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Leeds mining engineer fills Exec Dean role

Tuesday, 2 December 2003

Professor Peter Dowd, who for the past 10 years has been Professor of Mining Engineering at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Leeds, has been appointed Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.

He succeeds Professor Ian Young, who this month began his tenure as Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Technology. Professor Dowd will assume his role in July 2004.

Educated at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of New England (BSc 1967), ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Montreal (MSc 1974) and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Leeds (PhD 1978), Professor Dowd has held positions in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Canada and Leeds, England.

He began his career as an Operational Research Fellow at the Conzinc Riotinto in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, and from 1972-1975 he was a Research Fellow in the Department of Geological Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Montreal.

Professor Dowd joined the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Leeds in 1975, holding a number of different roles in the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, before being appointed to his current position in 1993.

"Professor Dowd has a wealth of experience and knowledge in engineering and mathematics and I am confident he will make a major contribution to the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥," Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha said.

"He has not only achieved the highest professional recognition, but has also been active in forging very effective links between academia, industry and the community. We very much look forward to him continuing these activities here for the benefit of the Faculty and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥," Professor McWha added.

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