BSc,PhD, FIMechE, CEng, FIEAust, CPEng, MASME

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Email: hlstark@optusnet.com.au              Web: www.hlstark.com.au

BSc	1st class Hons., 1967, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
PhD	1971, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
FIMechE	Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK)
CEng	Chartered Engineer (UK)
FIEAust	Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia
CPEng	Chartered Professional Engineer (Aus.)
MASME	Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
also
RPEQ	Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ No.5107 , Civil Eng.)
NER	Registered in the National Engineering Register (Aus.)
1971-72	Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, now University of Technology, Sydney
1972-81	Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of NSW
1981-86	Senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of NSW
1986-2004	50% partial employment senior lecturer / 50% self employed consultant
2004 -	Self employed consultant

A mechanical/structural engineer with specialist interests in stress analysis and the design of products and capital equipment with particular reference to strength and stiffness who :

• has published forty five papers in international journals and conferences relating to mechanical properties of materials, product design, fracture mechanics and structural design in plastics.

• has , in the past 38 years , carried out in excess of 1,500 consulting assignments for both the public and private sectors ranging over a wide spectrum including, fatigue analysis of welded structures, structural design of pressure vessels, plastic products , ladders , machine frames, electrical conduit fittings, plastic and metal furniture and components, medical implants, railway track components, rubber springs, scuba cylinders etc.  was the lead mechanical design engineer for the JLG Liftpod (Gold cup winner in the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2009, organized by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)).

• has carried out many investigations for the legal profession including many appearances as an expert witness , in courts from district to federal , coronial inquiries and in many patent matters.

• supervised for about 20 years, up to 2004, a well equipped laboratory in the School of Mechanical Engineering, UNSW, the main function of which is the mechanical and strength testing of materials and components , and associated research.

• personally owns a small well equipped laboratory capable of strength testing up to forces of 50 tonnes , pressures up to 80 MPa (approx. 11,000 psi) and a variety of other tests such as hardness.

• is an active member of SAA committees on pressure vessels (e.g. see http://youtu.be/PkQH2e7F0rY ), and ladders and the Welding Technology Institute of Australia’s committee on pressure vessels.

• has carried out extensive research on the structure of ladders with respect to ladder accidents for the Aluminium Ladder Manufacturer’s Association, one of the most active contributors to the SAA committee responsible for AS1892 (Portable Ladders) and has carried out over 100 forensic investigations of ladder accidents relating to litigation since 1980.

• was chief investigator on behalf of the Dept. of Public Works and Services in respect of leakage problems with rubber ring jointed pipelines, 760 mm diameter at Port Macquarie , and 600 mm pipeline at Callalla Beach, and on behalf of Lend Lease, a 100 mm A.C. rubber ring jointed pipeline re the Thredbo landslide disaster Coronial Inquest.

• has much practical trade training, gained as a cadet sea going engineer prior to university. In doing much laboratory investigative work over the years these practical skills have been retained and developed, resulting in an engineer with additional competences in a variety of trade skills including welding, fitting, use of machine tools (lathes and milling machines), plumbing; and also much practical experience in electronics and computing with respect to experimental data recording, (ie very much a practical engineer, as distinct from solely an academic one).

H.L. Stark – May 2017