UWA Engineering Class of 1979

UWA Engineering Class of 1979

Updated: 5 Feb 2024

Last name	First name	Discipline	LinkedIn	Spouse	Children	G/children	Currently	Short History
Antoniak	Wasyl
Azzam	Abraham	Civil	y
Birss	Pim	Civil	y	1 + 1ex	2	0	Perth	After Uni I started with Alcoa at the Kwinana Refinery as a project engineer (Civil). After 5 years there and a year of travelling, I worked at Bruechle Gilchrist and Evans (BGE) learning all about Structural Engineering and did an MBA at UWA at the same time (crazy times then as also played lots of basketball and partied). I then worked as a structural engineering contractor with stints at Proteus and Clough before settling down at GHD for the next 22 years until the present time - mostly as the Manager of the Structures and Bridges Group. The GHD phase also coincided with being married and having two lovely daughters, and I recall not turning up for work in the first week at GHD due the arrival of the first daughter. I retired in 2022 and now spend my spare time with my wife, Gayle, playing bridge and golf and riding bikes, especially down the Munda Biddi Trail.
Bosisto	Mark	Civil		y			Perth
Bott	Michael
Bremer	Jeffrey	Mechanical						Currently with Jacobs
Brockman	Bob	Elec		1	3	1	Perth	After graduating I spent 4 years with Bunnings on various timber industry automation projects. I then worked for Wood & Grieve for 13 as an electrical project engineer in building services and then in industrial. I have been operating my own consulting business for the past 17+ years and have undertaken building services, industrial, water treatment and solar power projects.
Brown	GW	Civil
Chan	Chun	Elec
Chew	John	Mechanical
Christinson	John	Mechanical
Cigulev (Tsigoulis)	Nick	Elec	y	y	3	0	Perth	Joined Telecom after uni and stayed 29 years for a few careers covering radio telecommunications, customer network engineering, and the integration of new products including the expansion of the internet from 2MB pipes out of Australia to similar amounts from your house, expansion of ADSL, and introduction of 3G / Next G mobile phone networks and products. A short stint consulting on networks and NBN matters was followed by a program management role for the maintenance of Western Power’s transmission network. Currently a specialist oversighting the delivery of Western Power’s total works program. I’ve got 3 boys and the youngest has just finished school. The eldest have graduated as engineers - a civil and a mech but I won’t hold that against them. My partner Flavia spends her time cleaning up after them whilst I go out riding a bike and sometimes take advantage of the short abalone season.
Clifford	John	Civil	y	y	5	1	Saudi Arabia	Currently head up the rail business for WorleyParsons in Saudi Arabia. I got here via a circuitous route via Main Roads, 9 years on the Perth to Mandurah railway project and an assortment of Civil design and consulting roles. Added an MBA and MSc (Rail) along the way. Happily married and have an bountiful family. Immediate goal is to reduce overseas travel and increase cycling.
Cransberg	Alan	Civil	n	1	4	0	Mandurah	Joined Alcoa when left Uni and have stayed there. Worked in mining, refining and smelting management positions including 7 years working in the USA (Texas, Tennessee and New York). My last position prior to retirement was Chairman and MD of Alcoa in Australia. In the Community, a board member of the Alcoa Foundation (US Based), a board member of Black Swan State Theatre Company and a Board Member of the Foundation to Prevent Violence Against Women and Their Children. In my spare time am interested in sport of most descriptions, skiing and spending as much time with my family as I can.
Davis	Matt	Elec	n	y	2	0	Perth	Joined a Perth based consulting engineering firm, Wood and Grieve Engineers, when I graduated and ended up spending my whole career there, apart from a couple of years in Adelaide with Lincolne Scott. Was the National Building Services Manager and a Director for over 15 years during a time of significant growth of the firm from a base in WA to becoming a national firm through the establishment of offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Retired from Wood and Grieve Engineers in 2010. Did my bit for the profession as WA chairman and committee member of both Consult Australia (previously the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia) and the Australian Council of Built Environment Design Professions and served on the national judging panel for the Property Council of Australia Awards. Interests outside work- bike riding, old Porsches, travel. (honorary 1979 member despite finishing in 1980 after staying in the UK following the Gleddon Tour)
D Rozario	Ralph	Civil
Dallimore	Michael	Elec	y	y	2	0	Melbourne	Currently GM with Broadcast Australia Pty Limited. Spent 20 years in Telecom Australia/Telstra mainly in the radio and broadcasting areas. Moved to Melbourne in 1989. Left Telstra in 2000 to join Radio Frequency Systems where I spent 8 years as the Global Product Manager for broadcast products. In 2007 I joined Broadcast Australia in a Business Development role and most recently have been in charge of the restacking of the Australian UHF spectrum to free up the 700MHz space for the Telco’s to use.
Delich	Mato	Mechanical						Deceased
Di Giovanni	Vince	Mechanical	y	y	3	n	Perth	Joined Hamersley Iron after graduation, left to join Dowel Schlumberger in UAE, Changed several companies and jobs having worked in UAE, Brunei, Iran, Italy and in North West of WA. In Perth since 1998 working with several companies. Returned to UWA and obtained Graduate Diploma in Oil and Gas Engineering.
Dolphin	Brad	Elec
Elsner	Dean	Mechanical
Fall	Peter	Elec	y	1	4	4	Switzerland	Living in Switzerland, working as analyst programmer for UBS - defining and rolling out changes to their securitised products order management system. In my spare time, private research into hardware (fpga) based ultra low latency trading, doing as much hiking as I can (my wife and I live in the mountain village of Engelberg) and motorcycling when I get a chance.
Faraone	Michael	Elec	y	y	3	0	Perth	After graduating I worked at Telecom Australia for a year and soon realised this was not the place I wanted to be long term. I then joined Worley Engineering as an Instrument and Control Engineer working on the North Rankin A Gas platform. I have been involved in the oil and gas industry ever since in various roles ranging from design, construction and commissioning. Over the past 30 odd years I have worked for Santos, Woodside, Worley Parsons and am now on the Gorgon Project. Most of my work has been in Perth, however I have had stints in Adelaide, 4 years in Malaysia and one and a half years in South Korea. I am married and have 3 boys all in their early twenties. On Sunday mornings I can be found on the cycle paths around Perth. Yes, I am one of those MAMILS (Middle Aged Men in Lycra) Deceased.
Finch	Stewart	Civil
Foley	Paul	Civil
Folwell	Jeremy	Civil	y	1	3	0	Adelaide	Joined Western Mining Corporation (WMC) as a graduate working on the Olympic Dam Copper Uranium Project in SA. Have been back several times during major expansions as Chief Civil/Structural Engineer. Also worked on many projects for WMC in WA, SA and Fiji mainly as Chief Civil/Structural Engineer or Project Manager. WMC was taken over by BHP Billiton in 2005 where I became Engineering Manager for Infrastructure for Olympic Dam. Interests include sport and skiing.
Forbes	Gregory	Civil	y
Gee	Stuart	Civil
Giovannangelo	Fiore	Mechanical	y	1	2	2	Perth	After graduating I went to work for Westrail. I soon worked out that I preferred management to engineering so I started moving towards management roles at Westrail and then enrolled in an MBA course at Curtin Uni. In 1988, I moved to Ampol managing the WA seaboard terminals. After a couple of years I moved into the role of State Operations Manager and keep that position when Ampol and Caltex merged in 1995. When the American management style eventually replaced the very efficient and exciting Ampol processes I decided it was time to move on and to try something totally different; I went to work for Sodexho as General Manager Food Service at Royal Perth Hospital. Loved that role but unfortunately after 6 years the state government decided to take catering services back in house so the job came to an end. At that point I thought I’d try a local company so I went to work for Kailis Brothers managing their warehousing and distribution operations. In 2007, I landed what has become my ideal job – Director of Operations at Hale School. Apart from the diversity of the role, what I love about the job is that the focus is not on making profit but on how to provide the best possible facilities with the money that is available. The other bonus is that I have almost every weekend off to spend with my grandchildren.
Gupanis	Lewis	Civil
Halim	Husin	Mechanical
Hamden	M	Civil
Hamilton	Gregory	Civil
Ho	Cheok	Civil
Jones	BP	Elec
Jones	Lloyd	Elec	n	y	2	0	Perth	I started with Mt Newman Mining Co (now BHPB Iron Ore) in the Pilbara thirty+ years ago as part of their Graduate Training Scheme, initially for a 2 year period. I have been fortunate to have been given opportunities in technical, operational and major capital project management roles within the company since commencing. Except for a six month stint in the USA, my work has been in Australia, including a total of 10 years in Port Hedland. I completed my MBA at UWA during the nineties. Lauril and I have two sons, one at UWA studying Engineering and the other at school. Now retired.
Jordan	David	Elec
Kassim	Anuar	Civil
Kauhanen	Leo	Elec
Kay	Malcolm	Elec	y
Khan	Ramzan	Elec
Kirke	Mike	Mechanical	y	1	3	0	Mandurah	I joined Alcoa at Kwinana when I graduated as an Industrial Engineer where I worked for a couple of years and then left to work for BHP in Pt Hedland where I replaced the locomotive fleet and then ran the train set for a while. I then spent a couple of years with CRA at the Weipa bauxite mine in NQ, replacing the mining fleet, building a new fleet maintenance workshop and a stint as the maintenance supervisor. In 1993 I returned to Alcoa, this time at Pinjarra and have been there every since having had various roles in maintenance, operations, inventory management and procurement systems for Australia and more recently for the global organization. For a time, I was responsible for data integrity and quality for Alcoa’s global procurement systems. Since leaving Alcoa, I started my own company - Rural data Management Services to assist farmers to track them livestock and productivity. I married Sue after we graduated and we have 3 (grown) sons. Interests include family, travel, geocaching & Rotary.
Knott	Ben	Civil
Kok	Wan Cheong	Civil
Kundid	Tony	Civil
Kustra	Marian
Lee	Tan	Mechanical
Lee	Kim	Civil
Lee	Wee	Mechanical
Liew	Koon	Civil
Lim	TJ	Elec	y	y	3	0	Perth	I have got 3 grown-up children, two living away from home. Phew! ..... one more to go ..... Was working as hardware engineer for L3-Nautronix for yonks, until I needed a change. Now, I am working with a recycling company (plant is in Shenton Park) as their instrumentation guy. I just loved to get my hands dirty!!!.... Weekends for me is playing golf .... and more golf!
Mak	Kin	Civil
Marmion	Geoffrey	Mechanical
Martis	Joseph	Elec
McDowell	Sydney	Elec
McGilvray	Mike	Civil
Miles DW	David	Civil
Mitchell	Laurence	Civil
Narvaez	Jose	Mechanical
Newman	Matthew	Elec
Newsome	Paul	Elec
Nguyen	Hung Lan	Elec
Oliver	Mark	Civil
Ong	Michael	Mechanical	y
Orton	Simon	Elec
Palandri	Luigi	Civil
Panek	Peter	Civil
Panter	David	Elec
Pearson	Mike	Mechanical
Pecorari	Henry	Elec	y	2	3	0	Perth	Henry joined Telecom with a bunch of others after graduation and soon left for BP Refinery Kwinana. Following BP, Henry worked in/for/at the following: Woodside Train 3, Davey McKee McDermott (Goodwin A), Saudi Arabia, EOS on North Rankin B, Wheatstone FEED, Hess Petroleum, Gorgon (including on Barrow Island for about 12 months), and is now with Inpex.
Percival	Colin	Civil	y
Petrig	Rudi	Mechanical	y	1	3	0	Perth	Started with SECWA (Synergy, Alinta) for a few years, then a few years at Ace-t and later PCT Engineers. Worked in Switzerland for a couple of years with Fisher-Rosemount. Moved back to Perth and joined Dawson Brown&Root, then 10 years with CMS Energy/APA and later moved into consulting/contract work.
Player	Gary	Civil	y	y	2	0	Port Hedland	Strangely, having worked for Main Roads since graduation, I am currently residing in Port Hedland – the economic powerhouse of the country (or at least it was until the iron ore price went down!) as I needed a change in environment (and to force my 2 kids out of my house – partly successful). Out of hours I like to explore the Pilbara and enjoy camping and fishing.
Ragunathan	Chinnai	Elec						finished after 1979 ??
Rakai	Akariva	Mechanical	y
Randle	David	Elec
Reynolds	Peter	Civil
Ripley	Ian	Civil		y	4	0	Perth (working in Qatar)
Robson	Simon	Civil
Safar	John	Elec
Scolaro	Giorgio	Elec
Scott	Phillip	Civil	y				Perth
Shipway	Ian	Elec	y	y	2	0	Philadelphia	After graduating, I worked as a Hardware Engineer on satellites for British Aerospace in the UK. After 4 years, I then moved to the US and worked for RCA, again on satellite design. I spent 4 years with RCA then moved into medical device design. I have worked for 4 different companies working on a variety of medical devices. Presently I am the Director of Systems Engineering for a company that has commercialized a neuro-stimulator for treating psychiatric conditions. I met my wife in the US and keep active with my kids. I enjoy the outdoors, especially skiing, camping and hiking.
Silberstein	Rodney		y
Smith	John	Elec
Stapleton	Michael	Elec
Steer	Ian	Elec	y	1	2	0	Perth	Joined Telecom with a bunch of others after graduating, left after 18 months, then worked for Ace-t, Westrail signalling (briefly), Intellect Australia and Transcom. During the late 80s, I persevered through an MBA back at UWA - then decided I didn't like being a manager! Transcom was for final straw for me for the electronics industry in Perth and joined BHP Engineering. BHPE was then sold to Hatch, and there I stayed for the next 19 years (last 6 years seconded to the Gorgon LNG Project). After being retrenched in Jan 2016, I retired. Can be seen; playing bad golf at Collier Park and Point Walter, driving a 2016 Mustang, driving a 1928 Model A Ford, and riding a mountain bike or road bike.
Tambakis	Peter	Civil
Thomas	David	Elec
Thong	Thiam	Elec
Twycross	Philip	Civil	y	y	1	0	Perth	I joined MRD WA on graduation. Left them for Freyssinet in Brisbane. Shortly changed to MRD SW Qld. Offered a job in Melbourne with Humes and commenced 25 years in the precast industry, with five companies, in engineering, sales and management positions. This included Quickfloor in Brisbane, Rocla in Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane. I picked up a MBA from Deakin Uni along the way as well as recently completing a Grad Cert at UQ. I briefly came back to the road industry in SW Qld with a FIFO position with the flood recovery project. Most recently I have been manager of a Perth precast manufacturer. We have parted ways and I am now looking for the next opportunity. I met and married my wife in Toowoomba. We have one son, born in Brisbane who has just graduated from UQ in Civil Engineering
Velletri	Robert	Mechanical	y	y	2	0	Perth	Following graduation I worked for Alcoa at the Kwinana Alumina Refinery. I was there for a period of almost 10 years and had a number of roles during that time. Early on I was involved in project engineering, then spent time in maintenance, powerhouse operations and worked my way to operations centre manager. In late 1989, through my relationships with United Construction, I was lured to take on the general manager role for listed mining services contractor Monadelphous. The company was being restructured by UC after a period of receivership. I have been with Monadelphous ever since (now 25 years) and have been Managing Director since 2003 based in our Head Office in Perth. I am happily married with two teenage children. My work keeps me pretty busy....in my spare time, I love my sport, especially footy (Eagles), music, and spending time with my family, particularly down south.
Versluis	Peter	Mechanical	y	y	2	0	Perth	I've strayed from the faith quite a bit. I initially worked for Solahart in an engineering role but then got involved with technical service, then selling, then marketing, and finally ran the company. Following this I had a series of management roles with Futuris in Perth and Sydney running some of their manufacturing businesses. In 2000 I formed an event management company with a few ex-colleagues and ran this for 14 years before selling it last year. Now I work with a Melbourne-centred business advisory firm but as one of three Perth-based partners. I work mainly in the SME space helping with marketing, organisational and strategic issues (and I'm always looking for new clients). Along the way I completed an MBA and I teach part-time at Edith Cowan and Notre Dame Universities.
Wager (Murphy)	Susan	Civil					Perth	MD at Water Corporation
Walker	Dean	Mechanical	y
Walker	William		y
Wallace	John	Civil
Ward	David	Elec	y	1	2	0	Perth	After graduating I spent 3 years in the UK working for a defence company, Cossor Electronics, then returned to Perth and worked for Acet for 8 years. When Acet went down the gurgler I worked for QPSX Communications for 7 years doing software development initially and then hardware design. Stayed until Telstra decided to close down QPSX. I returned to the UK for another 3 years and set up a consulting company doing electronic contract work. Returned to Perth and got involved in a couple of start up companies through UWA and Curtin Uni. I then got involved in setting up another start up company - Mobilarm - developing an electronic Man Overboard safety system. Stayed there for 4 years before joining Sensear as Engineering Manager developing hearing protection and communication headsets. After 5 years at Sensear I decided to quit and start up an independent Hearing Aid company and Audiology clinic; Hearmore and Phoenix Hearing Clinic. Hearmore and PHC have been running now for just over 1 year. It provides low cost hearing aids through pharmacy networks rather than through traditional high cost audiology clinics.
Watkins	Michael	Civil
Williamson	Thomas	Mechanical
Woo	Man	Elec
Woollacott	Geoffrey	Civil
Yeao	Steven	Elec
Yeap	Chun	Civil
Yovich	Steven	Civil
Yu	Lungh Fey	Elec