Doreen Thomas

Doreen Anne Thomas, is a mathematician and electrical and mechanical engineer.[1] She is an emeritus professor of Mechanical Engineering at Melbourne University[2] and director of the start-up company MineOptima.[3]

Doreen Thomas
OccupationProfessor of Mechanical Engineering

Career

Thomas earned her BSc from the University of Cape Town, and another from the University of Witwatersrand. At Oxford she earned an MSc and a D.Phil[4] in 1976, with a mathematical dissertation entitled Problems in Functional Analysis supervised by Hilary Priestley.[5] 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[6] and as associate dean of research and research training[6] at Melbourne she has done much to encourage women to be engineers.[6][7] The engineering faculty of Melbourne University honours her work by offering postdoctoral scholarships in her name.[8][7][6] In 2006 she as appointed as the University of Melbourne's first female professor of Engineering.[1] She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Australia.[9] She also has over 150 publications in international peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings.[3]

She commercialised her mining software optimising mine design via her start-up company MineOptima which was acquired by the mining software company RPM.[10] This software, which reduces development time and haulage costs in underground tunnel design, has been licensed to some of the world’s largest mining companies.[1]

Awards
  • In 2011 Thomas was awarded with a Citation for an Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.[3]
  • In 2019 she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[11]
  • In 2021 she was recognised for her signifincat service to tertiary engineering education and research, and to women, in this that years Queen’s Birthday Honours (see: 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)).[6]

Selected publications

References
  1. "Professor Emeritus Doreen Thomas". www.vic.gov.au. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. "Search - Doreen A. Thomas". search.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/401-doreen-thomas. Retrieved 10 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Prof Doreen Thomas". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. Doreen Thomas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. "Prof. Emeritus Doreen Thomas Honoured on Queen's Birthday". AMSI. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. Jones, Nicole (27 October 2020). "Opportunities and challenges for women in engineering and IT". Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. "Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowships for Women in Engineering (University of Melbourne)". engineeroxy.com. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. "Prof Doreen Thomas". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  10. "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.
  11. "Victorian Honour Roll of women inductees". www.vic.gov.au. 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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