Trevor Bird
Chief Scientist
Contact
ICT Centre
PO Box 76
Epping NSW 2122
Science Area
- Antennas and Propagation
Biography
Dr Bird is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological and Engineering Sciences, the IEEE, the Institution of Electrical Technology, UK and an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He has published widely in the areas of antennas, waveguides, electromagnetics, and satellite communication antennas, and holds twelve patents. In 1988, 1992, 1995 and 1996 he received the John Madsen Medal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia for the best paper published annually in the Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Australia, and in 2001 he was co-recipient of the H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society. Dr Bird was awarded a CSIRO Medal in 1990 for the development of an Optus-B satellite spot beam antenna and again in 1998 for the multibeam antenna feed system for the Parkes radio telescope. He received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000 for outstanding contributions to the IEEE New South Wales Section. Engineering projects that Dr Bird played a major role in were given awards by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (New York) in 2004, the Engineers Australia in 2001, and the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, in 2000. In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in telecommunications and also named Professional Engineer of the Year by the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia. His biography is listed in Who’s Who in Australia.
He was a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society from 1997 to 1999, Chair of the New South Wales joint AP/MTT Chapter from 1995 to 1998, and again in 2003, Chairman of the 2000 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Member of the New South Wales Section Committee from 1995-2005 and was Vice-chair and Chair of the Section in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 respectively, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation from 2001 to 2004, and a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society from 2003-2005. He has been a member of the technical committee of numerous conferences including JINA, ICAP, AP2000 and the URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium. Currently, he is a member of the College of Experts of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and of the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques. He was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation in 2004.
Academic Qualifications
| 1977 | PhD University of Melbourne, Electrical Engineering |
| 1973 | MAppSc University of Melbourne, Electrical Engineering |
| 1971 | BAppSc University of Melbourne, Electronics |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2004-present | Chief Scientist & CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2004 | Stream Leader, Electromagnetic & Antennas, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2003 | Theme Leader, Electromagnetic Information & Intelligent Systems, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2001-03 | Sector General Manager – Information & Communication Technologies, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
| 1997-2001 | General Manager - Antennas & Microwave Systems, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
| 1989-1997 | Program Leader, Electromagnetics & Antennas, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
Achievements & Awards
| 2007 | Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| 2007 | Honorary Fellow, Queens College, University of Melbourne |
| 2007 | CSIRO Fellow |
| 2003 | Professional Engineer of the Year, Engineers Australia Sydney |
| 2003 | Centenary Medal, Australia |
| 2001 | H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society |
| 2000 | Third Millennium Medal, IEEE |
| 2000-present | Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney |
| 1998 | CSIRO Medal |
| 1998 | Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| 1997 | Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (Citation "For contributions to the theory of mutual coupling between antennas with particular application to the design of array feeds for satellite antennas") |
| 1997-2000 | Honorary Professorial Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney |
| 1996 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1995 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1994 | CEng, Registered Professional Engineer |
| 1992 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1991 | Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| 1991 | Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK (now Institution of Engineering & Technology) |
| 1990 | CSIRO Medal |
| 1988 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1970 | Fisk Prize for Melbourne University, IREE |
Other Highlights
| The following Industry Awards have been received for teams: | |
| 2006 | Finalist in Engineering Excellence Awards, Institution of Engineers, Sydney Division, MultiBeam Antennas for Danish Radio |
| 2004 | Award of the Society of Satellite Professionals International, Multibeam Antenna, for Technology Development and Application in the public sector category |
| 2001 | Engineering Excellence Awards, Institution of Engineers, Sydney Division, CSIRO MultiBeam Antenna highly commended in the categories of Innovation & Invention, International Projects & Exports, and Information Technology & Telecommunications” |
| 2000 | Radio Day Award, Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, CSIRO and CRC for Satellite Systems commended for cooperative research on the COMETS mobile satellite communication experiments |
Science Citizenship
| 2008- | Member, Editorial Board for the Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves |
| 2008 | Member of Scrutiny Committee, Australian Research Council |
| 2008 | Member Organising Committee, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves |
| 2007 | Member, IEEE 802.15 WPAN™ Terahertz Interest Group (IGthz) |
| 2006-07 | Member of College of Experts, Australian Research Council |
| 2005 | Editor of Special Issue on Antennas & Propagation Applications, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, August 2005 |
| 2004-present | Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 2003-06 | Elected Member of the Administrative Committee, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 2003-present | Board Member, University of Sydney Electrical Engineering Foundation |
| 2002-06 | Member of ATSE NSW Division Committee |
| 2002 | Member of Organising Committee, ATSE 2002 Symposium on “Owning innovation” |
| 2002 | Co-convenor of Session on Arrays, XXVIIth General Assembly URSI, Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 2001-2004 | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 2001-2002 | Chair, IEEE NSW Section |
| 2000-2005 | Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques |
| 2000 | Technical Program, Millennium Antenna & Propagation Conference (AP2000), Davos, Switzerland |
| 1999-2001 | V/Chair, IEEE NSW Section |
| 1998 | Technical Program, URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1998-2000 | Chairman, 2000 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Sydney |
| 1997-2000 | Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 1997 | Overseas Corresponding Member, 10th International Conference on Antennas & Propagation, Edinburgh 30 March - 2 April 1997 |
| 1996–2005 | Member of Technical Advisory Committee, JINA, Nice, France |
| 1996 | Overseas Corresponding Member, ISAP96, Chiba, Japan |
| 1995 | Guest Editor, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia, Mar. 1995 |
| 1994-2005 | Member, IEEE NSW Section |
| 1995–98,2003 | Chair, IEEE NSW AP/MTT Chapter |
| 1994 | Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, 2nd Workshop on Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetic Wave Problems, Siena, Italy, 24-26 May 1994 |
| 1993 | Overseas Corresponding Member, 8th International Conference on Antennas & Propagation, Edinburgh, 30 March - 2 April 1993 |
| 1992 | Member of Technical Program and Organizing Committees, URSI 1992 Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Sydney, 16-20 August 1992 Epping |
| 1987-present | Co-convenor Australian Symposium on Antennas, CSIRO, Sydney |
| 1987 | Guest Editor, Dec. 1987 issue Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia |
| 1997-present | Reviewer, Radio Science |
| 1989-present | Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 1984-present | Reviewer, IEE Proceedings, Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation |
| 1977-present | Reviewer, Electronics Letters |
| 1979-1983 | Director, 4TTT, Townville |
| 1979-1983 | Co-organizer, IREE, Townsville Group |
Top 10 Publications
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| 1. STAVELEY-SMITH, L., WILSON, W.E., BIRD, T.S., DISNEY, M.J., EKERS, R.D., FREEMAN, K.C., HAYNES, R.F., SINCLAIR, M.W., VAILE, R.A., WEBSTER, R.L. & WRIGHT, A.E.: The Parkes 21cm multibeam receiver, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 13, 1996, pp. 243-248 |
| 2. KEENAN, T., GLASSON, K., CUMMINGS, F., BIRD, T.S., KEELER, J. & LUTZ, J.: The BMRC/NCAR C-band polarimetric (C-POL) radar system, J. Atmos. & Oceanic Tech., 15, 1998, pp. 871-886. |
| 3. WEILY, A.R., HORVATH, L., ESSELLE, K.P., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.: A planar resonator antenna based on a woodpile EBG material, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, 2005, pp. 216-223. |
| 4. BIRD, T.S., Analysis of mutual coupling in arrays of different-sized rectangular waveguides, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., AP-38, 1990, pp. 166-172. |
| 5. BIRD, T.S., Mode coupling in a planar circular waveguide array, IEE J. Microwaves, Optics & Acoustics, 3, 1979, pp. 172-180. |
| 6. GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: E-shaped patch antennas for high-speed wireless networks, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 52, 2004, pp. 3213-3219. |
| 7. ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: A hybrid resonator antenna: Experimental results, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, Feb. 2005, pp. 870-871. |
| 8. WEILY, A.R, ESSELLE, K.P., BIRD, T.S & SANDERS, B.C.: "High Gain 1-D EBG Resonator Antenna", Microw. Opt. Tech. Lett. (USA), 47, No. 2, 2005, pp. 107-114. |
| 9. PRESTON, S.L., THIEL, D.V., LU, J.W., O'KEEFE, S.G. & BIRD, T.S.: Electronic beam steering using switched parasitic patch elements, Electron. Lett., 33, 1997, pp. 7-8. |
| 10. BIRD. T.S., Accurate asymptotic solution for the surface field due to apertures in a conducting cylinder, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, AP-33, 1985, pp. 1108-1117. |