Person

Samuel, Andrew Emery (1934 - 2007)

Born: 14 September 1934
Ujpest, Hungary
Died: 3 December 2007
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Academic and Engineer

Summary

Engineering professor Andrew Samuel researched and educated at the University of Melbourne from 1969 to 2007. In the 1980s he established a highly productive program of research into kinematic design and robotics, which he led until his retirement in the early 2000s. He also authored textbooks in engineering design including Make and Test Projects in Engineering Design (2006).

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Chronology

1949: Life event - Emigrated from Hungary to Melbourne, Australia with his father
1960: Education - Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)(hons), University of Melbourne
1963: Education - Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc), University of Melbourne
1969 - 1974: Career position - Lecturer in Engineering, University of Melbourne
1973: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1974 - 1989: Career position - Senior Lecturer in Engineering, University of Melbourne
1989 - 2002: Career position - Reader in Engineering, University of Melbourne
1995: Education - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), University of Melbourne
2002 - c. 2007: Career position - Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne

Related Corporate Bodies

The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Professor of Engineering 2002 - c2007; Reader in Engineering 1989 - 2002

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

Burvill, C.; and Lewis, B., 'Educator with a passion for engineering design', The Age (2007). Details

Resources

'Samuel, Andrew Emery (19340914-20071203)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514407. Details

Theses

Samuel, Andrew E., 'Film cooling of an adiabatic flat plate in zero pressure gradient in the presence of a hot mainstream and cold tangential secondary injection', MEngSc thesis, University of Melbourne, 1963, 168 pp. https://librarysearch.unimelb.edu.au/permalink/61UMB_INST/bagdsf/alma991035802389709604. Details
Samuel, Andrew E., 'A study of turbulent boundary layers', PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 1973, 291 pp, https://librarysearch.unimelb.edu.au/permalink/61UMB_INST/bagdsf/alma991035802349709604. Details

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