Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Professional association

Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

Company type	Academy
Industry	Technology
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Founder	Sir Ian McLennan
Headquarters	Melbourne , Australia
Area served	Australia
Key people	Dr Katherine Woodthorpe (president)
Website	www.atse.org.au

The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five).^{[citation needed]} Its original name was the 'Australian Academy of Technological Sciences', but in 1987 the name was lengthened to include Engineering, as 'Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering'. In 2015, the Academy adopted a new business name, the 'Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering', reserving the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering as its company name.

The Academy operates as an independent, non-government, not-for-profit, chartered organisation.

Organisation

ATSE is composed of nearly 900 Fellows, bringing together Australia’s leading experts in applied science, technology and engineering to provide impartial, practical and evidence-based advice on how to achieve sustainable solutions and advance prosperity.^[1]

The Academy Governance structure consists of a Board, an Assembly (strategic advisory body), a number of Board Committees, policy-generating Forums, state and territory-based Divisions, and a professional Secretariat.^[2]

List of presidents

Sir Ian McLennan KCMG KBE FAA FTSE HonFAusIMM: 1975–1983
Sir David Zeidler AC CBE FAA FTSE: 1984–1988
Sir Rupert Myers KBE AO FAA FTSE: 1989–1994
Sir Arvi Parbo AC FRSV FTSE HonFAusIMM: 1995–1997
Mr M A (Tim) Besley AC FTSE: 1998–2002
Professor John Zillman AO FAA FTSE: 2003–2006
Professor Robin Batterham AO FREng FAA FTSE: 2007–2012
Dr Alan Finkel AO FAA FTSE: 2013–2015
Professor Peter Gray AO FTSE FAICD: 2015–2016
Professor Hugh Bradlow FTSE: 2016–2022
Dr Katherine Woodthorpe AO FTSE FAICD: 2022–present

Fellowship

Royal Fellow

The Academy inducted its Royal Fellow, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AK PC FRS FAA FTSE, in 1977.

Foundation Fellows

Foundation Fellows include:

Prof Graeme Bird
Dr John Christian
Dr Bob Durie
Dr Keith Farrer^[3]
Dr John Gladstones
Em Prof Antoni Karbowiak^[4]
Dr Philip Law
Prof Alec Lazenby
Sir Ian McLennan – Foundation President
Dr Robert Muncey
Sir Mark Oliphant
Prof June Olley^[5]
Prof David Solomon
Sir James Vernon
Dr Bob Ward^[6]
Prof Howard Worner

Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellows include:

Elizabeth Broderick AO, a former Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO, the former Governor of NSW
Tim Andrew Fischer AC, the former Deputy Prime Minister
John Landy AC CVO MBE, the former Olympian and Governor of Victoria
David Hurley, AC DSC, Governor-General of Australia, the former Governor of NSW
John Anderson, AC, the former Deputy Prime Minister

Fellows

Clunies-Ross Award

Founded in 1959 to perpetuate the memory of Sir Ian Clunies Ross, the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation promoted the development of science and technology in Australia's beneficial interest.

In November 2002, the Foundation was brought under the Academy's umbrella, securing the long-term future of the Awards. It became known as the Clunies Ross Foundation.

The Foundation established the Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award in 1991. The Foundation was disbanded in 2004 and the Awards are now administered by the Academy in three categories.

References

^ "All Fellows". ATSE. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ "About us". Applied. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "Dr Keith Farrer" (PDF). Focus. ATSE. August 2012. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.
^ "Em Prof Antoni Karbowiak" (PDF). Focus. ATSE. August 2011. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.
^ "Vale June Olley: a trailblazing seafood scientist". ATSE. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "Dr Bob Ward" (PDF). Focus. ATSE. June 2013. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.