Directory of Australian Radio Science

Explanation

The NCRS Directory of Australian Radio Science will provide a range of information about, and of interest to, Australian radio scientists. The present directory is a start, and it will become stronger with your assistance. In the longer term, each of the headings below can become part of the Directory.

TOPICS

    * Research Groups

    * Individual Researchers (in alphabetical order)

    * Topics of interest

    * Upcoming Conferences

    * Newsletters, papers, preprints, and journals

    * Programs and Utilities

    * Organisations

    * Other Related Lists

    * Commercial Pages

The Directory

Universities

University of Adelaide, Atmospheric Physics Group (http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/atmospheric/home.html)/

Robert Vincent
Iain Reid

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide (http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/)
Adelaide Electrical Engineering (http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/RESEARCH/research_main.html)

people (http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/CONTACT/contact_academic.html)

ANU Atom Manipulation Project ( http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/ampl/research/am/index.html )
ANU Quantum Optics Group (http://photonics.anu.edu.au/qoptics/)
ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/)

Fred Briggs
Ken Freeman
Carole Jackson
Research in astronomy and astrophsics. Astronomical instrumentation and techniques. Astronomy - 21cm hydrogen line - radio galaxies. Radio astrophysics: 1) The phenomena of radio-loud galaxies & quasars, 2) Deep radio observations of key astronomical fields (e.g. Hubble Deep field) and 3) the scientific specifications for new large radio telescopes

University of Canberra, School of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (http://www.dmt.canberra.edu.au/sete/)

Paul Edwards (http://www.dmt.canberra.edu.au/sete/site/staff/edwards.htm)

Griffith U. School of Microelectronic Engineering (http://www.gu.edu.au/school/mee/centres/microfab/)

Glenn Wilson

Griffith U. Laser Atomic Physics Laboratory (http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/research/laserP/)
Griffith University Radio Science Laboratory (http://www.gu.edu.au/school/mee/centres/radiosci/home.html)

David Thiel (http://www.gu.edu.au/school/mee/PPages/David/home.html )
electromagnetic geophysics and earth measurements, numerical techniques, antennas (switched parasitic antennas, smart antennas)

La Trobe University Physics Dept. (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/physics/index.html)
TIGER radar (http://www.tiger.latrobe.edu.au )

Peter Dyson (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/physics/people/dyson_peter.html)

Macquarie University Electronics Department (http://www.elec.mq.edu.au )
Quantum Optics and Quantum Informatics http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/quantum

Karu Esselle (http://www.elec.mq.edu.au/~esselle )
Electromagnetic Engineering, Microwave Engineering, Electromagnetic band, gap structures, Photonic crystals, Antennas for Radio astronomy

Photonics Research Laboratory, U.Melbourne (http://www.ee.mu.oz.au/research/prl)
Uni. Melbourne School of Physics Optics Group (http://optics.ph.unimelb.edu.au/atomopt/atomopt.html)

Robert Scholten (http://www.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~scholten/)

Monash University Centre for Telecommunications and Information Technology (http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/ctie_home.htm)

John Bennett (http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/ctie_bennett.htm)
Le Nguyen Binh (http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/ctie_binh.htm)

University of Newcastle Space Plasma Waves Group (http://plasma.newcastle.edu.au/spwg/index.htm)

Brian Fraser (http://plasma.newcastle.edu.au/spwg/people/bfraser/bjf.htm)
Fred Menk
Pavlo (Pasha) Ponomarenko (http://plasma.newcastle.edu.au/spwg/people/PASHA/PASHA.htm)
Murray Sciffer (http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~murray/murray.html)
Colin Waters (http://plasma.newcastle.edu.au/spwg/people/colin/clw.htm)

UNSW School of Physics (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/)

Robert Clark (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/ACADEMIC/clark.html)
Robert Stening (http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/ACADEMIC/stening.html)

University of South Australia Institute for Telecommunications Research (http://www.itr.unisa.edu.au/ )
Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (http://www.itr.unisa.edu.au/crcss/crc_sat_sys.html )

Harry E. Green
coding and information theory
telecommunications networks and services
communications signal processing

The University of Queensland Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture (EPSA) (http://www.epsa.uq.edu.au)
Queensland Uni. CRC for Sensor Signal And Information Processing (http://www.cssip.uq.edu.au/ )

Dennis Longstaff
Radar, Signal processing, Pattern recognition

U. Queensland BEC and Quantum Optics Group (http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/BEC/)
U. Queensland Quantum Technology Lab ()
Queensland Uni. of Technology CRC Satellite Systems Node (http://www.crcss.bee.qut.edu.au/)

Rod Walker (http://www.crcss.bee.qut.edu.au/nav.shtml )
Navigation, GPS Ionospheric Modelling, GPS Limb Sounding, Electromagnetic Multipath Modelling, Electromagnetic Propagation Modelling

RMIT University (http://www.rmit.edu.au)
Swinburne U. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy (http://www.swin.edu.au/rescentres/soll/caous/)
Swinburne U. Biomedical Sciences/Engineering (http://www.swin.edu.au/bioscieleceng/biomedical/index.html)

possible RF health effects

University of Sydney Physics Dept. (http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/)

Iver Cairns (http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/iver_new.html)
Don Melrose (http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/rcfta/melrose.html )
Peter Robinson (http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/theory/peter_new.html)
plasma astrophysics, solar physics

UTS Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (http://ict.uts.edu.au/)

Robin Braun (http://www.eng.uts.edu.au/~robinb/index.htm)

University of Tasmania, Physics Department Radio Astronomy Group Homepage (http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/)
U. Western Australia Frequency Standards and Metrology Research Group (http://www.fsm.pd.uwa.edu.au)

Cooperative Research Centres - CRCs

List of CRCs, including former CRCs (http://www.crc.gov.au/centres/centres.htm)
CRC Satellite Systems (http://www.crcss.csiro.au/)
CRC for Sensor Signal And Information Processing (http://www.cssip.edu.au/)
Australian Telecommunications Cooperative Research Centre (http://www.telecommunications.crc.org.au/)
Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR)

Irena Cosic (RMIT)
Michael Abramson (Monash)
Rodney Croft (Swinburne)
Andrew Wood (Swinburne)
John Finnie (IMVS)
Ray McKenzie (TRL)
the Centre's main research focus is on exploring possible neurological effects from RF exposures. Planned studies cover the broad range of 'proteins to people' and incorporate molecular, in vitro, animal, human, epidemiological and RF dosimetry studies.

Government Organisations

Antarctic Division Space and Atmospheric Sciences program (http://www.antdiv.gov.au/)

Auroral and Space Physics
Gary Burns
Marc Duldig
Ray Morris

CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/ )

Wim.Brouw (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Wim.Brouw/)
Aaron Chippendale (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Aaron.Chippendale )
Peter Hall (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Peter.Hall/)
Mike Kesteven (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mkesteve)
Dick Manchester (http://www.atnf.CSIRO.AU/people/Dick.Manchester/)
Ray Norris ( http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Ray.Norris/)
Bob Sault (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Robert.Sault/)
Bruce Thomas (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/bthomas/)
Tasso Tzioumis (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Tasso.Tzioumis/)
Radio Astronomy; RF systems; Digital signal Processing, Radio astronomy, geodetical measurements using VLBI, Atmospheric and ionospheric influences on the radio wave propagation, Radio Astronomy, Microwave Engineering, MMICs, Synthesis Imaging, Image Reconstruction, RFICs, Square Kilometre Array,space plasma physics, solar radio bursts, radiation mechanisms, wave-particle interactions, space-based radio observations, interplanetary radio emissions, planetary radio emissions, outer heliospheric radio emissions, masers, plasma instabilities, high speed signal processing, low noise receivers, high-bandwidth communications, spectrum management, interference mitigation (EMC)

SEARFE: Students Exploring Australia's Radio-Frequency Environment (http://www.searfe.atnf.csiro.au)
CSIRO National Measurement Laboratory (http://www.nml.csiro.au/ )

Peter Fisk

CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics (http://www.tip.csiro.au/ )

Trevor Bird (http://www.tip.csiro.au/general/KeyPeople/TrevorBird.htm )
Carol Wilson (http://www.tip.csiro.au/ICT/Propagation/index.htm )
John Bunton
Douglas Hayman
Geoffrey James
Graeme James
Information and Communication Technologies: e.g.,Broadband Wireless Systems, Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy (CeNTIE), Mobile Communications, Space & Satellite Communications Systems, Antennas, radio systems, MMIC design, signal processing, indoor and urban area radio
Service Industry Technologies: e-Health, Smart Sensing
Manufacturing Technologies: Energy & Sustainability, Nano Science & Systems, Optical Sciences & Photonics Technologies, Smart Measurements, Surface Engineering Science
National Measurement Laboratory: Australia's primary physical standards body
NASA Activities: Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation, DSTO (http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/)

A number of DSTO divisions have an interest in Radio Frequency science

Electronic Warfare & Radar Division (EWRD)

Interests include Devices, Materials, Microtechnology, MEMS, Sources, Microwave Radar, Phased Arrays, Transmitters, Receivers
Contacts: Len Sciacca (Chief of EWRD), Andrew Shaw (Research Leader Microwave Radar)

Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division (ISRD)

Interests include propagation, High Frequency (HF) radar, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), transmitters, receivers, Software Defined Radio
Contacts: Bruce Ward (Chief of ISRD), Mr Angus Massie

Weapon Systems Division

Interests include conformal antennas, plasma antennas, RF systems, high power microwave
Contacts: Anthony Szabo (Head of Group in WSD)

Information Networks Division (IND)

Interests include propagation, satellite communications, spectrum, multi-band antennas
Contacts: Mr Peter Kerr (Head Wireless Systems)

DSTO also maintains a Radio Frequency Hub that has been established to help coordinate RF efforts across DSTO. Current RF Hub Leader is Bevan Bates.

Geomagnetism Section, Geoscience Australia (http://www.ga.gov.au)
IPS Radio and Space Services (http://www.ips.gov.au/)

David Cole - Director
David Neudegg - Section Leader Consultancy and Development
John Kennewell - Principal Physicist Learmonth Solar Observatory
Garth Patterson - Section Leader Services
Phil Wilkinson - Deputy Director
Operates a network of vertical incident ionosondes, geomagnetic variometers and solar observatories
World Data Centre for Solar Terrestrial Science
Australian Space Forecast Centre
Interests include: ionospheric parameters, forecasting of radio conditions, space weather, geomagnetic storms, ionopsheric monitoring

Other groups and organisations

Atmospheric Radar Systems (http://www.atrad.com.au/ )

David A. Holdsworth (http://www.atrad.com.au/dave )
Atmospheric radar, remote sensing, boundary layer, troposphere, stratopshre, mesosphere, ionosphere.

Bell Labs (http://www.bell-labs.com/ )
Lucent (http://www.lucent.com/ )

Graeme Woodward
3G mobile telephony, ASIC design for 3G systems, Baseband algorithms for future generation wireless infrastructure, Multi-in/multi-out (MIMO) systems, Equalisation, Turbo coding

Creativelogistics - -web pending (http://www.creativelogistics.com.au/ )

Paul March
RFID for tracking, identification for livestock, industrial

GroundProbe (http://www.groundprobe.com/ )

David Noon

Ionospheric Systems Research

Ken Lynn (kenlynn @ nbcnet.com.au)

KEL Aerospace ( http://www.kel.com.au)
Motorola - Wireless Comunications and Health (http://www.motorola.com/rfhealth/)

Ken Joyner
Possible health effects and mobile telephony

Telstra Research Laboratories: EME Safety Research, Mobile Networks Section (http://http://www.telstra.com.au/ememanagement/emersrch.htm)

Robert Mcintosh
EM measurement, EM and thermal numerical modelling, EME standards, regulatory and OH&S, RF dosimetry development of EME software tools such as RF field strength prediction, analysis of interference to medical equipment, epidemiology

Societies

The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) (http://www.atse.org.au/)
The Astronomical Society Of Australia (ASA) (http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/asa.html)
The EMC Society of Australia (http://www.emcsa.org.au/index.html)

Steven Brine
Kevin Goldsmith
Franz Schlagenhaufer

Institution of Engineers, Australia (IE(Aust)) (http://www.ieaust.org.au/)