Rodney Leonard (Rod) Jory
AM
, (26 November 1938 ? 14 October 2021), was an Australian physicist noted for establishing and running the
National Youth Science Forum
(NYSF/
NSSS
) and for his contributions to Australian teams which have competed at the
International Physics Olympiad
. He retired from the position of
director
of the
NYSF
in January 2005. He died in 2021 in
Merimbula
,
New South Wales
, at the age of 82.
Rodney Leonard Jory
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Born
| Rodney Leonard Jory
(
1938-11-26
)
26 November 1938
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Died
| 14 October 2021
(2021-10-14)
(aged?82)
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Nationality
| Australian
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Professor Jory has taught at a number of Australian and overseas universities, most extensively at
The Australian National University
and the
University of Canberra
.
His career history is as follows:
- 1964, technical assistant, Research School of Physical Sciences,
Australian National University
- 1965, senior demonstrator, Department of Physics,
Australian National University
- 1965?1966, research associate,
Florida State University
- 1967?1968, lecturer,
University of Liverpool
- 1969, lecturer,
University of New England
- 1970?1973, senior lecturer,
Canberra College of Advanced Education
- 1974?1984, registrar,
Canberra College of Advanced Education
- 1985?1989, principal lecturer,
Canberra College of Advanced Education
- 1989??, visiting fellow,
Australian National University
- 1990??, associate professor,
University of Canberra
- 2006, visiting lecturer,
University of Sussex
- 2007, visiting lecturer,
University of Vienna
- 2008, professor
University of British Columbia
Scientific publications
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- Jory, R.
; Crompton, R. W. (1962).
"On the Swarm Method for Determining the Ratio of Electron Drift Velocity to Diffusion Coefficient"
.
Aust. J. Phys
.
15
(4): 451.
Bibcode
:
1962AuJPh..15..451C
.
doi
:
10.1071/PH620451
.
- Jory, R.
; Rees, J. A. (1964).
"The Diffusion of Electrons in Dry, Carbon Dioxide Free Air"
.
Aust. J. Phys
.
17
(3): 307.
Bibcode
:
1964AuJPh..17..307R
.
doi
:
10.1071/PH640307
.
- Jory, Rodney (June 1965).
The motion of electrons in crossed electric and magnetic fields
. Canberra: Australian National University.
- Jory, R.
(1965).
"Transport Coefficients for Low Energy Electrons in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields"
.
Aust. J. Phys
.
18
(3): 237.
Bibcode
:
1965AuJPh..18..237J
.
doi
:
10.1071/PH650237
.
- Jory, R.
; Rees, J. A. & Crompton, R. W. (1965).
"The Diffusion and Attachment of Electrons in Water Vapour"
.
Aust. J. Phys
.
18
(6): 541.
Bibcode
:
1965AuJPh..18..541C
.
doi
:
10.1071/PH650541
.
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- Jory, R. & Crompton, R. W. (1965). "The Momentum-Transfer Cross Section for Low Energy Electrons in Helium".
Proc. 4th International Conference on Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions
. Quebec.
- Jory, R.
; Crompton, R. W. & Elford, M. T. (1967).
"The Momentum Transfer Cross Section for Electrons in Helium"
.
Aust. J. Phys
.
20
(4): 369.
Bibcode
:
1967AuJPh..20..369C
.
doi
:
10.1071/PH670369
.
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