P004793
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2006-10-09
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Annette Alafaci
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2019-12-13
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person
Sewards
Gordon James
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1 October 1946
31 October 2000
Place of Birth
Argentina
Place of Death
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Chemical engineer
Water supply expert
Environmental engineer
Gordon James Sewards was a wastewater treatment expert. He arrived in Australia in 1968 and immediately took up chemical engineering studies at the University of Melbourne, followed by a Master of Engineering Science at the Monash University (1970). After completing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Sewards joined Calwell Connell Engineers in 1975 and eventually became Associate Director there. He left in 1984 and worked as Associate Director with Binnie and Partners then set up his own company, Envirocon Consulting Engineering. Through this company he developed international recognition as an expert in wastewater management, treatment and odour control. Sewards consulted and helped establish treatment plants in many countries including Egypt, China and the United States of America.
1968
1968
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne)
1970
1970
Education - Master of Engineering Science, Monash University
1974
1974
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Monash University
1975
1984
Career position - Environmental Engineer then Chief Chemical Engineer and later Associate Director of Calwell Connell Engineers in Melbourne
Sewards, Gordon James (19461001-20001031)
Trove
'Sewards, Gordon James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Sewards, Gordon James
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation