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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001760b.htm person Morse Roger Neill AO FTSE AACR2 25 January 1914 2 March 2003 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Science administrator Mechanical engineer Roger Morse was Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Mechanical Engineering from 1963 to 1973. In total, he had more than a thirty year association with CSIRO. Morse was also Chairman of the Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission (1978-1980) and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his contributions to engineering and solar energy research. 1932 1932 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1934 1934 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1936 1936 Award - Institution of Engineers' Prize, University of Sydney 1936 1940 Career position - Engineer with Westinghouse Rosebery Pty. Ltd. 1940 1940 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1940 1945 Military service - Second World War. Major, Royal Australian Engineers, AIF 1945 1945 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1945 1955 Career position - Electrical and Mechanical Engineer with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) / CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) 1955 1963 Career position - Officer-in-charge of the Engineering Section at CSIRO 1961 1961 Award - Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia 1961 1961 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 27 November 1963 31 December 1973 Career position - Chief of the Division of Mechanical Engineering at CSIRO 1965 Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1967 1967 Award - Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1974 1978 Career position - Director of Solar Energy Studies at CSIRO 1976 1977 Career position - Member Task Force on Energy, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1977 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1978 1978 Career position - Member (Victoria), Board of the General College of Engineering, Institution of Engineers Australia 1978 1980 Career position - Chairman, Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission 1979 1979 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For Public Service 1980 1980 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia 1983 2003 Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1987 2003 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1977] 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society through research and development Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 1983

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1977 - 1987

 CSIRO Engineering Section, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1955 - 1963)

Officer-in-charge 1956 - 26 November 1963

 CSIRO Division of Mechanical Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1963 - 1981)

Chief of the Division of Mechanical Engineering at CSIRO (1963 - 1973)

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 - 2003 [Elected Fellow AATS 1977]

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1980.

 Mechanical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia (1955 - 1975)

Awarded the Prize 1961. For the paper "A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort", co-authored with Mrs E Kaletzky, non-member.
Awarded the Prize 1967. For the paper "The development of a solar still for Australian conditions", co-authored with W R W Read, GradIEAust.

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1963

 CSIRO Central Experimental Workshops, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1949 - 1955)

Lead engineer 1949 - 1955

 Morse, R N (1914-2003)

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 'Morse, Roger Neill', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Morse, Roger Neill Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 Journal Article: Roger N. Morse Roger N. Morse 1964 Australian Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating 18 6 58-58 Resource Section: Morse, Roger Neill Morse, Roger Neill Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Report: Annual Report 1980 [Sixty-first Annual Report] Institution of Engineers Australia Annual Report 1980 [Sixty-first Annual Report] 1981 Report: Forty-ninth Annual Report [1968] Institution of Engineers Australia Forty-ninth Annual Report [1968] 1969 Report: Forty-third Annual Report [1962] Institution of Engineers Australia Forty-third Annual Report [1962] 1963 Journal Article: Seventeenth Annual Report [1936] Institution of Engineers Australia Seventeenth Annual Report [1936] 1937 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 9 4 145-154 Report: Annual Report 1983 [Sixty-fourth Annual Report] Institution of Engineers Australia Annual Report 1983 [Sixty-fourth Annual Report] 1984 Journal Article: The effect of low-temperature radiant cooling on thermal comfort in a hot, moist environment Kaletzky, Esther; MacPherson, R. K.; and Morse, R. N. The effect of low-temperature radiant cooling on thermal comfort in a hot, moist environment Institution of Engineers Australia 1963 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Transactions EM5 60- Journal Article: The development of a solar still for Australian conditions (and discussion) Morse, R. N.; and Read, W. R. W. The development of a solar still for Australian conditions (and discussion) 1967 Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions MC3 71- Journal Article: A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort (Discussions and communications) Morse, R. N.; Kaletzky, E. (Tweddell, A. E.; Stephenson, J.; King-Smith, E. A.) A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort (Discussions and communications) 1961 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 33 7-8 269 Journal Article: A method of investigating the transient characteristics of electrical circuits Morse, R. N. A method of investigating the transient characteristics of electrical circuits 1937 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 9 77-83 Journal Article: A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort Morse, R. N.; and Kaletzky, E. A new approach to radiant cooling for human comfort 1961 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 33 6 181-186 Journal Article: A rock bed regenerative building cooling system (and discussion) Morse, R. N. A rock bed regenerative building cooling system (and discussion) 1968 Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Transactions MC4 23- Conference Paper: Solar energy for Australia. The role of biological conversion. Morse, R. N.; and Siemon, J. R. Solar energy for Australia. The role of biological conversion. Institution of Engineers, Australia Annual Engineering Conference: Engineering 1976-2001, Townsville, May 10-14, 1976 1-5 Conference Paper: Review of energy research and development in Australia. (Report of Working Party 11) George, D. W.; Rawlings, B.; Alder, K. F.; Dembecki, J. A.; Messerle, H. K.; Morse, R. N.; Symonds, J. L. Review of energy research and development in Australia. (Report of Working Party 11) Institution of Engineers Australia 1977 Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) 209-215 Conference Paper: Solar energy as heat and for fuel. (Report of Working Party 6) Morse, R. N.; Baddams, H.; Close, D. J.; Dembecki, J. A.; Higgins, P.; Kirkwood, J. B.; Luxton, R. E.; Read, W. R.; Saunders, D. W.;Siemon, J. R.; Smith, G. E. Solar energy as heat and for fuel. (Report of Working Party 6) Institution of Engineers Australia 1977 Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) 112-128 Conference Paper: Long term primary energy prospects and usage patterns. (Report of Working Party 1) Urie, R.; Meldrum, I. W.; Hocking, D. W.; Foster, R. J.; Kirkwood, J. B.; George, D. W.; Morse, R. N.; Harris, S. F.; Symonds, J. L. Long term primary energy prospects and usage patterns. (Report of Working Party 1) Institution of Engineers Australia 1977 Towards an Energy Policy for Australia. Report of the Task Force on Energy. Canberra, July 20-22, 1977. (NCP no 77/6) 1-22 Journal Article: An energy policy for Australia: Extracts from the summary report and recommendations of the Task Force on Energy of The Institution of Engineers, Australia Endersbee, L. A. [etal] An energy policy for Australia: Extracts from the summary report and recommendations of the Task Force on Energy of The Institution of Engineers, Australia 1980 Energy 5 4 295-323 Journal Article: Technology for export. [Chairman's Address, Melbourne Division] Morse, R. N. Technology for export. [Chairman's Address, Melbourne Division] 1964 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 36 6 N41-N45 Resource Section: Roger Neill Morse Ward, C. Roger Neill Morse Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: B4747 Army Militia service records, attestation documents CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B4747 Army Militia service records, attestation documents National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000