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<abstract>John Crisp, AM FTSE ME FIEAust, was Professor of Engineering Dynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University from 1967 to 1991. He made a major contribution to mechanical and manufacturing engineering in Australia, as Chairman of the Institution of Engineers Australia's Task Force on Manufacturing 1978-1981 and as Chairman of the College of Mechanical Engineers 1975-1978.

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<event>Career position - Attached scientist (Australian Department of Supply Trainee Officer), Royal Aircraft Establishment, England</event>
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<event>Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1955-12-31">1955</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Attached scientist, Vickers-Armstrong Aeroelastic Group Technical Office, England</event>
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<event>Education - Master of Engineering, University of Adelaide</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1959-12-31">1959</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Research engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1960-12-31">1960</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Research assistant professor, Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, USA</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1962-12-31">1962</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Senior Lecturer, Engineering, Monash University</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1964-12-31">1964</toDate>
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<event>Career event - Acting Head of Engineering Department, Monash University [vice Ken Hunt overseas]</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1965-12-31">1965</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Reader, Engineering Department, Monash University</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1967-12-31">1967</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Associate Professor, Applied Mechanics, Monash University</event>
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<event>Career position - Professor, Engineering Dynamics, Monash University</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1968-09-13">13 Sep 1968</toDate>
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<event>Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1970-12-31">1970</toDate>
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<event>Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<event>Career position - Chairman, College of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<event>Career position - Chairman, Task Force of Manufacturing, Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<event>Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)</event>
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<event>Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - in recognition of service to engineering</event>
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<event>Award - A G M Michell Medal, Mechanical Engineering College, Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<event>Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia</event>
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<event>Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1981]</event>
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<toDate standardDate="1992-12-31">1992</toDate>
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<event>Career position - Emeritus Professor, Engineering Dynamics, Monash University</event>
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Crisp, Colin Francis Correll (1928 - 1991)
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