About Colin Austin
Born 1940. Colin Austin is an Australian engineer.
Colin Austin is an Australian award-winning researcher, engineer, and inventor of Autodesk product Moldflow Plastics design software.
Biography Austin was born in 1941 in Melbourne, Australia.
Austin graduated from Sheffield University in 1963. He worked as an R&D Manager for Johns Hydraulics, then worked as lecturer for RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. 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.
In 1997, Colin Austin founded a company named Waterright devoted to simulation of irrigation and producing soil sensors and software to fix common irrigation problems.
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Who is Colin Austin?
Australian researcher, engineer, and inventor
When was Colin Austin born?
Colin Austin was born in 1940.
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Colin Austin is an engineer.
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Colin Austin is Australian.
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· DBpedia: Colin Austin (Moldflow)
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