School of BEES - Anton Crouch

ACADEMIC CAREER

1957 - 1961: Geologist, Geological Survey of NSW
1961 - 1965: Theatre technician; part-time BA student
1965 - 1970: Professional Officer, Institute of Highway and Traffic Research, UNSW
1970 - 1983: Senior Associate, McElroy Bryan and Associates Pty Ltd
1983 - 1987: Principal Consultant, Anton Crouch and partners pty ltd
1987 - 1989: Senior Research Assistant, School of Mines, UNSW
1989 - 1990: Senior Geologist, NSW Coal Compensation Board
1990 - 1996: Manager, Modelling & Assessment, NSW CCB
1996 - 2003: Honorary Adjunct Lecturer, School of Geology, UNSW
2003 - present: Adjunct Research Fellow, School of BEES, UNSW

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Coal Geology
Rock-on-rock frictional ignition of methane in underground coal mines.

Jazz Studies
Description of the emergence of jazz in stratigraphic terms; synthesis of geological and musicological principles, considering jazz records as "fossils".
Cladistics and jazz musicology.

AFFILIATIONS

Member, Coalfield Geology Council of NSW
Fellow, Australian Institute of Geoscientists (FAIG)

CONTACT DETAILS

Room 628
Phone : +61 (02) 9385-8098
Fax : +61 (02) 9385-1558
Email : a.crouchunsw.edu.au