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Peter Jackson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury, elected IPENZ Deputy President
Monday, 11 April 2005

Peter Jackson has been elected the Deputy President of the Institution of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) Board. He brings to IPENZ his considerable knowledge of educating young engineers.

Peter is currently the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury, and was formally a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland.

His experience with engineering graduates enables him to provide support to IPENZ’s current focus on sustaining and developing the profession by promoting a tertiary education in engineering as a career option, and seeking wider involvement of younger engineers in IPENZ.

“I support initiatives to increase the number of young people taking up engineering careers, and to make IPENZ Membership more attractive and rewarding for young engineers.” he said.

Peter also supports IPENZ’s aim to be more involved with national policies and strategies, not only on technological issues but also on economic and educational development, where it concerns the engineering profession.

“I would like to strengthen the role of IPENZ as a key participant in this process, and to bring about better public understanding of the spectacular successes of engineering in achieving economic and social goals,” he said.

Peter has an international reputation for his research on wind engineering, yachts and low-speed aerodynamics, and is a highly respected academic, nationally and internationally. His specialist interests are in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, particularly applications in wind engineering and the aerodynamics of flexible membranes such as sails.

Peter is a Fellow of IPENZ, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Background notes

Peter Jackson
BE (Engineering Science), ME (Engineering Science), PhD. FIPENZ 1995, MIPENZ 1984. FRAS, MAIAA, Assoc Mem RINA. Present Position: Pro-Vice Chancellor, College of Engineering, University of Canterbury. Offices held: 2004 Vice President, 2001 – present Member Standards & Accreditation Board.

About the IPENZ Board
The IPENZ Board is responsible for the governance of IPENZ. The President, Deputy President and Vice-President all hold one year terms which expire at the Annual General meeting in March each year.

For more information contact:
Professor Peter Jackson
IPENZ Deputy – President
IPENZ Engineers New Zealand
Ph: 03 364 2708

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