In 2003 he became the Australian civil engineer of the year.

Simultaneously, they have sent teams of specialists and Australian engineers to choose development projects and plan them with village leaders.

An Australian engineer eventually came up with a process that made small volume, or short-run, manufacturing cost-effective.

June 27 - John Monash (died 1931), Australian civil engineer and General.

Australian and American engineers had three airstrips in operation within two weeks, but the resupply convoys were repeatedly attacked by kamikazes.

Another forty aircraft followed in the afternoon, many containing American and Australian engineers.

December 26 - John Bradfield (died 1943), Australian civil engineer.

Australian engineers build a "quantum microscope" which offers unprecedented levels of precision in measuring live biological systems.

September 23 - John Bradfield (born 1867), Australian civil engineer.

Paul Grundy, 77, Australian civil engineer and academic.