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Packham, David Roy (1939 - )

Chemist

Born: 23 May 1939

David Roy Packham and Peet (qv) developed an aerial ignition system in 1966 for controlled burning in forests, using a fixed-wing aircraft flying a grid pattern and dropping special incendiary devices at predetermined points. The incendiary devices were small polystyrene tubes containing solid potassium permanganate into which ethylene glycol was injected mechanically just before dropping.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1962 - 1981 Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1964 Diploma of Applied Chemistry (DipAppChem) completed at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1973 Master of Applied Science (MAppSc) completed at Victoria Institute of Colleges
1981 - 1985 Director of the National Rural Fire Research Centre at Chisholm Institute
1985 - 1987 Deputy Director of the Department of Defence at the Australian Counter Disaster College
1987 - Supervisor of the Rural Fire Weather Services at the Bureau of Meteorology

Online Sources

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003835. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 29 November 2006

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