A Very Short History of the Engineering Mathematics Group:
Part 1 (1992-2001)
Mark Nelson
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The Engineering Mathematics Group (EMG) is a special interest group
of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(ANZIAM) division of the Australian Mathematical Society.
The driving force behind the establishment of the
EMG
was Dr Joseph Steiner (SUT),
"who was inspired by recent contact with
like-minded people in Europe"
(Summerfield, 1992a).
Dr Steiner credited the support of
Dr Alan Easton (SUT)
for both the foundation of the EMG in 1992 and
the start of the biennial conference series
(Steiner, 2015).
The history of the
EMG
is essentially a history of the EMAC conference series.
Although
the title of the group contains the word `mathematics' the constitution of
the EMG states that:
As uncertainty is an essential feature of the engineering environment,
probability and statistics are part of the engineering mathematics' domain
of interest alongside other disciplines of applied, industrial and computational
mathematics.
The objective of the EMG is
to foster and promote mathematics within the field of
Engineering
(Constitution, 2001)
and
assist with the training of users of engineering mathematics
(Constitution, 2001).
To further this end the
EMG is mandated by the constitution to
organise a biennial conference on engineering mathematics.
The first two biennial conferences organised by the engineering
mathematics group were ran under the umbrella label
"Australian Engineering Mathematics Conference". Starting with the third
meeting in 1998 these conferences have ran under the title
"Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference" (EMAC).
These meeting provides a
forum for researchers interested in the development and use of
mathematical methods in engineering and applied mathematics.
The constitution states that the EMG may
collect and publish information on design, development and
method of delivery of courses in engineering mathematics
(Constitution, 2001).
In accordance with this aim a
long-running feature of the biennial conference series
has been the inclusion of special sessions on
engineering/mathematics education focusing
on the needs of both engineering and applied mathematics undergraduates.
The constitution of the
EMG was drawn up by
Joseph Steiner and Alan Easton
(Steiner, 1995).
It was adopted at the end of the inaugural meeting held at
Swinburne University of Technology on June 16th 1992.
The inaugural meeting was followed a year latter
by a one-day symposium held at the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Wednesday 9th June 1993).
Starting in 1994 biennial conferences were held in even numbered
years. In October 2001 the constitution was amended by a Special Postal Ballot
to mandate that from 2003 conferences should be held
biennially in odd numbered years
(Constitution 2001).
The following account of the inaugural engineering mathematics and
applications symposium and the formation of the Engineering Mathematics
Group is based upon
Summerfield (1992a)
and
Summerfield (1992b).
The former is a report of the symposium whilst the latter is concerned with
the formation of the Engineering Mathematics Group.
A one-day symposium with the title Mathematics and Engineering
was held at
Swinburne University of Technology on 16th June 1992.
The symposium had approximately 160 participants,
representing
"almost all states and territories in Australia"
(Summerfield, 1992a).
The delegates provided representation from educational institutions,
industry and research institutions
(Summerfield, 1992a).
There were seven plenary speakers (all men). Of these only one,
Professor Murray Gillin
(SUT - President, IE Aust), was from a
university. The remaining speakers were all from industry:
Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (BHP),
Dr Noel Barton (CSIRO),
Mr Harry Wragge (AOTC),
Dr Michael Landman (BHP),
Mr Peter Kennedy (Moldflow Pty Ltd),
and
Mr Bob Joynt (SECV).
"Further contributions were made by
Associate Professor Richard Llewelyn
(SUT, formerly SECV),
Ms Pamela Roberts (SUT),
Dr Gary Fitz-Gerald (RMIT),
Dr Ross Gawler (SECV),
Mr Lindsay Evans (MNU),
Mr Chris Shattock (GMH-A),
Associate Professor Alan Easton (SUT),
Dr Joseph Steiner (SUT)."
The addresses and panel discussions resulted in important exchanges
of views and ideas amongst the large group of participants interested
in engineering mathematics.
- Interface between education and industry
- Research
- Industry applications in communications, oil production,
injection moulding, air quality modelling, steel production,
power generation and distribution
- Educational issues
(Summerfield, 1992a)
The symposium received financial support from
the Division of Applied Mathematics (AustMS),
the Institution of Engineers, Australia and Swinburne University of
Technology
(Summerfield, 1992a).
The success of the symposium was recognised as being due to
Dr Joseph Steiner (SUT), the instigator of the
meeting, and "to the support given by the
Department of Mathematics at Swinburne"
(Summerfield, 1992a).
The symposium finished
with the official formation of a specialist
group of the Division of Applied Mathematics in
Engineering Mathematics and the adoption of the group's
constitution.
Following adoption of the rules of procedure the first executive committee
of the EMG was elected.
"Dr Steiner addressed the meeting, elaborating on the objects of the
group which are to foster and promote mathematics within the
field of engineering through conferences, seminars
and workshops, through the collection and dissemination of information
on latest trends, needs and developments in engineering mathematics,
and through other activities involving collaborative undertakings
between education, research and industry representatives. He noted
that one of the main tasks of the Executive Committee will be the
organisation of a biennial conference on engineering mathematics in
each even-numbered year."
Summerfield (1992b)
This symposium is recognised as the
inaugural meeting of the Engineering Mathematics Group, though not
the inaugural biennial meeting. Technically
it could be said that the inaugural meeting took place before the formation
of the EMG!
During the period following the establishment of the
EMG and prior to the
AEMC 1994 conference
a close liaison has been built with the European Society for
Engineering Education (SEFI) via its Mathematics Workshop Group (SEFI-MWG)
(Barry and Mustoe, 1995).
A one-day symposium was held at RMIT's
city campus on
Wednesday 9th June. The event attracted
"nearly 100 participants" (Evans, 1993).
Although the event was described as
"EMG's annual symposium" (Evans, 1993), this is the
last time that the EMG organised a one day symposium.
The conference was opened by
the Vice-Chancellor of
RMIT, Professor David Beandland.
There were nine plenary presentations (seven by men, two by women),
divided into four sessions.
There was one talk from the new President of the
Institution of Engineers, Australia, which was singled out as being of
particular interest,
three talks from industry and five talks from academics.
The program of the talks is provided by
Evans (1993).
The presentations were published in the proceedings of the symposium,
"to be published soon" (Evans, 1993).
This account of AEMC94 draws heavily upon the published accounts
of Steiner (1995)
and Barry & Mustoe (1995).
The latter provides a detailed survey of the plenary presentations
and overviews the contributed papers in the area of education.
The 1st Biennial Australian Engineering Mathematics Conference
(AEMC94) was held at The Townhouse Hotel,
Swanston Street, Melbourne from 11th to 13th July 1994.
The title
of the conference was "The Role of Mathematics in Modern Engineering".
A nice graphic on the cover of the list of participants
identifies the theme of the conference as being
Mathematics of Modern Engineering" for "Engineers, Mathematicians,
Educators
from
Industry, Academia and Research Centres
.
Barry and Mustoe, 1995 noted that one of the
pleasing features of the conference was that it brought together
practical engineers, applied mathematicians and teachers of engineers
of all kinds
.
The diversity of
engineers and scientists of very different disciplines
was a rare experience for the international
delegates
who are usually able to move in circles of similar fold
.
The conference was jointly run under the
aegis of the
EMG and the IE Aust.
The latter was responsible for underwriting the conference, which
was
a significant contribution to the success of the conference.
Following a welcome address by Dr Steiner, the principal organiser of the
conference, the conference was opened by Ivan Deveson AO, Chairman of The Seven
Network and Chancellor of RMIT, who spoke on
The challenge of change. This presentation addressed both the
challenges faced by Australia due to the ``tyranny of isolation'', but also the
advantages that have sometimes accrued from the ``tyranny of isolation''.
Professor Deveson's presentation was followed by short talks
from the leaders of the two organisations underpinning engineering
mathematics in Australia:
Brian Lloyd AM, Immediate Past President of IE Aust.
and Noel Barton, as Chairman of ANZIAM.
There were nine plenary speakers (eight men, one woman):
three from Australia, five from
Europe and one from PR China. One of the plenary speakers spoke on
engineering education - reinforcing the importance that education has
always had in the EMG. The following observations of Noel Barton are
of interest.
"Engineers often complain that mathematical modelling follows engineering
pragmatism and the need to produce affordable solutions, but once in place
the modelling can, with versatile and adaptable computer software,
actually improve upon existing processes and get products to the market
more speedily. Real industrial case studies very often pose
exceptionally challenging research problems and these in turn can be
brown down into new course material and student projects."
(Barry and Mustoe, 1995).
From the perspective of 2018 the following comments made by
Dr G. Kurz's during his plenary presentation are of enduring interest.
"... the Esslingen experience seems to reflect those being felt in
other countries about the declining fitness of engineering students.
The results of a recent test given to freshman students showed [...]
a very wide spread of marks, significant differences between different
potential engineering sub-specialisations, and significant differences
between different admission criteria. There is now a pre-degree programme
in `Elementary Mathematics' at FHT Esslingen for weaker students.
Such a programme for freshman engineers exists in an increasing number of
universities in several countries"
(Barry and Mustoe, 1995).
If we are to count the Inaugural Engineering Mathematics
and Applications Conference in 1992 as part of the
EMAC series, then
Noel Barton became the first person to be an invited speaker at two
conferences. If we are to count the
Engineering Mathematics Group symposium (1993) as part of the
EMAC series,
then Kathy Horadam became the second person to be an invited speaker at
two conferences. However, I don't think we can count either event as
an official EMG
activity for this purpose since the numbering of EMG
conferences starts with AEMC 1994!
The structure of the conference presentations was unusual. The morning program
consisted only of plenary presentations whereas the afternoon consisted
only of contributed papers, the latter arranged in three
parallel sessions.
There were approximately 80 contributed presentations
(Steiner, 1995).
(Barry & Mustoe, 1995, state that there
62 papers. This may be more accurate than the "approximately 80" or
it may be a difference between presentations and papers).
A sizeable number of the papers, twelve, were
"devoted to education, curriculum and related issues"
(Barry & Mustoe, 1995).
According to Barry & Mustoe (1995) there were
at least two or three papers in the following categories:
applied integral equations,
communication systems,
computer algebra,
gas dynamics,
industrial mathematical modelling,
optimisation,
structural dynamics,
and
waves in solids.
Three paragraphs in
(Barry and Mustoe, 1995) are devoted to
discussing the education presentations. Of interest from the
perspective of 2018 are the following comments.
"many speakers at Melbourne commented that the declining
mathematical ability of new entrant students was a much wider
problem. Changing social attitudes, moves away from hard science and
a restructuring of priorities in mathematical education are all
detracting from student competence in the basic classical mathematics,
particularly in algebra and geometry, that forms and always ha formed
the tool-kit of engineering mathematics. The response has been to
monitor, motivate and even design special courses for new entrant students."
"[...] Dr M. Fuller (UCQ) and Dr D. Jackson
(SUT) both gave details of first year student programmes
in mathematics which are specifically designed to put that subject in a
workshop environment and to stimulate interaction between students and
communication in all respects."
Dr M. Pemberton (UQ) noted a steady twenty-year decline
in the mathematical fitness of new entry students as indicated by their
performance in a benchmark entry test.
During the conference the first
biennial EMG awards were
presented to:
Professor Lennart Rade, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden,
the Chairman of SEFI Mathematics Workshop Group
(not listed as a conference delegate) and to
Professor Murray Gillin, Swinburne University of Technology,
Past President of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Professor Rade's
inspiration led to the formation of the EMG
(Barry & Mustoe, 1995).
There were 134 registered delegates (including invited speakers):
109 from Australia and
25 international delegates. The latter were from 17 countries,
(surely a record that will stand for all time!):
4 from England;
2 from Papua New Guinea;
2 from Portugal;
2 from PR China;
2 from Russia;
2 from Sweden;
2 from Turkey;
1 from Belgium;
1 from France;
1 from Germany;
1 from Honk Kong;
1 from Hungary;
1 from India;
1 from Korea;
1 from New Zealand; and
1 from The Netherlands.
The conference organisers were able supported two post-graduate students to
attend
the conference: one from Australia and one from New Zealand.
The delegates came from 58 institutions (!). The institutions with the
most delegates were:
SUT (32);
RMIT (13);
VUT (9);
MNU (7);
and
UMB (6).
The delegates came from industry as well as academia with a good
mix of mathematicians, engineers and educationalists, and included
a number of representatives from TAFE Colleges and students
.
(Steiner (1995).
From the perspective of 2018 it is fascinating that the contact
details include, where provided: phone, fax and e-mail address.
An email address was provided by 73 (55%) of the delegates.
The conference organisers were able to attract funding from a wide
range of sources, 15 in all. Sponsorship was provided by
eight departments/faculties in five universities:
MNU
(Department of Mathematics; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Science);
QUT
(School of Mathematics);
RMIT (Department of Mathematics);
SUT
(Energy Systems Engineering Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences);
and
VUT
(Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences}.
Funding was received from three scientific organisations:
European Society for Engineering Education;
International Science Foundation, Washington, USA; and SEFI.
Sponsorship was received from found commercial organisations:
Hearne Scientific Software,
Motorola Semiconductor Products,
Studentlitteratur, Lund, Sweden, and
Sydac Software.
The principle sponsors of the Conference were:
ANZIAM;
EMG;
IE Aust;
MNU;
SEFI;
RMIT;
SUT
and
VUT
(Barry & Mustoe, 1995).
Members of the organising committee could be
identified during the conference
by the red point on their delegate badge whilst session chairs could be
identified by the blue point on their badge
(Steiner 1995).
The edited book of Proceedings,
published by Studentlitteratur, Sweden,
was to be mailed to conference delegates
in the not too distant future
(Steiner, 1994)
In the final sentence of his report
Steiner (1995) thanked
Associate Professor Alan Easton without whose help the conference would
not have eventuated
.
In the final sentence of their report
Barry and Mustoe (1995) commented
that It is hoped to organise a special conference in 1995
devoted to engineering mathematics education. It is not known
if this conference eventuated.
At the ANZIAM executive committee meeting held on 5th February
1995 the Secretary was directed
to investigate obtaining an ISBN number for AMC booklets, so that it
can referenced in CVs
(Summerfield, 1995).
It seems that at the date of the executive meeting the
1994 AEMC proceedings had yet to published as in his report
Bill wrote the proceedings will be published shortly
.
If we count the
Inaugural Engineering Mathematics and Applications
Symposium (1992) as part of the EMAC series, then Joseph Steiner became
the first person to be the director of two meetings.
(As noted previously, there is a strong case that we should not count
the 1992 symposium as part of the EMAC series).
Before the conference
A flyer for AEMC 96 appeared appeared in the
Australian Mathematical Society Gazette in August 1995
(May, 1995). This identified the themes of
the conference as Research, Education, and Industry Linkage
.
The conference aims at bringing together interested parties from
academia, industry and research and development organisations to
promote interaction and discussion of issues associated with the
teaching and applications of engineering mathematics
Contributions were solicited on the following topics:
- Education and teaching of engineering mathematics:
curricula in mathematics and statistics, role of computers in teaching,
impact of computer algebra, internationalisation of courses, achieving and
assessment of quality.
- Applications of mathematics to fields of information
technology: telecommunications, computing technology,
computer interfaces.
- Applications of mathematics to manufacturing industry:
planning and forecasting, modelling, operations.
The intended audience of the conference was identified as
Educators, engineers, mathematicians and researchers from academia,
industry and government organisations interested in mathematical
education of engineers and the applications of mathematics to engineering
disciplines
.
Intending conference participants (wishing to present a paper or not)
(May 1995)
were asked to indicate their interest in the conference by sending
an expression of interest form to Dr Daniel Yuen
(chairman of the Technical Organising
Committee).
In addition prospective presenters were asked to
forward an abstract of approximately 250 words
before 31 October 1995 to Dr Daniel Yuen
(May 1995).
The conference was also listed in the CONFERENCES section of
the October 1995 issue of the
Australian Mathematical Gazette
(Volume 22, Number 4). For some reason it was not
listed in the conference section of other issues of the Gazette
in the period leading up to the conference.
A First Circular & Registration form
for AEMC 1996 appeared in the April 1996 issue of the
Australian Mathematical Gazette
(Volume 23, Number 1). This issue was published a couple
of months prior to the conference. With wording slightly different to the flyer
it was stated the Technical Organising Committee had solicited contributions
on the following topics:
- Application of new or established mathematics to the manufacturing
industry.
- Education and teaching of engineering mathematics.
- Mathematical applications to other engineering related areas.
The contributed talks had been organised into major sessions within the
conference as follows:
- Issues on Mathematical Education;
- Modelling: Applications to the Mining and Metal Industries;
- Structural Mechanics and Dynamics;
- Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics;
- Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing and Electrical
Applications.
The conference
The 2nd Australian Engineering Mathematics Conference
(AEMC96) was held in the Wentworth Building at The University of Sydney
from 15th to 17th July 1996.
The theme of the conference was:
Engineering Mathematics: Research, Education and Industry Linkage.
The conference was jointly run under the
aegis of The Institution of Engineers Australia, the
Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, and the
EMG.
The conference was coordinated by a professional conference manager employed
at the University of Wollongong Union Conference Office
(James Cook).
The consortium of three organisations behind the conference hoped
to forge new productive links between practising engineers,
industrial scientists, mathematicians and educators, and on a larger
international scale than has occurred before
(Yuen et al, 1996).
The conference opened in the afternoon with an optional Sydney City Sights
Tour, departing from the delegates hotel, with registration latter in the day.
(My impression is that there was one nominated conference hotel).
The conference organisers suggested travelling
between your accommodation venue and the University of Sydney by taxi
(Broadbridge, 1996).
The conference was opened by eminent mathematician Professor Gavin Brown FAA,
Vice-Chancellor Elect of USN and
a mathematician of world-wide repute
(Broadbridge, 1997).
There were eight plenary speakers (all men): three from Australia,
one from Europe (the UK),
one from Israel (it may count as being part of Europe in the
Eurovision Song Contest, but it doesn't here),
and three from the USA.
As at AEMC 1994 one of the plenary speakers spoke on
education. Leslie Mustoe asked the question
What does industry really want in terms of the mathematical
ability of its newly-graduated recruits?
. In the second
half of the presentation he
considered the changes in secondary level mathematics and their knock-on
effects on undergraduate engineering mathematics
.
Ian Lee presented a second plenary in the area of education.
This
addressed the accreditation procedures and criteria developed by the
IE Aust for the four year BE and the three year
BTech courses, for both on-campus and external study modes
.
The invited speakers
delivered one of the best presented collections of plenary lectures
that I have ever witnessed
(Broadbridge, 1997).
In the absence of Dr. John Burgess, Dr. Joe Henderson (BHP)
presented the survey, The Application of Mathematics in the Steel
Industry, including observations of what it takes for a mathematician
to succeed in the industrial environment. Professor Bill Ames
(Georgia Tech.) posed and answered some interesting questions on the
symmetry structure of classical and alternative fluid equations.
Professor Grant Stevens (USN) displayed some
beautiful finite element simulations of moving loaded structures such as
aeroplane parts and river passenger catamarans. He argued that
mathematics has been used in these commercial developments all the
way from design to marketing. Professor George Springer (Stanford University),
with his engaging style, spoke of the role of mathematics in the development
of new high-strength fibre-reinforced matrix composites. Using the example
of aircraft fatigue analysis, Professor Avraham Berkovits (Technion, Israel)
argued that modern engineering design still is primarily the result of applying
physical principles through the use of mathematical techniques.
This relates to the question addressed by Professor Les Mustoe
(Loughborough University) of how the evolving system of education of engineers
could meet the requirements of industry. It was clear from the discussion,
also involving Dr. Stuart Wright (The Royal Academy of Engineering), that
concerns about changes to the mathematical education of engineers are shared
world-wide. We were reassured to some extent by Professor Ian Lee
(IE Aust and UNSW)
who explained the rigorous accreditation procedures of the
IE AUST. Professor Aleksander Samarin FTS
(UoW) took the global view in addressing, in a
thought-provoking manner, the life or death question of whether
mathematical modelling could assist in sustainable development.
(Broadbridge, 1997)
Unlike its predecessor AEMC 1996 had a mixture of plenary and contributed
talks running throughout the day, the latter organised into
three parallel sessions (as in AEMC 1994).
The conference contained 83 non-plenary presentations;
most areas of engineering, mathematics education, and mathematical
modelling were well represented
(Broadbridge, 1997).
There were seven sessions on "Mathematical Software and Education".
six session on "Mathematical Modelling" (four for industrial
applications, one for environmental, and one for general presentations),
four on "Fluid Mechanics & Dynamics", four on
"AI & Electrical Applications",
three on
"Engineering Mathematical Analyses & Techniques" and
two on "Structural Mechanic & Dynamics".
Feedback from some of the delegates indicated that
the sessions on mathematics education and on areas related to applied
continuum and fluid mechanics were particularly Strong
(Broadbridge, 1997).
There were 115 registered delegates (including invited speakers):
102 from Australia and 13 international delegates. The latter were
from ten countries:
2 England,
2 Hong Kong,
2 USA,
1 Botswana,
1 Fiji,
1 Germany,
1 New Zealand,
1 Russia,
1 Sweden,
and
1 Yugoslavia
The delegates came from 51 institutions (!). The institutions with the
most delegates were:
CSIRO (12);
UoW (11);
BHP (9);
RMIT (8);
SUT (8)
and
QUT (6).
From the perspective of 2018 it is fascinating that the contact
details include, where provided: phone, fax and e-mail address.
An email address was provided by 96 (83%) of the delegates: an increase
from the 55% for AEMC 1994.
The conference sponsors were:
State & Regional Development, New South Wales;
The Australian Technology Park Sydney Ltd
(a joint venture of UNSW,
USN and UTS);
and
Compumod Pty Ltd.
Further financial support was received from:
The Institute of Engineers, Australia;
The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering;
The Engineering Mathematics Group
D.I.S.T International Conference Support Scheme;
Compumod Pty. Ltd.,
Computer Transition Systems;
Costello's Australia.
(It is possible that some of these comprised the trade exhibitors
who were thanked in the conference proceedings).
The conference was underwritten by
The Institute of Engineers and The Warren Centre.
In addition to the technical program the conference organised
a variety of social functions
(Broadbridge, 1996):
a Sydney City Sights Tour,
a welcome reception on Monday 15th July and a conference
dinner on Tuesday 16th July.
This conference was deliberately designed to offer something different
from the usually more informal annual applied mathematics
conference. Catering, social events, and venues were a little more lavish,
(Broadbridge, 1997)
The conference welcome
reception, a cocktail reception, was held at the National Innovation Centre,
Australian Technology Park Limited. It was sponsored by The Australian
Technology Park Limited. It was addressed by the C.E.O.
Dr Tom Forgan and by
The Hon. Carl Scully MP
Minister for Public Works and Services, Minister for Ports, Minister
Assisting the Minister for State and Regional Development, and Minister
Assisting the Minister for Energy
.
The conference dinner (labelled the ``Official Conference Dinner''
in the program, was there an unofficial one?) was held
in the beautiful old refectory in the Holme Building at
Sydney University
(Broadbridge, 1997).
The M.C., an entertaining M.C.
(Broadbridge, 1997), was
Peter North (Director of the Warren Centre).
The dinner was addressed by
Mr Ric Charlton AM, Chancellor of
UNC.
An engineer by profession, Mr Charlton is a leading Australian
Industrialist
(Broadbridge, 1996).
At the conference dinner all the invited speakers
were presented with opal jewellery, kindly donated by Costello's
Jewellers
(Broadbridge, 1997).
During the conference dinner the second biennial EMG awards were
presented by Dr Joseph Steiner (Chairman EMG).
The 1996 EMG award was presented to Alan Easton and the EMG
International Award to the late Professor Stanislaus Ackermans
(Broadbridge, 1997).
The student prize
was shared between
Robyn Spencer (SUT) and
Donna Baker (RMIT).
It was presented by Phil Broadbridge.
The refereed proceedings of the conference
were provided to delegates
at the time of registration
(Broadbridge, 1996).
The conference proceedings were edited
almost single-handedly
by Daniel Yuen
(Broadbridge, 1997).
This will assist you to mentally digest more of the lectures
(Broadbridge, 1996).
The proceedings were published by The Institution of Engineers,
Australia, and are labelled NCP No. 96/08. The conference proceedings
were refereed by twenty eight individuals, who are listed in the
conference proceedings. In the conference proceedings the editors
thanked
our European colleagues in the Societe Europeene pour la Formation
des Ingenieurs (SEFI) and the Royal Academy of Engineering
(Great Britain) for promoting the conference
(Yuen et al, 1996).
The attendance at the conference was around 20 fewer than the number
needed to break even financially. There were several contributing factors.
The registration fee was $300, a little higher than what mathematicians
are used to for a local conference. Included in this price, were
luncheons, morning and afternoon teas and conference proceedings.
Some universities, including my own, were already teaching this week.
A significant number of previous attendees chose instead to attend
a conference on the education of engineers, held in Spain. There was a
simultaneous conference on CAUT projects, also held in Sydney. The
conference was held soon after the annual meeting of the Australian
Mathematical Society.
(Broadbridge, 1997)
Twenty-five copies of the conference proceedings were sold to
AE Books. There remained
about 90 copies of the conference proceedings to be sold at $55
plus $9 postage within Australia. Considering that this is the
world's largest collection of edited papers on engineering
mathematics, this is good value. Proceeds of these sales will help
to make up the conference shortfall.
(Broadbridge, 1997).
A one-page advert for the conference proceedings appeared
in the Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE
(24, Number 4, November 1997, page1 68).
This book is a must for anyone interested in the mathematical
education of engineers, and is a useful compendium for researchers
in engineering mathematics. It contains 90 papers, many of which
provide interesting vase studies in industrial mathematical modelling.
In addition, there are many papers that report on recent successess
in curriculum development and on the use of exciting new teaching
technologies.
Whilst looking through the University of Wollongong library for something
else I (MIN, 08.02.13) was surprised to discover that the
conference proceedings are available on-line.
The 3rd Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference,
(EMAC 1998) was held at The University of Adelaide
from 13th to 15th July 1998. This was the first conference to use the
EMAC label - I don't know why the name changed from the
Australian Engineering Mathematics Conference. (Neither did John
Shepherd).
For the first time, it appears that the
conference did not have a title.
There were eleven plenary speakers (nine men, two women):
one from Asia (Japan),
three from Australia,
three from Europe (Austria, England, Sweden),
and four from the USA.
From an ANZIAM perspective the plenary presentation
by Lars Larrson is of particular interest:
Michell's Theory - the Starting Point of Computational
Hydrodynamics.
In 1898, one hundred years before the conference, John Henry Mitchell
(latter Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne) published
a landmark paper in which he derived
an explicit relationship between the wave resistance of a ship and
its hull shape
.
This presentation was
associated with a mini-symposia celebrating the centenary of the publication
of this paper.
The mini-symposia included a panel discussion on
J.H. Michell and his contemporaries
.
Following AEMC 1996
EMAC 1998 had a mixture of plenary and contributed
talks running throughout the day, the latter organised into
three parallel sessions.
The conference contained 111 non-plenary presentations, 42 by students.
A welcome innovation in the conference timetable was distinguishing
between student talks (denoted by placing ** after the surname of
the speaker) and non-student talks (denoted by placing * after the surname of
the speaker).
There were also eight posters, seven by staff and one by a student.
The program did not contain a nominated poster session,
the circumstances under which the posters were viewed are unknown.
There were 144 registered delegates (including invited speakers):
115 from Australia, 23 international delegates and six delegates of
unspecified origin. The international delegates were from eleven countries:
6 USA,
5 England,
4 Japan,
2 Germany,
1 Hungary,
1 New Zealand,
1 Singapore,
1 Sweden,
1 Thailand,
and
1 Yugoslavia.
The delegates came from 53 institutions (!). The institutions with the
most delegates were:
UAD (28),
RMIT (16),
DSTO (13),
USA (7),
SUT (7),
and
UoW (6).
From the perspective of 2018 it is fascinating that the contact
details include, where provided: phone, fax and e-mail address.
An email address was provided by 115 (80%) of the delegates: a
slight decrease on the 83% recorded for AEMC 1996.
On the cover of the conference proceedings it is stated that
the proceedings (or the conference itself?) are sponsored by
the EMG and
the IE Aust.
The conference sponsors were:
UAD,
FDU,
USA,
DSTO,
The Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing
(CSSIP),
Sola Optical International,
The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (UK)
and
Ansett Australia.
(It is possible that some of these comprised the trade exhibitors
who were thanked in the conference proceedings).
In addition to the technical program the conference organised:
a welcome reception on Monday 13th July, a conference excursion on the
Tuesday afternoon (there were no talks after lunch)
and the conference dinner on Wednesday 15th July.
The conference welcome
reception was ran at Brookman Hall, University of South Australia,
on Monday 13th July.
The conference dinner was held within at Hotel Adelaide,
O'Connell Street, in North Adelaide. I can see from the conference
program that all the student presentations were given prior to
the conference dinner. Presumable the prize for best student presentation
was awarded at the dinner.
The chair of the student prize committee was Daniel Yuen
(Penesis, 2019b).
The prize for the best student presentation was awarded to
Irene Penesis
(Hocking, 2019) for her paper
Asymptotic Analysis of Narrow Gas-Lubricated Slider Bearings with
Non-Smooth Profiles.
It is interesting to note that the certificate contains the title of the
presentation (Penesis, 2019b).
At the conference Professor Heinz Zemanek (Technical University, Vienna)
was presented with the 1998 EMG International Award.
Professor Zemanek was the founding President of the Austrian Computer Society
and was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal by SEFI. He was a Plenary Speaker
at EMAC 1998.
(Blyth, 2019).
The 1998 IEAust Award was presented to Dr Joseph Steiner (Swinburne
University). This was the inaugural IEAust Award.
(Blyth, 2019).
The conference finish with a final session of contributed talks
followed by afternoon tea. After afternoon
the EMG held its general meeting
--- All welcome
according to the conference program!
I assume that the refereed proceedings of the conference
were provided to delegates at the time of registration.
The proceedings were published by The Institution of Engineers,
Australia, and are labelled NCP No. 2/98.
The conference chair recorded
our thanks to George Vokalek of Casual Productions for
meticulously producing the printer Proceedings
(Mazumdar, 1998).
There was an evident page
limit of eight pages for keynote papers and four pages for
contributed papers. The conference proceedings contained 119 papers:
11 by the plenary speakers and 108 contributed papers.
The conference chairman commented that
the majority of papers have originated from Universities and
Government research establishments but the committee was very pleased
to find some papers originating outside the organization
.
(Mazumdar, 1998).
The final papers presented at the conference and appearing in the proceedings
were refereed by at least one member of the
Technical Program Committee.
In the conference proceedings the editors
thanked
the organisational support of Plevin & Associates
(Tuck & Stott, 1998).
When I was trying to track down a copy of the conference
proceedings I received the following comment from
Tim Gourlay
I had the EMAC 98 proceedings propping up my computer screen for many
years, but don't have them anymore.
I remember there was an interesting paper by Xue-Nong Chen on superluminal
translation, which you may enjoy reading if you've got the proceedings.
The chairman's message in the conference proceedings states that
It has been decided that the next conference in the year 2000 be held
at RMIT, Melbourne
(Mazumdar, 1998).
The 4th Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference,
(EMAC 2000) was held at RMIT University
from 10th to 13th September 2000. The conference was
held under the auspices of
the EMG and the
IE AUST.
The conference was directed by
Associate Professor Bill Blyth. This was the first time that EMAC had
returned to a previous conference venue.
An innovation introduced by Bill was to
ask Professor Herszberg, an aeronautical engineer, to serve as
co-chair of the EMAC committee. Professor Herszberg's presence on the
committee assisted it to engage with the engineering community.
(Blyth, 2005)
There were five plenary speakers (four men, one woman):
one from Asia (Israel)
two from Australia,
one from Europe (England),
and one from the USA.
Leslie Mustoe became the first person to be an invited speaker at two
biennial meetings (AEMC 1996,
EMAC 2000).
In a rather regrettable state of affairs,
it is believed that EMAC 2000 did not produce a delegates list
(Penesis, 2019).
EMAC 2000 may have been the first EMAC to have a webpage.
The conference proceedings state that
a prize will be awarded for the best presentation by a student
(May et al, 2000).
This strongly suggests that a student prize was awarded,
but if so the details are unknown.
Three awards were presented at EMAC 2000. Two EMG awards were
presented at the conference dinner.
The 2000 EMG International Award was presented to Dr Les Mustoe
(Loughborough University UK)
for his contribution to engineering mathematics
education in the UK, Australia as well as Europe, through his work on the
Mathematics Working Group of SEFI.
The 2000 EMG National Award was presented to Dr Howard Connell (RMIT
University).
(Blyth, 2019).
The final award was presented by the President of IEAust, Martin Cole, after
two plenary sessions on the day after the conference dinner.
The 2000 IEAust Award was presented to Professor Jagannath Mazumdar
(University of Adelaide).
Professor Jag Mazumdar was the Chair of the Organising Committee for EMAC 1998
and a Fellow of IEAust.
(Blyth, 2019).
After EMAC 2000, the EMG did not issue an award until EMG 2019!
The (refereed) proceedings of the conference
were published in a book which was
provided to delegates at the conference.
All papers were reviewed
by two referees,
at least one of whom was a member of the
technical committee.
The proceedings were published by The Institution of Engineers,
Australia.
There was an evident page
limit of four pages for contributed papers. The length of the paper by the
plenary speakers ranged from six to ten pages.
The conference proceedings contained 76 papers:
5 by the plenary speakers and 71 contributed papers.
The papers in the proceedings were arranged in alphabetical order,
with the invited papers preceding the contributed papers.
At the EMG meeting a request was made by the Chair of the
CMG (Professor Mike Osborne)
that the EMAC and CTAC swap even/odd years.
This request was agreed to, but required that the
constitution of the EMG be amended. This
was approved by a postal vote in 2001.
The EMG executive that was elected during the 2000 EMAC contained
Jim Hill (Chairman of ANZIAM) and Peter May (representative of
IE Aust). As of September 2018
this was the last time that either of these
two ex-officio position on the EMG executive were filled.
According to the notes I made at the EMG 2005 AGM, EMAC 2000
produced a profit of approximately $19,000.
This was probably the first EMAC conference to have a
web page.
| Year | Chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
|---|
| 1992–AEMC94
| Joseph Steiner (SUT) |
Lindsay Evans (MNU) |
Alan Easton (SUT) |
| AEMC1994–AEMC96
| Joseph Steiner (SUT) |
Nian Li (SUT) |
Gary Fitzgerald (RMIT) |
| AEMC1996–EMAC1998
| |
|
|
| EMAC1998–EMAC2000
| |
|
|
| EMAC 2000–EMAC 2002 | Alan Easton |
Gary Fitz-Gerald |
Ian Grundy |
There are currently no details of the executive in the period
1994-2000. However, it is known that
Professor Joseph Steiner was elected chairman of
the EMG email.
| Year | Committee Members |
|---|
| 1992–AEMC1994 |
Gary Fitz-Gerald
(RMIT) |
Peter Kennedy
(Moldflow Pty Ltd) |
Michael Landman
(BHP) |
H. Mackenzie
(Richard Oliver International Pty Ltd) |
|
A. Pettitt
(QUT) |
| AEMC1994–AEMC1996 |
Jagannath Mazumdar
(UAD) |
Sean McElwain
(QUT) |
Ken Stevenson
(SIT) |
Daniel Yuen
(BHP Steel, Port Kembla) |
| AEMC1996–EMAC1998 |
| EMAC1998–EMAC2000 |
| EMAC 2000–EMAC 2002 | Peter Austin |
Bill Blyth (RMIT, -) |
Jack Ding |
Neville Fowkes (UWA) |
|
Larry Forbes |
Helen MacGillivray (QUT) |
Mike Pemberton (UQ, +) |
- It is sometimes the tradition of EMAC that in year "x"
the previous director of EMAC (that is the EMAC held in year "x") and
the next director of EMAC (that is the EMAC held in year "x+2") are
elected onto the committee. These are denoted `-' and `+' in the table.
| Year | ANZIAM |
Engineers | CMG |
|---|
| 1992–AEMC1994 |
--- |
L.M. Gillin |
--- |
| AEMC1994–AEMC1996 |
Nominee, Chair of ANZIAM |
Nominee, President, Institution of Engineers Australia |
|
| EMAC 2000–EMAC 2002 | Jim Hill |
Peter May | Mike Osborne |
- According to the EMG constitution the Chair of the Division of
Applied Mathematics, or their nominated representative,
is an ex-officio member of the committee. This column is denoted
(ANZIAM).
- According to the EMG constitution the Chair of the Institute of
Engineers (Australia), or their nominated representative, is an
ex-officio member of the committee. This column is denoted
(Engineers).
- There was a long running belief that the chair of the CMG
(computational mathematics group)
was an ex-officio member of the executive. This was discovered
not to be the case in December 2013!
- A -- denotes that the appropriate person was not asked to be on the
committee!
According to the constitution the meeting should be held
"mid-year".
The int column is
the number of international delegates with the number of
countries represented in parenthesis. The inst
column is the number of institutions represented by the
conference delegates.
In the plenaries column the first numeral is the number of
plenary presentations. The second numeral is the number of
female plenary presentations. In determining the latter number
I have sometimes had to make my `best guess', feel free to contact me
if you think my number is wrong.
In the presentations column the first numeral is the
number of non-plenary
presentations. The second numerical is the number
of student presentations.
| Year | Location | Date | Delegates |
Int |
Inst |
Plenaries |
Presentations | Director |
|---|
| 1992 (Inaugural meeting) | SUT |
16 June 1992 |
160 |
?? |
?? |
7 (0) |
8 (?) |
Joseph Steiner |
| 1993 (EMG Symposium) | RMIT |
9 June 1993 |
"nearly 100" |
?? |
?? |
9 (2) |
0 (0) |
Gary Fitz-Gerald |
| 1994 (1st AEMC) | Melbourne |
11-13 July 1994 |
134 |
25 (17) |
58 |
9 (1) |
c. 80 (?) |
Joseph Steiner |
| 1996 (2nd AEMC) | USN |
15-17 July 1996 |
115 |
13 (10) |
51 |
8 (0) |
83 (?) |
Philip Broadbridge |
| 1998 (3rd EMAC) | UAD |
13-15 July 1998 |
144 |
23 (11) |
53 |
11 (2) |
111 (42) |
Jagannath Mazumdar |
| 2000 (4th EMAC) | RMIT |
10–13 September 2000 |
?? |
?? |
?? |
5 (1) |
712000 (?) |
Bill Blyth |
Delegates include the invited speakers.
- 2000. Leslie Mustoe became the first person to be an
invited speaker at two biennial meetings (AEMC 1996,
EMAC 2000).
- 2000. This was the second time that EMAC had been held at
RMIT. The first time that EMAC had returned to a previous venue.
- 2000.
Presentations based on the number of papers
listed in the published proceedings
(May et al, 2000).
EMAC 2000 did not produce a delegates list
(Penesis, 2019).
- 1994–2000.
In the first four `official' meetings
there were thirty-three invited speakers
of whom four were women (12%).
| Year | Chair | Co-chair | Secretary |
Treasurer | Committee |
|---|
| 1992 | Joseph Steiner (?) |
|
|
|
|
| 1993 | Dr Gary Fitz-Gerald (RMIT) |
|
|
|
Harley Mackenzie (Richard Oliver Int) |
| 1994 | Joseph Steiner (SUT) |
|
Lindsay Evans (MNU) |
Alan Easton (SUT) |
Aaron Blicblau (SUT)
| Gary Fitzgerald (RMIT)
| Murray Gillin
(Past President, IE Aust) |
Peter Kennedy (Moldflow Pty Ltd) |
| | | | |
Harley Mackenzie (Preston Group Pty Ltd) |
Tony Pettitt (QUT) |
Helen Giannakis (administrator) |
Desmond Fernandes (typography) |
| 1996 | Philip Broadbridge (UoW) |
|
|
|
Peter May (IE Aust) |
Joseph Steiner (EMG) |
Angus M. Robinson (The Warren Centre for Advanced
Engineering |
Daniel Yuen (BHP) |
| 1998 |
A/Prof Jagan Mazumdar (UAD) |
Dr Peter Taylor (UAD) |
Dr Jill Stott (UAD) |
Dr .M. Teubner (UAD) |
Prof P. Broadbridge (UOW) |
Mr L. Colgan (USA) |
Dr P. Gill (UAD) |
Mr P. May (IE AUST) |
| | | | | |
Prof W. Moran (FDU) |
Dr J. Steiner (SUT) |
| 2000 | A/Prof Bill Blyth
(RMIT) |
Prof I. Herszberg
(RMIT) |
A/Prof G. Fitz-Gerald
(RMIT) |
Dr I. Grundy
(RMIT) |
A/Prof A. Easton (SUT) |
A/Prof R. May (RMIT) |
A/Prof J. Mazumdar (UAD) |
Dr J. Steiner (SUT) |
Winners of the EMG Award, the EMG International Award, and
the IEAust Award (instigated EMAC 1998).
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner |
| EMG Award |
EMG International Award |
IEAust Award |
| 1994 | Professor Murray Gillin
(SUT) |
Professor Lennart Rade
(Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) |
--- |
| 1996 | Alan Easton |
Professor Stanislaus Ackermans | --- |
| 1998 | not awarded |
Professor Heinz Zemanek
(Technical University, Vienna) |
Dr Joseph Steiner (SUT) |
| 2000 | Dr Howard Connell (RMIT) |
Dr Les Mustoe (Loughborough University, UK) |
Professor Jagannath Mazumdar (UAD)
|
The EMG Award was decided by the EMG Executive Committee
(Blyth, 2019).
Nominations for the Award can be made by any member of the EMAC organising
committee, to the Chair of EMAC and will be accepted up to one month before the
EMAC conference. A nomination should consist of a brief CV of the nominee with
the nominee's list of publications.
(Blyth, 2019)
The selection criteria for the IE Aust award was
(Blyth, 2019):
- for valuable contribution to the fostering and promotion of Engineering
Mathematics in Australia and/or
- for distinguished research in Engineering Mathematics carried out, mostly,
in Australia.
The `letter' for the winner was signed by both EMG and IE Aust.
| Year | Winner(s) | Institution |
Title |
|---|
| 1996 | Robyn Spencer |
SUT |
Two Dimensional Modelling of Multiphase Flows
in Fluidised Beds |
| | Donna Baker |
RMIT |
Spin-Up of a Convected Maxwell Fluid in a
Rotational Rheometer Modified to Allow
Axial Flow |
| 1998 | Irene Penesis |
RMIT |
Asymptotic Analysis of Narrow Gas-Lubricated Slider
Bearings with Non-Smooth Profiles |
I don't know if a prize for the best student presentation was made
over the period 1992-1994.
2000. The conference proceedings state that
a prize will be awarded for the best presentation by a student
(May et al, 2000).
This strongly suggests that a student prize was awarded,
but if so the details are unknown.
I don't know if there was a student prize committee for the period
1992-2000.
1996 The award was presented by Phil Broadbridge.
Whether this was in his capacity as director of the conference or because
he was chair of the student prize committee is unknown.
1998. The chair of the committee was
Daniel Yuen (Penesis, 2019b).
Graeme Hocking served on the committee
(Hocking, 2019).
2000. The conference proceedings state that
a prize will be awarded for the best presentation by a student
(May et al, 2000).
This strongly suggests that a student prize was awarded,
but if so the details of the committee are unknown.
In the `old' days refereed papers were published in a printed (and refereed!)
conference proceedings which was distributed at the conference.
Starting in 2005, the conference proceedings
have appeared in a special issue of the electronic supplement of the
ANZIAM Journal. These proceedings, subject to the usual rigorous ANZIAM
Journal refereeing process, appear after the conference.
| Year | Editors |
ISBN/Web page | Papers |
|---|
| 1993 | ??? |
| 1994 | ??? |
| 1996 |
D. Yuen |
P. Broadbridge |
J. Steiner |
ISBN 9780858256538 |
90 |
| | | |
ISBN (Book) 0 85825 653 3 |
| 1998 | E.O. Tuck |
J.A.K. Stott |
|
ISBN (Book) 185825 686 X |
119 |
| 2000 | R.L. May | G.F. Fitz-Gerald |
I.H. Grundy |
ISBN 085825 705X |
76 |
I don't have any details about the invited speakers committee in
the period 1992-2001.
In the following table I have tried to indicate the nominal `area' of
a plenary speaker: EDU(education), ENG (engineering), MAT (mathematics),
STA (statistics). This division is often based upon the department from
which the speaker originates.
| Year | Speaker | Institution |
Area |
|---|
| 1992 |
(Swinburne University of Technology) |
| | Dr Noel Barton | CSIRO |
| | Professor Murray Gillin |
SUT - President, IE Aust |
| | Mr Bob Joynt |
SECV |
| | Mr Peter Kennedy | Moldflow Pty Ltd |
| | Dr Michael Landman |
BHP |
| | Dr Edwin van Leeuwen |
BHP |
|
| 1993 |
(Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) |
| | Andrew Currie | Compumod |
| |
Using today's graphics and computational
software tools to solve industrial problems |
| | Doug Grant | SUT |
| |
Mathematics in software engineering
|
| | Kathy Horadam | RMIT |
| |
Generation & application of Hadamard matrices
|
| | Brian Lloyd |
IE Aust |
| | Engineering mathematics: An essential
competency or an elitist indulgence |
| | Arthur Lowery | UMB |
| | Numerical modelling of photonic systems
|
| | Harley Mackenzie | Richard Oliver Int |
| | Practical issues in technical software
|
| | Pam Norton | MNU |
| | Use of computer algebra in mathematics
|
| | Francis Rose | Aeronautical Research Lab |
| | Stress analysis for crack patching
|
| | Joe Tomas | RMIT |
| | Application of numerical methods in the
transport industry |
| 1994 |
(Townhouse Hotel, Melbourne) |
| | Noel Barton | CSIRO |
MAT |
|
Some industrial case studies at the interface between engineering and
mathematics |
| | Kathy Horadam | RMIT |
MAT |
| Cumulative shift register sequences
|
| | Ian Jones | Harwell Laboratory, UK |
| Industrial computational fluid dynamics:
the leading edge of mathematics |
| | Gunther Kurz | FHT Esslingen, Germany |
EDU |
| Level zero core curriculum and entry test
scores - investigations and experiences at the FHT Esslingen
|
| | Jiansheng Pan | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PR
China | ENG |
| Mathematical modelling in heat treatment
|
| | John Perry | SUT |
ENG |
| An engineer's experiences in numerical
modelling of thermo-fluid flows |
| | Pal Rozsa | Technical University of Budapest,
Hungary | MAT |
| Block matrices and their applications
|
| | Ing Henk van Tilborg | Eindhoven University of
Technology, The Netherlands | MAT |
| The role of discrete mathematics in
engineering |
| | Rolf Wasen | Applied Research Methodology,
Sweden |
| Conceptual engineering - where theory and
practice meet |
| 1996 |
(University of Sydney) |
| | William Ames |
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
MAT |
|
Comparison of Classical and Alternative Fluid Equations using Symmetry
Methods
|
| | Avraham Berkovits |
Israel Institute of Technology, Israel USA |
ENG |
|
The Engineer - Innovator or Number-Cruncher?
|
| | Joe Herbertson1996 |
Corporate General Manager, Safety, Environment and
Research, BHP
|
ENG |
|
The Applications of Mathematics in the Steel Industry
|
| | Ian Lee |
UNSW and
IE Aust
|
EDU |
|
Accreditation of Tertiary Engineering Courses
|
| | Leslie Mustoe |
Loughborough University of Technology, UK |
EDU |
|
Industry Expects - Can Education Deliver?
|
| | Aleksander Samarin |
UoW |
ENG |
|
Sustainable Development - Can Mathematical Modelling Assist Industrial
Progress and Avert Overpopulation, Energy and Environment Crises?
|
| | George Springer |
Stanford University, USA |
ENG |
|
Modelling the Manufacturing Process for Composites
|
| | Grant Steven |
USN |
ENG |
|
The Mathematics of the Finite Element Method
|
1996. The plenary presentation given by
Dr Joe Herbertson was originally to be given by
Dr John Burgess
(Corporate General Manager, Safety, Environment and Research,
BHP).
| 1998 |
(University of Adelaide
| | Hugh Bradlow | Telstra Research Laboratories,
Australia | STA |
| Applied Teletraffic Engineering
|
| | Graham Carey | The University of Texas at Austin, USA
| ENG |
| The Finite Element Method: Its Application
in Engineering Mathematics
|
| | Caryl Cresswell | UAD |
EDU |
| Reflections on Mathematics and
Engineering Education: Past, present and future |
| | Trevor Hearn | FDU |
ENG |
| Stress, Strain and Surgery: From Cauchy to
the New Millennium in Orthopaedic Biomechanics
|
| | Mei Kobayashi | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
MAT |
| Wavelet-Based Time-Frequency Analysis:
Applications in Industry
|
| | Lars Larsson | Chalmers University of Technology,
Sweden | ENG |
| Mitchell's Theory - the Starting Point of
Computational Hydrodynamics |
| | John McWhirter | Defence Evaluation and Research
Agency (England) | MAT |
| Mathematics in Signal Processing
|
| | Wayne Phillips | University of Florida, USA |
EDU/ENG |
| Engineering Opportunity in the Information
Age and the Influence on Engineering Education
|
| | V. Ramaswami | AT&T Bell Laboratories
| MAT |
| Being a Mathematician in Industry
|
| | Jack Schwartz | New York University, USA |
EDU |
| Multimedia in Science and Mathematics
Education
|
| | Heinz Zemanek | Technical University Vienna, Austria
| MAT |
| Mathematics and Informatics |
| 2000 |
(Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
| | Moti Karpel | Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology | ENG |
| The Interaction of Aerodynamics, Structural
Dynamics and Control in the Design of Modern Aircraft |
| | Helen MacGillivray |
QUT | EDU |
| Stabilities, Transitions, Trends and Noise
in Mathematics and Statistics Engineering Education |
| | Leslie Mustoe | Loughborough University, UK |
EDU |
| Responding to SARTOR 3 |
| | Seymour V. Parter | University of Wisconsin-Madison
| MAT |
| Preconditioning Legendre Spectral Collocation
Methods for Elliptic Problems |
| | Peter J. Scales | UMB |
ENG |
| Making Mathematics Relevant: Why isn't
Filtration Theory an Engineering Reality? |
| |
2000.
Leslie Mustoe became the first person to be an invited speaker at two
biennial meetings (AEMC 1996,
EMAC 2000).
| Membership | 1996 |
AMS | $300 |
Non-AMS | $300 |
AMS student | $250 |
Non-AMS student | $250 |
Accompanying person | N/A |
Retiree | N/A |
- 1996.
Additional tickets for the cocktail reception and the conference
dinner were available at $25 and $55 per person. Tickets for the
optional Sydney tour (Sunday) were available at $25 per person.
The AEMC 1996 conference had a
technical organising
committee
and an
international technical
advisory committee.
The EMAC 1998 conference had a
technical program
committee.
The EMAC 2000 conference had a
technical committee.
Membership of the above committees provided below.
The AEMC 1996
conference program list a `technical organising committee'
(Broadbridge 1996).
In August 1995
Intending conference participants (wishing to present a paper or not)
(May 1995)
were asked to indicate their interest in the conference by sending
an expression of interest form to Dr Daniel Yuen.
In addition prospective presenters were asked to
forward an abstract of approximately 250 words
(May 1995).
The members were:
| Daniel Yuen (Chair) | BHP |
| Philip Broadbridge | UoW |
| Noel Barton | CSIRO |
| David Butler | BHP |
| Frank de Hoog | CSIRO |
| Rimma Lapovok | CSIRO |
| Noel Thompson | James Hardie Industries |
| Francis Rose | DSTO |
| Nhan Phan-Thien | USN |
| Milton Fuller | CQU |
| Barrie Fraser | USN |
| Sean McElwain | QUT |
| Moshe Zukerman | Telstra Research Laboratories |
The AEMC 1996 conference program list an
`international technical advisory committee'
(Broadbridge 1996).
The members were:
| Jaroslaw Cerny | Czech Technical University |
Czech Republic |
| Maria Demlova | Czech Technical University |
Czech Republic |
| Bo Johansson | Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden |
| Leslie Mustoe | Loughborough University of Technology |
UK |
| Peter Nuesch |
Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland |
| Lennart Rade |
Chalmers Institute of Technology | Sweden |
The final version of all papers presented at this conference
were refereed by at least one member of this committee
(Tuck & Stott (1998).)
| Prof E. Tuck (Chair) | UAD |
| Prof D. Gray (Deputy Chair) |
UAD |
| Dr N. Barton |
CSIRO |
| Dr J. Denier |
UAD |
| Prof J. Filar |
FDU |
| A/Prof Golpalsamy |
FDU |
| Dr S. Ho |
DSTO |
| A/Prof. W. Henderson |
UAD |
| Dr G. Hocking |
MDU |
| Dr S. Lucas |
USA |
| Prof S. McElwain |
QUT |
| Dr I. Ram |
UAD |
| Dr R. Warfield |
Telstra Research Laboratories, Melbourne |
The
EMAC 2000
conference proceedings list a `technical committee'
(May et al 2000). All papers were reviewed
by two referees,
at least one of whom was a member of the technical committee.
| A/ Prof Rob May (Chair) | RMIT |
| Dr A. Blicblau | SUT |
| Prof P. Broadbridge | UOW |
| A/Prof A. Easton | SUT |
| Dr D. Fletcher | USN |
| Prof L. Forbes | UTAS |
| Dr B. Golley | ADFA |
| Prof R. Johnston | MNU |
| Dr Grant Keady | UWA |
| Dr A. Mack | UTS |
| A/Prof J. Mazumdar | UAD |
| Dr R. Melnik | CSIRO |
| Dr S. Moorthy | RMIT |
| Dr J. Naser | SUT |
| Prof N. Phan-Thien | USN |
| Dr F. Rose | Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories |
| Dr P. Schwarz | CSIRO Minerals |
| A/Prof J. Shepherd | RMIT |
| A/Prof Pavel Trivailo | RMIT |
| A/Prof S. Watkins | RMIT |
I do not have a list of delegates for: the
Inaugural Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference (1992), the
Engineering Mathematics Group Symposium (1993), or
EMAC 2000.
There were 134, 115 and 144 delegates at
AEMC 1994,
AEMC 1996,
EMAC 1998.
The following analysis uses conference delegate
lists for
AEMC 1994 and
AEMC 1996.
provided by John Shepherd and the conference
delegate list for
EMAC 1998 provided by Harvinder Sidhu.
How many delegates have attended how many conferences? Data below!
Analysis of EMACs attended
based on the list of delegates
at AEMC 1994,
AEMC 1996, and
EMAC 1998.
| Number of EMACs attended |
Frequency |
|---|
| 1 | 301 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 12 |
The twelve delegates to attend three conferences were:
Aaron Blicblau,
Alan Easton,
Bill Blyth,
Dominic Wu,
Gunther Kurz,
Howard Connell,
Jagannath Mazumdar,
John Shepherd,
Joseph Steiner,
Mike Pemberton,
Milton Fuller,
and
Nian Li.
How about international delegates?
Analysis of EMACs attended by international delegates
based on the list of delegates
at AEMC 1994 and
AEMC 1996, and
EMAC 1998.
| Number of EMACs attended |
Frequency |
|---|
| 1 | 58 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 |
The two international delegates to attend two conferences were:
Irene Pestov,
and
Leslie Mustoe.
The one international delegate to attend three conferences was:
Gunther Kurz.
| ADFA | Australian Defence Force Academy |
| AMSI | Australian Mathematical Sciences
Institute |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| AOTC |
Australian and Overseas Telecommunication Corporation |
| BHP |
Broken Hill Propriety Company Limited |
| BOU | Bond University |
| CMG | Computational Mathematics Group |
| CQU | Central Queensland University |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation |
| CUT | Curtin University of
Technology |
| DSTO | Defence Science and Technology
Organisation |
| EMAC |
Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference |
| EMG |
Engineering Mathematics Group |
| FDU |
Flinders University of South Australia |
| GFU |
Griffith University |
| IE Aust | The Institution of Engineers
Australia |
| LTU | La Trobe University |
| MDU | Murdoch University |
| MNU | Monash University |
| MQU | Macquarie University |
| MSU | Massey University (New Zealand)
|
| ICIAM | International Congress in
Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
| QUT |
Queensland University of Technology |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology |
| SECV |
State Electricity Commission of Victoria |
| SEFI |
Société Européenne pour la Formation des
Ingénieurs |
| SIT | Sydney Institute of
Technology |
| SUT | Swinburne University of
Technology |
| UAD | University of Adelaide |
| UAL | University of Auckland
(New Zealand) |
| UCQ | University of Central Queensland |
| (Changed its name in 1994 to
Central Queensland University) |
| UMB | University of Melbourne |
| UNC | University of Newcastle |
| UNSW | University of New South Wales |
| UNSW at ADFA |
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence
Force Academy |
| UoW | University of Wollongong |
| UQ | University of Queensland |
| USA | University of South Australia |
| USN | University of Sydney |
| USQ | University of Southern Queensland |
| UTAS | University of Tasmania |
| UTS | University of Technology,
Sydney |
| UWA | University of Western Australia
|
| VUT | Victoria University of Technology
|
| VUW | Victoria University of Wellington
(New Zealand) |
Bill Blyth provided me with some insights into how
EMAC 2000 was organised.
He also filled in the missing information about the
winners of the Biennial EMG awards in 1998 & 2000
(Blyth, 2019). He also brought to my
attention the IEAust award
(Blyth, 2019).
Philip Brooker found archived copies of the EMAC 2000 webpage
through the national library of Australia (23rd November 2019).
Martin Bunder let me borrow his collection of issues
of the Australian Mathematical Society Gazette:
Volume 1 (1974) to Volume 26 (1999).
Graeme Hocking told me who won the student prize at EMAC 1998, that
he was on the student prize committee, and that the winner was delighted!
(Hocking,2019).
Kathy Horadam gave me her copy of the proceedings from the
Engineering Mathematics Group Symposium (1993).
This book contained the program and the list of participants.
Zlatko Jovanoski gave me his copy of the
EMAC 2000
proceedings.
Ross Moor told me how to replace `20-22' by the nicer looking
`20–22'. (I have not always done this!)
Irene Penesis suggested that EMAC 2000 did not have a delegates list.
(If they had one, she would have kept it!)
(Penesis, 2019).
She also told me who chaired the student prize at EMAC 1998
(Penesis, 2019b).
John Shepherd provided me with:
- the delegates list for the
AEMC 1994 conference;
- the conference program, the delegates list and the conference proceedings
for AEMC 1996;
- the conference proceedings for EMAC 1998.
Harvinder Sidhu provided me with delegates list for
EMAC 1998.
Several people have helped by answering questions (even if they were not
able to answer the question). These include:
Aaron Blicblau
Frank de Hoog, Tim Gourlay, Kathy Horadam, Jagan Mazumdar,
Helen MacGillivray, Roderick Melnik, Sidney Morris, Harvinder Sidhu,
John Shepherd,
Yvonne Stokes,
&
Bevan Thompson.
- Email from Professor Joseph Steiner.
30th September, 2015.
By `paperwork' I mean such things as: list of delegates, conference
program and conference proceedings (where these were published as
a hardcopy).
I am missing the following paperwork
- The Inaugural Engineering Mathematics and Applications
Symposium (1992).
All paperwork is missing.
- Engineering Mathematics Group Symposium (1993)
I have everything!
- The 1st Biennial Australian Engineering Mathematics and
Applications Conference (1994)
I am missing the conference program and the conference proceedings.
- The 2nd Biennial Australian Engineering Mathematics and
Applications Conference (1996)
If it existed the only paperwork I am missing is the
"book of abstracts".
However, as the conference proceedings were distributed at the
conference it is very likely that a "book of abstracts was not
produced.
- The 3rd Biennial Engineering Mathematics and
Applications Conference (1998)
I believe that the only paperwork I am missing is the
"book of abstracts".
However, I believe that the conference proceedings were distributed at
the conference. Hence it is very likely that a
"book of abstracts" was not produced.
- The 4th Biennial Engineering Mathematics and
Applications Conference (2000)
I am missing the "book of abstracts", the conference program
and the list of conference delegates.
As the conference proceedings were distributed at
the conference it is very likely that a
"book of abstracts" was not produced.
Irene Penesis (2019) leads me to believe
that EMAC 2000 did not have a delegates list.
I have kept all my proceedings and normally if there was a delegates
list, I keep it with the proceedings. I haven't got the delegates
list for EMAC2000 (as
I think they didn't prepare one)
.
Philip Brooker (2019) tracked down the
EMAC 2000
web page (though an archived copy at the National Library of Australia).
This contains a copy of the final program. But it is very annoying!
The programme does not always list the speaker, rather it provides
all the names of the authors of the paper. Very frustrating.
This shows the sources that I have used to write this document.
- Australia Engineering Mathematics
Conference 1996 (1996). First Circular & Registration.
Australian Mathematical Society Gazette
23(1), pages 49- 52.
- Australian Mathematical Society Gazette.
1 (1974),
2 (1975) Number 1 (May) to 3 (December),
3 (1976),
4 (1977) Number 1 (April) to 3 (December),
5 (1978) Number 1 (April) to 3 (December),
6 (1989) to 23 (1995),
23 (1996) Number 1 (April) to 2 (July),
Number 4 (November) to 5 (December),
24 (1997) –44 (2017).
A detailed reading of the Gazette might reveal a treasure trove
of information about EMG. Due to lack of
time I have just looked through the index of each issue.
- M.D.J. Barry and L.R. Mustoe.. (1995).
The Role of Mathematics in Modern Engineering: AEMC94
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 22(1), pages 26-30, March 1995.
- Blyth, B. (2005).
Engineering Mathematics Group
Report 2005 to ANZIAM (January 2006).
- Blyth, B. (2019).
Email on history of EMG Awards (1st February 2019).
- Broadbridge, P. (1996).
Australia Engineering Mathematics Conference '96: Conference
Programme.
- Broadbridge, P. (1997).
AEMC96: 2nd Biennial Conference of the Engineering Mathematics Group.
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 24(1), pages 34-35, April 1997.
- Brooker, P. (2019).
Email about information/documentation from EMAC 2000 (23rd November 2019).
- Cohen, G. (2007). Counting Australia In.
Halstead Press.
The only mention of EMAC in this book is the fact that the 6th EMAC
meeting was embedded into ICIAM. There is no mentioned of the EMG
group.
- Constitution of the Engineering Mathematics
Group. 1992, revised 2001.
http://www.anziam.org.au/Engineering+Mathematics+Group+Constitution
.
- Evans, Lindsay. (1993).
Report on the Engineering Mathematics Symposium
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 20(4), page 141, October 1993.
- Hocking, G. (2019).
Conversation about the student prize at EMAC 1998.
EMAC 2019 conference dinner (5th December 2019).
- May, P. (1995). AEMC 96: 2nd Biennial Engineering
Mathematics Conference.
Australian Mathematical Society Gazette
22(3), pages 159-160, 1995.
- May, R.L., Fitz-Gerald, G.F, and Grundy,
I.H. (Editors). (2000).
EMAC 2000 Proceedings. Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Engineering
Mathematics and
Applications Conference, 10–13 September 2000.
- Mazumdar, J.. (1998).
Chairman's Message. EMAC '98. 3rd Biennial Engineering Mathematics
and Applications Conference. Conference Proceedings. Page v.
- Penesis, I. (2019).
Email about delegates list at EMAC 2000 and EMAC 2003.
- Penesis, I. (2019b).
Email about the prize for best student presentation at
EMAC 1998 (2nd December 2019).
- Steiner, Joseph.. (1994).
AEMC94 List of Participants. 1994.
- Steiner, Joseph.. (1995).
Engineering Mathematics Group - ANZIAM 1994 Annual Report
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 22(1), pages 24-26, March 1995.
- Summerfield, W.. (1992a).
Symposium Report: Mathematics in Engineering.
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 19(6), pages 163-164, December 1992.
- Summerfield, W.. (1992b).
Specialist Group: Engineering Mathematics Group.
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 19(6), pages 163-164, December 1992.
- Summerfield, W.. (1993).
ANZIAM (formerly D.A.M.) Notes.
Australian Mathematical Society GAZETTE,
Volume 20(3), pages 107-108, August 1993.
- Summerfield, W. (1995). ANZIAM Notes.
Australian Mathematical Society Gazette
22(3), pages 149-150, 1995.
- Tuck, E., and Stott, J. . (1998).
Preface. EMAC '98. 3rd Biennial Engineering Mathematics
and Applications Conference. Conference Proceedings. Page vii-viii.
- Yuen, D., Broadbridge, P., and Steiner, J..
(1996). AEMC 96 Conference Proceedings. The Institution of Engineers,
Australia. NCP No. 96/08. ISBN (Book) 0 85825 653 3.
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