P001848 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001848b.htm person Worner Hill Wesley AO FTSE HonFIEAust AACR2 1 May 1917 7 March 2002 Place of Birth Kerang, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Metallurgist Hill Worner, AO FTSE HonFIEAust, was Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Melbourne from 1956-1975 and Director of the Institute for Industrial Technology, CSIRO 1979-1981. He achieved international renown for his research on titanium; by developing a new method for producing powdered titanium for use in the Australian radio valve industry; and was one of the first in the world to introduce courses in engineering materials. 1934 1934 Education - Diploma of Applied Chemistry, Bendigo School of Mines 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1938 1938 Education - Master of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1939 1939 Career position - Metallurgist, Broken Hill Association of Smelters, Melbourne 1940 1940 Career position - Lecturer in metallurgy, University of Melbourne 1941 1942 Career position - Research metallurgist, Lubricants and Bearings Section, CSIR 1943 1945 Career position - Research metallurgist, Division of Industrial Chemistry, CSIR 1946 1953 Career position - Research metallurgist, Physical Metallurgy Section, CSIR 1951 1951 Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne 1953 1953 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1954 1955 Career position - Metallurgist, Mines Board Canada, Ottawa 1956 1975 Career position - Professor of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne 1976 1978 Career position - Member, Executive CSIRO 1978 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1979 1981 Career position - Director, Institute of Industrial Technology, CSIRO 1981 1981 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 26 January 1981 26 January 1981 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for public service in the field of Metallurgy and Industrial Technology. 1982 1982 Career position - Member, Executive CSIRO 1986 1986 Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1987 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1978] 2002 2002 Buried - Cremated, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1981

 Institute of Industrial Technologies - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1986 - 1995)

Director 1979 - 1981

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Member of the Executive of CSIRO 1976 - 1978

 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)

Scientist 1943 - 1945

 CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1939 - 1946)

Research Metallurgist 1941 - 1942

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Elected Fellow AATS 1978]

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1978 - 1987

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize (jointly) 1951

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 1986.

 Worner, Neil Murray (1914 - 2011) Worner, Howard Knox (1913 - 2006) Worner, Hill Wesley (1917-2002)

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 'Worner, Hill Wesley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Worner, Hill Wesley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Solomon, David; Spurling, Tom The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2014 Report: Annual Report 1986 [Sixty-seventh Annual Report] Institution of Engineers Australia Annual Report 1986 [Sixty-seventh Annual Report] 1987 Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Worner Brothers Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Worner Brothers 2003 Uni News 12 17 4 Resource Section: Worner, Hill Wesley Worner, Hill Wesley Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Prince Philip becomes HonFIEAust [Also elected Honorary Fellows: Peter Courtney Gration, Hill Wesley Worner, Ian McColl Stewart, Ronald John Yates] Prince Philip becomes HonFIEAust [Also elected Honorary Fellows: Peter Courtney Gration, Hill Wesley Worner, Ian McColl Stewart, Ronald John Yates] 1986 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 59 39 Book: 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Melbourne Department of History, University of Melbourne 2003