Kerry Pratt – Camberwell High School Ex Students Society

PhD, DEng. (Melb), FTSE, FIChE, FIE(Aust), FRACI, FAICD

A member of the Class of 1960, which Bob Ewins (former teacher), once described as the most outstanding year he had experienced at CHS
1960 Dux of School (Maths and Sciences). Awarded a Commonwealth Tertiary Scholarship
Member of winning CHS 2nd Eight, High Schools Rowing Regatta, 1960
House conductor, (MacArthur) CHS House Choral competition, 1960
1964 University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering – first place in year. Awarded the Mobil Oil Postgraduate Scholarship
1969 PhD, University of Melbourne

1970 Chemical Engineer, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, USA
1972 -1978 – Member of Academic staff, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
1979-1995 – Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology, Melbourne
1994 – Elected Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1995 – Appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Swinburne University of Technology
2001 – Awarded Commonwealth Centenary Medal for services to science and engineering
2004 – Awarded higher doctorate, Doctor of Engineering, by the University of Melbourne. (At the time, just the 15th such award since the first was awarded to Sir John Monash in 1928)
2007 – Emeritus Professor, Swinburne University
2007-2018 Post retirement part time position, Professorial Fellow, at Monash University, Department of Chemical Engineering
Vice- President for a 3-year term of the International Institution of Chemical Engineers based in the UK – the major professional qualifying body and Chair of the Australian National Committee
Fellow of professional societies – The Institution of Chemical Engineers, The Royal Australian Chemical Institute, The Institution of Engineers, Australia, The Australian Institute of Company Directors
Board Member of a number of Commonwealth Cooperative Research Centres

Board Member of Camcare (5 years), a NFP community service organisation in the City of Boroondara