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Associate Professor Stephen YeomansAssociate Dean (Education)
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Stephen Yeomans is a graduate in metallurgy from the University of New South Wales (BSc Hons 1, 1971 and PhD, 1977). He commenced his academic career as a Lecturer in Civil Engineering Materials, School of Civil Engineering, UNSW in 1974. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1983 and in 1986 transferred to the School of Civil Engineering, University College at ADFA where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995. His teaching and research interests are primarily in engineering materials and he is well known, both locally and internationally, for his work in the metallurgy and welding of aluminium alloys and the corrosion of reinforcement in concrete.
Stephen has worked overseas at the Alcan Research Laboratories in Canada, the Department of Metallurgy, University of Sheffield and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA. He has also lectured widely in seminars, workshops and conferences in England, New Zealand, North America, Mexico, Japan and in several SE Asian countries. Throughout his career he has maintained contacts with a number of professional societies. He is a member of the Welding Technology Institute of Australia Technology and Research Board and since 1994 has been Chair, WTIA Technical and Research Panel 3 – Aluminium, Titanium and Magnesium Alloys. He is also Chair, Standards Australia Committee WD/3/3 and has served on several other Standards committees and working groups.
Professor Yeomans served as Presiding Member of the Board of Studies in Engineering (1996-1999) and was Head, School of Civil Engineering for 5 years from 1998. He also served as Presiding Member of the University College Academic Board in 2003 and was re-elected for a further 2 year term in 2004. He stepped down from this position when he was appointed Associate Dean (Education) in early 2004.
Professor Yeomans has published over 90 papers and technical documents in various fields. In 1996, he was awarded the A. Ramsay Moon Medal of the WTIA for best technical paper of the year. His excellence in teaching and curriculum development was recognised through a Teaching Excellence Award from the University College, UNSW in 1994.