Peter Alan Dowd, (born July 1946 in Australia), is Professor of Mining Engineering at the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

.Peter Dowd's Research profile
University of Adelaide. He was elected a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

in 2006, the

Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...

in 1998, the

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in 1994, and is a fellow or member of numerous other mining-related professional and academic organisations. He was selected to deliver the Georges Matheron Lecture in 2013 by the

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Education

*BSc University of New England, 1967 *MSc Ecole Polytechnique de l’

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

, 1973 *PhD

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, 1978

Career

After graduating from the University of New England, in 1967 Dowd commenced working as an Operational Research Officer at Zinc Corporation / New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd. (now Rio Tinto Ltd) at Broken Hill, NSW, Australia. In 1972 he moved to the University of Montreal, and in 1975 to the University of Leeds. From 1975 to 2004 took various academic positions at the University of Leeds, and was appointed Professor in 1992.Bio
University of Adelaide In 2005 he moved to Adelaide and has taken various academic positions at the University of Adelaide. He was appointed Professor of mining Engineering in 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dowd, Peter A. Living people Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australian scientists Georges Matheron Lectureship recipients University of Adelaide faculty 1946 births