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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-05-31 human Thomas Spurling updated 2025-05-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006987b.htm person Johnson Charles Henric James AACR2 1 July 1928 13 April 2022 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mathematician Charles Johnson was a mathematician who spent his career applying mathematics to myriad physical and chemical problems. These problems included the design of aerofoils in cascade, heat transfer in moving fluids, intermolecular forces and the properties of gases, theory of titration, solid state physics, polymerisation kinetics, the morphology of polymeric materials and laser processing. His career spanned a time when mathematical modelling was becoming more important in the development and understanding of research projects. Advances in computer technology enabled more accurate predictions from mathematical models, and he was able to turn his mathematical analysis into sophisticated computer models. Johnson joined CSIRO in 1959, retiring from the Division of Materials Science and Technology as Senior Principal Research Scientist in 1993. 1950 1950 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania 1952 1952 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)) in Mathematics, University of Tasmania 1956 1959 Career position - Experimental Officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratories 1959 1963 Career position - Research Officer, CSIRO Chemical Engineering Section 1960 1960 Career position - Guest lecturer for Mathematics IV, Royal Melbourne Technical College 1963 1966 Career position - Senior Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Physical Chemistry 1966 1973 Career position - Principal Research Scientist CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry 1973 1974 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry 1974 1987 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics 1978 1978 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1986 1986 Career position - Consultant to CSIRONET Supercomputing Services 1987 1993 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology 1993 1993 Life event - Retired from CSIRO 1993 1994 Career position - Consultant to CSIRO Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Polymer Blends Project 2000 2004 Career position - Consultant to Industrial Research Institute Swinburne Industrial Research Institute Swinburne (IRIS), Swinburne University of Technology

Consultant 2000 - 2004

 CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1966 - 1974)

Senior (later Senior Principal) Research Scientist) 1966 - 1974

 CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1987)

Senior Principal Research Scientist 1974 - 1987

 CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1987 - 1997)

Senior Principal Research Scientist 1987 - 1993

 'Johnson, Charles Henric James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Johnson, Charles Henric James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Kinetic simulation of polymerization involving termination by reversible chain transfer Johnson, C. H. J.; Moad, G.; Solomon, D.H.; and Spurling, T. H. Kinetic simulation of polymerization involving termination by reversible chain transfer 1986 Australian journal of chemistry 39 12 1943-50 Journal Article: Pairwise additive third virial coefficients for multipolar molecules - application to water vapour Johnson, C.H. J.; and Spurling, T. H. Pairwise additive third virial coefficients for multipolar molecules - application to water vapour 1971 Australian journal of chemistry 24 8 1567-80 Journal Article: Monte-Carlo studies of kinetic-Ising-model Bolton, H.C.; and Johnson, C. H. J. Monte-Carlo studies of kinetic-Ising-model 1976 Physical review B 13 7 3025-33 Journal Article: The application of supercomputers in modelling chemical-reaction kinetics - kinetic simulation of "quasi-living" radical polymerization Johnson, C. H. J.; Moad, G.; Solomon, D. H.; Spurling, T. H.; and Vearing, D. J. The application of supercomputers in modelling chemical-reaction kinetics - kinetic simulation of "quasi-living" radical polymerization 1990 Australian journal of chemistry 43 7 1215-30 Thesis: Some mathematical problems in statistical mechanics and in heat and mass transfer Johnson, C. H. J. Some mathematical problems in statistical mechanics and in heat and mass transfer University of Melbourne 1978