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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-11-19 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2026-04-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006702b.htm person Davies Peter Owen Alfred Lawe AACR2 4 October 1922 14 February 2008 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Hydrodynamic Engineer Acoustic engineer Peter Davies was born in Sydney on the 4th October 1922. He went on to become a founding member of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton, England. He made significant contributions to the fields of hydrodynamics and acoustics. Like his first wife Margaret (Meg) Pite he also served as a radar officer during the Second World War. 1947 Education - Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney 1941 1941 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1941 1945 Career position - Radar Officer, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1948 1951 Award - Charles Kolling Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney 1948 1951 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hydrodynamics, Cambridge University, England 1949 1949 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1950 1956 Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, University of Adelaide 1953 1953 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1956 1963 Career position - Senior Research Fellow in Aeronautics, University of Southampton, England 1963 1972 Career position - Founding member and Reader of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, England 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1972 1988 Career position - Personal Chair of Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, England 1989 2008 Career position - Director of P & E Davies Enterprises Ltd The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics 1950 - 1956.

 'Davies, Peter Owen Alfred Lawe', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Davies, Peter Owen Alfred Lawe Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Professor P O A L Davies Leighton, T G Professor P O A L Davies Institute of Acoustics 2008 Acoustics Bulletin