Julie Steele Explained

Julie Steele
Workplaces:University of Wollongong
Fields:Biomechanics, applied biomechanics
Awards:2005 NSW Telstra Businesswoman of the Year, 2019 Member (AM) of the Order of Australia

Julie Robyn Steele is a retired Australian biomechanist who made breakthroughs in basic, clinical and applied biomechanics and she is internationally regarded as one of Australia's most influential biomechanists.[1]

She spent most of her career at the University of Wollongong, where she joined in 1983 and retired in 2020. Here she founded the Biomechanics Research Laboratory and Breast Research Australia (BRA). In 2021 she was awarded with a Emeritus Professorship at the University.[2]

Biography

Steele was born in Tasmania and, after completing high school, begun a career path in high school teaching; this was one of the few career options available to her as a woman of her generation in Australia. After graduation she found that there were no positions available so she relocated to Perth where she studied biomechanics under Professor Bruce Elliott.

After completing her honours degree Steele relocated to Wollongong in 1983.

Research career

Steele's research has covered many aspects of the human body and, in particular, making life better for women. This has included making safe footwear for elderly women to prevent falls, creating wearable technologies for women suffering from lymphedema and designing the 'bionic bra' that tightens automatically when the wearer moves and relaxes when sitting or still.[3] [4]

Steele said of this focus:

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moroney . Tracey . 2021-04-28 . Julie Robyn Steele, Emeritus Professor . 2024-11-27 . University of Wollongong . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-04-30 . After 37 years, Julie Steele relishes new chapter of remarkable research career . 2024-11-27 . University of Wollongong . en.
  3. Web site: Phillips . Nicky . 2014-12-11 . 'Smart bra': Australian engineers develop bionic bra with intelligent fabric . 2024-11-27 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  4. Steele . Julie R . Gho . Sheridan A . Campbell . Toni E . Richards . Christopher J . Beirne . Stephen . Spinks . Geoffrey M . Wallace . Gordon G . 2018-07-17 . The Bionic Bra: Using electromaterials to sense and modify breast support to enhance active living . Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering . en . 5 . 10.1177/2055668318775905 . 2055-6683 . 6453067 . 31191941 .
  5. Web site: 2005-2001 Telstra Business Women's Award Winners . 2024-11-27 . Telstra . en.
  6. Web site: 2019: Exceptional researchers recognised in Australia Day Honours - University of Wollongong – UOW . 2024-11-27 . www.uow.edu.au . en.
  7. Web site: Teerds . John . 2022-01-25 . Australia Day awards honour women legal leaders in Queensland . 2024-11-27 . Proctor . en-AU.
  8. Web site: Boyd . Emma . 2019-01-25 . Australia Day Honours . 2024-11-27 . University of Wollongong / Innovation Campus . en.
  9. Web site: Letifi . Agron . 2019-01-25 . Australia Day honours for inspiring University of Wollongong women . 2024-11-27 . Illawarra Mercury . en-au.

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