Awards & Winners

William Robinson

Date of Birth 02-October-1938
Place of Birth Auckland
(New Zealand, Oceania)
Nationality New Zealand
Also know as Bill Robinson
Profession Engineer
Bill Robinson was a scientist and seismic engineer who invented the lead rubber bearing seismic isolation device. Bill grew up in West Auckland, New Zealand. He earned a Masters at the Ardmore School of Engineering, then a PhD in Physical Metallurgy at the University of Illinois. Bill was Director of the DSIR's Physics and Engineering Laboratory. He continued to invent and develop seismic isolation devices, travel and lecture until his early 70s.

Awards by William Robinson

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1998


Rutherford Medal
(For his internationally recognised research in Materials Science leading to the development of seismic isolation dampers, and through them for his contribution to mitigating hazards to human life and construction.)