Education
Colin graduated from Sheffield University in 1963.
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Colin Austin
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Career
He worked as an R & Doctorate Manager for Johns Hydraulics then worked as lecturer for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Melbourne, Australia. In 1978 Colin Austin founded company Moldflow (currently a subsidiary of Autodesk) devoted to simulation of injection molding. Colin developed Moldflow Plastics design software that transformed the international design of plastics moulds using scientific principles rather than "gut feel".
After many years he became the most successful exporters of technical software in Australia, and more than 48 countries in the world used his software.
1n 1997 Colin Austin founded a company named Waterright devoted to simulation of irrigation and producing soil sensors and software to fix common irrigation problems.
Achievements
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He received numerous awards, including: 1980: John Derham for Technical Innovation 1982: National Small Business 1983: Governor of Victoria, Export 1984: Governor of Victoria, Export 1984: Department of Trade in Association with Confederation of Australian Industry"s Export for outstanding achievement. 1993: AITA Exporter of the year award 1997: Fred O.Conley for outstanding achievement in plastics engineering &technology 2002: Triannual Plastics Industry for contributions to the plastics industry 2002: Society of Petroleum Engineers Environmental 2002: SaveWater award winner agricultural section 2003: SaveWater award Regional Sustainability.
