Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering is an independent learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems.
History
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences was founded by Ian McLennan in 1975 in Melbourne.In 1987 the name was lengthened to include engineering, as the 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.
Organisation
ATSE operates as an independent, non-government, not-for-profit, chartered organisation.it was 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.
The academy's governance structure consists of a board, an assembly, a number of board committees, policy-generating forums, state- and territory-based divisions, and a professional secretariat.
List of presidents
- Sir Ian McLennan : 1975–1983
- Sir David Zeidler : 1984–1988
- Sir Rupert Myers : 1989–1994
- Sir Arvi Parbo : 1995–1997
- Mr M A Besley : 1998–2002
- Professor John Zillman : 2003–2006
- Professor Robin Batterham : 2007–2012
- Dr Alan Finkel : 2013–2015
- Professor Peter Gray : 2015–2016
- Professor Hugh Bradlow : 2016–2022
- Dr Katherine Woodthorpe : 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:- Graeme Bird
- John Christian
- Bob Durie
- Keith Farrer
- John Gladstones
- Antoni Karbowiak
- Philip Law
- Alec Lazenby
- Ian McLennan – Foundation president
- Robert Muncey
- Mark Oliphant
- June Olley
- David Solomon
- James Vernon
- Bob Ward
- Prof Howard Worner
- Yan Zhuge
Honorary fellows
Honorary fellows include:- Elizabeth Broderick, a former Sex Discrimination Commissioner
- Dame Marie Bashir, the former Governor of NSW
- Tim Andrew Fischer, the former Deputy Prime Minister
- John Landy, the former Olympian and Governor of Victoria
- David Hurley,, Governor-General of Australia, the former Governor of NSW
- John Anderson,, the former Deputy Prime Minister
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.