Austal Director Wins Prestigious Engineering Award

Austal Ships is pleased to announce that company Director, Chris Norman, has been awarded the prestigious A.G.M Michell Award in recognition of outstanding service in the profession of Mechanical Engineering.

On receiving the award Chris said he was extremely honoured to be judged alongside the many outstanding individuals in this field.

Chris Norman graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1986 with first class honours in Naval Architecture. In 1987 he became one of the founding Directors of Austal Ships and has been a driving force in the technical and marketing success of the company, which is today a world leader in aluminium shipbuilding.

The A.G.M Michell Award
The A.G.M Michell, which perpetuates the memory of Anthony George Maldon Michell, is made annually by the Institute of Engineers Australia and the College of Mechanical Engineers, and is conferred on the basis of either a highly significant contribution or contributions through technical innovation relating to the science or practice of Mechanical Engineering; or long standing eminence in Mechanical Engineering science or practice; or notable and sustained leadership pertaining to Mechanical Engineering within the Institution; or a worthy blend of the aforementioned.