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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-08-06 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004487b.htm person Batterham Robin John AO FAA FTSE FREng FNAE FAusIMM FIChemE FISS FAIM FAICD HonFIEAust AACR2 3 April 1941 Place of Birth Brighton, Victoria, Australia Chemical engineer Mining engineer Chief Scientist Robin Batterham was appointed Chief Scientist of the Commonwealth of Australia in May 1999. He was re-appointed to the position in 2002, after the initial tenure expired. He has also been Managing Director of Research and Technology Support, Comalco and Chief Technologists, Rio Tinto Limited since 1999 (December). Batterham is a director of many boards and associations and has lectured widely throughout Australia and overseas. After completing his PhD at Melbourne University, Batterham took up a postdoctoral position with ICI Central Research Laboratories in England. He returned to Australia and was employed as a research scientist by CSIRO (Division of Mineral and Process Engineering. By 1985 he had become Chief of that Division. Three years later he left CSIRO to join CRA, then Rio Tinto in 1995. He was Chief Scientist of Australia from 1999 to 2005. 1965 1965 Education - Bachelor of Engineernig (BE), University of Melbourne 1968 1970 Career position - CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellow at ICI Central Research Laboratories, UK 1969 1969 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1970 1981 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical (later Mineral) Engineering 1973 Career position - Fellow, Institute of Instrumentation and Control, Australia 1981 1985 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering 1982 Career position - Fellow, Iron and Steel Society of America 1985 1988 Career position - Chief of Division, CSIRO Division of Mineral (later Mineral and Processing) Engineering 1988 1988 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1988 1993 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1988 1995 Career position - Vice-President of the Resource & Processing Developments of CRA 1988 1995 Career position - Director, CRC for Robust and Adaptive Control Systems 1989 Career position - Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1989 2010 Career position - President, International Mineral Processing Congress 1992 1992 Award - Esso Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering 1993 1993 Award - President's Medal, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1993 1997 Career position - Chairman, G. K. Williams CRC for Extractive Metallurgy 1994 1997 Career position - Managing Director of Research and Technology, Rio Tinto of Australia 1995 1999 Career position - Managing Director of Research and Technology, Rio Tinto Ltd. (formerly CRA Ltd.) 1996 1996 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1997 2000 Career position - Managing Director of Research and Technology, Rio Tinto Ltd 1997 2001 Career position - Board member, Australian Mineral Development Laboratories (AMDEL) 1997 2006 Career position - Member of the Cooperative Research Centres Main Committee 1998 Career event - Fellow (FIChemE), Institute of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom 1998 2009 Career position - Chairman, International Network for Acid Prevention 1999 1999 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1999 2001 Career position - Director, Australian Mineral Industry Research Association 1999 2005 Career position - Chief Scientist of Australia 1999 2005 Career position - Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Committee 2000 2000 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2000 2009 Career position - Group Chief Scientist, Rio Tinto Ltd 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for a distinguished career in research and technology, both in the public and private sectors 2001 2004 Career position - Director, Mineral Industry Research Organisation, United Kingdom 2002 Career position - Corresponding Member, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences 2003 2003 Award - Chemeca Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers 2003 2003 Career position - Vice-President, Institution of Chemical Engineers 2004 Career position - Foreign Member, Royal Academy of Engineering 2004 Career position - Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A. 2004 2004 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to science, engineering and technology through promoting collaboration, excellence and innovation to enable Australian industry to remain internationally competitive and innovative 2004 2004 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 2004 2005 Career position - President, Institution of Chemical Engineers 2004 2006 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) 2005 2009 Career position - Chairman, International Network for Acid Prevention 2006 2006 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Sydney 2007 2012 Career position - President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2010 Career position - Kernot Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne 2011 2011 Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Queensland 2015 2015 Award - Sir Willis Connolly Memorial Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2017 2017 Award - Honorary Bragg Member, Royal Institution of Australia 2020 2020 Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia Batterham Medal for Engineering Excellence, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2014 - )

The Australian Academy of Technological Science and Technology inaugurated the Medal 2014

 Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1996

 Royal Institution of Australia (2009 - )

Honorary Bragg Member 2017

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2000

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 1988; President 2007 - 2012

 The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 2003. "For his distinguished academic credentials, high-level industry career and prominent public-sector service which present an unparalleled record of eminent achievement at the highest levels in academia, industry and the public sector at both the local and international level."

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 2020

 CSIRO Division of Mineral Engineering, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1987)

Research Scientist, Chief Scientist then Division Chief of the Division of Mineral Engineering (later the Division of Mineral and Processing Engineering) at CSIRO 1970 - 1988

 Chief Scientist of Australia (1989 - )

Chief Scientist 1999 - 2005

 CRC for Robust and Adaptive Systems (1991 - 1998)

Director 1988 - 1995

 G K Williams CRC for Extractive Metallurgy (1991 - 2001)

Chairman 1993 - 1997

 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )

Fellow 1989 - ; awarded the Sir Willis Connolly Memorial Medal 2014.

 Rio Tinto Limited (1997 - )

Group Chief Scientist 2000 - 2009

 Chemeca Medal, Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers [from 1997] (1982 - )

Awarded the Medal 2003

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 Batterham, Robin (1941-)

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 'Batterham, Robin John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Batterham, Robin John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Report: Engineers Australia Annual Report 2003-4 Institution of Engineers Australia Engineers Australia Annual Report 2003-4 2004 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Book: Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Beale, Bob Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Clayton, Victoria CSIRO Minerals 2005 Resource: Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland Honorary awards recipients University of Queensland 2023 Resource Section: Robin John Batterham Ward, C. Robin John Batterham Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Journal Article: Australia's most influential engineers: Top 100 [2009] Georg, Dietrich Australia's most influential engineers: Top 100 [2009] Crows Nest, NSW Engineers Media 2009 Engineers Australia 81 6 30-64