera communications network', Electrical and Mechanical Transactions, EM3 (2) (1961), 53-68. Details
  • Davis, E. B.; Lamprey, J. E. H., 'Some aspects of rocket vehicle launching at Woomera for the European Launcher Development Organisation', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 36 (4-5) (1964), 69-82. Details
  • Davis, E. B.; McLeod, J. T.; Jenvey, W.. W., 'Project Mercury: Australia's contribution to the world-wide tracking and communications network. [A symposium]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 35 (7-8) (1963), 151-170. Details

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_d.html. Details
  • Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details

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