Doreen Thomas

Doreen Anne Thomas, emeritus professor of Mechanical Engineering at Melbourne University,[1] earned a BSc from the University of Cape Town, and another from the University of Witwatersrand. At Oxford she earned an MSc and a D.Phil[2] in 1976, with a mathematical dissertation entitled Problems in Functional Analysis supervised by Hilary Priestley.[3]

Doreen Thomas
OccupationProfessor of Mechanical Engineering

Her mathematical in network analysis work led to her contributions in electrical and mechanical engineering.

As professor in the many engineering schools, in mathematics and statistics[4] and as associate dean of research and research training[4] at Melbourne she has done much to encourage women to be engineers.[4][5] The engineering faculty of Melbourne University honours her work by offering postdoctoral scholarships in her name.[6][5][4] She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.[7] She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2019.[8] She commercialised her mining software optimising mine design via the company MineOptima which was acquired by the mining software company RPM.[9]

Selected publications

References

  1. "Search - Doreen A. Thomas". search.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Prof Doreen Thomas". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. Doreen Thomas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. "Prof. Emeritus Doreen Thomas Honoured on Queen's Birthday". AMSI. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. Jones, Nicole (27 October 2020). "Opportunities and challenges for women in engineering and IT". Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. "Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women in Engineering (University of Melbourne)". engineeroxy.com. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. "Prof Doreen Thomas". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. "Victorian Honour Roll of women inductees". www.vic.gov.au. 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "AMSI Doreen Thomas:Network optimisation in the access design for underground mines". AMSI Optimise 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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