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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-02-23 human Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004960b.htm person Brown Robert Hallowes AM HonFIEAust AACR2 15 July 1930 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mechanical engineer Robert Hallowes (Bob) Brown is a renowned mechanical engineer. Between 1980 and 1990 Brown was Foundation Chief of the CSIRO's Division of Manufacturing Technology and in this role he commissioned and oversaw the development of many pioneering technologies that became highly successful products. He played key roles in research initiatives at national and international levels, including the Technology Transfer Council and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. 1954 1954 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne 1955 1956 Career position - Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne 1956 1956 Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1956 1957 Career position - Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, United States of America 1957 1957 Education - Master of Science (MS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1958 1964 Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne 1963 1963 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1965 1968 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University 1968 1969 Career position - Visiting Associate Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1969 1969 Publication - Book: The Machining of Metals, co-authored with E. J. A. Armarego 1969 1976 Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University 1976 1980 Career position - Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Department, University of Western Australia 1980 1990 Career position - Foundation Chief of the CSIRO's The Division of Manufacturing Technology 1984 1984 Career position - Director, Victorian Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre 1984 1984 Education - Doctor of Engineering degree (DEng), Monash University 1984 1990 Career position - Member, Metal Fabrication Industry Council, Commonwealth Government 1985 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences 1986 Award - Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, U.S.A. 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1956] 1987 1987 Award - James N Kirby Medal, Institution of Production Engineers 1987 1989 Career position - Member of Council, La Trobe University 1990 1990 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to manufacturing engineering 1990 1993 Career position - Appointed to the Physical Sciences Panel of the Cooperative Research Centres committee 1992 1992 Award - Alan Burn Memorial Lecturer, Institution of Engineers, Tasmania 1993 1994 Career position - Foundation Executive Director CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technologies 1994 2004 Career position - Chief Executive Officer of Australian delegation of an international group researching Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 1995 1995 Award - A G M Michell Medal, Mechanical College, Institution of Engineers Australia 1995 1995 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1996 1996 Award - Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia 2000 2000 Award - Emeritus Fellow, International Academy of Production Engineers 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in production engineering Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1995

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department 1975 - 1980

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 1996.

 CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technologies (1993 - 2006)

Director 1993 - 1994

 A. G. M. Michell Medal, College of Mechanical Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1978 - )

Awarded the Medal 1995.

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 -

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1985 - 1987

 CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1980 - 1997) 1980 1990

Foundation Chief of Division

 Brown, Robert Hallowes (1930-)

Trove

 'Brown, Robert Hallowes', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, Robert Hallowes Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Mechanical College Report Mechanical College Report 1987 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 59 Resource Section: Robert Hallowes Brown Ward, C. Robert Hallowes Brown Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)