"The well-being of the community depends not only on the maintenance, but on the advance of engineering knowledge" - Sir John Latham, 1938, 'Useless and undesirable.' - so said Engineer-in-Chief of the Railways, Thomas Higinbotham, in 1861, on hearing Melbourne University had established Australia's first engineering course. How wrong he was? At the height of the industrial age and under the leadership of Professor W.C. Kernot, the degree course rapidly grew to embrace an entire Faculty to feed the demands of a developing nation hungry for engineers and their expertise. "Increasing Momentum" traces the history of the Faculty from its origins, through WWII to the present day and explores the development of courses as varied and as far-reaching as metallurgy and software. The book turns a contemporary eye on graduates and their remarkable achievements in the outer world, observing instances of those who have returned to teach the next generation to continue the Faculty's legacy of innovation and research.
The book plays an important role in excavating the faculty's past and determining the crucial role, the Faculty has played in the history and development of engineering in Australia.
- ISBN10 0522851355
- ISBN13 9780522851359
- Publish Date 1 November 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Melbourne University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English