Welcome to the ICE’s web pages for the south eastern region of Australia, that includes the States of Victoria and Tasmania.
Since 1890 the Victorian Local Association (VLA) has provided support for ICE members in our region.
The services offered by VLA include:
- Four Dinner meetings with technical presentations
- Brunel International Lecture, joint with Engineers Australia
- Facilitating CPR in Australia
- Cooperation with Engineers Australia and other learned societies
- Encouraging membership of ICE by the award of the Fred Green Prize
Membership
The current membership in the south eastern region of Australia is 352 (315 in 2009 and 310 in 2008).
VLA Membership
| |
Fellows |
Members |
Associates/
Affiliates |
Graduates |
Students |
Total |
Percentage |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Victoria |
30 |
167 |
10 |
37 |
11 |
255 |
72% |
| Tasmania |
7 |
12 |
1 |
|
|
20 |
6% |
| South Australia |
2 |
41 |
1 |
7 |
26 |
77 |
22% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
39 |
220 |
12 |
44 |
37 |
352 |
100% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Percentage |
11% |
63% |
3% |
13% |
10% |
100% |
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The Fred Green Memorial Prize
This Prize was established by the VLA in 1974 to honour Frederick William Green B.Sc., AMICE, who was head of the engineering department at Swinburne College of Technology (now Swinburne University) from its start in 1913. Fred Green served as Honorary Treasurer of the ICE-VLA from 1934 to 1966, and also carried the Secretary’s duties from 1950 to 1964. The prize is awarded for academic achievement in the penultimate year to one civil engineering student from each of the 8 universities in our region of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. The prize is a certificate of commendation, a cash prize and ICE Student membership for one year. The universities are; The University of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT University, Swinburne University, Victoria University - State of Victoria, University of Tasmania - State of Tasmania, Adelaide University, University of South Australia - State of South Australia. For Victoria and Tasmania, the awards are made at the AGM in May/June each year. The South Australian awards are now presented in Adelaide.
For 2012 the prizes were awarded to:
- James Barr - The University of Melbourne
- Laura Cantwell - Monash University
- Emelie Lundgren - Swinburne University of Technology
- Timothy Samual Graver - University of Tasmania
- Benjamin Pomroyl - Victoria University
- Louise Cooper - RMIT University
At the AGM on 29th May, Neil Thomson, the retiring chairman presented the prizes to the winners who attended the dinner meeting.
For general enquiries please contact either:
Committees
Victorian Local Association
As usual a number of the committee members were up for re-election and all nominations were received at the 2012 AGM. The appointments were made at the Committee Meeting on 18th June 2012. The new Committee of Management of the VLA for 2012/2013 comprises;
Dominic Brown - Chair
Neil Thomson – Past Chair
Alan McCann – Vice Chair
Mike Honeyman - Hon Secretary
Alan Chuck - Hon Treasurer
Committee:
John Grattidge
Robert Hewson
Mike Honeyman
James O’Donnell - representing Graduates and Students
Anthony Bennett - ICE Representative (ex-officio)
Our hard-working honorary secretary, Erik Guldager-Nielsen, died in November 2012. Erik served on the committee for far longer than most and was one of the main stalwarts of the ICE in this region. We shall miss him here.