2010 Annual Report

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2010 Annual Report

School of Electrical Engineering
and Telecommunications
Never Stand Still
Faculty of Engineering
©2011 School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
Address
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
The University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
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Project Coordinators
Gordon Petzer and Nelly Taubman with thanks to Ray Eaton, Julien Epps, Ronny Kurniawan and
Vidhyasaharan Sethu, and to all staff who provided information, reports, statistics and content for
this Report.
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Photography: Ronny Kurniawan, Vidhyasaharan Sethu and Julien Epps
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Contents
01.FOREWORD3
Foreword from the Head of School
3
Goals of the School
4
Vision of the School
4
02.PEOPLE5
School Organisational Structure 5
Current Staff
6
School Committees and Coordinators
11
Staff Excellence Awards
12
Academic Promotion 12
Farewell13
New Appointments
14
Current Research Students 15
Undergraduate Students 19
Elsoc in 2010 20
Degrees Conferred in 2010
21
Ee&T Staff vs Students Cricket Match
26
03.RESEARCH27
Research Groups: Energy Systems
27
Research Groups: Microsystems
31
Research Groups: Systems and Control
35
Research Groups: Telecommunications 38
Wireless and Network Communications 39
Photonics41
Signal Processing
42
Awards and Recognition
44
Research Publications
45
School Research Committee Report 57
External Committee and Board Memberships
57
Editorial Committees
58
Conferences, Workshops and Short Courses Hosted by Ee&T 59
Keynotes and Tutorial Presentations 62
Research Funding 64
Research Centres and Institutes
67
Centre for Energy and Environmental
Markets (Ceem)67
Nsw Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (Anff)67
National Ict Australia (NICTA)
68
04.INDUSTRY, PARTNERS, COMMUNITY, OUTREACH
71
Industry Advisory Board
71
Industry Projects and Collaboration
72
The Australian Power Institute (API)
72
Energy Australia (Ausgrid)
73
The Energy Australia Chair in Electrical Power Economics
73
Ausgrid Cadetship Program
73
Industry Seminars
73
Thesis Poster Competition
73
Staff Training
73
Guest Lectures
74
Industry-Based Courses
74
Industrial Training 75
Staff Visits and Secondments 77
High School Year 10 Workshop
77
Gerric Two Day Workshop
77
Internationalisation78
Promotion and Marketing of Ee&T78
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05.TEACHING79
school of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
Overview79
Student Learning Support
80
Academic Executive Committee (Aec) 81
Highlights of the Year
82
Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Grant
82
External Quality Assessment by Emeritus Prof. David Wilcox
83
Block-Mode Summer Courses
83
New Courses & Programs 84
The New 5-Year Be Me 85
Educational Technology
87
Undergraduate Awards, Prizes and Scholarships
88
Alumni94
01.FOREWORD
FOREWORD FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah
As a School, we had a recordbreaking 400 research publications,
which contributed to 24% of the
total publications over the Faculty of
Engineering. This is an outstanding
achievement and a great tribute to the
research expertise and excellence of
our staff and students. This was also
reflected in the competitive funding
secured by the School: 6 ARC Linkage
grants and 3 ARC Discovery grants,
which is the highest number of ARC
grants secured by our School in a
single year. Electrical and Electronic
Engineering at UNSW received an ERA
rating of 5, which is the highest ERA
rating available, marking outstanding
performance. This is a great national
endorsement of our School and the
research that we do.
On the teaching front, we received
approval for the new 5 year integrated
BE ME in Electrical Engineering
with minor program, which will be
offered for the first time in 2012. This
program is a huge step forward and a
revolution in the teaching of Electrical
Engineering and promises to produce
high calibre, well-rounded engineering
graduates. Dr Ray Eaton pioneered
the launch of block mode summer
courses this year, which was a great
success and the first such offering in
the Faculty.
Students have also been very active
this year, with undergraduate student
society ELSOC president Simon Lewis
receiving the UNSW Student Service
Award for his work in creating a strong
community and network for EE&T
students. We also connected with high
school students from 12 schools and
hosted a Year 10 workshop to give
students an understanding of what
engineering is and to encourage them
to pursue their tertiary study at EE&T,
UNSW. Postgraduate enrolments rose
significantly and 2010 saw the highest
number of postgraduate students
enrolled at the School over the last
10 years. We were fortunate also to
receive the Ron Stillman Awards this
year – 9 awards for incoming first year
students and also the ABC Indigenous
Engineering Scholarship. Two of our
students also won the Australian Power
Institute (API) first year bursaries.
Our existing collaborations with
industry have strengthened this year.
We set up a research cluster with
NICTA, focusing on technologies for
the digital economy. We also launched
our first industry based course on
Network Systems Architecture with
CISCO, which was a huge success.
Energy Australia funded a Professor in
Electrical Power Economics position
and the API renewed their existing
academic staff funding and provided
extra funding for a position in power
protection. Our links with industry
continue to be of great benefit to
students as they develop industry
desired skills and experience through
the course of their EE&T degrees.
Our collaborations with other tertiary
institutions were also strengthened this
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school report 2010
After establishing strong foundations
last year, 2010 has been a year
of steady growth and success
for the School. Provided with the
opportunity to thrive, many of our
staff and students have made great
achievements this year.
year as we hosted a two-day workshop
for the Heads of Schools in Electrical
Engineering in G08 Universities, the
first such gathering in 10 years. This
inter-institute collaboration puts the
School on the national map and allows
us to develop standards across the
country for teaching and research.
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Our staff were recognised for their
outstanding work both on national
and international scales. A/Prof.
Robert Malaney won the 2010
Popular Science Invention Awards
for his pioneering work in quantum
cryptography. Dr Kok Hou Wong
and A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur and
their team were featured in Nature
magazine for their work in siliconebased copolymers. Prof. Chee Yee
Kwok, Dr Aron Michael and their team
won the NSi Inventor of the Year
Awards. Mr Ted Spooner received
the 1906 Award by International
Electrotechnical Commission for
standardisation and Mr Phil Allen won
the Faculty Technical Staff Excellence
Award. In particular, Prof. Andrew
Dzurak is to be congratulated for his
appointment to Scientia Professor. In
partnership with Dr Andrea Morello,
his work in the interdisciplinary field of
quantum information was recognised
in Nature magazine. They also won the
Faculty Research Excellence award.
Collectively these are all outstanding
achievements this year and it is great
to see EE&T staff recognised on this
scale.
We welcomed a range of new staff
to the School this year: Dr Rukmi
Dutta, Dr Jayashri Ravishankar, Dr
Mohammad Salay Naderi, A/Prof. John
Fletcher and Prof. Vassilios Agelidis
all joined our Power Engineering
team. Dr Asghar Tabatabaei also
joined us this year in the area of
Telecommunications. In addition, 2010
saw the well-deserved promotion of Dr
Iain MacGill to Associate Professor.
Our achievements in 2010 have
provided the School with a solid
platform to excel in 2011 and raise
the bar for electrical engineering and
telecommunications research and
teaching. It is clear from both the staff
and student successes this year that
the School of EE&T is producing the
next generation of innovative engineers
who will have the skills and knowledge
to make a positive impact on industry
and society. We look forward to the
new challenges of 2011.
GOALS OF THE SCHOOL
The Reference Site for research and
teaching of electrical engineering and
telecommunications in Australia, and to
be recognised as such internationally
A research intensive school where
every academic staff member has the
ability to attract competitive research
funding
Be the school that the best
undergraduate students choose,
above other universities in the
region, based on our reputation for
research, teaching, use of educational
technology, care of individual students
and facilities
Provide a secure and satisfying work
environment for all staff with adequate
recognition of individual achievements
and work performance
VISION OF THE SCHOOL
The UNSW School of Electrical
Engineering and Telecommunications
will continue to offer a well balanced
education in the field of electrical
engineering and telecommunications
that is of the highest standard to
Australian and international coursework
students, propagating the opinion that
this is the school of choice for this field
of study and that graduates from this
School are equipped with the attributes
required for industry.
We will also be conducting basic and
applied electrical engineering and
telecommunications research projects,
generating results that are unanimously
respected in the international
engineering community and attracting
funding from government and industry
sources. This will provide a high repute
research training ground for our
postgraduate research students. As
a consequence, the community and
engineering profession at large will be
endowed with information, analysis,
consultation and active participants in
professional activities.
02.PEOPLE
SCHOOL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Head of School, Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah is responsible for the School’s strategy and development. He receives
advice from the Industry Advisory Board and the Head of School Advisory Committee comprising the four Heads of
Research Disciplines, Deputy Head of School, Director of Academic Studies, School Executive Officer, School Laboratories
Manager and Centre Directors. These committees are complimented by additional functional committees and coordinators
and serve to achieve the objectives of the School.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
INDUSTRY & HOS
ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Eliathamby
Ambikairajah
FINANCE
School Executive
Officer
Gordon Petzer
Technical Officers
and Workshop Staff
Finance Officers and
Store Staff
EDUCATION
Director of
Academic Studies
Dr Ray Eaton
RESEARCH
Deputy Head of
School
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
Heads of
Research Groups
& Centre
Directors
- Systems & Control
Research
Committee
Prof. Victor Solo
- Telecom
Prof. David Taubman
- Energy Systems
School Office
Manager
Gladys Fong
Academic
Executive
Committee
PG Research
Coordinator
Prof. Faz Rahman
- Microsystems
Prof. Chee Kwok
- ANFF Centre
Prof. Andrew Dzurak
- CERPA
School Office Staff
PG Coursework
Coordinator
UG Thesis
Coordinator
Industrial Training
Coordinator
Prof. Vassilios Agelidis
ACADEMIC
STAFF
COMMITTEES
Service & Finance
Occupational Health
& Safety
IT
Marketing, Alumni &
Website
Administrative
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Professional Officers
school report 2010
LAB & IT
School Lab
Manager
Dr Ming Sheng
CURRENT STAFF
MANAGEMENT
Prof. Eliathamby
Ambikairajah
BSc(Eng), PhD, CEng, FIET,
CPEng, FIEAust, MIEEE
Prof. Andrew Dzurak
BSc Syd., PhD Camb., MAIP
Scientia Professor
Director UNSW
Semiconductor
Nanofabrication Facility
Head of School
NSW Node Director,
Australian National
Fabrication Facility (ANFF)
Professor in Signal
Processing
Dr Rukmi Dutta
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
BE Guwahati India, PhD UNSW,
MIEEE, MIET
BSc BE PhD UNSW, SMIEEE
Lecturer in Energy Systems
A/Prof. Robert Malaney
BSc Glasgow., PhD St. Andrews,
AMIEEE
Associate Professor in
Telecommunications
Dr Tim Moors
BE W.Aust., PhD Curtin, MIEEE,
MACM
Senior Lecturer in
Telecommunications
Deputy Head of School
Professor, Head of
Microsystems Research
Group
Dr Andrea Morello
Dr Julien Epps
BE PhD UNSW, MIEEE
MEng Torino, Italy, PhD Leiden, The
Netherlands
Senior Lecturer in Signal
Processing
Program Manager, Centre for
Quantum Computer Technology
Lecturer in Systems and
Control
A/Prof. John Fletcher
Dr Hadis Nosratighods
BEng PhD Heriot-Watt, CEng,
FIET
BSc Sharif Iran, MSc Tehran Iran,
PhD UNSW
Gordon Petzer
Energy Systems
Associate Lecturer in Signal
Processing
Dr Tara Julia Hamilton
Prof. Gang-Ding Peng
BE BCom Syd.,MEngSc UNSW
PhD, Syd., MIEEE
BSc Fudan, MSc PhD Jiao Tong,
MOSA
Lecturer in Microsystems
Professor in Photonics and
Optical Communications
Dr Ray Eaton
BE PhD UNSW, MIEEE
Director of Academic
Studies
Senior Lecturer in Quantum
Nanosystems
BA GradDipEd Witw.
School Executive Officer
ACADEMIC STAFF
Prof. Tuan D. Hoang
Dr Elias Aboutanios
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Dr Toan Phung
BE UNSW, PhD UTS, MIEEE
BSc PhD Odessa, MIEEE,
MSIAM
Processing
Professor in Systems and
Control
Senior Lecturer in Energy
Systems
Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis
A/Prof. François
Ladouceur
Prof. Faz Rahman
BE DUT Greece, MAppSc
CU Montreal, PhD Curtin,
GradDipBus Curtin, MIET, MIEEE
Professor, Director of
Centre for Energy Research
& Policy Analysis (CERPA)
Dr David Clements
BSc Qld., ME PhD N’cle, MIEEE,
MSIAM, SigmaXi
Associate Dean (Academic)
Senior Lecturer in Systems
and Control
BScEng , MSc Montreal, PhD
ANU
Photonics
BE MEngSc PhD UNSW, MIEEE
BScEng BUET(Ban), MSc PhD UMIST,
MIEEE, AMIEE, MISA
Professor, Head of Energy
Systems Research Group
Dr Torsten Lehmann
MSc EE PhD TUD Denmark,
MIEEE
Senior Lecturer in
Microsystems
Prof. Rodica Ramer
BSc ME PhD Bucharest, FEMA,
MIEEE, MAPS, MIEE, MWE
Professor in Microsystems
A/Prof. Iain MacGill
Dr Ashay Dhamdhere
BTech IIT India, MSc PhD Calif.,
MIEEE, MACS
Lecturer in
Telecommunications
BE MEngSc Melb., PhD UNSW,
MIEEE, MIAEE
Energy Systems
Joint Director, Centre for
Energy and Environmental
Markets
Dr Jayashri Ravishankar
BE Madras India, ME Anna India,
MEng RMIT, PhD Anna India, MIEEE
BE PhD Dublin
Lecturer in Biomedical
Systems and Signal
Processing
Dr Mohammad
Salay Naderi
BSc MSc PhD Sharif Iran,
MIEEE, MIET, MIEAUST, MIAEE
Prof. David Taubman
BE BSc Syd, MSc PhD U.C.
Berkeley, MIEEE
Professor, Head of
Telecommunications
Research Group
Dr Alex von Brasch
BE BSc PhD UNSW
Associate Lecturer in
Telecommunications
Douglas Davison
Procurement Officer
Mervat Farah
Financial & Procurement
Assistant
Prof. Andrey Savkin
Prof. Jinhong Yuan
MS PhD Leningrad, MIEEE
BE PhD, Beijing I.T., MIEEE
Gladys Fong
Professor in Systems and
Control
Professor in
Telecommunications
School Office Manager
Dr Deep Sen
Dr Wei Zhang
BE PhD UNSW, SMIEEE, MASA,
MARO
PhD CUHK, MIEEE
Dr Eric Gauja
Senior Lecturer in
Telecommunications
Microfabrication Manager,
ANFF
Processing
02.people
Dr Stephen Redmond
Prof. Aruna Seneviratne
BE Middlesex, PhD Bath
Professor in
Telecommunications
PROFESSIONAL AND
TECHNICAL STAFF
Karen Jury
Operations Manager, ANFF
Director and Education
Director, NICTA, ATP
Laboratory
Dr Vijay Sivaraman
Phil Allen
Professional Officer
BTech IIT Delhi, MS NCSU, PhD
UCLA, MIEEE
Dr Baburaj Karanayil
Professional Officer, Energy
systems
Senior Lecturer in
Telecommunications
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Jiong An
Administrative & Education
Technology Officer
BSc Qld., PhD ANU, MAMS
Professional Officer,
Microsystems
Senior Lecturer in
Photonics
Prof. Victor Solo
BSc Qld., BSc BE UNSW, PhD
ANU, FIEEE
Gordon Bates
Laboratory Manager, ANFF
Silvana Collings
BSc MSc Sharif Iran, PhD UNSW
Associate Lecturer in
Telecommunications
Zhenyu Liu
Technical Officer & School
OHS Officer
Professor, Head of Systems
and Control Research Group
Dr Asghar
Tabatabaei Balaei
Dr Daniel Krcho
Personal Assistant to Head
of School
Gamini Liyadipitiya
BSc (Eng) Sri Lanka, M Eng Syd.
Industrial engineering
experience in Power, Power
electronics & controls,
Electronics & systems.
Senior Technical Officer
school report 2010
Dr Iain Skinner
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Chris X. Lu
Dr Ming Sheng
Dr King Yuk Chan
Systems and Control
Laboratory Manager/
Professional Officer
Post-Doc Fellow
Yanhua Luo
Joanna Szymanska
Dr Teddy M.L. Cheng
Technical Officer
Process Engineer, ANFF
Research Fellow
Dr Linda D. Macks
Nelly Taubman
Dr Mihai Ciobotaru
Facility Manager, ANFF
Administrative Officer
Research Fellow
Albert J. McMaster
Richard Tuck
Dr Nicholas J. Cutler
Technical Officer, ANFF
Laboratory Craftsman
Post-Doc Fellow
Tom Millet
Joe C. Y. Yiu
Dr Fay E. Hudson
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Senior Research Fellow
May Park
Roy X. Zeng
Dr Faizan Javed
Senior Technical Officer
Research Associate
Bamini Pratheepan
RESEARCH FELLOWS and
ASSISTANTS
CQCT
Dr Muhammad Khalid
Post-Doc Fellow
Dr Zourab Brodzeli
Subash Puthanveetil
Mechanical Tradesperson
Dr Chaofeng J. Li
Research Fellow
Dr Albert S.
Canagasabey
Syed L. Rahman
Post-Doc Fellow
Technical Officer
Dr Jun Li
Post-Doc Fellow
Dr Gregory Chan
Research Associate
Paul H. M. R. Prevot
Dr Jim Basilakis
Research Fellow CQCT
Research Assistant
Dr Christopher C. Escott
02.people
Dr Wee Han Lim
Research Fellow ANFF
Dr Reji K. Mathew
Senior Research Associate
Dr Upendra Rathnayake
Research Associate
Mr Eki Jaya Sasmita Setijadi
Research Assistant
EMERITUS, ADJUNCT and
VISITING STAFF
Dr Aron W. Michael
Senior Research Assistant
Dr Maria I. T. Retnanestri
Research Associate
A/Prof. Trevor
R. Blackburn
Visiting Associate
Professor, Energy Systems
Dr Eun Hee Min
Dr Vidhyasaharan Sethu
Research Associate
Post-Doc Research Fellow
A/Prof. Roksana Boreli
Conjoint Associate
Professor(NICTA),
Telecommunications
Dr Geoffrey Stewart
Morrison
Dr Leonardo Silvestri
Research Associate
Prof. Branko G. Celler
Professorial Visiting Fellow,
Systems and Control
(Head of School
1997 – 2006)
Dr Aous T Naman
Dr Arun Vishwanath
A/Prof. Colin Grantham
Visiting Associate
Professor, Energy Systems
Dr Ido Nevat
Post-Doc Fellow
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Mr Shuai Wang
Research Assistant
A/Prof. Tim Hesketh
Conjoint Associate
Professor, Systems and
Control
Dr Syed A. Pasha
Dr Kok Hou Wong
Post-Doc Fellow
(Head of School 2006 –
2009)
A/Prof. Peter D. Neilson
Visiting Professor, Systems
and Control
Dr Floris A Zwanenburg
CEEM
Senior Research Fellow,
CQCT
A/Prof. Hugh R. Outhred
Energy Systems
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Dr Robert J. Passey
Prof. Graham A. Rigby
Dr Sebastian Ardon
Dr Lifei Lou
Emeritus Professor,
Microsystems
Conjoint Lecturer (NICTA),
Telecommunications
Visiting Fellow, Microsystems
(Head of School
1991 – 1997)
Dr Wayan Gede Ariastina
Visiting Fellow, Energy Systems
Prof. Neville W. Rees
Emeritus Professor
(Head of School 1980 –
1988)
Prof. Ross Baldick
Professorial Visiting Fellow, Energy
Systems
Dr Andrew Bell
Visiting Fellow, Signal Processing
Mr Edward D. Spooner
Senior Visiting Fellow,
Energy Systems
Dr Chen Shaohua
Visiting Fellow, Photonics
Conjoint Lecturer (NICTA),
Telecommunications
Mr Philip Mallon
Prof. Alexey Matveev
Prof. Robert G. Clark
Dr Saeid V Nooshabadi
Visiting Professor, Microsystems/
ANFF
Photonics
Prof. Vojin G. Oklobdzija
Systems and Control
Prof. Kuldip K Paliwal
Visiting Fellow, Wireless
Professorial Visiting Fellow, Signal
Processing
Dr Kan Gao
Dr Fufei Pang
Prof. Peter J Gawthrop
Dr Vahid Parvin
Visiting Professor
Visiting Fellow,
Energy Systems
Dr Teddy S. Gunawan
Dr Christopher
J. E. Phillips
Dr Hoang Kha Ha
Visiting Fellow, Systems
and Control
Visiting Fellow, Systems and
Control
Dr Warwick H. Holmes
Senior Visiting Fellow, Signal
Processing
Dr Edward Jones
Dr Anirban Mahanti
Systems and Control
Dr Maged Elkashlan
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Prof. Steven G. Duvall
Mr Trevor W. Whitbread
Mr Mark M Mackenzie
Dr Walter R Lachs
Visiting Research Fellow, energy
Systems
Dr Weidong Steven Su
Visiting Fellow, Systems
and Control
Prof. Peter Young
Systems and Control
A/Prof. Pietro Zannutigh
02.people
SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND COORDINATORS
Committees were in place in 2010 to support and advise the Head of School.
Committee
Committee Chair
Key Functions
Academic Executive
Committee
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
(Deputy Head of School)
Quality control of academic programs.
Introduce new, and maintain existing, programs and courses.
Discuss and implement means of improving learning and teaching experience for
students.
Research Committee
Prof. Andrey Savkin &
Prof. David Taubman
Monitoring School research output.
Prepare strategic research plan.
Develop strategies to improve research success.
Research mentoring for staff.
Organise seminars.
Services & Finances
Committee
Dr Elias Aboutanios
Report on equipment and facilities expenditure proposals.
Monitor resources and facilities requirements within the School.
Make recommendations about future facilities needs of the School.
OH&S Committee
Dr Iain Skinner
Consider and monitor all safety aspects of the School.
Performance of risk assessments of all School activities.
Dissemination of safety related material issued by the University OH&S Office.
IT Committee
Dr Tim Moors
Review School IT position and prepare report on equipment replacement plans.
Consider and plan future IT requirements for the School.
Liaise with the Faculty IT committee regarding funding opportunities.
Marketing, Website &
Alumni Committee
Associate Prof. Rob Malaney
Review, update and report on School marketing and material and website.
Promote the electrical engineering profession to prospective High School students.
Establish and develop relationships with EE&T alumni.
Administrative Committee
Gordon Petzer & Dr Ray Eaton
Maintain overall appearance and functions of the School.
Organise events and manage School Scholarships.
Various administration responsibilities within the School were undertaken in 2010 by coordinators as listed below
In charge of all undergraduate teaching programs.
Monitoring quality of teaching.
Director of Academic
Studies
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Staff teaching and exam assessor allocation for both UG and PG courses.
Dr Ray Eaton
Coordination and quality control of examination papers.
Undergraduate student consultation including program planning, approval,
management of student progress and academic advice.
Representation of School at Faculty education committee.
Thesis topic approval.
Undergraduate Thesis
Coordinator
Dr Toan Phung
Industrial Training
Coordinator
Dr Julien Epps &
Prof. Rodica Ramer
Postgraduate Coursework
Coordinator
Dr Deep Sen
Finalising and quality control of thesis assessment.
Advisor for thesis students
Advisor for industrial training placements.
Assessing industrial training reports, approval and confirmation of IT requirements.
Assessment of PG coursework applications.
Postgraduate student consultation including academic advice.
Assessment and approval of PG research applications.
Prof. Jinhong Yuan
Women in Engineering
Coordinator
Prof. Rodica Ramer
Approval of PG thesis examiners.
Liaise with Faculty and Graduate Research School in relation to examiners reports
and graduation.
Promotion of electrical engineering to prospective High School students on
information and open days.
Holding meetings with existing female students.
school report 2010
Postgraduate Research
Coordinator
STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARDS
ACADEMIC PROMOTION
Phil Allen was recognised with a Faculty Technical
Staff Excellence Award
The School’s First Scientia Professor Andrew Dzurak
This was in recognition of Phil’s initiative,
commitment and capability which
resulted in his initiating, implementing
and supporting major new equipment
funding (The Wireless Network
Modeling and Implementation Project).
To overcome limited computational
resources and equipment to implement
and test wireless network modeling and
Phil Allen at Open Day
in September 2010
design. Phil has also been pivotal in
shaping the School’s marketing activities to high school students
for the last few years.
In December 2010,
Professor Andrew Dzurak
was conferred as a UNSW
Scientia Professor, the
first member of our School
to have been awarded
this prestigious position.
Scientia Professorships
are conferred to those
Professors within the
Prof. Dzurak in the
university who have
Australian National
Fabrication Facility
demonstrated outstanding
that he has established
at UNSW
research performance.
The term “Scientia” is
drawn from the University’s arms and reflects the
University’s commitment to the promotion of all
branches of intellectual and practical scholarship.
Andrew Morello & Andrew Dzurak recognised with a
Faculty Research Excellence Award
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This was in recognition of the team’s outstanding achievement
in demonstrating, for the first time, the single-shot readout of
an electron spin in silicon. This milestone has been beyond the
reach of the world’s best research groups for over a decade. The
results were published in Nature magazine, and attracted wide
attention and recognition in the media. With this breakthrough, Dr
Morello and Prof. Dzurak have reinforced their world leadership
in quantum computing research, and opened the door to exciting
developments in the field.
In the words of Ms. Jodi McKay, NSW Minister for Science and
Medical Research: “This is an outstanding result for NSW research
and one that that takes us one step closer to a 21st century
computer revolution. We look forward to further remarkable
breakthroughs from this world class team”.
Dr Andrea Morello and Prof. Andrew Dzurak
Over the past decade Andrew Dzurak has built a
leading international reputation in the fields of silicon
quantum computing, silicon nanoelectronics and
single-atom nanotechnologies. During this time he
and his research group have overcome a series
of major technological challenges to demonstrate
that silicon-based quantum computing could one
day be realized. Most recently, in collaboration
with Dr Andrea Morello, he achieved the electronic
readout of a silicon spin-based quantum bit (or
“qubit”) via a “single shot” measurement – the first
such demonstration in silicon. This landmark result,
published in the journal Nature in September 2010,
is the first paper to appear in Nature in the area of
phosphorus-donor based quantum computing since
Bruce Kane’s proposal in 1998 for a spin-based QC in
silicon, which has now received over 1700 citations
and which motivated the formation of the Centre
for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT) over a
decade ago.
Prof. Dzurak has raised more than $80 Million in
research and research infrastructure funding. This
includes a US$4 Million grant for 2008-2012 from
the US National Security Agency and the US Army
Research Office, for silicon QC research, for which he
is the Lead Investigator. It also includes $10 Million
for research infrastructure funding at UNSW which
he raised from the Federal and State Governments
to establish the NSW Node of the Australian National
Fabrication Facility (ANFF). Prof. Dzurak is the NSW
02.people
Iain MacGill promoted to Associate
Professor in 2010
An alumnus of the
School of EE&T, Iain
obtained his PhD here
in 1999. In 2001
he joined the staff
of the School as a
Senior Lecturer. He
was also, in 2004,
a founding member
and first Research
Coordinator (Engineering) of the University’s
Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets
(CEEM). He became Joint Director (Engineering)
for this Centre in 2008. Iain’s teaching and
research interests at UNSW include electricity
industry restructuring and the Australian
National Electricity Market, sustainable energy
generation technologies, distributed energy
resources, energy efficiency options, energy
and climate policy and environmental regulation.
He has also run industry short courses and
consulted to industry and government clients in
these areas here in Australia and internationally.
CEEM itself undertakes interdisciplinary
research in the monitoring, analysis and design
of energy and environmental markets and
their associated policy frameworks. It brings
together UNSW researchers from the Faculties
of Engineering, Business, Science, Law and
Arts and Social Sciences.
FAREWELL
Eric Gauja retires after 22 years service
Following 22 years of outstanding service to the School, Dr Eric Gauja
retired this year from his position as Microfabrication Process Manager
at the Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility (SNF). Eric, who also
received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the School, has been
an integral part of the School’s research effort in microelectronics
and semiconductor device fabrication. He began as a technical staff
member in 1979 and was a key member of the technical team that
established the School’s microelectronics clean-room facility within the
Electrical Engineering building, under the direction of previous Head of
School, Prof. Graham Rigby. In 1994 the semiconductor processing
tool-kit was moved from the Electrical Engineering building to the
new Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility, adjacent to the Newton
building. The SNF was established by Prof. Bob Clark and Prof. Andrew
Dzurak and was a joint facility operated between the School of Electrical
Engineering and the School of Physics until 2006. Since 2006 the
facility has become part of the Australian National Fabrication Facility
(ANFF), directed at UNSW by Prof. Dzurak.
Throughout the evolution of the SNF and ANFF laboratories, Eric
managed all of the silicon microfabrication capabilities in the facility,
including microlithography, silicon furnaces and chemical etching
processes. He provided essential research support to many research
staff and students over the past two decades, helping to fabricate a
vast range of advanced microelectronic and micro-electro-mechanical
devices, leading to many publication and patents throughout his career.
He will perhaps be most fondly remembered as a patient and careful
teacher of microfabrication, having trained countless PhD, Masters and
undergraduate research students during his career. A farewell was held
for Eric at ANFF and was well attended by past and present staff and
students who had worked with Eric over the years. The photograph
here shows a presentation to Eric by Prof. Ambikairajah at a School
gathering this year.
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Director of ANFF, which builds upon the existing
Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility that
he established in 1995 in partnership with
former colleague Bob Clark (now Chief Defence
Scientist). When Andrew Dzurak returned
to Australia from Cambridge in 1994 there
was no capability for serious semiconductor
nanofabrication in Australia. While device
measurement equipment was in place at
UNSW, all nanostructures had to be sourced
from overseas, with no scope for genuine
development work. The establishment of the
nanofabrication laboratory, and now the ANFF,
has enabled UNSW to take an international
leadership position in the development of new
nano- and quantum technologies. ANFF now
represents a major resource for the School of
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Dr Rukmi Dutta - Lecturer in Energy Systems (January 2010)
Research interests: Electrical machine drives; Electromagnetic analysis of Electric
equipment using finite element analysis; Energy efficient generators for wind and
wave; PV-wind hybrid systems, Renewable energy; Smart grid systems for distributed
generation
Dr Jayashri Ravishankar– Lecturer in Energy Systems, API funded (January
2010)
Research interests: Modelling and Control; Power system dynamics; Wind energy
integration
Dr Ashay Dhamdhere – Lecturer in Telecommunications, one year contract
(January 2010)
Research interests: Body area networks; Content distribution networks; Traffic
networks; Smart grids.
Dr Asghar Tabatabaei Balaei - Associate Lecturer in Telecommunications,
NICTA funded (January 2010)
Research interests: Satellite navigation receiver design; GNSS interference effects;
Integration of new positioning technologies in vehicular network environments (DSRC)
Dr Mohammad Salay Naderi – Lecturer in Energy Systems (May 2010)
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Research interests: High Voltage Systems; Condition Monitoring of Power Equipment;
Power Transformer - Design, Transient Analysis, Advanced Testing, Monitoring;
Distributed Generation in the context of Smart Grid; Sustainable Energy Systems
Analysis; Optimal Expansion of Power Generation Systems; Power System Protection
and Transient Analysis.
Prof. Vassilios G Agelidis - Professor in Energy Systems and CERPA Director
(July 2010)
Prof. Vassilios G Agelidis was appointed in July 2010 as Director of the Centre for
Energy Research and Policy Analysis (CERPA) in 2010. CERPA is a multi-faculty institute
focussed on innovation and development in all aspects of energy generation, utilisation
and conservation.
Research interests: AC and DC microgrids; Energy efficiency; Fuel cells and battery
storage; Grid-connected inverter technology; Inverters and control; Power electronics;
Renewable energy systems and electricity grid integration; Solar PV; Sustainable energy
systems based on wind; Voltage-source converter based HVDC systems
A/Prof. John Fletcher - Associate Professor in Energy Systems (August 2010)
Research interests: Power Electronics; Electrical Machine Drives; Renewable Energy;
Electric Vehicle, Traction and Propulsion
Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison - Senior Research Fellow and Director Forensic
Voice Comparison Laboratory (September 2010)
Research interests: Forensic voice comparison; Evaluation of forensic evidence
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CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS
Allan Aaron
Thesis Topic: Optimalisation
of investment and
comercialisation in alternative
energy in Australia.
Supervisor: A/Prof. Iain MacGill
Salem M Alshibani
Thesis Topic: Prospect
of permanent magnet
synchronous generators in
wind turbines above 10MW.
Supervisor: Prof. Agelidis
Vassilios
Raji Ambikairajah
Thesis Topic: Smart sensors
and online insulation condition
monitoring systems for smart
grids.
Minsoo Jang
Tevita Tukunga
Thesis Topic: Fuell-cell
power conditioning and grid
interconnection
Thesis Topic: The sustainability
of electricity industry in Tonga.
Vassilios
Georgios Konstantinou
Thesis Topic: Topological
investigations of power
electronic controllers
with minimum electrolytic
capacitance storage and optimal
modulation for the electrical
power systems.
Vassilios
Kai Xian Lai
Thesis Topic: Condition
monitoring of power system
equipment.
Supervisor: Dr Toan Phung
Co-supervisor: Dr Jayashri
Ravishankar
Amer Mohammad Yusuf
Mohammad Ghias
Hyuntae Choi
Thesis Topic: TBA
Balaji Veerasamy
Thesis Topic: Intelligent vehicle
to grid charging technology
Vassilios
Peerapat Vithayasrichareon
Thesis Topic: Electricity
generation investment under
uncertainty
Guishi Wang
Thesis Topic: Controller design
of battery energy storage
system aiming for extending the
battery lifetime.
Vassilios
Wei Yan
Thesis Topic: Multiterminal
HVDC for large scale solar PV.
Vassilios
Thesis Topic: Nanocomposite
dielectric materials for power
system equipment
Vassilios
Quang Dai Nguyen
Guang-Er Lester Chong
Thesis Topic: PM machine for
wind generation
Wei Zhao
Thesis Topic: Application of
concentrated winding in interior
permanent magnet machine
Michael Angelo Pedrasa
Supervisor: Prof. Faz Rahman
Thesis Topic: Renewable energy
systems.
Hedayatollah Dalvand
Supervisor: Ted Spooner
Thesis Topic: Power and its
quality measurements and
automatic meter reading
integration.
Vassilios
Pranesh Kumar Dutt
Thesis Topic: Hybrib mini grid
power system for rural and
remote electrification of Fiji
Islands.
Iman Sadinezhad
Thesis Topic: Application
of Numerical Optimization
Algorithms for power quality
assessment.
Sadhvi Ganga
Thesis Topic: Energy markets
and power systems
Research Topic: Optical
interconnects for systems in
chip.
Research Topic: Silicon-based
qubits
Thesis Topic: Capacitorless DC
systems for wind power
Co-supervisor: Prof. Agelidis
Vassilios
Thesis Topic: IPM motor drives.
Md. Abdullah Al Hafiz
Shengjie Shao
Benjamin James Elliston
Gilbert Hock Beng Foo
Microsystems
Supervisor: Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
Supervisor: Dr Mihai Ciobotaru
Vassilios
Vassilios
Thesis Topic: Integrating solar
electricity into the grid at high
penetration.
Thesis Topic: HVDC for large
scale solar PV integration with
the electricity grid
Kok Wai Chan
Supervisor: Prof. Andrew Dzurak
Ge Chen
Research Topic: Communication
within a systems in a chip.
Herman Halomoan Sinaga
Supervisor: Dr Saeid Nooshabadi
Thesis Topic: Condition
monitoring of power system
equipment
Ho Sung Chun
Sharmeen Sultana
Thesis Topic: Power conversion
efficiency of solar PV grid
interconnection
Research Topic: CMOS circuits
for biomedical applications
Supervisor: Dr Torsten Lehmann
Kushal Das
Research Topic: Microelectronics
for quantum computing control
and read-out.
Mitra
Bahadorian
Mitra
Bahadorian
received her Best
Paper Award at
the International
Conference on
System Theory and Control 2010
for her paper entitled: “Robust
Model Predictive Control For Timevariant Systems” and contributing
authors were Mitra Bahadorian,
Borislav Savkovic, Ray Eaton and
Tim Hesketh.
Alexander Kurusingal
and Sarthak Grover
Alexander Kurusingal and
Sarthak Grover at the 6th IEEE
International Conference on Wireless
and Mobile Computing, Networking
and Communications (WiMob) 2010
for their paper entitled: “Experimental
Study of Mobility in the Soccer Field
with Application to Real-Time Athlete
Monitoring” and contributing authors
were Vijay Sivaraman, Sarthak
Grover, Alexander Kurusingal, Ashay
Dhamdhere and Alison Burdett
(Toumaz Technology).
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dan xiao
Dan Xiao’s Best
Paper Award
was granted at
the International
Conference
on Electrical
Machines
and Systems 2010 for his
paper entitled: “Performance
Improvement of a sensorless
hysteresis direct torque controlled
IPM synchronous motor drive using
a modified switching pattern and
input power factor correction”
and contributing author was Faz
Rahman
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Energy Systems
Best Student Paper Awards
Juan Pablo Dehollain
Lorenzana
Eugene Wai Ming Siew
Mitra Bahadorian
Goran Marjanovic
Research Topic: Quantum
Nanosystems
Research Topic: RF MEMS
Supervisor: Prof. Rodica Ramer
Research Topic: Real time &
embedded control systems for
robotics & biomedical engineering
Research Topic: Signal
processing/ Neuro-imaging
Supervisor: Dr Andrea Morello
Kuan Yen Tan
Supervisor: Dr Ray Eaton
Libin George
Research Topic: Tunneling through
single P donor states via nanoSchottky contacts
Dur-E-Zehra Baig
Research Topic: Power Supplies
for Reconfigurable Electronics
Supervisor: Dr Tara Julia Hamilton
Hamood-Ur-Rahman Khawaja
Research Topic: RF MEMS
Chul Kim
Research Topic: VLSI design of an
UWB transceiver.
Supervisor: Dr Saeid Nooshabadi
Nai Shyan Lai
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Supervisor: Prof. Victor Solo
Paul David Metcalf
Research Topic: Filtering
and controls od bio medical
instrument
Research Topic: System
identification for an automatic
nuclear reactor power and
temperature control system
Yiwei Xu
Supervisor: Prof. Andrey Savkin
Research Topic: Optical
internconnects for system in
package.
Benjamin Cassidy
Huy Anh Nguyen
Research Topic: Neuroimaging
Methods
Research Topic: Electrical
engineering for bio-informatics
Supervisor: Prof. Tuan D Hoang
Enlong Che
Anh Huy Phan
Research Topic: Real-time
adaptive visual acquisition
Research Topic: Wireless network
Supervisor: Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
Yuanyuan Yang
Research Topic: Integrated circuit
for biomedical implants
Chih-Hwan Henry Yang
Anton Delprado
Seneviratne Mudiya
Seneviratne
Research Topic: Silicon quantum
dots for quantum information
processing.
Research Topic: Visual servoing
from a realtime setting
Research Topic: Sparse statistical
signal processing
Graeme Wilson Lowe
Supervisor: Dr Ray Eaton
Research Topic: Investigations of
electrostatic image potential on
MOS interface in Si:P devices
Yi Xiu Yang
Thinh Thanh Doan
Hao Su
Research Topic: RF Mems
Research Topic: Multivariable
predictive control
Research Topic: Modelling
and control of cardiovascular
response to moderate exercise
Yashodhan Vijay Moghe
Yi Yang
Research Topic: Microelectronic
circuits for medical implants.
Research Topic: RF MEMS Design
Research Topic: Silicon detectors
for medicine and nonoelectronics
Jarryd James Pla
Research Topic: Quantum
computing and coherent control
of individual phosphorus donors
in Si.
Supervisor: Dr Andrea Morello
Md. Tanvir Rahman
Research Topic: Control
microelectronics for silicon
quantum computers
Carl Peter Renneberg
Research Topic: Linearisation of
sensors/smart sensors.
Supervisor: A/Prof. Tim Hesketh
Michael Colin Hoy
Research Topic: Collision
avoidance of unmanned vehicles
Systems and Control
Waqqas Ahmad
Research Topic: Remote access
of non-linear distributed control
systems and control
Abdul-Hakeem Hussein
Alomari
Research Topic: Noninvasive
estimation and control of blood
flow in an implantable rotary blood
pump for heart failure patients
Faizan Javed
Research Topic: Systems and
control
Quang Hung Ta
Research Topic: Optimal design
2-D filter
Chao Wang
Research Topic: Navigation and
control of mobile robots systems
and control
Muhammad Khalid
Research Topic: Robust state
estimation
Thein Moe Win
Research Topic: Control of
electro-mechanical systems
Christopher Xiaolong Lu
Research Topic: Intelligent Control
Systems
Zhiyu Xi
Supervisor: Emeritus Prof. Neville
Rees
Research Topic: MFC for industrial
processes
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Jonathan Gan
Philip Nan Ji
Thesis Topic: Image processing.
Thesis Topic: Fibre optic devices
for DWDM systems.
Supervisor: Prof. David Taubman
Giovanni Geraci
Thesis Topic: Physical layer
security for wireless broadcast
channels
Scott Llewellyn Jones
Supervisor: Prof. Jinhong Yuan
Supervisor: A/Prof. Francois
Ladouceur
Sara Hakami
Thesis Topic: Using caching and
prefetching to improve network
utilization in next generation
mobile phones.
Supervisor: Prof. Aruna
Seneviratne
Mark Peter Hiscocks
Thesis Topic: Diamond-based
integrated optics.
Xintao Zhang
Stefanie Brown
Research Topic: Control technique
for biomedical applications
Thesis Topic: Sound source
isolation with spherical
microphone arrays
Ying Zhang
Research Topic: Biomedical Signal
Processing
Telecommunications
Syed Taha Ali
Supervisor: Dr Deep Sen
Aravind Surapura Chakrapani
Thesis Topic: Dynamic error
control in wireless networks.
Supervisor: A/Prof. Robert
Malaney
Xi Chen
Thesis Topic: Wireless sensor
networks
Thesis Topic: 3D Video
processing for multi-view video
compression.
Supervisor: A/Prof. Vijay
Sivaraman
Mohammad Abdul-Hame
Al-Rabayah
Thesis Topic: Position based
routing in ad-hoc wireless
networks.
Malaney
Marwan Hadri Azmi
Thesis Topic: LDPC code for
Relay Channel.
Asrul Izam Azmi
Thesis Topic: Optical fibre
hydrophone.
Supervisor: Prof. Gang Ding Peng
Youmna Borghol
Thesis Topic: Opportunistic
networking
Jiefeng Terrence Chen
Thesis Topic: Trust establishment
for MANET
Supervisor: A/Prof. Roksana
Boreli
Siyuan Chen
Thesis Topic: Cognitive load
measurement via eye activity.
Supervisor: Dr Julien Epps
Shigang Chen
Thesis Topic: Fibre laser and
grating based sensing
Thesis Topic: Security and privacy
solutions for data networks.
Sivaraman
Md. Anisul Karim
Thesis Topic: Wireless
communication, realy, coding,
iterative receivers.
Ladouceur
Chee Cheun Huang
Thesis Topic: Collaborative wireles
local area network.
Thesis Topic: Speaker recognition
Mengyu Huan
Thesis Topic: Network coding
Nazeer Khan
Seneviratne
Phyu Phyu Khing
Thesis Topic: Biomedical signal
processing
Tao Huang
Supervisor: Prof. Eliathamby
Ambikairajah
Thesis Topic: Coding for wireless
communications
Jia Min Karen Kua
Ronny Kurniawan Ibrahim
Thesis Topic: Robust speaker
recognition system
Thesis Topic: Gait pattern
classification using a waist
mounted triaxial accelerometer
for home telecare
Alexander Kurusingal
Ambikairajah
Ambikairajah
Thesis Topic: Communications
protocols for highly dynamic
sensor networks.
Ahmad Ali Iqbal
Sivaraman
Thesis Topic: Distributed
Information Systems
Seneviratne
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Ngoc Phu Le
Thesis Topic: Speech-based
cognitive load classification
system
Ambikairajah
Thesis Topic: Soundfield
aquisition, representation and
synthesis
Mentari Puteri Ning Djatmiko
Andrew Philip Bradshaw
Supervisor: A/Prof. Roksana
Boreli
Thivya Kandappu
Li Jing Chung
Seneviratne
Thesis Topic: 3D Image
reconstruction techniques for
medical imaging
Thesis Topic: Self assembling
gels in photonic materials.
Thesis Topic: Distributed security
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Qim Yi Lee
Fawad Nazir
Jack Wei-Yang Tsai
Tet Fei Yap
Thesis Topic: Biomedical
engineering.
Thesis Topic: DInfoNets: The
information networks
Thesis Topic: NPC - Multipath
Routing in Mesh Networks.
Thesis Topic: Speech-based
cognitive load classification
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Redmond
Seneviratne
Supervisor: Dr Tim Moors
Ambikairajah
Thanh Tuan Nguyen
Thesis Topic: Routers and
networks with near-zero buffers
Guanzhong Li
Thesis Topic: Multimedia cognitive
load measurement
analysis via pen interaction.
Co-supervisor: Dr Fang Chen
Huijun Li
Xuan Vinh Nguyen
Ning Wang
Pega Zarjam
Thesis Topic: Advanced data
mining technique to exploit
microarray gene data.
Thesis Topic: Classification of
human movement patterns from
a triaxial accelerometer for home
telecare
measurement based on EEG
signal processing
Mo Li
Thesis Topic: Optical fibre laser
sensors
Yang Liu
Thesis Topic: Fiber optic sensor.
Jhoanna Rhodette Pedrasa
Thesis Topic: A decision-making
system for mobility management
using information exchange.
Seneviratne
Paul Henri Prevot
Wenliang Lu
Thesis Topic: Conformal
polymeric artificial retina
Thesis Topic: Speech and audio
signal processing.
Kun Yu
Sivaraman
Thesis Topic: Coding,
communications
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Thesis Topic: Signal processing
for data processing.
Arun Vishwanath
Yi Lu
Thesis Topic: Diversity and
multiplexing tradeoff analysis of
MIMO systems
Supervisor: Dr Wei Zhang
John William Matthews
Ladouceur
Ambikairajah
Shuai Wang
Thesis Topic: 3D soundfield
reproduction in non-anechoic
environment.
Thesis Topic: Spectrum sharing in
cognitive radio networks
Thesis Topic: Multiuser MIMO
precoding for frequency selective
channels.
Thesis Topic: Physical layer
security
Yixuan Xie
Thesis Topic: Error control
coding, LDPC codes
Sivaraman
Supervisor: Dr Elias Aboutanios
Tao Yang
Muhammad Yusof Mohd Noor
Fendy Santoso
Thesis Topic: Wireless intrusion
detections.
Thesis Topic: Iterative decoding
of suposition coding in wireless
communications
Aous Thabit Naman
Malaney
Thesis Topic: Multimedia
distribution with advanced
networking technologies.
Long Shi
Thesis Topic: Space-time codes
with PIC group decoding
Thesis Topic: Sensor networks,
data fusion, knowledge
management.
Thesis Topic: Quality of service in
the future Internet
Thesis Topic: Stochastic
geometry for the analysis and
design of wireless relay networks
Zhe Wang
Thesis Topic: Moving target
detection and tracking: Radar
signal processing
Thesis Topic: Optical fibre lasers
Chao Zhai
Zhaonan Zhang
Miao Fei Xiang
Madeleine Gabrielle Sabordo
Adeel Razi
Linjia Yao
Thesis Topic: Secret key
generation for body-wearable
wireless sensor devices
Sivaraman
Supervisor: Dr Stephen Redmond
Zhi Zhao
Thesis Topic: Energy efficiency in
core optical network
Sivaraman
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
STUDENT PROFILE:SIMON LEWIS
Simon Lewis graduated from the School in
2010 with first class honours. During his
time at the School he was extremely active
outside of the classroom. His extracurricular
activities included: being active in the Electrical
Engineering Society (ELSOC) committee and
becoming President in his final year, being chief
organizer of the annual Engineering Sports
day (an event attracting over 1500 engineers),
volunteering at CONTACT (student referral
service) and volunteering for the orientation
week “Yellow Shirts” program for two years.
society”. Additionally in this year he was the
main driving force for starting the Engineering
Society of UNSW.
During his time of President of ELSOC the
society won awards for “People choice club of
the year” and “Highly commended constituent
“Engineers like to work hard and play hard.
Being involved outside of the classroom is a
perfect way to do this, meet new friends and
develop into the person you want to be.”
Following his final year Simon received awards
for “Jacobs Australia leadership prize”, “Faculty
of Engineering Student service award”, “Boeing
Australia Prize for Undergraduate for academic
merit and Leadership in Engineering” and “6th
Place for thesis poster competition”. Simon is
currently employed at Endeavour Energy, one
of the major NSW power supply utilities.
STUDENT PROFILE:RAJI AMBIKAIRAJAH
Raji ‘s undergraduate experience was an
interesting one going from attending a
girls’ high school to being one of a handful
of females in a male dominated university
program. She enjoyed the Women in
Engineering seminars that were held and it
was refreshing to hear from female engineers
in the workplace who had come along to
speak at these seminars. “There aren’t enough
female role models for female engineering
students and I hope over time this will change,
as more girls understand what engineering is,
what it means to be an engineer and choose
to do the degree and pursue an engineering
career” according to Raji. In her 3rd and 4th
years of the degree, she was the Vice-Chair
of the UNSW IEEE branch and also mentored
incoming first year EE&T students, which
she really enjoyed. “It was nice to be able to
reassure them about the degree, share my
experiences with them and help them along”.
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Another valuable aspect from doing an
Electrical Engineering program was the strong
and close friendships which she started 8
years ago. “When we were working together
on assignments, and continued long beyond
graduation day, where we are now attending
each other’s weddings!
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Raji Ambikairajah graduated with a Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering with honours in 2006 and
commenced her PhD in 2010. She is also the
Sydney Chapter Leader of the global non-profit
organisation Room to Read and is a scholarship
holder on the Women on Boards ‘Next
Generation of Corporate Leaders’ program.
In 2010, Raji won the Best Peer-Reviewed
Paper Award at the Engineering Leadership
Conference for her paper entitled “Leadership
Through the Eyes of a Young Engineer”.
ELSOC IN 2010
As the student society
for the School of
Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications our
aim is to connect students
with each other, the staff
of the School and with
industry and I must say
that in 2010 we nailed it!
We continued the great
work of the past and
can confidently say that
2010 ELSOC President,
ELSOC was one of the
Simon Lewis
most successful societies
on campus and this was shown when ELSOC won the
Arc “People’s Choice Award” at the clubs awards night.
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Club activities throughout the year included: A total of
8 BBQ’s this year with the students enjoying contact
with industry (Such as Teach for Australia and ESDR
Electronics), free lunch and participating in “sporting”
activities such as the annual 4 pie marathon. A
drinks night which went off with resounding success;
an electrifying night was had by all! The Faculty of
Engineering Student Sports Day was again primarily run
by ELSOC. This event attracted over 1500 Engineers
and by all reports it was much more fun than licking your
first 9V battery. ELSOC also attended every revue at the
university in force. Our “witty” remarks throughout the
shows usually attracted more laughter then the skits on
stage!
ELSOC was also responsible for looking after the
students in other ways such as: Starting a free tutoring
service to help 1st and 2nd years outwit their lecturers
and obtain that golden high distinction. Also in response
to a student survey ELSOC started a free textbook
borrowing service as well as making ourselves more
available to the students. Additionally as an act of
pity for the other schools of engineering ELSOC took
the lead in spreading their awesomeness by being the
primary driving force behind the founding of a society for
all engineers called ENGSOC.
In summary 2010 was an extremely successful year
for ELSOC made possible by an extremely driven and
excellent committee. ELSOC continued its proud tradition
of holistically looking out for the students of the School
of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications.
(Written by Simon Lewis)
The 2010 Committee
Simon Lewis
President
Leon Oriti
Vice President
Mathew MacIntyre
Secretary
Dinesh Mohan
Treasurer
Afif Abdullah
Industry Liaison
Kylie Upton
Acting Publicity Officer
Cassie Davies
ARC Delegate
Chris Webb
Acting co arc delegate
Eddie McLean
Photographer & Webmaster
Afif Abdullah
Acting IET Liaison
Matan Livson
4th year Representative
Christine Armenian
4th year Representative
Luke Swithenbank
3rd year Representative
Thomas Cooney
Fergal Cotter
Sandy Tulloch
2nd year Representative
Alan Glass
Chris Webb
Evan Stephenson
Merchandise Officer
Chris Brown
1st Year Rep
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DEGREES CONFERRED IN 2010
Abeywickrama, Tenindra N.
BE BSc (Electrical), Honours 1
Ahmad Khairi, Ahmad Farhan
BE (Electrical)
Allom, Justin
BE (Electrical)
Ambat, Vivek Menon
BE (Electrical), Honours 1
Ao, Pak Lon
Atkins, Amy Elizabeth
BE (Electrical), Honours Class 2 Division 1
Beach, Iain Andrew
BE (Electrical)
Bin Ramli, Abdul Razak
BE (Electrical), Honours Class 2 Division 2
Brown, Stefanie
Brunero, Adam Alessio
BE (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Budiman, Joko
BE (Electrical)
Bunchuaicharoenphon, Onanong
BE (Electrical)
Carrapetta, James Luke
Cassidy, Benjamin
Efin
BE MBiomedE (Electrical), Honours 1
Cha, Hyeon Tae
Ediriweera, Miyuru Kheminda
BE (Telecommunications)
BE BA (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Chai, Min Wei
Farley, Justin Kirk
Chami, Jalal
Feng, Qianqian
BE MBiomedE (Telecommunications)
Chan, Gabriel
Fu, Lei
BE (Electrical)
BE (Electrical)
Chen, Hao
Gautam Venkatraman
BE (Telecommunications), Honours 2 Division 1
Cheng, Yixuan
Giam, Kai Yi
BE (Telecommunications), Honours Class 2
Division 1
Cheung, Gabriel
BE MBiomedE (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
BE Bcom (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 2
Choo, Alvin Jun Chong
Chung, Hang Ming
Ciesla, Michael Mirek
BE Bcom (Telecommunications), Honours 1
Commerford, Iain Michael
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Grenet, David
Gu, Ameng
BE (Electrical)
Guan, Deqi
Gunawan, Jeff Aldrich
Gurgis, Mina Maged Shokry
BE BSc (Telecommunications), Honours 2
Division 1
Couch, Joseph Daniel
Huang, Xin
BE BA (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 2
Dong, Lei
Hussain, Muhammad Istafa
BE (Electrical)
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Undergraduate Degrees
Dr David Clements in 2010 graduation.
Lim, Jingcong Vernon
Papapetros, Emanuel Isidor
BE BCom (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Lin, Jiajie
Piggott, Marc James
BE (Electrical)
Lin, Zhiyong Alvin
Popovac, Ivana
Liu, Zhongzhe
Poutilov, Vladislav
BE (Electrical)
Loo, Poh Suan
Ratter, Adrian Brian
BE BSc (Electrical), Honours 1, University
Medal
Low, Yu Da
BE (Electrical)
Luk, Edward Yue Kiu
Maker, Samal Anil
Manogaran, Kohila
A/Prof. Hugh Outhred in 2010 graduation.
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BE (Telecommunications), Honours 1
Saidina Omar, Ahmad Zainul Ariffin
BE (Electrical)
Shankar, Rahul
Shen, Eric Wei-Da
BE Bcom (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 2
Jayanthakumar, Jonathan Rajiv
Marashdeh, Maram
BE (Electrical)
Jenkins, Christopher
May, Brendon Francis
BE MBiomedE (Electrical)
BE BSc (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Jian, Mandy Zhitian
Mendoza, Miguel
BE BA (Telecommunications)
BE (Electrical)
Kfoury, Rabih
Miskin, Tuan Shammi
Kim, Min Chung
Nagel, Jeremy
BE (Electrical)
Soo, Ji Giap
Ko, Kieren Han-Wei
Naotunna Palliya Guruge, Rukshan
Tharanga
Soon, Pui Kiun
BE (Electrical)
Rizvi, Tabish
Kway Win, Me Me
Lai, Kwei-Gang Joseph
BE (Electrical)
Lam, Yau Shing Kenneth
BE (Electrical)
Lam, Zi Xing
Lee, Joel Chee Choong
Lee, Kai Shen
Lee, Voon Hian
BE (Telecommunications), Honours 1
Lewis, Simon James
Shibabaw, Bewketu Tadilo
Siew, Eugene Wai Ming
Sirisatjakul, Saranya
Sivapalan, Sutharsan
BE (Electrical)
BE (Electrical)
BE (Electrical)
Narushevich, Lars Stanislaw
Stephenson, Gregory Gordon
Be (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Nash, John Harry Robert
Su, Kim
Be (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 1
Ng, Tong Soon
Sundaralingam, Neelan
BE (Electrical)
Be (Electrical)
Noor Rehan, Mohd Mustakhim
Tian, Mao
BE (Electrical)
Obradovic, Milan
Tipping, Nathan
Oliver, Peter John
Tong, Leo
BE BSc (Telecommunications)
Ong, Kong Jie
Wang, Kan
BE Electrical
Ooi, Ivan Meng Leong
Wang, Pu
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Wang, Yinchu
Ward, Benjamin Edward
BE (Electrical)
Ward, Christopher Norman
Wenham, Alison Maree
BE BCom (Electrical), Honours 1
Weston, Joshua Kevin Laker
Wong, Heng Loong Nicholas
Wong, Jeffrey Tak Hang
BE (Electrical)
From left to right: Tharmarajah Thiruvaran, Vidhyasaharan Sethu,
Bo Yin & Reji Mathew
Wong, Siu Wai
Wong, Timothy Ruen
Wood, Clare Louise
Woon, Kenny
Wrigley, Andrew Philip
BE (Electrical)
Wunady, Jeffery
Wysocki, Michal Franciszek
Xu, Jia
Yang, Chih-Hwan Henry
Yang, Yi Xiu
Youhana, Ninos Daniel
BE BCom (Electrical), Honours 2 Division 2
Zhang, Anlei
BE (Electrical)
Zhang, Chi
BE (Electrical)
Zhang, Lingfei
BE (Electrical)
Zhang, Xin
Zhu, Yu Joshua
BE Bcom (Electrical), Honours 1
Postgraduate Coursework
Degrees
Abdul Halim, Ili Shairah
MEngSc, Microelectronics and Microsystems
Abdullah Jalani, Faizah
MEngSc, Systems and Control
Agbi, Omotola Olawunmi
MEngSc, Telecommunications
Ahmed, Shahpar
Altvater, Bernhard Herbert Engelbert
Azmi, Aimie Nazmin
MEngSc, Energy Systems
Bushan Gunasekaran, Saravana Kumar
Cao, Lu
MEngSc(Extn),Telecommunications
Chen, Lu Ying
Chen, Peng
Chen, Szu-Ming Mike
Chen, Weisi
Chen, Yongqi
Chen, Zhiyao
Chen, Zhuo
Cheng, Gong
MEngSc(Extn), Energy Systems
Choudry, Muhammad Omer
Daruwalla, Aresh
Dehollain Lorenzana, Juan Pablo
Dejbakhsh, Hossein
Doumit, Antoine
Effendi, Yasir
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Farooqi, Abdullah Tayyab
Feng, Jiang
Feng, Shaohua
Fu, Zheng Jia
Gao, Ming
Goma, Yans
Gomes, Lindsay
Gong, Zhexing
He, Ping
MEngSc(Extn), Microelectronics and
Microsystems
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He, Yufeng
Maalouf, Amin
Tan, Shiau Wan
MEngSc(Extn), Energy Systems
Heslop, Simon francis
Majzoub, Ahmad
Tang, Chenping
MEngSc(Extn), Systems and Control
Hossain, Mohammad Minul
Malik, Sufian
Thaneerat, Thanakrit
Hou, Xiaoyu
Merheb, Maan
Uthaicharoenpong, Tawit
Huang, Yan
Mohd Hassan, Siti Lailatul
Vissers, Henri Antonius
Jalaludeen, Mohammed
Mozafari, Sareh
Wang, Jun
Kentse, Thabo
Munim, Sohaib
Wang, Peng
Khan, Faraz Ahmed
Nguyen, Nam Thai
Wang, Zhe
Khan, Hassan Ali
Nguyen, Quang Dai
Xia, Jie Rong
MEngSc(Extn) Energy Systems
Khan, Qasim
Noh, Azaryna
Xie, Li Yin
Khattak, Adnan Nawab
Ouyang, Yiwen
Yang, Guang
Khattak, Jawad Shehzad
Pan, Jianming
Yang, Lu
MEngSc(Extn), Signal Processing
MEngSc(Extn), Telecommunications
Kuttambakam Narasimhulu, Pradeep
Paul, Allen
Zeng, Hui
Lee, Joan Hsiao Hui
Rafiq, Faras
Zhai, Bo
Microsystems
Lei, Yun
Rosli, Anis Diyana
Zhang, Disi
Ruan, Yuanyuan
Zhang, Fan
Sarvode, Madhu
Zhang, Xiaoning
Satayakitkajorn, Nitilux
Zhang, Yu
Shakarchi, Aiden
Zhou, Weiou
Siddiqui, Muhammad Atif
Zhou, Xiaobo
Sun, Daowei
Zhou, Zibo
Microsystems
Li, Cheng
Li, Hao Da
Li, Jiajie
Lin, Mingcong
Liu, Chao
Liu, Gang
Liu, Weike
Lu, Lei
Sun, Wei Chen
Tan, Ken Seong
Zhu, Lin
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Higher Research Degrees
Luong, Dung Viet
ME, Systems and Control
Wang, Liang
PhD, Signal Processing
Chan, Leroy Lai-Yu
PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Thorncraft, Stuart Russell
PhD, Energy Systems
Sethu, Vidhyasaharan
Tang, Howe Hing
PhD, Systems and Control
From left to right: Dr Ray Eaton, Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah (HoS),
Dr Julien Epps, Tharmarajah Thiruvaran & Vidhyasaharan Sethu)
Humphrey, David Eric
Nevat, Ido
PhD, Telecommunications
Lai, Kai Xian
PhD, Energy Systems
Muhamad, Nor Asiah
PhD, Energy Systems
Rathnayake, Rathnayake Mudiyanselage
Upendra Sudesh
Thiruvaran, Tharmarajah
Savkovic, Borislav
PhD, Systems and Control
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Xiao, Dan
PhD, Energy Systems
O, Hio Nam
PhD, Energy Systems
Nazir, Fawad
Mathew, Reji Kuruvilla
Lim, Wee Han
PhD, Microsystems
Khawaja, Hamood-Ur-Rahman
PhD, Microsystems
Tan, Feiselia
Wang, Ning
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EE&T STAFF VS STUDENTS
CRICKET MATCH
On Wednesday, 10 February, staff battled
it out against students in a Staff vs
Postgraduate Students cricket match. The
match was 25 overs a side and was played
on the Village Green on campus in searing
temperatures with a BBQ in the innings
break for lunch.
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The students won a very close game,
which was played in great spirits by all.
Man-of-the-match was jointly awarded to
Arun Vishwanath (Students) for his 37 not
out (off 35 balls), and 1 wicket bowling,
and also Abdullah Hafiz (Students) for
his bowling figures of 3/16 off 5 overs,
scoring 13 runs (off 13 balls), one catch
and a direct-hit run out.
Back row left to right: A/Prof. Colin Grantham, Subash Puthanveetil,
Richard Tuck, Paul-Henri Prevot, Dr Deep Sen and Prof. Aruna Seneviratne.
Front row left to right: A/Prof. Vijay Sivaraman, Prof. Eliathamby
Ambikairajah (HoS), Prof. Gang Ding Peng, Dr Tim Moors and Douglas Davison.
Back row left to right: Abdullah Hafiz, Peerapat Vithayasricharon, Scott
Jones, Dr Arun Vishwanath, Alexander Kurusingal, Mark Hiscocks, Faizan
Javed and Kushal Das. Front row left to right: Hamood Ur Rahman Khawaja,
Dr Nicholas Cutler and Adeel Razi.
03.RESEARCH
The breadth and depth of research activities undertaken by the School make it one of the largest postgraduate schools in
Australia and a world leader in a number of research areas. The range of research areas has resulted in the organisation of
the School into four broad research disciplines. RESEARCH GROUPS: ENERGY SYSTEMS
Academic Staff
Prof. Fazlur Rahman
Prof. Vassilios G Agelidis (Director
of CERPA)
A/Prof. Iain MacGill (Director CEEM)
Dr Rukmi Dutta
Dr Branislav Hredzak (joint with
Systems and Control)
Dr Toan Phung
Dr Jayashri Ravishankar
Dr Mohammed Salay Naderi
Research Fellows
Head of Energy Systems Group: Prof. Fazlur Rahman
Dr Mihai Ciobotaru (CERPA)
Dr Nicholas Cutler (CEEM)
Dr Robert Passey (CEEM)
Dr Maria Retnanestri (CEEM)
Adjunct/Visiting Staff
Prof. Ross Baldick
Prof. Mehdi Vakilian
A/Prof. Trevor Blackburn
A/Prof. Colin Grantham
A/Prof. Hugh Outhred
Dr Walter Lachs
Dr Vahid Parvin
Ted Spooner
The Energy Systems Research Group conducts research in a wide range
of areas associated with the generation, transmission, distribution,
conversion, storage and utilisation of electrical energy, as well as in
measurement, materials and electrical equipment. There are three main
research themes, namely:
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1. H
igh-Voltage Engineering, Power System Equipment, Condition
Monitoring Techniques, Energy Efficiency, and On-Line Partial
Discharge Detection.
2. E
lectrical Machines, Power Electronic Converters: Topologies and
Control, and Variable-Speed Drives.
3. R
enewable Energy Grid-Connected Systems, Solar PV Grid-Integration,
Wind Farms and Grid-Integration, High Voltage Direct Current
Transmission and Electricity Industry Restructuring
Technical Support Staff
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Dr Baburaj Karanayil
Monitoring and control of substations and
power system networks
ZZMonitoring
and protection, linking with communications
research.
ZZElectromagnetic
ZZInsulation
transients - modelling and analysis
coordination
Intelligent Systems
ZZData
mining techniques, signal processing techniques,
neural networks, expert systems for fault pattern
recognition, smart grids.
High-Voltage Engineering
(Dr Toan Phung and Dr Mohammad Salay Naderi)
Power System Equipment
ZZHigh-voltage
generation, testing and measurement
techniques.
ZZElectric,
thermal, and mechanical stresses in power
system equipment (rotating machines, transformers,
cables, and switchgear)
ZZElectrical
Insulation – characteristics of gaseous, liquid
and solid dielectrics, breakdown mechanisms
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ZZIn-serviced
insulation ageing and degradation
mechanisms.
techniques and sensors for insulation
assessment
ZZDiagnostic
ZZPower
losses and energy efficiency
ZZLightning,
arcing
On-line condition monitoring
ZZPartial
discharge sensors and techniques - advanced
computer-based data acquisition, low-frequency,
conventional and ultra-high frequency discharge
detection, acoustic methods, noise and interference
reduction using signal processing. PD Analysis –
application of novel signal analysis methods for
discharge characterization and pattern recognition for
fault diagnosis.
New Insulation materials
ZZBio-degradable
ZZNano
Above: IPM machine
oils for use in transformers
composites
Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and
Electrical Drives
(Prof. Faz Rahman, A/Prof. John Fletcher and Dr Rukmi
Dutta, Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis, Dr Mihai Ciobotaru)
Design of Interior Permanent Machines
ZZFinite
element analysis and design of power equipment.
ZZThe
optimal design of the interior permanent magnet
machine for high field weakening range and low cogging
torque without skewing, for application in vehicle
traction and wind power generation systems.
ZZSegmented,
multilayer and fractional-slot, concentrated
winding designs of IPM machine structures for high field
weakening range, high power and torque density.
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Power Electronic Converters
ZZPower
electronic converter circuits and their control
techniques for application in power supplies, electric
drives, active power filters, and in other applications
such as power factor correction, drive circuits for
LED and other lighting, voltage and current source
converters for grid connection, modelling of power
electronic circuits. Power converters for space and
aero-space applications.
ZZMatrix
and Z-source converters for storage-free power
conversion. Bidirectional converters for application
in vehicle traction systems. Multi-phase, sparsematrix converters and drives with high reliability and
redundancy. Modulation techniques.
ZZMultilevel
converters, flying capacitor converters, activeneutral-point-clamped converters, optimised pulse-width
modulation techniques, selective harmonic elimination
techniques, modular multilevel converters, H-bridge
modular multilevel converters
ZZAnti-islanding
including zero speed; On-line estimation of torque,
flux linkage, speed, position and stator resistance of
machines with high-performance operation over wide
speed range including zero to maximum field-weakening
speed range.
ZZMachine
dynamics and control system design issues
for interior permanent magnet (IPM), linear, switched
reluctance (SR), and induction motors; modelling and
control characteristics of drives when driven from
various types of power converter circuits under different
control techniques.
Renewable Energy and Electricity Industry
Restructuring
(A/Prof. Iain MacGill, Prof. Vassilios G. Agelidis, Dr Jayashri
Ravishankar, Dr Mihai Ciobotaru)
techniques, grid-connected converters and
control
ZZHigh-voltage
direct current transmission systems with
voltage-sourced converters, modulation and control,
back-to-back systems
Prof. Agelidis Vassilios with his PhD student Minsoo Jang
on his research project “A single-phase single-stage fuel
cell energy conversion system using a boost-inverter and a
battery energy storage back-up unit”
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Power System Dynamics and Control
ZZAnalysis
of the impact of interconnecting wind turbine
generators to the utility grid.
ZZFACTS
controllers for grid connected wind energy
conversion systems.
ZZControl
techniques such as rotor flux oriented control
(RFOC) of induction and synchronous machines for
high dynamic response; Cogging and ripple torque
minimization schemes for permanent magnet brushless
DC magnet motor drives, field-weakening controllers for
interior permanent magnet motors.
ZZSensorless
direct torque control and flux control
(DTC) of permanent magnet motors for high dynamic
response; Voltage-source inverter and matrix converter
driven IPM motor drive for very low-speed operation,
ZZDynamic
stability analysis of renewable energy systems
interconnected to the power grid
ZZElectrical
power delivery systems, power systems
dynamics and control.
Power System Planning and Economics,
Electricity Market Restructuring, Energy
Markets, and Renewable Energy Generation
ZZRenewable
energy – Integration of renewable energy
sources into the electricity supply system – technology
and wider institutional and policy frameworks.
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Electrical Drive Systems
ZZRenewable
Energy Industry development - Technology,
market, financial and institutional drivers of this
industry’s development, policy options to maximize and
direct its growth.
ZZPower
system operation -Theoretical and computational
approaches for coordinating the operation of emerging
power systems with independent participants and
distributed resources.
ZZEnergy
industry restructuring- Electricity market
structures and pricing for investment and operation.
Cooperative, competitive and strategic participant
behaviour, market frameworks at the distribution system
level, competition and distributed resources.
ZZDistributed,
renewable and demand-side resources
– Operational characterization and modelling of
renewables, novel small-scale generation, distributed
energy storage and demand-side options.
ZZRenewables
applications – Large-scale wind power
developments, Building integrated PV, RAPS systems.
Renewable options for the developing countries.
ZZDistributed
Artificial Intelligence - Evolutionary
computation, intelligent agent approaches for complex,
uncertain, problem domains.
ZZTechnical
standards for PV systems and associated
Balance of System equipment for grid connection.
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Grid interconnection of renewable energy
systems
ZZLarge-Scale
plants, distributed generation, and standalone systems
ZZSimulation,
analysis, design, control, standards and
testing, economic and policy issues.
Design and Implementation of electricity
industry re-structuring
ZZWholesale
and retail electricity markets
ZZTools
for pricing, planning, ancillary services, network
investment, regulation. Renewable energy policy, carbon
pricing
ZZElectricity
load demand forecasting for the 5-minute
Australian NEM
Smart Grid and distributed energy options
ZZRenewable
energy, flexible demand, energy efficiency,
electric vehicles.
ZZTools
for operation and investment.
ZZHarmonics
and distribution systems, signal processing
for harmonics and grid event analysis
ZZFrequency
estimation under harmonics and
interharmonics polluted grid environments
ZZReal-time
information gathering from distribution and
transmission grids
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RESEARCH GROUPS: MICROSYSTEMS
Academic Staff
Prof. Andrew Dzurak
(Director of ANFF)
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
Prof. Rodica Ramer
(Joint with Telecommunications)
Dr Tara Hamilton
Dr Torsten Lehman
Dr Andrea Morello
Research Fellows & Staff
King Yuk Chan
Dr Christopher Escott (ANFF)
Head of Microsystems Group:
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
Dr Wee Han Lim (ANFF)
Dr Linda Macks (ANFF)
Neuromorphic Engineering
Dr Aron Michael
(Dr Tara Julia Hamilton)
Dr Floris Zwanenburg (ANFF)
Emeritus Prof. Graham Rigby
Prof. Robert Clark
Dr Mark Mackenzie
Dr Saeid Nooshabadi
Gordon Bates (SNF/ANFF)
Eric Gauja (SNF/ANFF)
Daniel Krcho
Albert MacMaster (SNF/ANFF)
Joanna Szymanska (ANFF)
In neuromorphic engineering we build and model neural systems with the aim of
understanding how the brain is able to perform complex computational tasks.
Rather than simulating these systems on traditional computing platforms, we build
chips using the physics of the transistors to obtain real-time, low-power solutions to
the mysteries of the mind.
Another aim of neuromorphic engineering is to use neurally-inspired architectures
to design low-power, noise-robust circuits for use in a broad range of engineering
systems. Today this is of particular importance with shrinking minimum feature
sizes. Circuits that can operate reliably with noise and mismatch are in high demand.
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The research has focused thus far on modelling the cochlea and lower auditory
pathways, modelling complex neural functions and developing strategies for
performing computation with neuron-like “logic” structures. This work is funded
by the ARC and further information can be obtained from Tara Julia Hamilton
([email protected]).
Circuits in nanoscale CMOS
(Dr Tara Julia Hamilton and Dr Torsten Lehmann)
This research addresses circuit design issues arising from the undesirable transistor
properties, such as increased leakage currents and large component variability,
found in the ultra-small devices of modern CMOS technologies (below the 65nm
technology node). Two key areas are targeted: the design of ultra high speed
logic circuits operating in excess of 30GHz, and the design of alternate analogue
structures which can give good performance while components are suffering from
severe mismatch poor transistor characteristics and reduced supply voltage. In
both areas new circuit topologies are investigated to achieve standard digital and
analogue functions. This research is supported by the ARC and Perceptia Devices
Australia Pty. Ltd.
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Dr Fay Hudson (ANFF)
Ultra-low temperature electronics
(Dr Torsten Lehmann)
This research is motivated by the need for controlling and
observing spin-based silicon quantum computing processors
in future quantum computers. Such quantum computing
processors will be operating at temperatures below 1K.
To facilitate the quantum processor control, conventional
electronic circuits are required operating at temperatures
below 4.2K. While bipolar junction transistors are inoperable
at such temperatures, fully-depleted CMOS transistors are
capable of such low-temperature operation. Their behaviour
is somewhat modified though, and we have investigated the
transistor characteristics under such operating conditions.
Such gained knowledge of the transistor characteristics has
further enabled us to design integrated circuit functions for
ultra-low temperature operation; notably fast, programmable
pulse generators and ultra-sensitive current amplifiers used
for interfacing to single-electron transistors.
Circuits for biomedical implants
(Dr Torsten Lehmann)
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This research is motivated by the strict power and reliability
requirements of electronic implants and capsules, such
as cochlear implants, vision prostheses and wireless
endoscopes. The available power in such systems is very
limited: either due to limits on safe transcutaneous power
transfer or the limited capacity of installed batteries. The
main focus of this research is therefore to reduce the power
dissipation of the required circuit functions. Examples of
circuits we have investigated include low-power data-receiver
circuits, low-power, ultra-wideband radio transmitters, efficient
transcutaneous power transfer, highly efficient on-chip power
supplies, and ultra-low stand-by current electrode stimulator
circuits. When electronic circuits are placed inside humans,
and especially when such circuits stimulate nerve tissue, the
reliability and correct operation of the electronics become
paramount. For this reason we have also investigated active
safety circuits that can detect faults in stimulation activity and
thus ensure patient safety.
Advanced RF MEMS Technology for Modern Wireless
Communications Systems
(Prof. Rodica Ramer)
Recent advances in modern ultra wideband radar and
wireless communications applications demand high
performance and reconfigurable RF subsystems that
simplify multiple complex functions using common
hardware. These trends impose drastic requirements on
passive and active devices. The reported performance
of RF MEMS switches, with extremely low loss and high
isolation, microscopic in size, have led to their applications
in reconfigurable circuits. The proposal deals with the
development of RF MEMS based reconfigurable devices
that will enable flexible interconnections between various
ports and channels and optimize the usage of bandwidth.
This topic comprises multidisciplinary aspects including
electrical design, electrical and mechanical simulation,
fabrication and RF characterization.
Novel RF MEMS crossbar switch matrices topologies
have been developed and 3x3 switch matrices have
been fabricated. The fabricated switch matrices exhibit
RF performances that are superior to any other existing
technologies, with an operating bandwidth from DC to
40 GHz. These developed topologies have the potential
to replace the large switch matrices systems in use
on satellites for system redundancy and can also be
employed in mobile phone transceiver frontend in order to
switch between various frequency bands.
Novel reconfigurable three pole band pass filters have also
been developed. They have been designed using RF MEMS
contact switches. Our unique reconfigurable filter design
technique allows designs that can switch between three
different frequency bands, while maintaining the desired
bandwidth e.g. of 1GHz.
Numerous building blocks required for phase shifters,
switch matrices and other advanced devices for millimeter
and sub-millimeter wave have also been developed.
MEMS based ultra-miniaturized optical systems
(Dr Aron Michael and Prof. Chee Yee Kwok)
Existing approaches based on the assembly of discrete
optical and mechanical components to implement smaller
optical systems is not amenable to miniaturization. This
project is developing new approaches to implement ultraminiaturized lens based optical systems using MEMS
technology. It covers
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ZZDesign,
simulation, fabrication, and testing of new and
novel micro-actuation mechanism. The key electrical
and mechanical performance factors are low power
consumption, low voltage operability, and large out-ofplane and lateral displacements.
ZZDevelopment
of new nano/micro-fabrication techniques
to realize micro-actuators and micro-lens in the same
process.
stack. One key component is 45º micromirrors. We have
successfully developed novel techniques for fabricating
such micromirrors with ultra smooth surface (<4nm
roughness), pairs of upward facing and downward facing
45º micromirrors and means of enlarging the effective 45º
micromirror surface. Research is continuing on establishing
guided optical path in throughsilicon-vias and efficient optical
coupling to silicon photonics. Research is funded by the ARC
and microfabrication work conducted in the Semiconductor
Nanofabrication Facility,UNSW.
Integrated Quantum Computer Devices
(Prof. Andrew Dzurak)
(Dr Aron Michael and Prof. Chee Yee Kwok)
This project is about the development of optical interconnects
for 3D integration. In 3D integration of integrated circuits, the
silicon chips are stacked on top of each other. Aggressive
dimensional scaling has brought us into the 32nm node.
3D integration will allow the era of gigascale integration to
meet the ever growing demands of greater functionality in
integrated circuit systems. Dimensional scaling does not
scale the time constant delays along metal interconnects
which is now seen as one of the road-blocks, amongst many
others, for high speed operation in high performance chips.
Optical interconnect is considered as a strong candidate
to address this road-block. Investigations include both free
space and guided optical interconnects. Since the chips
are stacked, establishing an optical bus through the stack
and having optical access at each chip level is essential.
On the board level, optical interconnects are in the form of
polymer waveguides. On the silicon level, silicon photonics
is the dominant approach. This project aims to develop an
optical bus that would permit optical communication between
the board level and individual silicon chip levels in the 3D
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Research projects currently taking place within the
Program include:
ZZSi
MOS Spin Qubits
ZZSpin
ZZSi
Dependent Tunnelling through Single P Atoms
MOS Quantum Dots
ZZSi:P
Spin Qubit Control Using Cavity ESR
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Optical interconnect for 3D integration of
integrated circuits
Prof. Andrew Dzurak leads a number of research projects
within the Integrated Quantum Computer Devices Program
of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT).
The Program provides engineering design, modelling and
nanofabrication of fully-configured Si:P qubits and associated
pathway devices, making extensive use of the Semiconductor
Nanofabrication Facility (SNF). The Program’s development
of a MOS-compatible Al multi-layer gating technology has
been a critical step in the development of a fully MOS spin
qubit architecture in recent years. This technology has been
successfully applied to the production of a range of devices
which delivered significant research milestones in 2009,
including fully tuneable Si quantum dot devices which have
been operated in the single electron limit, transport devices
in which tunnelling through single-P-donor states has been
studied and spin qubit devices in which single shot spin
readout has been demonstrated. The latter marks a major
milestone in the development of a Si quantum computer.
Quantum Measurement
(Dr Andrea Morello)
The Quantum Measurement & Control Chip Program within
the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT) is
managed by Dr Andrea Morello. The research projects
within this program focus on the coherent control and
readout of single-P-atom electron spin qubits in silicon.
Throughout 2009, a new donor spin qubit architecture
developed within the Centre was investigated in depth,
achieving one of the most important milestones in solidstate spin qubits research - the single-shot readout of an
electron spin.
Research projects currently taking place within the
Program include:
ZZTunnel
rates in qubit structures
ZZSingle-shot
spin readout
ZZFast
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance (EDMR)
of P donors
ZZDevices
for local electron spin resonance
ZZLow-temperature
integrated circuits for qubit readout
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RESEARCH GROUPS: SYSTEMS AND CONTROL
Academic Staff
Prof. Andrey Savkin
Prof. Victor Solo
A/Prof. Tuan D Hoang
Dr David Clements
Dr Ray Eaton
Dr Branislav Hredzak
Research Fellows
Dr Jim Basilakis
Dr Gregory Chan
Dr Teddy Cheng
Dr Syed Ahmed Pasha
Muhammad Khalid
Emeritus Prof. Neville Rees
Prof. Branko Celler
Prof. Peter Neilson
Prof. Vojin G Oklobdzija
Prof. Peter Young
A/Prof. Tim Hesketh
Head of Systems and Control Group: Prof. Victor Solo
Nonlinear Control
(Dr David Clements)
Research projects include:
ZZReliable
Numerical Algorithms for Control
ZZChemical
Process Control
Dr Hoang Kha Ha
Chris Lu
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Nonlinear Control of Autonomous Vehicle
(Dr Ray Eaton)
This research deals with autonomous and precise navigation of robotic vehicles,
and is done in collaboration with the Mechatronics group within the School of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. In particular, the research
focuses on the application of precision farming, whereby the aim is to automate
and robustly control agricultural machinery. This work is motivated by a need in
the Australian farming industry to compensate for a dwindling labour workforce
and to be more globally competitive. The team is currently working on an
articulated system comprising an autonomous tractor pulling an agricultural
seeding implement. Here, control inputs are inadequate to ensure the system
follows a specified path with precision, given the varying and difficult operating
conditions on the land.
ZZKinematic
Modelling of Articulated Systems
ZZNonlinear
Control Design for Articulated Systems
ZZRobust
Control Design for Autonomous Vehicles Under the Influence of Slip
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Faizan Javed
Control Methods for Actuator Systems in Hard Disk
Drives
(Dr Branislav Hredzak)
High-performance hard disk drives use dual-stage
actuators in order to be able to compensate for vibrations
caused by the disk, spindle motor, suspension, slider,
or the head. In this research we develop novel control
solutions for dual-stage actuators in order to improve the
seeking performance, disturbance rejection and design
flexibility. This results in a significantly faster response
of the dual-stage actuator which in turn results in faster
access to the data.
Optimization of Placement of Dynamic
Network-on-chip Cores
Robust Control and Filtering
(Prof. Andrey Savkin)
ZZControl
and Forecasting for Wind and PV Solar Power
Systems
Control Applications – Biomedical
ZZControl
of Physiological Variables during Kidney Dialysis
ZZControl
of Implantable Blood Pumps for Heart Failure
Patients
(Dr Branislav Hredzak)
Networks-on-chip (NoC) technology appears to be wellsuited for providing the communication infrastructure
of future dynamically reconfigurable systems-on-chip
implemented using field-programmable gate arrays
(FPGAs). In this research we develop optimization
algorithms to dilate the application mapping as much as
the available latency (slack) on critical connections allows.
The free space can be used to provide additional flexibility
when the configuration is required to be changed.
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Communication Limited Control
In many distributed control systems communication
bandwidth limits can compromise system stability and
performance and a communication control trade-off must
be managed.
Neuroimaging
(Prof. Victor Solo)
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is less than
two decades old but has had a profound influence on the
study of the brain and its diseases. This technology has
in turn generated a fast growing demand for advanced
statistical signal processing tools and thrown up novel
problems in signal processing, distributed state estimation
and multimodal imaging. This research is carried on mostly
with colleagues at Harvard Medical School in the USA but
also with colleagues in UNSW’s Prince of Wales Medical
Research Institute (POWMRI).
Research Projects include:
ZZModelling
ZZJoint
of Intrinsic Brain Networks
fMRI/MEG modelling
ZZInformation
Theoretic Causality
ZZInformation
and Control
Neural Coding
ZZNetworked
Control Systems
(Prof. Victor Solo)
ZZRobust
Control under Limited Capacity Constraints
Multi-Agent Systems
ZZNavigation
ZZControl
and Guidance of Autonomous Mobile Robots
of Mobile Wireless Systems
In the last decade and a half new micro measurement
technologies involving multi-unit electrode recordings from
the brains of awake animals such as monkeys and rats
are allowing scientists to pursue fundamental studies of
brain function. A potential engineering application is the
development of true neural prosthetics. But the resultant
need to analyse large volumes of data are generating new
kinds of statistical signal processing and control problems
that require new analysis tools. This research is carried on
mostly with colleagues in the USA but also with colleagues
at the University of Western Australia Medical School.
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Chris Lu in System and Control laboratory
ZZSystem
ZZState
Identification for Multivariate Point Processes
Estimation for Point Process Systems
ZZJoint
System Identification of Point Processes and Time
Series
Geometric Signal Estimation
(Prof. Victor Solo)
Many signal processing and control problems involve
constraints that force parameters and or processes to lie
in manifolds. Differential geometric methods are required
to solve signal estimation, optimization and parameter
estimation problems in such settings.
Econometrics
(Prof. Victor Solo)
In Econometrics the advent of large data sets has put
stress on traditional methods of empirical dynamic
analysis. New tools of analysis are under rapid
development falling under the rubric of ‘dynamic factor
models’.
ZZState
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Space approach to Dynamic Factor Models
ZZSparse
State Space Models
ZZRandom
Matrix theory for Stationary Processes
ZZGeodesic
Principal Components Analysis
ZZStochastic
Estimation in Riemannian Manifolds
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ZZSignal
Attitude Estimation
RESEARCH GROUPS: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Head of Telecommunications Group: Prof. David Taubman
Academic Staff
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Research Fellows
Signal Processing
Dr Zourab Brodzeli (Photonics)
Prof. Michael Houle (Signal Processing)
Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah
Dr Albert Steven Canagasabey
(Photonics)
Prof. Boris Malomed (Photonics)
Prof. David Taubman
Dr Elias Aboutanios
Dr Chaofeng James Li
(Wireless & Data Networks)
Dr Julien Epps
Dr Jun Li (Wireless & Data Networks)
Dr Stephen Redmond
Dr Reji Kuruvilla Mathew
(Signal Processing)
Dr Deep Sen
Dr Eun Hee Min (Photonics)
Wireless & Data networks
Prof. Aruna Seneviratne
Prof. Jinhong Yuan
Dr Ido Nevat
Dr Upendra Rathnayake
Prof. Kuldip K Paliwal (Signal Processing)
A/Prof. Roksana Boreli (Signal Processing)
A/Prof. Harvey Holmes
(Signal Processing)
Dr Shaohua Chen (Photonics)
Dr Stephen Duval (Photonics)
Dr Maged Elkashlan
Dr Kan Gao (Photonics)
Dr Teddy Gunawan (Signal Processing)
Dr Aous Thabit Naman
(Signal Processing)
Dr Edward Jones (Signal Processing)
Dr Vijay Sivaraman
Dr Vidhyasaharan Sethu
(Signal Processing)
Dr Mingya Sheng (Photonics)
Dr Asghar Tabatabaei Balaei
Dr Leonardo Silvestri (Photonics)
Dr Wei Zhang
Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison
(Signal Processing)
Photonics
Dr Arun Vishwanath
Dr Ashay Dhamdhere
Dr Tim Moors
Prof. Gang Ding Peng
A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur
Dr Iain Skinner
Dr Kok Hou Wong (Photonics)
Dr Fufei Pang (Photonics)
Trevor Whitbread (Photonics)
A/Prof. Pietro Zannutigh
(Signal Processing)
Phil Allen
Tom Millet
Joe Yiu
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Wireless and Network Communications
The major research themes in wireless communications
are: Channel coding and iterative receiver techniques;
Space-time coding and MIMO techniques; Cooperative and
cognitive radio communications; and wireless positioning
and vehicular wireless ad hoc networks. Major research
themes in the data networks include: Quantum coding
for communications; Wireless sensor networks; Security
and trust; Greening the internet; and Networking for
multimedia communications. Recently, there has been
significant cross-pollination between these traditionally
distinct research areas. One good example of this is
the interaction between channel coding for physical
communications and cooperative network coding; another
is the interaction between channel coding, information
theory and quantum communications.
Some of our ongoing research projects are as follows:
Multiuser MIMO Communications
(Prof. Jinhong Yuan)
Recent research shows that with multiple antennas
placed at both the transmitter and receivers, referred
to as multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) systems,
wireless communication is able to increase the data rate
significantly. This is a breakthrough in communications
system design, since the multipath reflection in wireless
channel, traditionally a pitfall of wireless communications,
can be turned into a benefit, in increasing the wireless
link capacity. Research is being conducted into novel
transmission and multiple access signalling techniques
with the aim of dramatically improving the reliability,
throughput, and power efficiency of wireless downlink
packet data services. This work is called the multipleinput/multiple-output (MIMO) spatial division multiple
access (SDMA) technique and it will enable a breakthrough
in multi-user multimedia services in the ICT industry sector.
Potential applications of the project outcomes are in future
4G cellular mobile networks.
Cooperative Wireless Communications and
Network Coding
(Prof. Jinhong Yuan, Dr Wei Zhang and A/Prof. Robert
Malaney)
The Wireless & Data Communications Research Group is
working on developing novel transmission and receiving
techniques with the aim of dramatically improving the
reliability and throughput of wireless packet data services.
In particular, by exploring the space resource of multiple
users, we develop cooperative multi-user communication
techniques where multiple users or multiple base stations
cooperate with each other to transmit their information.
This can thoroughly exploit the space resource of multipleusers and user cooperation diversity in wireless networks
to largely improve the reliability, and spectrum and power
efficiency. With users cooperating with each other, we
can significantly reduce the transmission power/energy,
making the systems more “green”. Potential applications
of the project outcomes are in future wireless systems,
such as mobile broadband wireless access (MBWA 802.20
or WiMAX 802.16).
Cognitive radio networks
(Prof. Jinhong Yuan and Dr Wei Zhang)
The Wireless & Data Communications Research Group
aims to develop novel spectrum agile radio communication
techniques which can opportunistically exploit the spectral
resource of licensed systems and utilise the amount of
unused spectrum in an intelligent way. The School’s current
research outcomes in this area include robust cooperative
spectrum sensing and whispering radio technique which
enable to break the spectrum-availability bottleneck
and significantly improve the spectrum utilisation. The
ultimate aim of the research is to dramatically improve
the network’s spectrum efficiency, power efficiency and
reliability, without interfering with other incumbent devices
in the same frequency bands.
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Space-Time Codes Design with Low-complexity
Receiver
(Dr Wei Zhang)
“Faster, higher and stronger” are major concerns for
designing future broadband wireless communication
systems. This project aims to design efficient signal
transmission techniques for future generation wireless
communications systems, which have the potential of
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The Telecommunications Research Group consists of
research and teaching in the areas of Wireless and
Network Communications, Signal Processing, and
Photonics. Our major research activities are as follows:
achieving both high transmission performance and high
data rate while meeting the stringent requirement of
low-complexity receiver structures. The outcomes of the
research will include the new space-time codes design
and cost-effective receiver design. It is expected that the
research will enable high speed wireless communications
and influence the development of broadband wireless
access solutions.
In this project, we are building a system based on
participatory sensor networks, whereby users with mobile
phones contribute pollution data that is then collected
centrally in real-time and displayed as a map. Alongside,
we are developing tools that allow accurate estimation of
personal exposure to air pollutants. Our research will help
gain an understanding of urban air pollution distribution, as
well as benefit individuals in understanding their personal
health risk index.
Improving Energy Efficiency of Internet Routers
(Dr Vijay Sivaraman)
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The ICT sector consumed 156 GigaWatts, or about 8% of
the world’s total electrical power consumption, in 2007,
of which 14% is attributed to network equipment. The
increasing amount of power consumed by Internet routers
is becoming a serious concern for router manufacturers
and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) alike. It is limiting
the switching capacity router manufacturers can pack
per unit space, and bloating operational expense for ISPs
due to higher electricity bills and cooling costs. In this
research project our aim is to develop innovative methods
for energy reduction in Internet routers. We are aiming to
develop new router architectures that employ more optics,
optimise the use of components such as packet storage
memories and interface speeds, and integrate emerging
standards such as Energy Efficient Ethernet.
Body-Area Networks for Healthcare Monitoring
This research develops energy-efficient communication
protocols for body-wearable wireless sensor devices to be
used in pervasive medical monitoring. Today’s healthcare
systems are struggling to cope with the needs of an ageing
population exhibiting an earlier onset of chronic conditions
that need long-term monitoring. Wearable wireless sensors
can relieve this pressure by providing intelligent, non-intrusive,
continuous monitoring at dramatically reduced cost, with
round-the-clock diagnostic and intervention capability. Our
work in this area is developing the highly energy-efficient,
light-weight, flexible, and robust communication protocols
that are an integral part of such a system.
Reliable Communications for Vehicular Networks
(Dr Asghar Tabatabaei Balaei)
Networks for Environment Pollution Monitoring
Exposure to air pollution is known to increase the risk of
cardiovascular and respiratory mortality, and exacerbate
conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Current systems for air
pollution monitoring have very poor spatial resolution, and
do not reflect actual exposures experienced by individuals.
In order to reduce traffic accidents, effective solutions are
required. Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs), or Vehicular
Communication (VC) systems, have potential to provide
solutions and are likely to be ubiquitous in the not-toodistant future. In such systems, equipment exists on board
the vehicles as well as in road-side infrastructure. DSRC is
the method of communication for this network. DSRC is an
alternative solution to a GPS-only-based solution, where the
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GPS in the vehicle may have access to an INS. By using
DSRC, it can also use positioning information from other
nearby cars and road-side infrastructure to enhance its
own position accuracy and availability.
Quantum Communications
(A/Prof. Robert Malaney)
A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur and his research student
Scott Jones
Fibre-based Photoreactor for Photoinduced Processes
(Prof. Gang-Ding Peng)
This research looks to address issues faced by solar induced
photocatalysis through integrating improved particle and optic
systems to increase photon efficiencies and harness a greater
portion of solar/visible light. In collaboration with researchers
in Chemical Engineering and Industry Chemistry, we develop an
optical fibre photoreactor system that would effectively allow for
improved utilisation of photons by the semiconductor surface.
Photosensitive Polymer Optical Fibres and Gratings
Photonics
The major themes in Photonics research are:
Photonic fibre devices; Fibre based sensors; Planar
photonic components and optical circuitry; and New
photonic materials for sensing, display and difficult
environments.
Polymer optical fibre Bragg gratings are useful for strain
sensor applications for large dynamic range. We develop
polymer optical fibres with higher photosensitivity and
fabricating POF gratings for various industrial applications.
Porphyrin Technologies for Sensing in the Energy and
Mining Industries
Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures
This work develops highly multiplexed fibre sensor
systems for structural health monitoring and risk
assessment of critical transport infrastructures. This work
is in collaboration with Sydney University and industry
partner RTA.
Fibre Ring Laser Based Intracavity Gas and
Chemical Sensors
Fibre laser based sensor systems have great potential for
high sensitivity gas and chemical detection. We develop
fibre ring laser based sensor systems in collaboration with
Tianjin University, China.
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The project works on the next generation of “extreme” gratings
and chemical sensors, both passive and active, primarily for
applications in sensing within the petroleum and gas industries
(but applicable across the mining industry). This is an international
collaboration project in partnership with University of Sydney,
Institute of Photonic High Technology, Germany and the Federal
University of Technology, Brazil.
Diamond-based photonics
(A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur)
A/Prof. Ladouceur directed the research effort at UNSW that
led to the first scalable all-diamond integrated circuits using a
combination of photolithography, reactive ion etching (RIE) and
focused ion beam (FIB) techniques with important application
in Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Computing. This
important work has been highlighted in New Scientist: “Diamond
‘wires’ – quantum computing’s best friend”.
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Quantum Communications is an emerging crossdisciplinary field of growing global significance. Research
into advanced quantum protocols is being pursued that will
dictate the key operations of emerging quantum networks.
Specifically, we are investigating the optimal quantum
repeater protocols for a range of network architectures
in which quantum information transfer through a multihop
environment occurs. We will also determine near-optimal
versions of our protocols that will give engineers the ability
to trade off quantum complexity with communication
throughput. New applications of quantum communications
are also being researched that will bring enhanced security
and communications advantages not possible in classical
networks. Our work will result in new applications and
services that will have a major impact on the ongoing
global efforts to develop the quantum internet.
New photonics materials
(A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur)
A/Prof. Ladouceur’s research effort is centred on the
development of new photonics materials for display,
biomedical and telecom applications. Of particular interest
is the development of hydrogel-based electronics ink
for conformal (flexible) displays, chiral (co)polymers for
polarisation control and manipulation of polarisation in
optical fibres, self-assembly of polymer for photoreceptors
(pixels) definition in artificial retina and semiconducting
polymers for artificial skin (tactile sensors).
Signal Processing
The major research themes in signal processing are:
Image and video compression; Estimation and modeling
of motion, depth and other multimedia features; Efficient
and flexible multimedia communication; Paralinguistic
speech processing to recover emotion, language and
speaker information; Cochlear speech processing; Sound
field acquisition, compression and synthesis; Radar
signal processing; and Signal processing for biological,
biomedical and health monitoring applications.
Image and Video Compression
(Prof. David Taubman)
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The School has been conducting world-leading research in
the area of compression of digital media. One focus of this
work is scalable compression technologies, which generated
embedded bit-streams whose subsets can simultaneously
target numerous resolutions, bit-rates and regions of interest.
Another focus is efficient representation and estimation of
structural information, including motion, depth and geometric
structure. Work in this area has contributed and is continuing
to contribute to several major international image and video
compression standards.
paradigm that underlies the JPIP standard (IS15444-9),
a family of hybrid-ARQ protection algorithms collectively
known as LR-PET (Limited Retransmission Priority Encoding
Transmission), and commercial deployment of some of these
research outcomes through the Kakadu software toolkit.
Biologically Inspired Signal Processing
(Dr Elias Aboutanios)
A collaboration between UNSW and a team from the
Institute for Digital Communications at the University of
Edinburgh (UoE) under the Biologically Inspired Signal
Processing (BIAS), aims to develop novel algorithms for
the study of non-stationary signals in general and bat
echolocation calls in particular. Many of the engineering
(and more specifically signal processing problems) we
face have been addressed in nature, sometimes with
astonishing degrees of specialisation and success. It is
hoped that an improved understanding of natural systems
would inspire novel technologies.
Signal Processing for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy
(Dr Elias Aboutanios)
This project is a collaborative effort with a group from
the department of Biochemistry at the University of
Cambridge and more recently with the Graduate School of
Biomedical Engineering, and has the goal of investigating
novel approaches for the processing of Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy data in order to enhance the
detection and study of biologically active compounds
such as metabolites and heparin. This can lead to the
unmasking of low concentration metabolites in a biological
sample thereby contributing to the study of disease,
toxicity, gene expression as well as drug development.
Paralinguistic Speech Processing
(Dr Julien Epps and Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah)
Multimedia Communication
(Prof. David Taubman)
The School has also been very active in the development
of efficient methods for image and video communication
over networks. One focus of this work is the development
of highly efficient and computationally tractable hybrid-ARQ
protection strategies for scalably compressed multi-media
over lossy packet networks. A second focus has been
the development of algorithms and standards to facilitate
efficient and flexible access to remotely located image
and video. Major outputs from our work include the core
Processing and recognition of the linguistic content of
speech has been a major focus for speech processing
research for some decades, however more recently
attention is shifting towards non-linguistic speech
information, such as speaker identity, emotion and
cognitive load. The research effort within the school
aims to characterise this information, towards improving
recognition accuracies in a range of applications.
Collaborators include the Institute for Infocomms Research
(Singapore), the Australian National University, and National
ICT Australia.
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(Dr Julien Epps)
This project concentrates on developing new period
estimation techniques and significance measures for
characterising structure within symbolic sequences such
as DNA, in particular the nucleosome, whose function in
evolutionary dynamics is a current area of major research
interest in biology. Jointly with the John Curtin School of
Medical Research at ANU, the new approaches are being
evaluated on whole-genome data.
Language Identification and Dialect Identification
(Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah)
Around the world, the identification of languages and their
dialects is a pressing problem for government agencies
who need to support cross-cultural services in order to
satisfy their universal access obligations to the community. A
language identification system dealing with more than two or
three languages requires a front-end that will route the speech
to the correct interpreter. This research analyses the acoustic
and phonetic content of the wideband (0-7 kHz) speech
signal to determine what language is being spoken. Many
of the approaches to spoken language identification draw
upon techniques used in current speaker-independent speech
recognition systems.
Automatic Speaker Recognition and Forensic
Applications
(Dr Julien Epps and Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah)
The automatic determination of a person’s identity
from their speech signal has a range of applications in
authentication, security, defence and forensics. In 2009,
the research group focused on the development of new
frequency modulation (FM) features, which have shown
great promise for characterising the speech signal in
speaker recognition applications. In particular, the group
has shown FM features can perform comparably to the
mel frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs), which have
been the uncontested standard front-end for speaker
recognition systems, and that MFCC and FM subsystems
can be fused to provide substantial gains in recognition
accuracy, when evaluated on contemporary standard
databases. This work is conducted in collaboration with
the Institute for Infocomm Research (Singapore) and the
Australian National University.
Signal processing methods for triaxial
Accelerometry
(Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah)
In this project, models and analysis methods are
developed for automatically determining the type of
terrain and gradient being traversed by a subject wearing
a triaxial accelerometer. This information is critical to
the accurate determination of the energy expenditure of
the subject, which in turn has important applications in
biomedical engineering and clinical medicine.
Forensic Voice Comparison Laboratory
http://forensic.unsw.edu.au/
(Dr Julien Epps, Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison and Prof.
Eliathamby Ambikairajah)
The FVC Lab was established in September 2010. We
conduct research in forensic voice comparison within the
new paradigm for the evaluation of forensic evidence: Use
of the likelihood-ratio framework (the same framework as
is standard for the evaluation of DNA evidence); strengthof-evidence calculation based on objective acoustic
measurements and statistical modelling; and empirical testing
of the validity and reliability under conditions reflecting those
of the case at trial. During 2010 we worked on procedures
for measuring the reliability of forensic-comparison systems.
We also worked on a project on incorporating forensic
analysis techniques as part of an automatic speaker
recognition system. The latter is a collaborative project led by
IBM’s T J Watson Research Center.
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Genomic signal processing
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Faculty of Engineering Postdoctoral Writing
Fellowship Grants
Muhammad Khalid completed his PhD
under the supervision of Prof. Andrey
Savkin on “Forecasting and control for
wind power systems”. During his thesis,
Muhammad published 2 Journal papers,
3 Book Chapters and 7 Conference
papers and he used the fellowship to complete and
submit 3 journal papers as well as to apply for funding
through Endeavour Research Fellowships and the ARC
Arun Vishwanath completed his
PhD under the supervision of Dr Vijay
Sivaraman on “Routers and Networks
with Near-Zero Buffers”. As a result
of his PhD studies Arun published
5 Journal papers and 7 Conference
papers and a Book chapter. He used his fellowship
tenure to submit another 4 papers associated with
his research. Arun also intends to apply for an
ARC Discovery grant to fund an APD to support his
continued research.
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King Yuk (Eric) Chan completed his
PhD under the supervision of Rodica
Ramer on “RF MEMS for RF and
Microwave Wireless Communication
Systems”. During his thesis, Eric
published three Journal papers and
seven Conference papers. He used the fellowship to
propose collaboration with the Microwave Systems
research group in CSIRO. Eric also worked on two
journal papers which he submitted as part of the
fellowship grant.
Wee Han Lim completed his PhD under
the supervision of Andrew Dzurak
on “Silicon-based quantum dots &
microdosimeters”. As a result of his
PhD studies Wee Han published six
Journal papers and four Conference
papers. He used his fellowship tenure to submit
another three papers associated with his research.
Wee Han also intends to apply for an ARC Discovery
grant to fund an APD to support his continued
research
Aron Michael receives his award
from Paul Levins, President of
Intellectual Ventures, Australia
and New Zealand
Nsi Inventor of the Year Award 2010
Chee Yee Kwok, Aron Michael and YiWei Xu, all from the
School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications,
won the Best New Invention (Staff) Award in the NSi
Inventor of the Year awards, for their work on optical
interconnects for 3D silicon photonic optical chips using
photopolymer waveguides. The NSi Inventor of the
Year awards rewards innovative technologies of UNSW
researchers and students that benefit the community and
the environment - this is the second year of the awards.
Wei Zhang
Awarded grant by Australian Academy of
Science in 2010 to undertake international
collaborative research in North America
under the International Science Linkages
– Science Academies Program. Wei’s
project was entitled “Coding for Wireless Systems with
Low-Complexity Receiver”. He was hosted by Prof.
Xiang-Gen Xia at the University of Delaware.
Elias Aboutanios
Dr Elias Aboutanios won the Best Oral
Presentation Award with his paper
entitled “Instantaneous Frequency
Based Spectral Analysis of Nuclear
Magnetic Spectroscopy Data” in the 3rd
International Congress on Image and Signal Processing
(CISP’10), in Shanghai, China, 16-18 October 2010.
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2010 Accepted ENG HERDC Pubs (n =1556)
2008
167
61
3
Conference
Journal
Book Chapter
Book
Total
231
2009
165
96
3
4
268
962%
1535%
723%
1096%
227%
396%
327%
873%
54%
100%
5985%
2010
249
141
9
399
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
School Research Publications Output
450
400
2010 Accepted ENG HERDC Pubs (n=1556)
Number of Publications
350
Petroleum
1%
300
250
200
Conference
150
Journal
100
Book Chapter
Book
50
0
2008
2009
2010
Conference
167
165
249
Journal
61
96
141
Book Chapter
3
3
9
231
268
Book
Total
Total
Chem Eng
14%
GSBmE
6%
4
EE&T
24%
CSE
17%
Mech Eng
12%
399
School of EE&T research publications output 2008-2010
Civ Eng
Civ
Eng
15%
SPREE
5%
SS
SSISS
4%
Mining
2%
Total Faculty of Engineering Research output 2010
Publications listed below are those included in the University’s verified annual Higher Education Research Data Collection
(HERDC) Report. The School of EE&T consistently produces a very high number of publications per staff member. In 2010
the School was responsible for 24% of the total Faculty of Engineering HERDC publications.
Chan, LL, Celler, BG, Zhang, JZ & Lovell, NH,
‘Pervasive networks and ubiquitous monitoring
for wellness monitoring in residential aged
care’, Antonio Coronato (CNR, Italy); Giuseppe
De Pietro (CNR, Italy) (eds), Pervasive and
Smart Technologies for Healthcare: Ubiquitous
Methodologies and Tools, pp 1-24
Khalid & Savkin, AV, ‘Direction dependent power
curves for wind power prediction: a case study’,
Prof. Robert J Howlett, Prof. Lakhmi C Jain & Dr.
Shaun H Lee (eds), Sustainability in Energy and
Buildings, Springer, Berlin
Khalid & Savkin, AV, ‘Model predictive control
of wind energy storage system for frequency
regulation’, Prof. Robert J Howlett, Prof. Lakhmi
C Jain & Dr. Shaun H Lee (eds), Sustainability in
Energy and Buildings, Springer, Berlin
Lovell, NH, & Redmond, SJ, ‘Biosignal processing
to meet the emerging needs of telehealth
monitoring environments’, Subhas Chandra
Mukhopadhyay, Aimé Lay-Ekuakille (eds),
Advances in biomedical sensing, measurements,
instrumentation and systems, Springer, Berlin, pp
263-280
Lovell, NH, Redmond, SJ, Basilakis, J, Mohktar,
MS, Sukor, JA & Celler, BG, ‘The application of
decision support systems in home telecare’,
American Scientific Publishers, USA, pp 266-277
Redmond, S, Birznieks, I, Lovell, NH & Goodwin,
AW, ‘Classifying Torque, Normal Force and
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Wong, ACL, Giovinazzo, M, Tam, HY, Lu, C &
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Shahroudi, M. M., Abdollahzadeh, H., Naderi,
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Xiao, D & Rahman, MF, ‘A novel sensorless
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Xiao, D & Rahman, MF, ‘Sensorless direct torque
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Xiao, D, Foo, GH & Rahman, MF, ‘A new combined
adaptive flux observer with HF signal injection for
sensorless direct torque and flux control of matrix
converter fed ipmsm over a wide speed range’,
2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and
Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings, Atlanta,
GA, 12-16 September IEEE, New York
Xie, Y, Redmond, SJ, Basilakis, J & Lovell, NH,
‘Effect of ECG Quality Measures on PiecewiseLinear Trend Detection for Telehealth Decision
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August 31 - September 4,IEEE
Xu, Y, Michael, AW, Kwok, CY & Peng, G, ‘A novel
stacked-die optical-interconnect prototype system:
fabrication technique for front and rear 45 micromirror pair’, Perth, Australia, 6-9 July Technical
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Xu, Y, Michael, AW, Kwok, CY & Peng, G, ‘Detail
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Electromagnetic Research, New York
Yan, B, Yiu, C, Li, M, Guo, JJ & Peng, G, ‘Chirped
Fiber Grating with Nonlinear Effective Index
Modulation’, Proceedings of the Joint Workshop
on Frontier Photonics and Electronics, Sydney,
Australia, 4-5 March School of Electrical &
Telecommunications, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Yan, W, Phung, BT & Blackburn, TR, ‘Comparison
of Partial Discharge Patterns between Mineral
and Bio-degradable Oil Insulation Systems’,
2010, Tokyo, Japan, Paper A3-2.
Yang, Y & Lehmann, T, ‘Current recycling in linear
regulators for biomedical implants’, 2010 53rd
IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits
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Piscataway, NJ, USA
Yap, T, Ambikairajah, E, Epps, JR & Choi, E,
‘Cognitive Load Classification Using Formant
Features’, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-13 May, IEEE
Yap, T, Epps, JR, Ambikairajah, E & Choi, E, ‘An
Investigation of Formant Frequencies for Cognitive
Load Classification’, Interspeech Makuhari,
Japan, 26-30 September, International Speech
Communication Association
Yap, T, Epps, JR, Choi, E & Ambikairajah, E,
‘Glottal features for speech-based cognitive load
classification’, Dallas, TX, March 14-19, IEEE
Yuan, J, Aravind Surapura, C & Malaney,
RA, ‘Energy Efficiency of Hybrid-ARQ Based
Geographic Routing’, 2010 IEEE-RIVF International
Conference on Computing and Communication
Technologies: Research, Innovation and Vision for
the Future, RIVF Hanoi, Vietnam, 1-4 November
IEEE, USA
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Turbo Code for Relay Channels’, Taipei, Taiwan,
16-19 May IEEE, USA
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of network-coding based multi-edge type LDPC
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Sept IEEE, USA
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SCHOOL RESEARCH
COMMITTEE REPORT
The Research Committee plays a key role
in the management and promotion of the
School’s research goals and research
funding. The objectives of the committee
include:
Prof. Vassilios G Agelidis
ZZExternal
Examiner for University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
ZZChapter
Chair IEEE NSW PES
ZZARC
IntReader
schemes
ZZAssisting
researchers in applying for
internal University funding schemes and
representing the School’s interests in
regard to these schemes
ZZAttracting
high quality research students
and helping supervisors assess
potential research students
ZZManaging
and representing the School’s
interests in regard to competitive
scholarship programs for research
students
ZZRecruiting
outstanding researchers to
add to the critical mass in the School’s
focused research theme areas
ZZRepresenting
the School’s interests
in regard to the ERA (Excellent in
Research Australia) initiative
A new initiative in 2010 was the
organisation of a School Research
Workshop, which was well attended
by academic staff of the School. This
successful event is likely to be continued
annually.
ZZTechnical
Program Chair for the Circuits and Systems/VLSI program
in the Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association
Annual Summit Conference (APSIPA ASC)
ZZExternal
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examiner for Taylors College University (TCU), Malaysia
ZZChair
of the NSW Chapter of the IEEE Power and Energy Society
(PES)
ZZMember
Standards Committee EL-24 on Lightning Protection
ZZMember
Standards Committee EL-07 on High Voltage Switchgear and
Testing
ZZChair
of Standards
Committee EL-07-2-1
on Low/Medium Voltage
Insulation Coordination
ZZMember
Electrical
Assessors Panel of the
National Association
of Testing Authorities
(NATA)
Members of the International Organising Committee
and all the Chairs of the APSIPA ASC
school report 2010
ZZLinkage
EXTERNAL COMMITTEE AND BOARD
MEMBERSHIPS
ZZMember
South Australian Panel
of Electricity Experts (under SA
Electricity Act 1996)
ZZMember
CIGRE International Task
Force D1-20 (Cable Diagnostics)
ZZMember
Australian CIGRE Panel
APD1 (Electrical Materials and
Diagnostic Methods)
Dr Mohammad Salay Naderi
ZZMember
Technical Committee of
Distributed Generation Expansion at
Ministry of Energy, Iran
ZZMember
IET Young Professionals
Summit Task Force
Dr Dipanjan Sen
ZZMember
Prof. Andrew Dzurak
ZZQucor
Pty Ltd, Director
ZZCambridge
Australia Scholarships,
Member of Selection Committee
ZZUNSW
Faculty of Engineering,
Professorial Promotions Committee
Dr Julien Epps
ZZMember,
IEEE Signal Processing in
Education Technical Committee
A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur
ZZUNSW
Faculty of Engineering, A/
Prof. Promotion Committee
ZZChair,
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Acoustical Society of
America, Subcommittee on Forensic
Acoustics, established November
2010
ZZMember
Australasian Speech
Science & Technology Association,
Forensic Speech Science
Committee
ZZMember
International Association for
Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics,
Research Committee
Dr Toan Phung
ZZMember
CIGRÉ Australian Panel
D1 – Materials and Emerging
Technologies for Power Systems.
ZZConvener
Group
IEEE Speech & Language
Technical Committee
of Australian EMTP User
EDITORIAL COMMITTEES
Prof. Vassilios G Agelidis
ZZAssociate
Editor for IEEE
Transactions on Power Electronics
ZZEditorial
board member of The
Transactions of the Institute of
Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineering
Prof. Victor Solo
ZZMember
Executive Committee of the
UNSW Brain Sciences institute
Mr Edward Spooner
of Standards Australia
EL42 Committee “Renewable
Energy Systems”
ZZAssociate
Editor for the International
Journal of Electronics, Taylor and
Francis
ZZChairman
ZZMember
Australian representative
on IEC TC82 “Photovoltaics”.
Co-convener of working group 3
“Systems” and member of working
group 6 “Balance of system
components”
ZZMember
of the IEC Joint coordinated
working group (JCWG) on Stand
Alone Power Systems
Prof. David Taubman
ZZMember
Australian Standards
Committee IT-029 “Coded
Representation of Picture, Audio and
Multimedia/Hypermedia Information”
ZZHead
of Delegation from Australia
(and manager of the membership
status) for the ISO committee ISO/
IEC JTC1/SC29/WG1 (aka JPEG)
Prof. Jinhong Yuan
ZZChair
IEEE NSW Joint
Communications/Signal Processing/
Ocean Engineering Societies
Chapter
Prof. Andrey Savkin
ZZAssociate
editor for Automatica
ZZAssociate
editor for Nonlinear
Analysis - Hybrid Systems.
Prof. David Taubman
ZZAssociate
Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Image Processing
Dr Wei Zhang
ZZEditor
of IEEE Transactions on
Wireless Communications
03.research
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND
SHORT COURSES HOSTED BY EE&T
January 2010
Title:
Recursive Smoothing Using Particle Filters
Speaker:
Dr Sumeetpal S. Singh, Cambridge university
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Prof. Jinhong
Yuan
February 2010
Transmission and detection techniques in multiuser MIMO OFDE channels
Speaker:
Prof. Li Ping, City University of Hong Kong
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Prof. Jinhong
Yuan
Title:
Holography: Origin, Development, and Beyond
Speaker:
Prof. Francis Yu, Penn State University, USA
Research Group:
Telecommunications
Title:
Smarter Energy IBM-Research
Speaker:
Deva Seetharam, IBM India
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Dr Vijay
Sivaraman
Title:
Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm and Its
Applications
Speaker:
Prof. Xia Li, Shenzen University, China
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Dr Wei Zhang
March 2010
Title:
Joint Workshop on Frontier Photonics and
Electronics
Organiser:
UNSW, The University of Tokyo and The University
of Sydney
Speaker:
Prof. Kazuo Hotate, Prof. Gang-Ding Peng, Prof.
John Canning and A/Prof. Zuyuan He
Research Group:
Photonics organised by Prof. Gang-Ding Peng
Title:
Optical isolator: Application to Photonic Integrated
Circuits
Speaker:
Prof. Tetsuya MIZUMOTO, Tokyo Institute of
Technology
Research Group:
Photonics organised by Prof. Gang-Ding Peng
Title:
Automatic Detection Of Mine-Like Objects In
Seabed Imagery from Autonomous Underwater
Vehicles
Speaker:
Dr Phil Chapple, DSTO
Research Group:
Photonics organised by Dr Iain Skinner
The workshop was attended by more than 50 Japanese, Chinese and
Australian researchers.
The Australia-Japan-China Joint Workshop
on Frontier Photonics and Electronics was
held at the School of Electrical Engineering
& Telecommunications, UNSW on 4 and 5
March 2010.
This workshop brought together about 50 Japanese,
Chinese and Australian researchers. The two-day
workshop featured 43 presentations reporting on the
latest progress in frontier photonics and electronics.
Prof. Graham Davies, Dean of Faculty of Engineering,
opened the workshop and gave a welcome speech
to the attendants. Prof. Chee Yee Kwok briefly
introduced the School of Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications and Photonics and Optical
Communications to the guests.
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This workshop provided a platform for close interaction
to establish close academic links and research
collaboration. It offered an opportunity to form future
international partnerships of excellence among the
staff and research students of the participating
universities. The attendants enjoyed the stimulating
and interactive forum.
Prof. Graham Davies, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering,
welcomed attendants and opened the Workshop
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Title:
April 2010
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Title:
Maximum-Throughout Irregular Distributed Space-Time Code for Near-Capacity
Cooperative Communications
Speaker:
Dr Michael Ng, The University of Southampton, UK
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Prof. Jinhong Yuan
Title:
Efficient Simulations Using Matlab
Speaker:
Dr Elias Aboutanios, UNSW
Research Group:
Telecommunications
Title:
The Road towards 4G: SC-FDMA For Future Broadband Wireless Communications
Speaker:
Prof. Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research Group:
Title:
Cognitive MIMO Systems: Theory and Practice
Speaker:
Prof. Rui Zhang, I2R & National University of Singapore
Research Group:
Title:
Gaussian Relay Channels with Correlated Noise
Speaker:
Prof. Shuguang Cui, Texas A&M University
Research Group:
Title:
Coalition and Correlated Game Theoretical Approaches for Cognitive Radio Networks
Speaker:
Prof. Zhu Han, University of Houston
Research Group:
Title:
Security and Privacy in European Intelligent Transport systems Research
Speaker:
Dr Frank Kargl, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Research Group:
Telecommunications
Title:
Physical Layer Network Coding
Speaker:
Dr Shengli Zhang, Shenzhen University, China
Research Group:
Title:
Resource Allocation in Hybrid Marco/Femto Networks
Speaker:
Dr Xiaoli Chu, King’s College London, UK
Research Group:
Title:
Error Bounds for Decode-and-Forward Relaying
Speaker:
Prof. Lars K. Rasmussen, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Research Group:
Title:
OpenWSN: Open-Source Standards-Based Protocol Stacks for Wireless Mesh
Networks
Speaker:
Dr Thomas Watteyne, Berkeley
Research Group:
Title:
Signal Sensing for Flat Fading Channels
Speaker:
Prof. Mike Faulkner, Victoria University
Research Group:
Title:
Wireless Information Assurance Going Forward
Speaker:
Konstantinos (Kostas) Pelechrinis, University of California, Riverside
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Dr Vijay Sivaraman
Title:
Statistical Delay QoS Provisionings in Wireless Networks: Effective Capacity and QoSDriven Resource Allocations
Speaker:
Prof. Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA
Research Group:
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May 2010
INVITED TALK – ALUMNUS ADRIAN CLARK
Title:
An Industry Perspective on the emergence of Smart Electricity Grids
Speaker:
Adrian Clark, Smart Grids Energy Australia
June 2010
Title:
The Architectural Assues of NBN
Speaker:
Michael Bolan, System Engineering, CISCO
Research Group:
July 2010
Title:
From Artificial Retina to Artificial Skin
Speaker:
A/Prof. Francois Ladouceur, Paul-Henry Prevot & Daren Alvares
Research Group:
Photonics
Title:
Some Glimpses on the Capacity of Optical Channels
Speaker:
Prof. Stefan Moser, NCTU, Taiwan
Research Group:
Prof. Khaled Ben Letaief, Dean of
Engineering from Hong Kong University
of Science & Technology, The Road
towards 4G: SC-FDMA For Future Broadband
Wireless Communications (April 2010),
organized by Dr Wei Zhang.
August 2010
Title:
Speech Enhancement Based on Microphone Array for Voice Conference Systems
Speaker:
Dr Yusuke Hioka, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, Japan
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Dr Deep Sen
September 2010
Title:
Algorithms for Energy-Saving: Speed-scaling and Sleeping
Speaker:
Dr Lachlan Andrew, Swinburne University of Technology
Research Group:
Dr Wei Zhang and Prof. Shuguang Cui from
Texas A&M University, USA, Gaussian Relay
Channels with Correlated Noise.
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Title:
Perspective in Power Engineering Research Including Renewable Energy and Smart Grid
Speaker:
A/Prof. Z.Y Dong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Group:
Energy Systems
Title:
Optimal Carbon Taxes for Electric Power Supply Chains with Transmission Constraints
Speaker:
Prof. Yu-Chi Wu, NUU, Taiwan
Research Group:
Energy Systems organised by Prof. Vassilios Agelidis
Title:
Simulation of Power Electronic Systems using PLECS
Speaker:
Dr Mihai Ciobotaru, CERPA, UNSW
Research Group:
Energy Systems organised by Prof. Vassilios Agelidis
Title:
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Operational Practice of Internet Routing
Speaker:
Prof. Geoffrey Xie, Dept of Computer Science, US Naval Postgraduate School
Research Group:
Title:
A Unified Framework for Key Agreement over Wireless Fading Channels
Speaker:
Prof. Lifeng Lai, University of Arkansas, USA
Research Group:
school report 2010
October 2010
SHORT COURSES
A/Prof. Trevor Blackburn & Dr
Toan Phung
ZZShort
Course on “Partial Discharges in
High Voltage Insulation”, July 12-13,
2010
A/Prof. Trevor Blackburn, Prof.
Mehdi Vakilian & Dr Toan Phung
ZZShort
Course on “Applications of
ATPDraw to Power System Analysis”,
19-20 August 2010
November 2010
Title:
The Economics of Transit and Peering Interconnections in the Internet
Speaker:
Dr Amogh Dhamdhere, CAIDA, San Diego
Research Group:
Telecommunications organised by Dr Ashay Dhamdhere
Title:
Challenges for the Government in Intelligent Transport Systems
Speaker:
Philip Mallon
Research Group:
Microelectronics
December 2010
Title:
Analysis and Design of Extremum Seeking Controllers
Speaker:
Prof. Dragan Nesic, The University of Melbourne
Research Group:
Systems and Control
Title:
Challenges for the Government in Intelligent Transport Systems
Speaker:
Philip Mallon
Research Group:
Microelectronics
KEYNOTES AND TUTORIAL PRESENTATIONS
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Prof. Andrew Dzurak
ZZInvited
ZZCQCT
lecture, Conference on
Remote Monitoring & Control
Technologies in Oil & Gas, Mining &
Industry, Perth August 2010
ZZJudge,
NSW branch of the Institution
of Engineering & Technology (IET)
“Present Around the World” thesis
presentation competition
Dr Nick Cutler
ZZRenewable
Energy Research
Conference, Trondheim, Norway,
June 2010
ZZRisø-DTU
National Laboratories,
Roskilde, Denmark, June 2010.
ZZUniversity
of Melbourne, for the
Melbourne Energy Institute and the
Earth Sciences Postgrad Society,
October 2010
Annual Workshop, Sydney,
Feb 2010
ZZInternational
Conference on
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
(ICONN-2010), Sydney, Feb 2010
ZZUNSW
Future Leaders Workshop,
Sydney, April 2010
ZZEmerging
Technologies Conference
(Australian Department of Defence),
Sydney, May 2010
ZZUniversity
of Melbourne, School of
Physics – Advanced Condensed
Matter Graduate Seminar
ZZCMOS
Emerging Technologies
Workshop, Whistler, Canada, May
2010
ZZEuropean
Union – Australia Joint
Science & Technology Coordination
Committee, Sydney, June 2010
ZZARO/NSA/IARPA
Quantum
Computing & Quantum Algorithms
Program Review, Cincinnati, August
2010
ZZMORGO
2010 (“Taking Calculated
Risks”), Waitangi, New Zealand,
September 2010
ZZKeio
University Colloquium,
Yokohama, Japan, September 2010
ZZInternational
Conference on Solid
State Devices and Materials, Tokyo,
Japan, September 2010
ZZIEEE
Macquarie Engineering
Colloquium, Macquarie University,
Sydney, October 2010
ZZANFF
Research Showcase and
International Advisory Committee
Meeting, Melbourne, Nov 2010
ZZ19th
Australian Institute of Physics
Congress, Melbourne, December
2010
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ZZAtomic
Functionalities in Silicon
Devices (AFSiD) Workshop,
Melbourne, December 2010
Dr Tara Julia Hamilton
ZZSeminar
at University of
Wollongong, School of Mathematics
and Applied Statistics, April 2010
ZZTalk
and discussion group at
Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition
Engineering Workshop, Telluride,
Colorado USA, June - July 2010
ZZSeminar
at Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore, December
2010
ZZKeynote
speaker at BIT’s 1st Annual
World Congress of Forensic Science
in Dalian, China, October 2010
ZZInvited
presentation at the
13th Australasian International
Conference on Speech Science
and Technology in Melbourne in
December 2010
ZZPresented
tutorial and organised a
Special Session on Forensic Voice
Comparison and Forensic Acoustics
at the 2nd Pan-American/Iberian
Meeting on Acoustics in Cancún,
Mexico, November 2010
ZZInvited
talk on Partial Discharge
Monitoring to Integral Energy,
Huntingwood, 17 November 2010
Prof. Andrey Savkin
ZZPlenary
talk at Chinese Multiagent
Systems Conference, Beijing,
October 2010
Prof. Fazlur Rahman
ZZKey-note
speech at the IECI
Conference, “Role of Power
Electronics in an Energy Conscious
World”, Melaka, Malaysia, February
2010.
ZZLecture
ZZIIR
Electricity Substations and
Network Management Conference
Sydney, February 2010
ZZELC
Annual Economics Teachers’
Conference, Sydney, March 2010
ZZProfessional
Development Course
and Academic Exchange for
Technical Staff or FEDRC and QFB,
China at Southern Cross University,
March 2010
ZZinforma
Decentralised Energy
Conference, June 2010
ZZAustralian
Defence Force Academy,
August and September
ZZEnergy
Politics and Governance,
ANU, September
A/Prof. Hugh Outhred
ZZPublic
lecture, PSETEE STTNAS
College, Jogjakarta, February 2010
Program of the Joint
Electrical Institutions Sydney,
“Towards More Electric Vehicles”,
2010 Engineers Australia, IEEE, IET,
August 2010.
A/Prof. Hugh Outhred with Dr
Maria Retnanestri
Prof. David Taubman
ZZElectrical
ZZKeynote
Engineering Department,
Gadjah Mada University UGM,
Jogjakarta, Indonesia, May 2010
Dr Toan Phung
ZZInvited
Monitoring to EnergyAustralia,
Sydney, 6 August 2010
speaker at WIAMIS’2010,
April 2010
ZZGave
a series of three invited
tutorials at the University of Brescia,
April 2010
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ZZInvited
Monitoring to EnergyAustralia,
Newcastle, 25 August 2010
ZZEnergy
Delta Convention 2010,
Groningen, Netherlands, November
2010
Dr Andrea Morello
ZZOral
presentation at American
Physical Society March Meeting,
Portland, USA, March 2010
talk at Single Dopant Control
Workshop, Leiden, The Netherlands,
March-April 2010
ZZOral
presentation at Silicon Science
and Technology for Quantum
Computing Workshop, Albuquerque,
USA August 2010
school report 2010
ZZInvited
RESEARCH FUNDING
External research funding in the
School of Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications continues to
grow. 2010 was a particularly strong
year due in large part to significant
infrastructure grants in addition to a
good showing in national completive
and other public sector grants.
Annual External Research Income
2008
2009
2010
$1,847,122
$1,903,902
$1,885,102
Other public sector research income
$522,844
$443,590
$845,722
Industry and other research income
$598,230
$655,757
$615,501
$332,448
$875,478
$3,435,703
$3,300,644
$3,878,727
$6,782,028
Australian competitive grants
Research infrastructure and capital funding
Total external research income
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NEW FUNDING COMMENCING IN 2010
Arc: Discovery Grants
David Taubman
DP1096665: Prof. DS Taubman
“Non Parametric Modelling of Motion
and Depth fields with Boundary
Geometry for Scalable Compression
and Dissemination”
$376,000
Wei Zhang
DP1094194: Dr W Zhang; Prof. X Xia
“Efficient Signal Transmission
Techniques for Future Wireless
Communications Systems”
$150,000
Iain MacGill
DP1096268: Dr RA Betz; Dr IF MacGill
“Climate change and energy policy:
elements of a robust policy mix”
$300,000
Andrew Dzurak
DP1096600: Prof. AB Rozenfeld; Prof.
AS Dzurak; Prof. DN Jamieson; Dr ML
Lerch; Dr S Guatelli; Dr Z Kuncic; Prof.
M Zaider; Dr MI Reinhard
“Development of innovative radiation
detectors and computational
techniques for improving quality of life”
$310,000 (administered by UoW)
Arc: Linkage Grants
Vassilios G Agelidis
LP0991663: Prof. VG Agelidis; Prof. B
Vucetic; Dr Y Li
“An Intelligent Integrated Energy
Communications System”
$660,000
Francois Ladouceur
LP100200532: A/Prof. Francois
Ladouceur, Dr Andrew M Michie, Prof.
Vladimir G Chigrinov
“Multipoint voltage sensor for high
power distribution lines”
$270,000
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LP100200756: Dr Iain F MacGill, Dr
Paul J Twomey, Dr Regina A Betz
“The economic value of smart
integration of electric vehicles into the
Australian electricity industry”
$220,000
Torsten Lehmann
LP100200770: A/Prof. Gregg J
Suaning, Dr Torsten Lehmann, Prof.
David B Hibbert, Dr Paul M Carter, Mr
Charles R Leigh, Mr Padraig J Hurley
“Chip‑scale implantable bionics for
next generation therapeutic neural
prostheses”
$560,000 (administered by School of
Grad Biomedical Engineering UNSW)
Geoffrey Stewart Morrison,
Julien Epps, Eliathamby
Ambikairajah
LP100200142: Dr Geoffrey Stewart
Morrison, Dr Julien R Epps, Prof.
Eliathamby Ambikairajah, Prof. Gary
Edmond, Prof. Joaquín GonzálezRodríguez, Dr Daniel Ramos, Prof.
Cuiling Zhang
“Making demonstrably reliable forensic
voice comparison a practical everyday
reality in Australia”
$278,000
Tara J Hamilton
LP100200275: Dr Floris A van Schaik,
Dr Tara J Hamilton
“Novel circuits and design strategies
for sub-65 nanometre complementary
metal oxide semiconductor
technologies”
$160,014
Deep Sen
LP110100613: Dr Dipanjan Sen, Dr
Brett A Swanson
“Physiologically accurate audio
processing in cochlear implants”
$210,000
ARC: Linkage Infrastructure,
Equipment and Facilities LIEF
Several EE&T staff were named in
successful cross Faculty and multi
institutional LIEF grants commencing
in 2010
Victor Solo
LE100100055 (Administered by
Faculty of Medicine, UNSW): Prof.
Caroline Rae, A/Prof. Lynne E Bilston,
A/Prof. Colin W Clifford, Prof. Vaughan
G Macefield, A/Prof. Rosslyn A
Simmons, Prof. Ronald R Grunstein,
Prof. Victor Solo, Dr Thomas F
Denson, Prof. John R Hodges
“State of the art upgrade to multi
transmit multi receive technology for
research dedicated 3 Tesla magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scanner”
$400,000.00
Francois Ladouceur
School of Chemistry, UNSW): Dr Pall
Thordarson, Dr Chiara Neto, Prof.
John J Gooding, Prof. Gregory G Warr,
Prof. Laura A Poole Warren, Prof. Hans
G Coster, Prof. Tom P Davis, Prof.
Anthony S Weiss, A/Prof. Francois
Ladouceur, A/Prof. Sebastien Perrier,
Prof. Vicki Chen, A/Prof. Brian S
Hawkett, A/Prof. Martina Stenzel, Prof.
Marcela M Bilek, Dr Penny J Martens,
A/Prof. Katharina Gaus, Dr Margaret
Sunde, A/Prof. Andrew T Harris, Dr
Volga Bulmus, Prof. Brett A Neilan
“A unique soft matter high
performance scanning probe
microscopy (HP SPM) facility”
$450,000
Rodica Ramer
UoW): Prof. Shi Xue Dou, Dr Germanas
Peleckis, Prof. Anatoly B Rozenfeld, A/
Prof. Gursel Alici, Prof. Mark J Walker,
Dr Rongkun Zheng, Prof. Simon P
Ringer, Dr Sean S Li, A/Prof. It Meng
(Jim) Low, A/Prof. Mohan V Jacob,
Prof. Elena Pereloma, Prof. Janusz
Nowotny, Prof. Hua Kun Liu, Prof.
Catherine M Stampfl, A/Prof. Rodica
Ramer, Dr Marc P in het Panhuis,
Prof. Roger A Lewis, A/Prof. Alexey V
Pan, Prof. Min Gu, Prof. Ying I Chen,
Prof. Dr Xiaolin Wang, Prof. Robert
L Stamps, Dr Shane J Kennedy, Dr
Frank Klose, Dr Suzanne V Smith, Prof.
Gordon G Wallace
“Combined scanning tunnelling
microscope system for materials
characterisation and manipulation at
nano scale”
$600,000
Julien Epps,
Eliathamby Ambikairajah
LE100100211(Administered by UWS):
Prof. Denis K Burnham, Dr Felicity M
Cox, Prof. Andrew R Butcher, A/Prof.
Janet M Fletcher, Prof. Michael Wagner,
Dr Julien R Epps, Dr John C Ingram,
Dr Joanne Arciuli, Dr Roberto Togneri,
Dr Philip J Rose, Dr Nenagh M Kemp,
Prof. Anne Cutler, Prof. Robert Dale,
Dr Takaaki Kuratate, Prof. David M
Powers, A/Prof. Stephen Cassidy, Dr
David B Grayden, Dr Deborah E Loakes,
Prof. Dr Mohammed Bennamoun, Dr
Trent W Lewis, Dr Roland Goecke, Prof.
Catherine T Best, A/Prof. Steven Bird,
Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah, Prof. John
T Hajek, Dr Shunichi Ishihara, Dr Yuko
Kinoshita, Dr Dat T Tran, Dr Girija Chetty,
Prof. Mark Onslow
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“The Big Australian Speech Corpus:
An audio visual speech corpus of
Australian English”
$650,000
Andrew Dzurak
USyd): Dr Julie M Cairney, Prof. Paul
R Munroe, Prof. Simon P Ringer, Prof.
Michael Ferry, Prof. Yiu Wing Mai, Dr
Xiaozhou Liao, Prof. David R McKenzie,
Prof. Stuart R Wenham, Prof. Andrew
S Dzurak, A/Prof. Marion A Stevens
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Iain MacGill
Kalceff, Prof. Geoffrey M Spinks, Prof.
Shi Xue Dou, Dr Nagarajan Valanoor,
Dr Zongwen Liu, Dr Gwénaëlle Proust,
Prof. David J Young, A/Prof. Filip C
Braet, Prof. Tailoi Chan Ling, Prof. Dr
Thomas Maschmeyer, Prof. Hak Kim
Chan, Dr Daniela Traini, Prof. Michael V
Swain, A/Prof. Andrew T Harris, Prof.
John W Crawford, Prof. Daniel T Potts
“Advanced focused ion beam (FIB) /
scanning electron microscopes (SEM)
for nanometre scale characterisation
and fabrication”
Hugh Outhred & Nick Cutler
Australian energy operator
“A study to develop a visual decision
support tool to forecast large, rapid
changes in wind power and manage
power system security in the NEM”
$135,145
Geoffrey Stewart Morrison
$1,200,000
Office of the Director of National
Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence
Advanced Research Projects Activity
(IARPA), through the Army Research
Laboratory (ARL)
Other Commencing
Research Funding
“Incorporation of forensic analysis
techniques as part of an automatic
speaker recognition system”
Andrew Dzurak
DIISR-EIF
Commonwealth investment in
Australian National Fabrication Facility
(ANFF)
$4,380,000
Andrew Dzurak
NSW Office for Science and Med
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EIF - Australian National Fabrication
Facility Limited (ANFFL): NSW Nodes
Consortium
$605,000
Trevor Blackburn & Toan Phung
Australian Strategic Technology
Program (ASTP)
The Impact of Increasing Harmonic
Levels on Distribution System Equipment
$49,000
Deep Sen
Attorney-General’s Department
Contract Research
“Acoustic Holography using Spatially
Precise Acoustic Field Capture and
Analysis”
$38,000
Unsw Internal/Strategic
Grants
2010 Goldstar Awards:
ZZTuan
Duong Hoang “Exploring newly
emerging techniques in nonlinear
control and filtering” - $40,000
ZZTim
Moors (with Mahbub Hassan,
CSE chief investigator), “Towards
Safer Roads: Reliable Wireless
Networking for Vehicles” - $30,000
ZZVijay
Sivaraman (with Sanjay Jha,
CSE chief investigator), “Flying
Networks: Airborne Sensing for
Environmental Monitoring and
Disaster Response” - $30,000
2010 Faculty Research Grants /
Early Career Research Grants:
ZZKok
Hou Wong & Eun Hee Min
“Chemical and Thermal Resilient
PMMA Plastic Optical Fiber (POF)
via Molecular Surface Modification”
- $25,000
ZZStephen
Redmond “Advanced
technologies for the detection of
falls among the elderly in the home
environment” - $21,765
ZZMohaddeseh
Nosratighods
“Automatic Infant Cry Recognition
using acoustic speech analysis” $14,000
ZZElias
Aboutanios “Chromatic
Derivatives and Non-Stationary
Biological Signals: An Investigation”
- $25,000
2010 Major Research Equipment
Infrastructure Initiative (MREII) and
other infrastructure funding:
ZZGang-Ding
Peng “Advanced facility
for next generation sustainable
energy, biomedical and nanoimaging optical fibre technology”
- $610,000
ZZAndrew
Dzurak “SNF Special
Gases System: Toxic/Flammable
Gas-Handling Infrastructure for
Nanostructure Device Processing” $160,000
ZZAndrew
Dzurak “Nanotechnology
Initiative” - $150,000
ZZAndrew
Dzurak “NCRIS 5.4
Fabrication” - $200,000
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Centre for Energy and Environmental
Markets (Ceem)
The UNSW Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets
(CEEM) was established in 2004 as interdisciplinary
research collaboration between the School of Electrical
Engineering and Telecommunications (EE&T) and the
School of Economics within the Faculty of Commerce and
Economics. Dr Iain MacGill of EE&T is one of the two joint
directors for CEEM, and Mr Ted Spooner is the Research
Coordinator (Engineering). Prof. Hugh Outhred was the
founding director of CEEM and is now a Visiting Professorial
Fellow in EE&T. EE&T hosted three CEEM postdoctoral
fellows in 2010 – Dr Maria Retnanestri, Dr Rob Passey and
Dr Nick Cutler.
The Centre undertakes research in three primary streams
– sustainable energy transformation including energy
technology assessment, renewable energy integration
and energy services in developing countries; energy and
environmental market design including electricity industry
restructuring, emissions trading and renewable energy
policy; and distributed energy options including energy
efficiency, distributed generation and smart grids.
In addition to its on-going research activities, CEEM held its
annual conference, hosted workshops and seminars plus
presented external short courses, workshops and seminars
in 2010
The following lists events hosted by CEEM IN 2010.
5th CEEM Annual Conference
The 5th CEEM Annual Conference was held on 25 February
2010. This one day conference aimed to provide an
overview of the outcomes of the Copenhagen Climate
Conference from different stakeholder perspectives as
well as an assessment of its implications for Australian
climate policy options. CEEM staff also gave short focussed
presentations on a number of our research projects relevant
to Australia’s current and proposed domestic energy and
climate policies.
Workshops/Symposia/Public Fora
“Political innovations for climate policy in Australia: new
paradigms for old problems?” UNSW, 3 Nov 2010.
Seminars - hosted by CEEM
“The Brave New World of Carbon Trading“ by Prof. Clive Spash,
the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 3 March 2010.
“Subsidies for Renewable Energies in the Presence
of Learning Effects and Market Power”, by Johanna
Reichenbach, University of Kiel, Germany, 28 April, 2010.
“A Field Experiment with Tradable Development Rights in
Germany”, a public seminar by Jens Müller, Information
Management and Market Engineering (IME) Graduate School
at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 29
April, 2010.
“Forward Markets in the Electricity Industry: an Experimental
Investigation”, by Silvester van Koten, CERGE-EI, Prague,
Wed 1 May, 2010, Australian School of Business.
“What Energy Future? Sustainable lifestyles on a finite
planet” by Dr Perry Sioshansi from Menlo Energy
Economics, Friday 17 September, 2010
“Social Dimensions of Sustainable Energy”, by Dr Barbara
Farhar, of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute,
University of Colorado at Boulder, Monday 11 October,
2010.
“Competitiveness issues in Phase 3 of the EU-ETS”, a public
seminar by Dr Andreas Löschel , Head of the Department
of Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental
Management at the Centre for European Economic
Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany, 3.00 - 4.00pm Wed,
13 October, 2010.
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External Events
CEEM staff presented at or participated in a number of
Australian and International meetings, including the AuSES
2010 Conference, several local and international workshops
and gave invited presentations at over 20 conferences
during the year.
Nsw Node of the Australian National Fabrication
Facility (Anff)
The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) was
established under the National Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) in 2007 to provide Australian
researchers from both the public and private sectors with
access to nano- and micro-fabrication equipment and
services. The NSW Node of ANFF, directed by Prof. Andrew
Dzurak, operates within the Semiconductor Nanofabrication
Facility (SNF) at UNSW and offers particular expertise
in nanoelectronics and high resolution electron beam
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RESEARCH CENTRES AND INStITUTES
lithography (EBL). More than 100
research staff and students from
UNSW and external organisations
made use of ANFF-SNF facilities in
2010.
ANFF-SNF cleanrooms cover more than
600m2, providing zones with particle
counts equivalent to ISO5, ISO6 and
ISO7. Key instruments and facilities
include:
ZZthree
high resolution EBL systems,
including the flagship Raith 150TWO
ZZUV
lithography equipment
ZZa
range of deposition systems and
etching tools
ZZhigh
temperature silicon oxidation,
diffusion and annealing furnaces
ZZwet
ZZa
chemical process lines
suite of metrology tools
ZZdevice
packaging and bonding tools
ZZSpecial
Gases System to ensure
the safe storage and distribution
of hazardous process gases to the
laboratory.
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Commonwealth and State government
investments throughout the period
2007-2013 are supporting a
$9m procurement program for
new research infrastructure to
maintain ANFF-NSW’s identity as an
internationally competitive research
facility. Specific motivations for
new tool purchases include support
for 6” wafer scale processing,
the introduction of new process
technologies (such as atomic
layer deposition) and a widening of
the range of research disciplines
supported (eg. by providing parallel
process lines to accommodate non-SiMOS compatible processes).
ANFF investments also provide salary
support for a number of Node staff. Of
particular value to ANFF users is the
availability of ANFF process engineers
to provide training on all tools and
processes running within ANFF-SNF,
and to perform process development
work on behalf of ANFF users.
EE&T Staff involved in ANFF include
ZZProf.
Andrew Dzurak (Director of
NSW Node)
ZZProf.
Chee Yee Kwok
ZZProf.
Rodica Ramer
ZZDr
Christopher Escott
ZZDr
Wee Han Lim
ZZDr
Fay Hudson
ZZDr
Linda Macks
ZZDr
Aron Michael
ZZDr
Floris Zwanenburg
ZZGordon
ZZEric
Bates
Gauja
ZZAlbert
MacMaster
ZZJoanna
ZZKaren
Szymanska
ANFF-NSW Official Opening
The NSW Node of the Australian
National Fabrication Facility (ANFFNSW) was formally launched on 26
February 2010 with more than 150
guests in attendance from around
Australia and overseas. Formal
proceedings included: welcoming
remarks by Prof. Les Field, UNSW
DVC(R), and Dr Bob Frater, ANFFL
Chairman; presentations by Prof.
Andrew Dzurak, ANFF-NSW Node
Director, and Prof. Andrew Briggs,
International Guest Speaker from
Oxford University; and the official
opening of the Node by Prof. Mary
O’Kane, NSW Chief Scientist and
Scientific Engineer. Prof. O’Kane also
announced the award of $1.5m in
State Leveraging Fund support for
the three NSW-based ANFF Nodes
to provide salaries in support of the
ANFF- EIF Project (2009-2013).
Jury
ANFF-NSW was formally opened on 26 February 2010 by NSW
Chief Scientist and Scientific Engineer, Prof. Mary
O’Kane
ANFF-NSW Node Director, Prof. Andrew Dzurak and UNSW
DVC(R), Prof. Les Field with ANFF Board members at the
ANFF-NSW opening
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ZZ“NSW
Nanotech gets $1.5 million
boost”, Press release from Jodi
McKay, Minister for Science
and Medical Research, NSW
government, 26 February 2010.
ZZ“Nanotechnology
Powers Up”,
UNSW Media article featured
on UNSW website and UNSWEngineering website, March 2010.
ZZ“Nanotechnology
Powers Up”,
Uniken magazine, May/June 2010.
NATIONAL ICT
AUSTRALIA (NICTA)
NICTA is Australia’s
Information and
Communications Technology (ICT)
Centre of Excellence. The Centre is an
independent company in the business
of research, commercialisation
and research training. With over
700 people, NICTA is the largest
organisation in Australia dedicated to
ICT research. One of the two Sydneybased NICTA laboratories is located at
UNSW in building L5 on the west side
of Anzac Parade.
NICTA aspires to be one of the world’s
top-ten international ICT research
institutes by 2020. The centre’s longterm contribution will be to create new
ICT industries for Australia.
NICTA’s six research groups are:
ZZMachine
Learning
ZZComputer
ZZSoftware
Vision
Systems
ZZOptimisation
ZZControl
and Signal Processing
ZZNetworks
(directed by Prof.
Aruna Seneviratne)
As a founding member of NICTA,
UNSW has a large-scale, long-term
strategic partnership with NICTA.
The Centre provides funding for
salaries, PhD student scholarships,
research funding and support, writing
scholarships for PhD students and
conference travel for academics
engaged in NICTA research.
At the undergraduate level, NICTA
sponsors the School of EE&T annual
Fourth Year Thesis Poster Competition
and funds the Telecommunications
Excellence Awards, recognizing high
achieving students in each year of the
BE Telecommunications. In addition,
several NICTA scholarships are offered
in the Faculty Taste of Research
program run every year for high
achieving students completing Year 3
of a BE program. Students have the
opportunity to work in the NICTA labs.
This program has been very successful
in the School with many students going
on to postgraduate research.
See the Awards and Prizes section
of this Report for details of the 2010
NICTA Telecommunications Excellence
winners.
In 2010, NICTA’s total funding
support to UNSW exceeded $1.5
million, including joint appointments,
scholarships and prizes, of which a
substantial proportion was received
by the School of EE&T. In 2010 there
were 19 PhD students in the School in
receipt of NICTA scholarships.
UNSW-NICTA Cluster: Technologies
for Digital Economy
The cluster was set up in 2010 to
foster closer collaborative research
between EE&T and NICTA. Dr Vijay
Sivaraman heads the research in the
School and Dr Roksana Borelli at
NICTA. Roksana is also a conjoint
member of the School. The cluster
currently employs one full-time
researcher and one PhD student at
EE&T with a similar number at NICTA,
and it is expected to grow in size over
time. The members meet weekly and
are collaboratively working on privacy
and trust issues in networks. The
cluster published one conference and
two journal papers within the first 8
months of existence.
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Cognitive load measurement using
physiological and behavioural signals
This research commenced in 2007
with speech-based cognitive load
classification, and is headed by Dr Fang
Chen, who holds a conjoint position with
UNSW. Subsequently the project has
expanded to also include EEG, GSR,
eye activity and pen-based measures
of mental load. Dr Julien Epps holds a
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A number of media releases and press
articles followed the formal opening of
ANFF-NSW:
A/Prof. Vijay Sivaraman heads the collaborative research UNSW-NICTA Cluster:
Technologies for Digital Economy
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joint appointment with the project, and
Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah is also
seconded. A total of six EE&T NICTAsupported PhD students are affiliated
with the project, and weekly research
and project meetings are held. In 2010
the group published two journal papers
and eleven conference papers with an
EE&T affiliation.
EE&T staff involved with NICTA
include
ZZProf.
Aruna Seneviratne (Director of
ATP node)
ZZProf.
Eliathamby Ambikairajah
ZZDr
Julien Epps (Conjoint Senior
Researcher at NICTA)
ZZDr
Vijay Sivaraman
ZZDr
Asghar Tabatabaei Balaei
ZZDr
R.M. Upendra Sudesh
Rathnayake
NICTA staff holding conjoint
appointments with the School in 2010
ZZA/Prof.
Tim Hesketh
ZZA/Prof.
Roksana Borelli
ZZDr
Fang Chen
ZZDr
Sebastien Ardon
ZZDr
Anirban Mahanti
04.INDUSTRY, PARTNERS,
COMMUNITY, OUTREACH
INDUSTRY ADVISORY
BOARD
The School’s Industry Advisory Board
provides a critical link with example
major stakeholders of the School’s
teaching and research outcomes. We
herein express the sincere gratitude of
the School for their energy, advice and
interest in the future of the School.
The Board meets formally twice a
year, however continuous input and
interaction is received via email
correspondence. In 2010 the board
had active input into the curriculum
for the School’s design courses and
provided valuable input into the design
of the new 5-year integrated BE ME
in Electrical Engineering. The board
has expressed strong support for this
program and its targeted graduate
capabilities.
Board meetings are attended by the
Head of School, heads of the research
groups, the Director of Academic
Studies, and the School Executive
Officer.
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board
Objectives of the IAB:
ZZTo
ensure EE&T programs and
courses are valuable to high school
students and that graduates are
equipped with the appropriate skills
as approved by industry
ZZTo
develop industry based courses
with the School
Nevill Inglis
Technical Manager Avaya Labs
Australia
Kim Jagger
Principal Sydney Boys High School
Steven Jones
Manager Design & Construct
Projects TransGrid
ZZTo
Jim Metcalfe
Director, General Manager, Applied
Technology Division CISRA (Canon
Information Systems Research
Australia Pty Ltd)
ZZTo
Don Parker
Director/Principal Engineer Provecta
Process Automation Pty Ltd
advise the School on changes
and innovation in industry so that
they can be accommodated into our
courses and programs so that we
produce better graduates
provide a link for staff to have
industry experience, especially while
on sabbatical from their academic
career
ZZTo
assist in the School’s marketing
to increase interest in our programs
Steven Duvall
Consultant
Quentin Goldfinch
Director R&D Silverbrook Research
Grant Garraway
Systems Engineering Manager
Raytheon Australia
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Neil Roberts
Manager - Professional Development
Ausgrid
Aruna Seneviratne
Director, ATP Laboratory, National ICT
Glen Wightwick
Director, Australia Development
Laboratory Chief Technologist IBM
Australia
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The Board comprises key industry
representatives who have an
association with the School or who are
School alumni. These representatives
occupy an essential place in the quality
assurance of our programs in that
they continue to provide high level
advice and feedback to the School
about curriculum and program design,
new courses, industry trends and
needs, the expectation of industry with
regards to graduate capabilities. They
also provide assistance in marketing
the School and its programs.
INDUSTRY PROJECTS AND
COLLABORATION
The Australian Power Institute (API)
With one of largest power engineering
training groups in Australia, the School
of EE&T is a significant recipient of funds
from the Australian Power Institute and
has a substantial number of API bursary
holders within its student group.
The API was set up in 2004 with financial
support from a large number of electrical
supply utilities in Australia. They were
concerned that the supply of graduate
power engineers was inadequate to
satisfy the demands of the electrical industry in the current
expansion phase of the industry, both in the industry user
areas and in the supply system area. Recent research has
estimated that there are currently approximately 5000
power engineering professionals in the industry in Australia
and it is forecast that 700-1000 additional graduates will be
needed in the next 5 years to meet growth and retirements
from the industry.
API 2010 recipients: (from left to right) Baneet Pal Kaur,
Daniel Bahnean and William Widjaja)
Dr Jayashri
Ravishankar
appointed under
the Early Career
Academic program
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The aims of the establishment of the API were to provide
assistance to those Australian universities with power
engineering teaching and research groups. The main
aim of the assistance is to encourage more students to
take up power engineering studies and to establish high
quality training facilities to enable a supply of quality power
engineers able to ensure the high standards of power
engineering. To do this they provided financial assistance
to employ new academic staff and to develop teaching
existing power engineering laboratories in universities and
to establish new laboratory and similar facilities to provide
cutting edge technology for education purposes.
Initially the API concentrated its support on undergraduate
teaching by providing funds for staff and laboratory
support. At present the School has one academic member
supported by the API and is currently advertising for a
second academic to be supported by the API. Dr Jayashri
Ravishankar was appointed under the Early Academic
Career program in January 2010. A second position in
Power Protection is expected to commence in late 2011.
As part of the teaching support the API developed a large
number of teaching modules that were able to be accessed
by any university power groups and used to support their
teaching. The API also established a system of bursaries
Industry Advisory Board Members with the recipients of API
Bursaries. Front row right hand side: Mike Griffin (Chief
Executive & Chief Operating Office, API)
for undergraduate students, providing them with some
financial support and also, through the API member utilities,
providing vacation employment in the power utilities for the
bursary holders. The bursaries are aimed primarily at first
year students but second and third year students are also
eligible to apply.
In 2010 the School of EE&T hosted the Australian Power
Institute bursary presentation which was attended by
industry representatives, the bursary holders from 2007,
2008 and 2009 plus their families. The 2010 bursaries
were sponsored by 33 companies in Australia. Three
electrical engineering students from EE&T were recipients
of the 2010 bursaries. They are Daniel Bahnean, Baneet
Pal Kaur and William Widjaja.
More recently the API has addressed postgraduate teaching
and research activities and is currently developing a
proposal to establish a centre of excellence in research for
power engineering, to be based at a number of universities,
including UNSW.
In addition, UNSW has received a number of grants of
money to enable its teaching laboratories to be developed.
These include development of the high voltage teaching
laboratory, the only one used for undergraduate training
in Australia, the power electronics laboratory and the
establishment of a power quality laboratory facility for
training purposes.
Industry Seminars
The School of Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications has enjoyed a long relationship with
Energy Australia (now Ausgrid).
Alumni Lecture Series
at EE&T: An Industry
Perspective on the
Emergence of Smart Grids
The Energy Australia Chair in Electrical Power
Economics
Adrian Clark, alumnus
of the School of
Electrical Engineering &
Telecommunications (Class
of 2002), returned to the
School to present a lecture
on the industry perspective
on the emergence of Smart
Grids. Since graduation, Adrian has been working at Energy
Australia (now Ausgrid) and is currently the Manager of the
Smart Grids program for the company. His lecture was the
first of EE&T’s Alumni Lecture Series and was attended by
200 students and staff.
In 2010 Energy Australia agreed to sponsor the position
of a Chair in Electrical Power Economics. The role of the
Chair will focus on the development of economic, innovative
and sustainable power systems including infrastructure,
operation and supply and the impacts of an emissions
trading scheme. The Memorandum of Understanding was
signed by Energy Australia and UNSW in September 2010.
The position will be advertised in 2011.
Ausgrid Cadetship Program
The Ausgrid Cadetship program is designed for high
achieving students with strong academic results –
particularly in maths and physics. The cadetship is a fiveyear program that combines work with university study.
Successful students complete the BE Electrical Engineering,
specialising in power engineering.
The following EE&T students commenced Ausgrid
Cadetships in 2010:
ZZDavina
King (1st year)
ZZJonathan
ZZMichael
ZZChris
Sun (1st year)
Canning (1st year)
Brown (2nd year student)
Energy Australia (Ausgrid)
Thesis Poster Competition
Every year in November the School runs a thesis poster
competition for BE students who have just completed their
final year thesis. The competition is attended and judged
by approximately 20 industry representatives, including
the Industry Advisory Board. This provides the industry
representatives with an opportunity to monitor the quality
of, and have in-depth discussions with, our students.
Representatives provide feedback, not only to the students,
but also to the academic staff in relation to their knowledge
on the topic and communication and presentation skills. This
feedback has been very helpful for the Academic Executive
Committee of the School with the aim of improving the
thesis student presentations.
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The School encourages industry-based final year thesis
projects. These projects are usually created after students
have spent time in an industrial training placement and have
been motivated to continue with challenging projects.
See the Awards and Prizes section of this Report for details
of the 2010 Poster competition winners.
Perry Stephenson on site during Energy Australia
work placement.
Industry provides occasional training to staff in appropriate
areas. In particular, Raytheon have provided courses to two
academic staff in the area of systems engineering. This
training was initiated through the Industry Advisory Board
after agreement from the board that it would be beneficial
for graduates to have increased exposure systems
engineering concepts, particularly via our design courses.
school report 2010
Staff Training
Zoja Savkovic during Industrial Training
Guest Lectures
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Industry representatives provide occasional lectures in
various courses. In particular, ELEC4445 Entrepreneurial
Engineering and ELEC4122 Strategic Leadership and Ethics
involve guest lectures from professional engineers as well
as professionals in other appropriate disciplines outside of
engineering.
The course is targeted particularly at post-graduate
coursework students and individuals already in industry, as
well as final year BE students. People working in industry
are encouraged to attend without gaining formal UNSW
credit. Session 2, 2010 saw approximately 54 enrolled
students, including 6 industry participants. The course was
well-received, and students perceived great value in learning
how business drivers play a key role in technology selection.
The course is being offered again in session 2, 2011.
INDUSTRY-BASED COURSES
CISCO Certified Networking Academy Courses
Network Systems Architecture Course (GSOE9758) – A
UNSW-CISCO Collaboration
The official launch of GSOE9758 “Network Systems
Architecture”, took place at the beginning of semester 2,
2010, with Kevin Bloch, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco
Australia and New Zealand, the Dean of Engineering, Prof.
Graham Davies, and the lecturers Dr Vijay Sivaraman (EE&T)
and Prof. Sanjay Jha (CSE) present and addressing the
students and industry attendees.
A key collaboration between Cisco and the Schools
of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications and
Computer Science and Engineering has resulted in the
successful introduction of this new course. A pioneering
course in Australia, it introduces the top-down process
of architecting a network system, teaches how to align
technology decisions with the business, and integrates the
various methodologies and technologies which are typically
taught in isolation. During the course, practical and realworld case studies were emphasised, such as architecture
of the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN),
University campus network, and mobile networks.
A Cisco Certified Networking Academy, established and
located within the School of EE&T, has been running
courses that have enabled many students from both the
University of NSW and industry to become qualified as
industry recognised Cisco Certified Network Associates
(CCNA). This local Academy is part of a “global education
program that teaches students how to design, build,
troubleshoot, and secure computer networks for
increased access to career and economic opportunities
in communities around the world”. Students are also able
to pursue additional training such as the CCNA Security
curriculum which provides “a next step for individuals who
want to enhance their CCNA-level skill set and help meet the
growing demand for network security professionals.
The CCNA courses, which consist of online material,
interactive tools, and hands-on learning activities,
complement the School’s degrees and help individuals
prepare for networking careers in particular.
The most popular courses help enable students to obtain
the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certificate
which is highly regarded by employers seeking employees
with networking skills. During 2010 approximately 50
students undertook CCNA courses.
BHP BILLITON
BIG SWITCH PROJECTS
BrainWaves – A Step Ahead
CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS
RESEARCH AUSTRALIA
CAP-XX (supercapacitors)
China Telecom
China Telecom, Guang Han, Sichuan
Province
The industrial training requirement
in all undergraduate engineering
degree programs continues to
provide an essential complement to
university coursework. Students are
required to submit a written report on
their industry placements, typically
2000-3000 words, describing the
organisation of the Company and
summarising the work done and the
training received. The report must
be accompanied by certification of
their industrial placement by a senior
company representative.
CHZM HILL AUSTRALIA
Macar Awad in his 4th year industrial
training placement in RailCorp
Cisco
Intel Malaysia
COCHLEAR LTD
IP AUSTRALIA
CONNELL WAGNER
JCM GOLD HK LIMITED
COUNTRY ENERGY
JP MORGAN
CSIRO
JPSpec, Malaysia
DEFENCE MATERIAL ORGANISATION
Jurutera Teras Bistar (consulting
engineers), Malaysia
DEFENCE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
AGENCY
Korea Telecom (China)
Delta Electricity
KEPPEL SHIPYARD (BENOI YARD)
DIGIPLUS
Lake Technology
Downer EDI
Larson and Toubro (India)
Many EE&T students elect to do more
training than the minimum 60 days,
widening their practical experience
and increasing their value as graduate
engineers to prospective employers.
Below is a list of some companies who
provided Industrial Training placements
to EE&T students during 2010.
ELECTROIMPACT
MHIS
ELTEK PACIFIC PTY LTD
Mike Rectifiers
ENERGY AUSTRALIA
MOBILE COMMUNICATION GROUP
E-nose
NALCD PACIFIC
Eraring Energy
National ICT Australia
ERICSSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
National Instruments
ESDR Electronics
National Measurement Institute
Although the list is not exhaustive,
the School would like to thank all
companies who provided training
to our undergraduate students
over the past few years.
FSH (Fire Services Hardware)
NEC Shanghai
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONIC
NEMMCO
GEMPLUS TECHNOLOGIES ASIA PTE
LTD
Neuroscience Research Australia
General Electric, Korea
NORMAN DESIGN AND YOUNG
3M Australia
GEORGE BEYROUTHI
NORMAN DISNEY & YOUNG
Actew-AGL
GFI GROUP PTE LTD
Northrup Consulting Engineers
ADVANPACK SOLUTIONS PTE LTD
GHD
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
Honeywell
NSW Dept of Commerce (Gov’t Chief
Information Office)
Alcatel-Lucent
HPM
Omron Electronics
Alstom
Indian Oil Corporation
Optical Fibre Technology Centre
AUSTRALIAN ARMY RESERVE
INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH
Orion Integration
Australian Communications and Media
Authority
Institute of Microelectronics Singapore
OSTECHNOLOGY
INTEGRAL ENERGY
Omron Electronics
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NOKIA
school report 2010
Industrial Training is assessed as
a compulsory part of the course
ELEC4122 Strategic Leadership and
Ethics. Students must complete the
industrial training requirement in order
to receive a completed assessment for
this course, but the industrial training
assessment does not affect the mark
received for ELEC4122.
BECA PTY LTD
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
Zoja Savkovic on site during her
Industrial Training placement
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PACIFIC CONNEX LTD
STARHUB PTE LTD
Partners in Productivity
STARNET
PHILIPS
Startech Communications
MEDICAL SYSTEMS
STEP Electronics (Hills Industries)
POWER AUTOMATION PTE LTD
TALLYGENICOM PTE LTD
Public Works Department, Malaysia
Teleplan
PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia
Tenrod
Qualcomm
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
RailCorp
Tianjin Electric and Power Company
Renewable Energy Systems Australia
TOSHIBA ELECTRONICS MALAYSIA
ResMed
TOSHIBA PTE LTD
Rexchip Electronics Corp, Taiwan
TRACTOR LINE HOLDINGS
Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun
TRANS GRID
REUTERS
UEC TECHNOLOGIES
ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY
UNILEVER AUSTRALIASIA
RODE MICROPHONES
UNION SWITCH AN SIGNAL
SAM YICK ENG. LTD.
United Group Limited, Infrastructure
Sapphicon Semiconductor
UNITED GROUP RAIL, MAINTRAIN
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC AUSTRALIA
SEAGATE
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS
CORPORATION
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES
VOR ENVIRONMENTAL
ShunDe XinGuang Electrical Appliance
Company (China)
Waterman AHW
SIEMENS AUSTRALIA
WorkBuddy Solutions
Silverbrook Research
V-Fuel
SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES
AEROSPACE PTE LTD
Zhejiang Electric Power Design
Institute
SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD
WESTERN DIGITAL MALAYSIA
GERRIC TWO DAY WORKSHOP
Dr Julien Epps
The School participated in the January summer holiday
program run by the Gifted Education Research Resource
and Information Centre (GERRIC) at UNSW by offering new
workshop called “Human body meets machine”. Dr Stephen
Redmond planned and hosted the two day event for GERRIC.
ZZSenior
Researcher (Joint appointment with UNSW),
National ICT Australia, 2009 -2012
ZZ Visiting
Professor in the Department of Physics, The
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Dr Andrea Morello
ZZOn
sabbatical leave (SSP) from April 1 to June 30, 2010
at the Walter-Schottky Institute, Technical University of
Munich, Germany
Lecturer in the Judicial Phonetics Specialisation
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas /
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Madrid,
Spain
In addition to some basic introductory electrical engineering,
the school students were hooked up to machines to play
computer games. The machines read the electrical signals
made naturally when students flexed their arm muscles. The
computer recorded and interpreted the signals, then moved
the figure in the computer game as a result. The interaction
between the human body and machines is significant area
of research within EE&T and one of Stephen’s areas of
interest.
STAFF VISITS AND SECONDMENTS
ZZInvited
ZZAdjunct
Associate Professor in the Department of
Linguistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 10 WORKSHOP
GERRIC’s holiday programs allow gifted young people to
work on material that really challenges them in a manner
that is not available in schools. Almost 700 young people
– from as young as four years through to 16 years of age
– gave up part of their holidays to attend classes at UNSW.
There are 60 different workshops on offer throughout the
year. Stephen Redmond’s “Human body meets machine”
was one of 20 which was offered for the first time.
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Over 90% of the participants indicated that they would like to
attend a follow-up Year 11 workshop to be held in semester 2
in 2011. The strong indication from these students is that they
would like to seriously pursue electrical engineering at UNSW
when they finish high school.
school report 2010
An initiative was undertaken by the School in 2010 to promote
electrical engineering to high school students. The students
were invited to EE&T for a one week workshop in electrical
engineering during their spring school holidays (27 September
– 1 October). The four and a half day workshop included twenty
Year 10 students selected by their respective schools. In
total, twelve schools were represented at this workshop. Five
EE&T staff members, Stephen Redmond, Julien Epps, Jayashri
Ravishankar, Tara Hamilton and Ray Eaton coordinated the
workshop which included hands-on challenges, introductory
topics in electrical engineering, laboratory tours, social events
and a site visit to Cochlear. The Cochlear visit was sponsored
by the Tek Mark Group (supplier of test and measurement
equipment).
INTERNATIONALISATION
Hosted by Dr Wei Zhang
Visits
ZZProf
Tunghai University visit (20 April 2010)
University of Kuala Lumpur visit (22nd April 2010)
In April 2010, the Deputy Director of the International
Office at University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) Ms Nor
Zunaini Abdul Kadir, visited the School of EE&T, along
with her colleague Professor Badri, the Dean of the
Electrical Engineering Faculty at UniKL to discuss
the possibilities of UniKL students studying at EE&T,
UNSW under the 1+3 program.
ZZProf.
Xia Li, Shenzhen University, China, February 2010
Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology, April 2010
ZZProf.
Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo,
Canada, April 2010
ZZProf.
Rui Zhang, I2R & National University of Singapore,
April 2010
ZZProf.
Shuguang Cui, Texas A&M University, USA, April
2010
ZZProf.
Zhu Han, University of Houston, USA, April 2010
ZZDr
Shengli Zhang, Shenzhen University, China, April 2010
School of EE&T visit to Temasek, Singapore
ZZDr
Xiaoli Chu, King’s College London, UK, April 2010
Dr Ray Eaton and Prof. Ambikairajah visited Temasek
Engineering School, Singapore in June 2010 to strengthen
collaborations between the two schools and to engage
Temasek students in the EE&T, UNSW 2+2 program.
ZZProf.
Xi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA, April 2010
ZZProf.
Lifeng Lai, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA,
October 2010
Visit to UK and Ireland
In July 2010, Prof. Ambikairajah visited the University of
Birmingham, UK and also British Telecom Laboratories to
establish research collaborations between these institutions
and EE&T. As part of this visit, Prof. Ambikairajah also
visited the National University of Ireland, Galway and the
Athlone Institute of Technology to strengthen existing links
between these institutes and the School of EE&T.
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Following this visit, Dr Peter Jancovic and Dr Munevver
Kokuer from the University of Birmingham spent a week at
EE&T, UNSW in December 2010 via the U21 exchange.
PROMOTION AND MARKETING OF EE&T
In 2010 the School continued its online advertising with
Google, Facebook and Baidu.
Open day in 2010 was well attended despite the inclement
weather. EE&T put on a great show of its skills and
talents with help from staff, students and alumni. This year
representatives from key engineering employers joined the
EE&T stand making it one of the largest ever.
International Research Visitors
Hosted by Prof. Gang-Ding Peng
ZZProf.
Dongjian He, Mechanical and Electronic
Engineering, Northwest University of Agriculture and
Forestry, China, February 2010
ZZProf.
Xin Tan and Mr Yasong of Tianjin University, China,
March 2010
Hosted By Prof. Rodica Ramer
ZZProf.
Manos M. Tentzeris, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, USA, October2010
ZZDr
Sami Barmada, University of Pisa, ITALY, September
2010
ZZDr
Marco Raugi, University of Pisa, ITALY, September
2010
Open Day in 2010
05.TEACHING
From a learning and teaching perspective, 2010 was a
productive year, with the School focusing considerable
attention on two issues, namely preparation for Engineers
Australia Accreditation (to occur) in early 2011, and the
design and ultimate approval of a new innovative 5-year
degree program, the Bachelor of Engineering Master of
Engineering (BE ME) in Electrical Engineering with minor.
The School now offers a suite of degree programs providing
significant flexibility of choice for students wishing to pursue
either an undergraduate or postgraduate education. The
School remains committed to providing students with the
best possible educational experience while equipping them
with the necessary skills and attributes required when they
graduate.
Following on from 2009, the School continues to be at the
forefront of teaching innovation. This is evidenced not only
by the increase in the smart use of educational technology,
but also the award of several learning and teaching grants
within the School in 2010. In terms of program innovation,
the new 5-year BE ME with minor degree is also something
the School is very proud of, and excited about.
At the undergraduate level, the School currently delivers
single degree programs in each of the areas of Electrical
Engineering, Telecommunications, and Photonics. A suite
of combined degrees are also available to students, as
listed below. These programs require an additional 1-2
years on top of that required completing the normal single
degree. At the postgraduate level, a range of coursework
programs are delivered, including the accredited* Master of
Engineering (ME), Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc),
Graduate Diploma (GradDip), and Graduate Certificate
(GradCert).
At both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, each
of the programs allows students to specialise in one key
of from communications, systems and control, signal
processing, energy and power systems, microsystems,
photonics, or biomedical engineering.
Single Degree
Years
BE (Electrical Engineering)
4
4
BE (Photonics)
4
Combined Degrees
Years
BE BA (Elec Eng/Tele/Phot)
5
BE BSc (Elec Eng/Tele/Phot)
5
BE MBioMedE (Elec Eng/Tele/Phot)
5
BE BCom (Elec Eng/Tele)
BE LLB (Law) (Elec Eng/Tele)
Postgraduate Coursework Degrees
GradCert
5.5
6
Years
1
GradDip
1.5
MEngSc
1.5
MEngSc (Ext)
2
ME (accredited*)
2
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*Seeking accreditation from Engineers Australia.
The School saw a healthy increase in commencing
undergraduate students in 2010, with 233 new enrolments
compared to 173 in 2009. The total undergraduate student
enrolment in 2010 was 642, a small increase from the total
the previous year. 2010 saw the first intake of students
into the 2-year ME program which caters primarily to
international students. In addition, there was an increase in
the total number of international postgraduate coursework
students for the engineering science degrees. With an
increase in appointed staff, and student numbers as they
were in 2010, the student/staff ratio remained at a healthy
level of 17.4. Commencing and total enrolments by degree
program are tabled below:
school report 2010
OVERVIEW
STUDENT LEARNING SUPPORT
Commencing Undergraduate Students
Program
Code
2008
2009
2010
Electrical Engineering
3640
75
103
137
Telecommunications
3643
17
24
27
Photonics
3644
1
4
2
EE/Biomed
3727
11
15
8
Tele/Biomed
3723
1
0
1
EE/Science
3725
7
14
15
Tele/Science
3641
0
3
2
Photonics/Science
3634
2
0
0
EE/Arts
3720
0
1
7
Tele/Arts
3646
0
2
0
BE/BCom
3715
14
7
34
128
173
233
Total
Students are informed via the School website and individual
course outlines, of how to avail themselves of services and
support outside the School, including the learning centre,
the careers and counselling service and the library. Within
the School, students receive learning support via several
mechanisms, including:
Director of Academic Studies: In addition to the School
office and its staff, the Director of Academic Studies acts
as a primary interface for all students with the School,
providing undergraduate and postgraduate student
consultation. Students consult for advice on such issues
as program planning, program and course approval, and
academic standing. The Director of Academic Studies is
also supported by a Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator.
Undergraduate Student/Staff Ratio
2001
2002
Local
742
753
International
299
374
Total
Student 1041
Number 1127
2003
2008
755
390
1145 613
Academic Staff
Student/Staff Ratio
2004
696
357
1053
2005
2009631
2006
2007
453
207
660
2010
507
333
634964
253
760
642
32
34
37
19.2
18.6
17.4
2008
410
203
613
Total Undergraduate Students
Academic advisors: The School has assigned four
academic advisors who are available, primarily to students
who are facing academic issues and who the university have
deemed to be in poor academic standing. Students not
in good academic standing are required to meet with one
of the advisors to discuss any difficulties the students are
experiencing and if possible provide assistance or advice in
this regard. The advisors provide academic counselling and
program planning advice to assist them in returning to good
academic standing. The advisors work in collaboration with
the Director of Academic Studies.
1400
Number of Studentss
Nu
1200
2001
Local
Internation
Total
1000 46
800
2002
2003
43
100
143
51
97
2004
38
108
146
2005
35
104
139
2006
41
113
154
2007
38
113
151
2008
32
96
128
30
92
122
600
400
200
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Local
742
753
755
696
631
507
453
410
403
358
International
299
374
390
357
333
253
207
203
231
345
Total
1041
1127
1145
1053
964
760
660
613
634
703
250
200
150
100
50
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
School Office: Staff within the School office provide
administrative support for undergraduate and postgraduate
students to assist with course selection, enrolment,
timetabling issues, and final year thesis management. They
are also able to direct students toward alternative and/or
additional help if required. In addition, the School records
system is managed by the School office. The School office
staff are trained by the School office manager who reports
to the Director of Academic Studies.
Academic and Tutor Access: Academic and tutorial
staff of a particular course are available to students
for consultation. This usually takes the form of smallgroup consultation or individual consultation. Additional
academic staff support is provided via email or the learning
management system. In addition, if there are requests from
the students for additional tutorials, then short-term, “inhouse” tutorial support is made available.
Total Coursework MEngSc
g Students
Number
umber o
of Students
80
2009
2010
Local
46
43
38
35
41
38
32
30
25
32
International
51
100
108
104
113
113
96
92
172
204
Total
97
143
146
139
154
151
128
122
197
236
ELSOC: The Electrical Engineering Society (ELSOC) is an
integral and vital part of the School and who foster a strong
group dynamic. All undergraduate students are automatically
members of ELSOC upon initial enrolment. In addition to
social events to enhance the student learning experience,
ELSOC is responsible for organising and running tutorials
for 2-3 hours per week during semester time, particularly
for first and second year courses. Similar support is
available for advanced standing students. ELSOC have
also constructed an electrical engineering Wiki, http://
elsoc.wikia.com/wiki/ELSOC_Wiki, which provides for
a group learning environment.
Technical and Professional Officers: The technical
and professional officers provide student support,
particularly in the area of laboratory management
including OH&S, maintenance of computing facilities and
final year thesis.
Facilities: All students have access to computing
support within the School in the form of a computer
laboratory. Computing facilities within this laboratory
enable students to undertake general purpose computing
such as word processing and internet-based work as
well as more technical computing involving Matlab,
C compilers, and other CAD-based software. These
computing facilities are open extended hours.
In 2010, members of the AEC included:
ZZProf.
Chee Yee Kwok, Chair
ZZDr
Ray Eaton, Director of Academic Studies
ZZDr
Julien Epps
ZZDr
Torsten Lehmann
ZZDr
Toan Phung
ZZDr
Deep Sen
ZZProf.
David Taubman
ZZA/Prof.
Jinhong Yuan
The committee normally meets on five or six occasions
during the year. During 2010, it was particularly active,
meeting eight times, primarily due to Engineers Australia
accreditation planned for early 2011 and the design of
the new 5-year BE ME degree. Outside these meetings,
the committee members were also involved in providing
academic advice at information and open days, and at the
various visits at which High School students attended the
School.
Among the agenda items that were discussed and dealt with
by the AEC during 2009 were:
ACADEMIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(AEC)
The AEC is the education committee of the School,
responsible for maintaining and improving all academic
programs within the School. This involves many aspects,
such as monitoring and implementing quality control of
teaching, discussing short term and longer term teaching
plans for the School, discussing and recommending new
course and program proposals and course revisions,
providing a forum for new and innovative teaching and
learning strategies to improve the student learning
experience.
ZZDesign
of 5-year BE ME degree with minor. This
unique program is aimed at elite students, and allows
them to gain a postgraduate qualification in electrical
engineering while also exposing them to significant
breadth through a chosen minor taken outside the
School.
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ZZSingle
degree program reviews. The current single
degree programs have been in place now since 2006,
with the first intake in 2006 now graduated. For this
reason, and prompted by the EA accreditation in 2011,
the programs were reviewed by the AEC. Minor structure
recommendations were made, however revisions were
largely confined to ensuring the content of the courses
were up to date and synchronised.
The Head of School, Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah, was
interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on the work that
he has been doing in improving student learning and using
educational technology.
The article was featured in the Saturday 15th May 2010
edition: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/
no-time-for-playtime-20100514-v4gv.html
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Head of School of EE&T interviewed by Sydney
Morning Herald (15th May 2010)
ZZMapping
of graduate attributes and assessments.
The AEC undertook a curriculum and assessment
mapping exercise as a part of the program review, also
an important contributor to the EA accreditation in 2011.
ZZReview
of the 4th year Design Proficiency
course. This design course in 4th year is an important
“gatekeeper” course for students, assessing their design
competency in the various sub-disciplines of electrical
engineering. As a part of the program and course
review, the AEC undertook a more detailed analysis of
the feedback and results of this course. Such analysis
revealed students could benefit from additional design
skills going into 4th year. The AEC thus proposed and
planned a design skills workshop for students entering 4th
year to be run in February 2011.
ZZExternal
Quality Assurance report. This
commissioned report continued on from 2009, following
the visit from an external international visitor, Prof. David
Wilcox. Prof. Wilcox visited in late 2009 and early 2010,
undertaking an extensive quality assurance assessment
of the undergraduate programs within the School. As
a result of the report produced by Prof. Wilcox, the
AEC discussed its various recommendations, including
laboratory demonstrator training and examination paper
consistency. The AEC have taken action against some of
the recommendations.
ZZDiscussion
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of the assessment of final year thesis.
This issue is also a discussion/action point for the
Faculty of Engineering as a whole, and is still an
ongoing discussion. The discussion centred around the
consistency and approach of assessing final year thesis
reports, ensuring that there are clear guidelines for
academic staff in the assessment process.
HIGHLIGHTS OF the year
2010 Faculty Learning and teaching grants:
Congratulations to staff who secured grants to develop
learning and teaching initiatives in 2010. These are
significant achievement towards the School’s Learning and
Teaching initiatives.
Elias Aboutanios “Development of a Systems Engineering
Curriculum Tied to the BlueSat student satellite project” $8,000
The purpose of this work was to develop an introductory
satellite systems course that will primarily prepare students
interested in taking part in the BlueSat project. The
wider aim of the project is to lay the groundwork for an
introductory space systems engineering course that can
form a starting point for a complete masters program in
satellite systems engineering.
Ray Eaton “Development of a suite of online modules for
teaching ELEC1111” - $17,000
This project aims to progress the current use of educational
technology, to develop an online module-based course
teaching the fundamentals of electric circuits. As such, the
course will be split up into many smaller modules, with each
module comprising a small lecture clip (on average 15-20
minutes), accompanied by online interactive tutorials, a
smaller lab exercise, and finally an online assessment task.
More difficult concepts can be also explained via the use
of online video tutorials as well as narrated and videoed
practical experiments. The assessment for each module will
be executed online also via the use of multiple-choice, and
short answer/calculation style problems.
Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
Grant
Iain Skinner, Pam Mort, Rudrajit Mitra (UNSW) and
colleagues from USyd. “An Online Writing Centre for
Undergraduate Engineering Students: a One Stop Shop” $219,000
The project will create a customised on-line space (OWC) to
develop students’ writing in a systematic and coordinated
way across engineering disciplines in the undergraduate
years at UNSW and USyd. The project will encompass the
development of both face-to-face and online resources
which will be merged in an online setting embedded within
engineering curricula. The resources will provide students
with relevant, engineering-based learning materials and
activities, supported by eLearning tools to develop written
communication across the undergraduate years. The OWC
will also meet students’ writing needs through a semiautomated diagnostic assessment of their writing. This will
link them with appropriate resources and activities. In this
way, the OWC will make explicit for students their learning
outcomes in writing as they move from years 1 to 4 through
interactive resources targeting the various writing products
(eg design report, field-report, thesis). At the same time,
eLearning tools will guide students through the writing
process, providing structures for their drafts and prompts
to stimulate reflection on their writing. The OWC will allow
students to build a portfolio of their writing and lecturers
to create learning communities to promote peer feedback.
As members of the community, lecturers will also be able
to provide feedback on drafts or final versions of students’
work. The project will build on the team’s established
External Quality assessment by Emeritus Prof.
David Wilcox
The School commissioned an external international
examiner to undertake a quality assessment of the
undergraduate programs within the School. The visit
took place both in November 2009, as well as in March
2010. The purpose of the visit was to carry out a Quality
Assurance assessment on the programs, course, facilities
and staff. For this task, Emeritus Prof. David Wilcox from
the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), was invited.
The assessment involved (but was not limited to):
ZZAnalysing
and assessing the program content for each of
the School’s programs.
ZZAssessing
the undergraduate examination papers and
providing feedback.
ZZAssessing
some of the School’s laboratory materials.
ZZModerating
a selection of undergraduate theses.
ZZMeeting
undergraduate students from varied cohorts.
ZZMeeting
and having discussions with, the staff and the
AEC.
ZZObserving
some of the various teaching activities within
the School.
Prof. Wilcox compiled a report, within which several
commendations and recommendations were outlined. In
particular, and among others, he commended the School on
its degree programs, leadership, morale, use of educational
technology, and embracing of innovation. Several
recommendations were also made by Prof. Wilcox, including
improvements on the way in which teaching is assessed,
and how laboratory demonstrators are chosen and trained.
All recommendations have been discussed by the AEC,
many of which have been actioned.
Block-Mode Summer Courses
Following on from their success in 2009, an expanded suite
of courses were run in block-mode over the summer period.
The courses cater for the different needs of students, such
as: mid-year entry or advanced standing students whose
program needs to be better synchronised going into the
next year; students wishing to accelerate their program
such that they can either finish in a shorter time, or be able
to “underload” during the normal semester time and their
final year when the thesis is taken. These summer courses
were initially introduced in the summer period between
2009 and 2010 as part of the School’s learning and
teaching strategy. In the 2010/2011 summer semester the
following courses were run:
ZZELEC1111
Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering
(Year 1)
ZZELEC2134
Circuits and Signals (Year 2)
ZZELEC2133
Analogue Electronics (Year 2)
ZZELEC3104
Digital Signal Processing (Year 3)
ZZTELE3113
Analogue and Digital Communications (Year 3)
ZZTELE3118
Network Technologies (Year 3)
The block mode delivery provides increased flexibility in
student learning encourages and promotes self-directed
learning for students and reduces the teaching load for
academic staff during normal semester times.
The summer courses run over an 8-week period straddling
the Christmas/New Year break. They are provided with no
face to face lectures, but rather with pre-recorded video
lectures and access to an experienced research student
mentor. In addition, labs and tutorials are provided in blockmode, and hence students are required to participate
in intensive lab and tutorial sessions in just two of the 8
weeks. Academic staff involvement is limited to support
and monitoring of the mentor, as well as setting the
assessments.
Course Details:
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ZZEnrolments
normally restricted to 25 students per
course. In the 2010/2011 summer session, the capacity
of two courses was doubled as a trial.
ZZDuration
of course – 8 weeks, split into two 4-week
periods before and after Christmas/New Year
ZZOnline
and pre-recorded video lectures – pre recording
done in live lectures or non-live lectures using electronic
white board technology
ZZQuizzes
at end of each lecture set to enable progress to
next set of lectures
ZZWeeks
ZZLabs
1-3 and 5-7 for independent learning using videos
and Tutorials in weeks 4 and 8
ZZOne
mentor (senior PhD student) assists each course to
liaise with students online and face-to-face in weeks 4 and 8.
school report 2010
expertise in the design, development, implementation and
evaluation of writing resources for students in online and
face-to-face contexts.
Go8 Benchmarking
2010 saw the re-introduction of
a Heads of Schools of Electrical
Engineering workshop, initiated,
organised and hosted by the
School of Electrical Engineering
& Telecommunications. This
workshop was attended by electrical
engineering Schools from all
Go8 universities in Australia, and
provided a forum to discuss a great
range of issues including learning
and teaching, teaching innovation,
challenges in electrical engineering
education, research, funding, and
current and future degree models.
This was a very constructive and
collegial meeting, not only paving the
way for possible future collaborations,
but also providing a means of School
benchmarking.
The Heads of Schools in Electrical Engineering in the G08 and associate
universities attended a 2 day workshop (30th Nov/1st Dec) that was organised
by the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications in collaboration
with ADFA. The 2 day workshop had a total of 8 sessions with many
facilitators. The workshop was highly commended by all who participated.
NEW COURSES & PROGRAMS
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GSOE9758 Network Systems Architecture. This new course was
run for the first time in 2010. Approximately 60 students enrolled, and
6 industry representatives attended the course without assessment,
rendering the course a success. The School will run the course again in
2011, after which the School of Computer Science and Engineering will
take over for the next 2 years.
GSOE9510 Ethics and Leadership in Engineering. This course
was also run for the first time in 2010. This course was designed as
a postgraduate version of the 4th year core ethics course, ELEC4122.
The course can be taken as an engineering and technical management
course in all the Masters by coursework programs.
2-Year Master of Engineering. This program to be accredited
by Engineers Australia, received its first student intake in 2010. This
program appeals to international students, wishing to receive an
accredited Masters degree, undertaking project work, design, and a
wide choice of professional and postgraduate electives.
The New 5-Year Be Me
The School has introduced a 5-year integrated degree
program, the Bachelor of Engineering Master of Engineering in
Electrical Engineering with minor. This program is designed to
attract elite local and international students who wish to pursue
both a professional undergraduate degree and an engineering
Masters degree in electrical engineering within the one
program with additional flexibility to undertake a minor either
within or outside the Faculty. The program intends to not only
provide students with a broad education in another discipline
through their chosen minor, but importantly, future engineering
graduates for industry who have significant depth of knowledge
in electrical engineering. Such an elite integrated degree
program does not currently exist in Australia.
There are moves in Australia towards wider availability of
5-year professionally accredited engineering programs.
The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
has developed an outline for such a 5-year program which
is expected to lead to accreditation by Engineers Australia
(subject to approval) and provide engineers to industry with a
high level of professional competency in electrical engineering.
The BE ME offers:
Improved flexibility:
ZZA
minor can be chosen in many interest areas - psychology,
music, languages, commerce, mechatronics, photovoltaics,
maths, physics, computer science are currently available,
with more to come.
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ZZSignificant
elective choice exists from year 2 onwards,
including choice among 19 postgraduate electives not
normally accessible to 4-year BE program students.
Better specialisation:
ZZStudents
maximise their depth of learning in the Electrical
Engineering disciplines of their choice.
ZZIncrease
advanced project work, allowing students to work
right at the cutting edge during their fourth and fifth year
project.
More design:
ZZCoursework
thread in engineering design from year 1 to
Easier integration with international exchange
ZZFour
to six courses can be arranged overseas as a part of
the minor.
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year 4.
Minors for the BE ME in Electrical Engineering program
UAC Code: 425013 Program Code: 3731
NE
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CRICOS Course Code: 074733F
Minors consist of a minimum of 4 courses and a maximum of 6 courses, mutually agreed upon by the School
of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications and the School providing the minor. Minors taken within
the Faculty of Engineering must consist of a maximum of 4 courses as 2 general education courses must be
taken outside the Faculty.
BE ME in Electrical Engineering
(Integrated Degree with Minor)
Psychology Minor
Year 2/3/4/5
PSCY1001 - Psychology 1A
PSCY1011 - Psychology 1B
PSYC2061 - Social and Developmental Psychology
PSYC2071 - Perception and Cognition
YEAR 5
minor
course
PSYC2081 - Learning and Physiological Psychology
PSYC2101 - Assessment, Personality and Psychopathology
Mechatronics Minor
Year 3/4/5
MTRN3020 Modelling and Control of Mechatronic Systems
MTRN3100 Robot Design
60 Days Approved
Industrial Training
YEAR 4
MTRN4230 Robotics
MTRN4010 Advanced Autonomous Systems
Photovoltaics Minor
Year 2
SOLA3540 Applied Photovoltaics
Year 3/4/5
Select three from the following of:
SOLA2020 Photovoltaic Techn & Manufacturing
minor
course
SOLA3507 Solar Cells & Systems
SOLA5509 Photovoltaics Materials Processing Technology
SOLA5508 High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells
OR
YEAR 3
SOLA4012 Grid-Connected Photovoltaics
minor
course
SOLA5054 PV Stand-Alone Sys. Des.& Inst
SOLA5057 Managing Energy Efficiency
SOLA5053 Wind Energy
SOLA3010 Low Energy Building and Photovoltaics
YEAR 2
minor
course
Computing Minor
Year 2
Select two from the following courses:
COMP2911: Engineering Design in Computing
COMP3231: Operating Systems
COMP3211: Computer Architecture
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YEAR 1
COMP4601: Configurable Systems and Logic Design
Year 3/4/5
Select two from many breadth and depth courses available
Mathematics Minor
The above plan is typical, but the actual timing of the minor
courses may vary depending on the choice of minor
Music Minor
Year 2
MUSC1101 Music reinvented
Year 3/4/5
Select two courses in Musicianship
AND
Select one from the following: Electronic Music; Film
Music; Popular Music; Music history; Psychology of Music;
Music analysis; Ethnomusicology; Musicianship C
Language Minor
Year 2/3/4/5
MATH2620 Higher Complex Analysis
MATH2130 Higher Mathematical Methods for Differential
Equations
Year 3
MATH2901 Higher Theory of Statistics
Year 4/5
MATH3XXX (2 courses)
Physics Minor
Year 2
PHYS2040 Quantum Physics
PHYS2030 Laboratory
PHYS2060 Thermal Physics
Year 3
PHYS3210 Quantum Mechanics
PHYS3080 Solid State Physics
Select six language courses are available in different
languages
Commerce Minor
Year 2/3/4/5
Year 2
PHYS3060 Advanced Optics
AND One other course
ACCTB2 Accounting
The degree can be completed in 4.5 years if students do two summer sessions.
FINSB2 Finance
In May 2011, The University of New South Wales became the first
Australian institution to be awarded the maximum five stars in
the new QS Stars™ ratings system, a comprehensive evaluation
based on 30 indicators conducted by QS, the higher education
information provider behind the QS World University Rankings.
UNSW Electrical Engineering is listed as 34th in the world
according to these rankings.
ECONC2 Business Economics
ECONB2 Business Strategy
IBUSB2 International Business
MGMTA2 Management
MGMTB2 Human Resource Management
MARKB2 Marketing
Educational Technology
The School increased the use of innovative teaching
methodologies and of educational technology during
2010. The technology, located in rooms G3 and 214
within the Electrical Engineering building, allows course
content to be presented in a manner that is more
self-paced, caters to individual student needs and
preferences, and which can be revisited as needed. The
School has committed to ramp up use of the technology
even further in 2011 for the betterment of the learning
and teaching experience of our students.
Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah in G3
In addition to the use of existing educational
technology, the School’s laboratory manager, Dr
Ming Sheng, successfully bid for funding for the
implementation of state-of-the-art distributed teaching
laboratory facilities, with the aim of guaranteeing more
efficient use of the laboratories and further enhancing
the learning environment within the labs for students.
With this funding, several laboratories are currently
being fitted out with audio and visual communication
equipment, enabling the rooms to be utilised as part
of a concurrent distributed laboratory environment.
Completion of this project is expected in mid-2011.
Dr Julien Epps in EE214
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school report 2010
Gaussian mixture
Dr Margaret Mackisack presenting Hayden Wittig (Year 1 student, EE&T) with the Ron Stillman Award 2010
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Yu Zhu said he was finding Engineering
to be an interesting and inspiring field
and he was enjoying studying at UNSW.
“UNSW has a recognised reputation in
Engineering teaching and research,” he
said.
From Left to Right: Prof. Graham Davies (Dean),
Adrian Ratter, Louise Gates, Yu Zhu and Prof.
Richard Henry (Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
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Students from School of Electrical
Engineering & Telecommunications
who received the Dean’s Awards
include:
The Dean’s Awards
ZZSam
The UNSW Faculty of Engineering
recognises its highest achieving
students annually at the Dean’s Awards.
The award recognises students whose
results are in the top two per cent of
overall marks. One hundred and thirteen
students were awarded the Dean’s
Awards in 2010. In an exceptional
achievement, Electrical Engineering
students Adrian Ratter and Yu Zhu
received their fourth award in as many
years.
ZZRaymond
Adrian Ratter, in the final year of
a combined Electrical Engineering
and Science degree, said he was
passionate about his chosen career
path. “Engineering is a challenging and
interesting field where you have real
potential to do something good for the
world,” he said.
ZZGian
Jiang, stage 1
ZZFergal
Sofatzis, Stage 1
Cotter, stage 2
Cheng, stage 2
ZZManas
Bellani, stage 2
ZZThomas
Cooney, stage 2
ZZRachpon
ZZDuncan
ZZVoon
ZZDi
Kalra, stage 3
Edwards, stage 3
Lee, stage 3
Yan, stage 3
ZZAdrian
ZZYu
The Dean’s Honours List recognises
high achieving students enrolled in one
of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering’s
undergraduate programs, including
combined degree programs.
A minimum overall accumulative NSS
WAM of 75 (Distinction average) is
required for inclusion on the Dean’s
Honours List. Students who maintain
this level of academic excellence can
expect to graduate with First Class
Honours.
Frez, stage 1
ZZRichard
ZZChi
Lao, stage 1
The Dean’s Honours List
Ratter, stage 4
Zhu, stage 4
2010 School of Electrical
Engineering and
Telecommunications Dean’s
Honours List
ZZAng,
Eric Guang Rui
ZZAo,
Pak Lon
ZZAu,
Carson Ka Shun
ZZBellani,
Manas
ZZBrodie,
Andrew
ZZChai,
Min Wei
ZZChen,
Meng
ZZCheng,
Andi
ZZCheng,
Chi Man
ZZChittasy,
Viriya
ZZChoi,
Charlie
ZZChoi,
David
ZZChow,
Jing Ting Amanda
Derek Tze Wei
ZZCommerford,
ZZCooney,
ZZCotter,
Ian
Thomas Michael
Fergal Brian
ZZNsabimana,
ZZOliver,
ZZPhua,
Peter John
Germae Shih May
ZZRatter,
Adrian Brian
ZZD’Anna,
Luke
ZZRiordan,
ZZDavies,
Cassandra
ZZRosenthal,
ZZDevcic,
Josip
ZZRowley,
ZZDong,
Lei
ZZFang,
Duncan
Lei
ZZXie,
Jiawei
ZZXu,
Jirong
ZZXu,
Rui
ZZYan,
ZZYe,
Di
Zhu Nan
ZZYoudale,
Nikolaus
ZZZhang,
Chennan
ZZStephenson,
Perrin
ZZZhang,
Teng
ZZZhang,
Yuchen
Kurt David
Gian
Durgavenkata Sai
Martin Hugh
Richard
ZZWang,
Ying
ZZZhao,
ZZWebb,
Christian
ZZZhu,
Li
ZZZhu,
Yu Joshua ZZWilliams,
Matthew Marlon
ZZWong,
Heng Meng Jeremy
ZZWong,
Roy Kok Fung
Chenyu
Jason Chun Chieh
Sam Shan
ZZKalra,
Rachpon
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Xavier Nicholas
ZZLao,
Raymond
ZZLee,
Voon Hian
ZZLewis,
Victor
Tarik
ZZJiang,
ZZ Krebs,
ZZSugiono,
Yifei
ZZHwang,
Simon James
ZZLi,
Edmund Timothy
ZZLi,
Kai Wen
Prof. Graham Davies (Dean), Simon Lewis and Prof. Richard
Henry (Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Jung-Chang
ZZLopes,
Christopher
David
ZZMace,
Louis Henri
Weijie
ZZMaker,
Samar Anil
ZZMathew,
ZZMay,
Michal
Qian Qian
ZZHussein,
ZZMai,
ZZWysocki,
Qiang
ZZHuang,
ZZMa,
Jeffery
ZZZhang,
ZZHemphill,
ZZLiou,
Richard James
ZZWunady,
Gregory Gordon
Chong
ZZHua,
Wai Ming Eugene
Fanfan
ZZStephenson,
ZZGaddipati,
ZZHan,
David
ZZWu,
David
ZZForrester,
ZZFrez,
ZZSiew,
Kevin Barry
William Thomas
ZZSofatzis,
ZZFavaloro,
ZZFeng,
Michael
ZZShepherd,
ZZEdwards,
Olivier
Nikhil
Samuel Barry
ZZMolomby,
Tom
ZZMurugan,
Rakesh Arun
The Jacobs Australia Engineering Leadership Prize
The Jacobs Australia Engineering Leadership Prize is
awarded to recognise outstanding engineering leadership or
management exhibited by a UNSW student.
In 2010, the award went to Simon Lewis, President of ELSOC.
school report 2010
ZZChu,
The Boeing Company Prizes
The Boeing Company awarded two prizes for students
enrolled in the School of Electrical Engineering &
Telecommunications in 2010.
ZZThe
Boeing Company Prize for Undergraduate Achievement
in 3rd Year Engineering to recognise high achievement
entering final year of Electrical Engineering degree.
Dr Ray Eaton, Manas Bellani and Simon Lewis at the
2011 Graduation Reception
The prize was awarded to Manas Bellani.
ZZThe
Boeing Company Prize for final year Undergraduate
Leadership in Engineering to recognise significant
academic merit and leadership.
The prize was awarded to Simon Lewis.
The Energy Australia Prizes
Cheng Chi Man, recipient of Energy Australia
3rd Year Prize & Mr Neil Roberts Manager of
Professional Development, Ausgrid (Energy
Australia)
Energy Australia has had a long relationship with the School
of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications awarding
prizes to students in third and fourth year studies of Electrical
Engineering degrees. Students are selected on their academic
performance in subject areas related to Energy.
In 2010, two prizes were awarded to students who have
achieved outstanding academic performance particularly in
Energy related subjects.
ZZThe
Energy Australia Electrical Energy Third Year Prize
was awarded to Chi Man Cheng
ZZThe
Energy Australia Electrical Energy Fourth Year Prize was
given to Pak Lon Ao
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The NICTA Telecommunications
Excellence Awards
Pak Lon Ao, recipient of Energy Austral 4th
Year Prize & Mr Neil Roberts Manager of
Professional Development, Ausgrid (Energy
Australia)
National ICT Australia (NICTA) is proud
to recognise the best performing
telecommunications students in the School
of EE&T with an excellence award. Prizes are awarded to high
achieving students in the undergraduate telecommunications
degree.
The recipients for the awards in 2010:
From Left to Right: Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah (HoS),
Prof. Terry Percival (Director, Broadband and the Digital
Economy Neville Roach Laboratory (Kensington), NICTA,
Voon Hian Lee (4th year recipient), Gian Frez (2nd year
recipient), Ni Ding (3rd year recipient) and Dr Ray Eaton
The NICTA First Year Best Performing Prize in
Telecommunications Degree
Wei Shen
The NICTA Second Year Best Performing Prize in
Gian Frez
The NICTA Third Year Best Performing Prize in
Ni Ding
The NICTA Fourth Year Best Performing Prize in
Voon Hian Lee
EE&T Final Year Thesis Poster Competition
The School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
holds an annual final year thesis poster competition. Fourth
Year students’ thesis posters are selected and judged by
academic staff and industry representatives. Ten posters
were selected from a short list of 18. These were judged
on content and presentation.
Winners of the EE&T 2010 Thesis Poster Competition
Rank Student
Supervisors
Thesis Topics
1
James Carrapetta
Dr Vijay Sivaraman
Wireless Sensor Board for Measuring Air Pollution
1
Marc James Piggott
Prof. Victor Solo
Neural Coding: A Least Square Approach
3
Jeremy Heng Meng Wong Prof. Andrew Dzurak
Quantum Effects in Silicon MOS Nanostructures
4
Voon Hian Lee
Dr Hadis Nosratighods
Automatic Infant Cry Analysis – An Acoustic Approach
5
Huaiyu Lin
Prof. Andrey Savkin and
Prof. Nigel Lovell
Investigation in LVAD & CVS interaction & A Non-Invasive Control Approach
6
Alan Pak Lon Ao
Dr Toan Phung
UHF Detection of Partial Discharge in Oil - Insulated Power Transformers
6
Simon Lewis
A/Prof. Iain MacGill and
Kevin Nuner
Analysis & Management of the Impacts of Photovoltaics in a Distribution Network
8
Nicholas James Webb
Prof. David Taubman
Reconstruction of Vertebra Slice Geometry from Orthogonal X-Rays
9
Joshua Kevin
Laker Weston
Electric Vehicles and the Grid - Can we power the vehicles of tomorrow
10
Jonathan Rajiv
Jayanthakumar
Dr Deep Sen and
Dr Joseph Paul
An Analysis of the Role of the First Reflection in the Simulation of Distance with Audio
10
Tabish Rizvi
Dr Stephen Redmond
Falls Detection Using Accelerometry & Barometric Pressure
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The Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) Prize
IET Prizes are awarded annually by the Institution of Engineering &
Technology Australia to outstanding students who are pursuing or
have just completed a course of study which has been accredited
by the Institution or by a National Institution with which the IET has
a mutual recognition agreement.
In 2010 Adrian Ratter, who is also a University Medallist, received
this prize.
The main objective of this award is to encourage more
students to undertake engineering studies and to remain in the
profession after graduation. The award recognises the academic
achievements of the top final year engineering students who
complete undergraduate program in Electrical Engineering. Adrian
Ratter and Rachpon Kalra are the recipients of this award in 2010.
Rachpon Kalra, Mr Allan Sangster and Adrian Ratter
school report 2010
The Engineers Australia Top Student Award
Co-op students get together with Dr Iain Skinner
UNSW Co-op Scholarships
The UNSW Co-op scholarship offers more than financial
support, it aims to develop students into professionals,
not just graduates at the end of a university degree and
makes sure our students have lots of fun along the way.
All UNSW Co-op scholars have the opportunity to gain
experience on multiple industry placements with leading
companies. This not only provides invaluable insight
into the real workforce but also puts Co-op graduates
ahead of the competition when it comes to graduate
recruitment.
Special highlights were the careers night in Session 1, at
which final year scholars discussed their ambitions and
prospects with sponsors, and the poster competition in
Session 2, at which students presented on their respective
experiences during a 24 week work placement.
In November 20 applicants were interviewed for
scholarships to be awarded in 2011.
The Ron Stillman Award
This award was established in recognition of the late Ron
Stillman, to encourage and reward elite students coming
into their first year of study at the School of EE&T in 2010.
Recipients of the 2010 Ron Stillman Award are:
ZZManav
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ZZThomas
Andrew Fisk
ZZMatthew
Thomas Goodwin
ZZThomas
Stephen Lozanov
ZZJuan
Dr Iain Skinner with a group of Stage Three
Co-op scholars
In 2010 there were 23 electrical engineering and
telecommunications students across the 5 years of
the program. (Students not only complete their BE but
also 68 weeks of structured workplace-based training
provided by the sponsors.) Jenny Ding, Varuni Fernando,
Robert Makepeace and Ninor Mansor joined the program
as new students in 2010.
The year’s sponsors were Alcatel-Lucent, Alcoa,
Cochlear, Dematic, Downer EDI, National Instruments,
Provecta, QANTAS, Sydney Water, TEMCO, and Tooheys.
Jaydip Bhatt
Esteban Johnson Undurrage
ZZWilliam
Widjaja
ZZHayden
Wittig
ZZTien-Chun
Wu
From Left to Right: Prof. Chee Yee Kwok, Patrick Hoy (recipient
of Rural Scholarship, David Bloch, Prof. Graham Davies (Dean
of the Faculty of Engineering), and Alexandra Boulgakov
(recipient of Doble scholarship)
The Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarships
The Ross Mackellar Award
The Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarships Program
is designed to assist students living in rural and
isolated areas to undertake one of more than 20 fulltime engineering programs offered by the Faculty of
Engineering at UNSW. Each year the Faculty of Engineering
Rural Scholarships Program provides approximately 20
scholarships, valued at $10,500 per annum for four
years. Michael Fogarty and Patrick Hoy are the holders for
2010 Engineering Rural Scholarships.
This award, sponsored by alumnus Ross Mackellar, was
created to recognise academic achievement by a student
showing outstanding improvement in his/her first five
semesters of study within the School of EE&T. One award
valued at $1000 will be given. The recipient for Ross
Mackellar Award in 2010 is Tabish Rizvi.
The Doble Undergraduate Engineering
Scholarships
University Medal
The University Medal is awarded to students who have
exhibited outstanding academic performance during their
programs. In 2010, the university medal was awarded to
Adrian Ratter.
Doble Engineering is a global company which has been
providing support for the electric power industry and selling
instrumentation and consulting services for over 85 years.
Their corporate headquarters is in the U.S., however they
have offices all around the world. The scholarship was
initiated by Mr Bob Smith, the immediate past CEO of Doble
and graduate of UNSW.
This prestigious scholarship has been established to
encourage and support high achieving 3rd and 4th year
continuing undergraduate students studying at UNSW EE&T.
Three stipends are available, each valued at $10,000. In
addition to the award, students have the option of taking
up a 2-month summer internship within the School of EE&T,
providing them with valuable hands-on experience working
in an environment engaging in engineering research and
teaching, as well as contributing towards their 60-days
industrial experience.
The recipients for 2010 Doble Scholarships are Alexandra
Boulgakov, Duncan Edwards and David Bloch.
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From Left to Right: Prof. Graham Davies (Dean), Adrian
Ratter, A/Prof. John Fletcher, Prof. Eliathamby
Ambikairajah (HoS), Dr Ray Eaton
school report 2010
From Left to Right: Mr Robert Smith (Principal Policy Officer
Energy Supply and Networks, Energy Branch), MP John Kaye,
Prof. Eliathamby Ambikairajah (HoS), Dr David Clements
(Associate Dean), Dr Ray Eaton (Director of Academic Studies)
ALUMNI
Neelan Koovarjee
Why did you choose to study Electrical/
Telecommunications Engineering?
I was interested in electrical things from
a young age, and I’ve always loved pulling
things apart and seeing what’s inside and
discovering how things work. This degree
has just made all those childhood dreams
come true – with this degree I can figure
out how almost anything works, and can
come up with my own ideas as well.
BE (Telecommunications),
First Class Honours 2005
Currently an engineer at
Thales Australia
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In your experience, are there many
jobs for Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications graduates?
Whilst searching for job myself, I had
many interviews and received several
excellent offers. There is a huge demand
for engineers and I don’t see this changing
as engineers are the professionals
building and improving services in the
community. There are a plethora of jobs
out there for EE&T graduates, not only
in their specialised fields but also in
Is Electrical Engineering /
Telecommunications still a relevant
degree choice for current students?
EE&T is one of the best choices to make
in terms of maximising career options. For
those students who know what they want
to do, become engaged in that area and
attack it such that you will be the expert
in the coming years for that field. And for
those unsure what fields they like, ensure
that you diversify your subjects – this will
allow you to learn a broad range of skills
and knowledge that becomes invaluable
to any employer, since you will be able
to show them that you can learn anything
thrown at you, that you are the person who
can solve any problem that needs to be
solved.
Adrian KC Lee
What are some other things you’ve
enjoyed in your engineering career?
other engineering roles and even nonengineering positions. Engineers are also
highly sought after by finance companies
for their analytical skills.
I enjoyed teaching both at the
undergraduate and graduate levels in
UNSW and MIT. I cherish the moments
when I know that my students finally grasp
a difficult concept.
What did your degree give you that you
value most in your current position?
BE (First Class Honours),
UNSW 2002, ScD MIT 2007
Adrian Lee is currently
employed as a researcher
in Harvard Medical School
and Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston
My BE degree gave me the necessary
tools and the mindset to become an
analytical thinker.
Is Electrical Engineering &
I think an EE&T degree provides the
best training for tackling complex
problems. In fact, I think that students
with an EE&T background make the
best neuroscientists. Our brain is an
amazingly complex system: a network
of ~1011 neurons and ~1015 synapses
communicating at a millisecond time
frame. An EE&T degree provides us with
the necessary basic toolboxes, e.g., signal
processing, system analysis, to start
teasing apart how our brain dynamically
responds to and interacts with our
surroundings. The fundamentals taught in
an EE&T program can be widely applied
to many different fields. This flexibility, in
my opinion, makes EE&T a smart degree
choice for the brightest minds that dare to
explore different possible career paths.
Simon Blyth
How well did your degree prepare you
for the work that you do now?
The degree has enabled me become
a much more competent designer by
understanding the theory behind the
design.
Yes! Every day LX is contacted to
design new products using cutting edge
technologies. Some have the potential
to save lives or significantly improve
the quality of someone’s life. There is
no better job than one in which you can
design new embedded systems all day
long, knowing that you are making a real
difference in the world.
Definitely. EE&T equips you with a way of
thinking, and teaches you to learn. This is
an invaluable skill in almost any industry.
2005
Founder, LX Innovations
– an electronics design
house
Kelly Blyth
There are so many different jobs available
for EE&T graduates, including power,
biomedical, control, mining, banking and
teaching.
2005, MCom 2006
Currently works at LX
Innovations
EE&T is very relevant. It opens the door to
some really unique opportunities. I didn’t
grow up designing electronic devices, but
by the end of the degree, I had a thorough
understanding of electronics and could
confidently apply for positions as varied
as an embedded systems engineer or a
power engineer.
Is EE&T mainly just maths and science?
EE&T is so much more than just maths
and science. It uses that as a foundation
for other courses such as design and the
thesis that really promote creativity. Maths
and science are an essential foundation
in order for students to fully understand
and appreciate electrical engineering. But
the course goes beyond teaching maths
and science, by applying them to real
problems and using them to solve real
issues. In my opinion, there’s no better
way to harness maths and science to
equip a student for the workforce.
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school report 2010
Nelly Laydrus
What kinds of jobs did some of your EE
&T friends go into?
A few of my friends went to work in
engineering consulting companies.
Others work as a business consultant,
railway engineer, and a researcher.
What did your degree give you that you
value most in your current position?
Problem solving skills as well as creativity
and techniques in designing solutions to
meet requirements.
University Medal 2007.
Currently works as a
Business Analyst at
Macquarie Group
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EE&T degree equips graduates with
skills that are valuable to a lot of different
industries. The career opportunities for
EE&T graduates are therefore very broad.
Yes. I believe EE&T is the core of many
important innovations and engineering
contribution to society. In addition to the
problem solving skills and creative mindset
encouraged throughout the degree,
students will gain valuable knowledge on
edge technology in different streams such
as signal processing, electronics and
power.

2010 Annual Report

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