Bronwyn Evans AM FTSE is an Australian engineer who was Chief Executive Officer of Engineers Australia from 2019 to 2022.

Bronwyn Evans
Alma materUniversity of Wollongong
Employer(s)Standards Australia
Engineers Australia

Evans completed a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wollongong in 1982,[1] one of the first women to do so.[2] She received a PhD in 1998 from the same university for her thesis, "Comparative evaluation of real time robot control systems".[3]

Evans was chief executive officer of Standards Australia from 2013 to 2019.[4] She was chief executive officer of Engineers Australia from 3 October 2019[5] until her retirement in April 2022.[6] In February 2020 she was appointed to the Council of the University of Wollongong.[7]

Awards and recognition

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Evans was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2012.[5] In the same year she was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wollongong.[8]

In 2014 she was named as one of Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Engineers by Engineers Australia.[9]

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to engineering, to standards and to medical technology."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Cambourne, Keeli. "2016: Blazing a trail". University of Wollongong. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Engineers Australia announce UOW alumna Dr Bronwyn Evans as their new Chief Executive Officer". EIS News and Events. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Bronwyn Joy (1 January 1998), Comparative evaluation of real time robot control systems, Department of Information and Communication Technology, retrieved 3 September 2021
  4. ^ a b "Dr Bronwyn Joy Evans". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Bronwyn Evans announced as new CEO of Engineers Australia". ATSE. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Engineers Australia CEO to step down". Defence Connect. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). University of Wollongong. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ "2021: Chancellor recognised for service to business, non-profits and women". University of Wollongong. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ^ "2014: UOW engineers recognised as among the most influential in Australia". University of Wollongong. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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