Description
The Department of Mechanical Engineering dates back to the formation of the university itself on 1 July 1949, as it was one of the departments that had much of its origins in the Sydney Technical College. Initially, J. F. D. Wood - lecturer-in-charge of the department while it was still under the control of the college - continued as the de facto head of the unit until a Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering could be appointed (OH34). When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Mechanical Engineering became one of the initial four departments within the Faculty of Engineering. On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the School of Mechanical Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). On 19 June 1954 A. H. Willis was appointed as the Foundation Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of School. On 11 September 1967 Council altered the name of the school to the School of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (resolution 67/167). On 2 April 1990 the name of the school was changed again by Council to the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (resolution CL90/36). From 1999 - 2002 the Head of School was Professor Kerry Byrne. At the beginning of 2003 A/Professor Robin Ford briefly became Head of School, but by mid-2003 Professor Hartmut Kaebernick had taken over as Acting Head of School and shortly afterwards became permanent in this position. In 2007 the Head of the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering was Professor Hartmut Kaebernick. Subordinate agency: Head of School's Advisory Committee (HOSAC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 26/09/1986 Subordinate agency: Thermodynamics Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering - 23/04/1956 Subordinate agency: Course Revision Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering ( - 1967) / School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (1967 - ) - 00/01/1900 Subordinate agency: Course Revision Working Party of the Education Committee of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 21/08/1986 Subordinate agency: Higher Degree Committee (HDC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 04/02/1987 Subordinate agency: School Assembly of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 11/06/1987 Subordinate agency: School Advisory Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering - 23/11/1960 Subordinate agency: Department of Production Engineering (1949 - 1959) / Industrial Engineering (1959 - 1989) - 01/07/1949 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Department of Agricultural Engineering - 26/07/1967 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Department of Applied Mechanics - 26/07/1967 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Department of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics - 26/07/1967 - 08/11/1989 Subordinate agency: Centre for Manufacturing and Automation - 02/07/1987 - 31/12/1996 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-