THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA

 

The Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust) is the largest and most diverse engineering association in Australia, with approximately 60 000 members. Like most professional associations, it provides a wide range of benefits, facilities and services to help members achieve their personal and professional goals. It delivers these benefits and services efficiently, providing maximum benefit for the lowest cost.

The Institution is dedicated to representing, supporting and developing the engineering profession as a whole and to encouraging engineers to strive for excellence so that they can reach their full potential as members of the wider community. The Institution promotes and advances the science and practice of engineering to ensure that the community is well served by its engineering resources. It encourages the sustainable development of Australia's technological capacity so that the engineering contribution to economic growth of the nation is maximised.

The Institution is committed to enhancing the reputation and standing of the profession and its practitioners. It accredits engineering courses in Australia, operates programs of continuing education and professional development, maintains a vigorous publishing and conference program and involves itself in debate on national and community issues.

IEAust embraces all members of the engineering team as well as all disciplines of engineering. Its influence reaches across all regions of Australia and it is also active internationally - in fact, it is one of the world's most highly respected engineering associations.

The Institution helps those who have chosen engineering as a career to keep abreast of the latest developments in engineering worldwide. It facilitates knowledge-sharing and networking, it guarantees professional status, it advises government on issues of public concern and it promotes engineering practice for the common good.

Organisation

The Institution was first established in 1919 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1938. It now operates within the terms of a Supplemental Royal Charter granted in 1993.

A Council, led by the National President, governs the Institution, which is administered by employed staff headed by the Chief Executive who operates from the Institution's National Office. The Institution is organised into a number of Divisions and regional offices to help members have ready access to the organisation, in Australia or overseas. The National Congress is a broadly representative body that meets at least once a year to advise Council and review the Royal Charter, Bye-laws, Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Procedures.

 

Colleges

Colleges represent the learned-society function of IEAust. The Colleges are responsible for maintaining, extending and promoting the body of knowledge, formulating standards for accrediting university degree programs and practice competencies for the attainment of chartered status, providing expert members of accreditation and assessment panels, promoting discipline-specific Continuing Professional Development, and mentoring the development of graduates to full professional level.

There are currently eight Colleges of the IEAust that broadly cover all areas of practice in engineering:

 

  • Biomedical
  • Chemical
  • Civil
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  • Electrical

 

  • Environmental
  • ITEE
  • Mechanical
  • Structural

Mechanical College

The Mechanical College includes about 14,000 of the members of the IEAust. These members are geographically distributed throughout the states and territories of Australia, and overseas. The College has a Board, with a Chair and representatives from each of the regional areas of Australia, as well as representatives from kindred societies such as IMechE. The Board meets about twice each year, usually in Sydney or Melbourne, and at other times communicates by e-mail and teleconference.

The Mechanical College publishes peer-reviewed technical papers in its "Transactions".

The Board is usually concerned with the status of mechanical engineering teaching in Australia; providing qualified personnel to specialist committees of Standards Australia, publisher of our national standards; supporting initiatives related to continuing professional development (CPD) of qualified engineers; auditing the CPD records of mechanical engineers of chartered status (CPEng); and contributing to national debates impinging on mechanical engineering in general, such as research and development, and specific safety issues.

The College also recognises high achievement of its members through awards:

AWARDS

AGM Michell Medal
This award is made annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to the field of Mechanical Engineering through technical innovation, eminence in the field or through sustained and notable leadership or a combination of the aforementioned.

George Julius Medal
This award is given at the discretion of the College Board for the Paper judged to be the most outstanding in the field of Mechanical Engineering during the previous 12 months.

Warman Design & Build Competition
This Competition is for 2nd year undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students and the National Finals are held in Sydney at the Powerhouse Museum in September each year. The aim is for students to learn the value and significance of Engineering Design in Mechanical Engineering.

The Mechanical College has certain "national committees" with which it interacts. At present, these are:


National Committee on Engineering Design
National Committee on Applied Mechanics

The College has frequent liaison and agreements with the following International Mechanical Engineering Organisations:

 

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