| Authorised form of name | Boger; David Vernon; chemical engineer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Date of birth | 13 November 1939 |
| Date of death | 5 July 2025 |
| Occupation | Chemical engineer |
| Research field | Rheology |
| Engineering |
| Chemical engineering |
| Activity | Education:
Bucknell University B.S; University of Illinois MS; PhD
Career:
Joined Monash University as a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering (1965); promoted to Senior Lecturer (1971); then Reader (1980); Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne (1982); Emeritus Professor (2009); Laureate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne (2009-2015).
Memberships:
Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering 1989
Royal Society of Victoria 2007
Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society 2010
US Society of Rheology 2016
US National Academy of Engineering 2017
Bragg Member, Royal Institution of Australia 2009
Awards/Medals:
Eureka Prize for Environmental Research 1993
Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture 2000
Centenary Medal 2001
Prime Minister’s Prize for Science 2005
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) 2024 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/05/2007 |
| Age at election | 67 |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R78549 |
| OtherInfo | Best known for discovering a class of now eponymous fluids — Boger fluids. These are constant viscosity elastic fluids that behave as both liquids and solids. David’s research has made a significant impact on the petroleum, environmental management, food and mineral industries worldwide.
Boger fluids are used in the custom design of fluids, including methods to improve inks for inkjet printers and the delivery of insecticide chemicals, as well as entirely new drug delivery systems. David’s work on fluid flow has become an important component of nanotechnology and he is a consultant for more than 90 companies around the world. |
| Source | The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor David Boger FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/david-boger-11106/; last accessed: 20/08/2025]
Monash Universtity, Engineering, Vale Emeritus Professor David Vernon Boger AC FAA FTSE FRS, 7 August 2025, [URL: https://www.monash.edu/engineering/about/news/articles/2025/vale-emeritus-professor-david-vernon-boger; last accessed: 20/08/2025] |
| Code | NA9442 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/2007/07 | Boger, David Vernon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/007243 | Boger, David Vernon | 2007 |