Bronwyn Evans

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

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

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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

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]

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References

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  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
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