Welcome to the Australian Branch The worldwide membership of IMechE is approximately 75,000 with 1558 members in the Australian Branch. There has been a 0.97% increase in the last six months in Australasia.
The Australian Branch comprises Panels in the larger States of New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and provides support for regional activity in the Australian Capital Territory (by NSW), the Northern Territory (by QLD), Tasmania (by VIC) and Papua New Guinea (by Branch).
Branch contacts are:
Branch Chair: Clive Waters
Immediate Past Branch Chair: Brian Carter
Branch Hon Secretary: Ian Mash
Branch Hon Treasurer: Ken Tushingham
Branch Assistant Hon Secretary & Bulletin Editor: Roshan Dodanwela
Branch IT Coordinator: Geoff Stone
During the period up to the April 2010 membership figures have increased in Australia by 15. Thus giving a total of 1558 in the Panels/States are as follows:
ACT 31(32)
New South Wales Panel 343 (330)
Papua New Guinea 32 (69)
Queensland Panel 248 (242)
South Australia Panel 197 (196)
Tasmania 15 (15)
Victoria Panel 397 (399)
Western Australia Panel 291 (288)
Northern Territory 4 (6)
Numbers in brackets represent Dec 2009
The News Bulletin editor is looking for interesting articles for the next edition. Copy should be sent directly to the editor in your last News Bulletin. Copy should be provided to Roshan dodanwela@yahoo.com
The report of the President's visit to Australia can be viewed at
http://www.imeche.org/publications/agenda/archives/0410/Australia+Branch+Anniversary.htm
Most Panels in the Australian Branch conduct joint meetings with Engineers Australia and other learned societies. Engineers Australia is rolling out webcasts of technical presentations on their websites. these can be viewed to aid your professional development.
Updated
16 September 2010 | 18:00 - 20:00
This open forum is designed to spark discussion as to the worth of Australian Standards in particular related to pressure equipment. Should we defer to ISO & ASME for our pressure equipment standards and forget about Australian Standards.
The forum will focus on pressure equipment and piping standards
21 October 2010 | 18:00 - 20:00
This annual competition will be held to judge a select number of young engineer's presentation ability. The aim is to showcase a technical presentation by these young engineers to an audience of their peers.
The judging panel will give points for style, relevance and presentation techniques. The content has a low weighting but must be related to mechanical engineering
