Industry awards
Many
of the developments by AMRDC are now in production or installed in
factories. The standard of the engineering carried out by AMRDC can be
judged by the awards which have been won.
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Winner, "Best Australian Agricultural Machine", Eyre Peninsular Field Days (2005)
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Winner, SA BHP Landcare Research Award as part of the Mallee Sustainable Farming Project (2001)
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Winner, "Agricultural Engineering Award", Society for Engineering in Agriculture (IEAust) for collaborative work with Horwood Bagshaw (2000)
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National Winner, AuslNDUSTRY Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative R&D-Company turnover less than $50m, for the design and evaluation of tillage and seeding equipment for manufacturer Horwood Bagshaw (1999)
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Winner, Excellence Award of the Institution of Engineers (SA Division), for improved processing line for dried grapes for Mildura Co-operative Ltd (1995)
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Finalist, BHP Steel Awards, Primary Industry Category for the development of a efficient vineyard sprayer (1995)
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High Commendation, BHP Steel Awards; Primary Industry Category for the development of the partially parallel stump jump mechanism (1991)
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National Energy Innovation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Innovative Research and Development relating to the efficient use of energy for advances in energy savings in tillage (1989)
In addition, individual staff members have been recognised for their work:
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David Moser won the Career Achievement Award for the South Australian Young Achiever of the Year (1998)
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Terry Riley was made Life Member of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (1998)
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John Fielke, as part of a team (APLEX) won the Enterprise Development Inc. Award for the best business plan in the South Australian Enterprise Workshop; the Engineering Employers Association, SA Award for best manufacturing strategy and the the Auslndustry Award for Best Business Plan in the National Enterprise Development Institute's Enterprise Workshop National Finals (1996)
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David Moser won the Sir Allan Callaghan Award from the Australian Grains Institute for research beneficial to the grain industry (1996)
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Yuri Obst won the Bardavcol Science and Technology Section of the SA Young Australian Awards, and was the Young South Australian Achiever of the Year (1995)
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John Fielke was a finalist in the Rural Industries Section of the SA Young Achiever Awards (1989)