Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) NZ 1972
• Master of Engineering (Civil) NZ 1973
  
• Fellow of Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (FIPENZ)
  
• Member of Institution of Engineers Australia  (CPEng Aust)
  
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)

Professional
Involvement:

• NZ Timber Certification Board Member representing the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ, elected 1997 and continuing
  
• IPENZ Professional Membership interviewer
  
• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference '84 & '99 Member of Organising Committee
  
• NZ Structural Engineering Society (SESOC) Management Committee, elected 2002 & continuing (President 2009-2010)
• IPENZ'02 Representative on NZ Standard 3603 "Timber Structures Standard" Amendment Committee
  
• IPENZ'03 Representative on NZ Standard DZ 3622 Committee: "Verification of Timber Properties"
  
• IPENZ'03 Representative on NZ Standard 3603 "Timber Structures Standard" Review Committee
  
• BRANZ  Appointed to Building Research Board of Directors (IPENZ representative (2005-2007)
• World Conference on Timber Engineering 2012, Management Committee.

Design Awards:

• 1986 SETMA Timber Design Award
• 10,000sq.m. triboard Mill, Kaitaia, NZ
• 1989 SETMA Timber Design Award
• Bowens Timber and Hardware Store, Melbourne, Australia
• 1993 SETMA Timber Design Award
• Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Project, Hong Kong
• 2002 Australian Timber Design Award
• "Best Use of Timber Engineering" to Melbourne Holy Trinity Church
• 2003 Finalist Origin Timber Design Award for Grand Hyatt Hotel Dubai
• 2010 NZ Wood Timber Design Awards for Ruby's Restaurant Abu Dhabi
• Winner "Clever wood solutions"
• Highly commended "Commercial Engineering Excellence".

Publications:

• "Improved Plywood Gussets for Timber Portal Frames"
  
• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1984
  
• "Multi-bay Timber Portal Construction"
  
• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1989
  
• "New Zealand Engineered Timber in Overseas Markets"
  
• IPENZ Conference, Auckland, NZ, 1991
  
• "Composite Plywood and Steel Gusset Plates for Moment Resisting Joints in Timber Frames"
  
• M.L. Batchelar and R.D.Hunt
  International Timber Engineering Conference, London, UK, 1991
  
• "Full Scale Bolted Joint Tests for Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Project"
  
• M.L. Batchelar and R.D.Hunt
  Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 1994
  
• "Glue-laminated Timber Roof Structures for Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, Clubhouse Development"
  
• Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1994
  
• "Structural Joints in Glulam"
  
• M.L. Batchelar and K.A.McIntosh
• World Conference on Timber Engineering,Montreux, Switzerland, 1998
  
• "CCCAS Youtd Centre Kanana Fou - Case Study"
  
• M.L. Batchelar
• Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, Rotorua, NZ, 1999
  
• " New Zealand Radiata Pine and Timber Grading Methods"
  
• SESOC Journal Vol. 15 No.1 2002
  
• "Timber Frame Moment Joints with Glued-In Steel Rods - A Designer's Perspective"
  
• Mark L Batchelar, World Conference on Timber Engineering, Portland, USA, 2006
• "Full-strength round timber pole conneciton using annular groves"
• World Conference on Timber Engineering, Miyzaki, Japan, 2008.
• "Moment joints in Timber Frames Using Glued-In Steel Rods: Experimental Investigation of Long-Term Performance".
• World conference on Timber Engineering, Riva del Garda, Italy, 2010.