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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-21 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007717b.htm person Polmear Ian AO FTSE AACR2 19 February 1928 3 May 2025 Place of Birth Sandringham, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Metallurgist Engineer University Administrator Ian Polmear was a renowned metallurgist with outstanding achievements in personal research, academic leadership and consulting. His focus was mainly on light alloys, particularly ones containing aluminium and their use in modern aircraft, as well as investigating problems such as metal fatigue. He was the first person in his extended family to attend a university. He ended up pioneering the Department of Materials Engineering at Monash and later was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor. 1967 1986 Career position - Professor of Materials Science, Monash University 1970 1970 Career event - Established the Department of Materials Engineering, Monash Unversity 1978 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1986 1990 Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Monash University 1987 2025 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1978] 1988 1988 Award - Silver Medal, Institute of Metals and Materials Australasia 1991 1991 Career position - Personal Chair in Materials Science, Monash University 1992 1992 Career position - Emeritus Professor 1993 1993 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for services to materials science and engineering 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in metallurgy 2008 2008 Award - Monash University 50th Anniversary Research Award Wallaby Club (1894 - )

President 2004 - 2005

 Monash University (1958 - )

Deuty Vice-Chancellor (Research) 1986 - 1990

 Institute of Metals and Materials Australasia Ltd (1946 - c. 1999)

Awarded the Institute's Silver Medal 1988

 Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University (1970 - c. 2001)

Founder 1970

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 - 2025 [Elected Fellow AATS 1978]

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1978 - 1987

 'Polmear, Ian', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Polmear, Ian Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Vale Emeritus Professor Ian Polmear AO Anon Vale Emeritus Professor Ian Polmear AO Melbourne Monash University 2025 Vale: the story-makers and pioneers whose work created the mosaic of our shared history. 1