Janis Cocking

Janis Louise Cocking is a retired Australian metallurgist. Her last post before retirement was as Chief Science Strategy and Program at Defence Science and Technology Group, a branch of the Department of Defence. She retired on 25 July 2018.

Career

Cocking completed her degree in metallurgy at the University of Melbourne and started work for Defence Science and Technology Organisation, initially in high-temperature alloys to develop a thermocouple for measuring high temperatures, to extend the life of turbine blades at the hot end of Royal Australian Air Force jet engines.

Cocking was appointed as visiting scientist at the United States Naval Research Laboratory. She has also been a member of the board of the Australian Maritime College.

Cocking was awarded a Doctor of Engineering honoris causa by the University of Tasmania on 23 August 2014.

Cocking was awarded a Public Service Medal in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia) for her service to Defence science and technology. She has also been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.