Staff Profile
Dr Trevor Bird
Contact Details
Dr Trevor Bird
CSIRO ICT Centre
Cnr. Vimiera & Pembroke Roads
Marsfield NSW 2122
PO Box 76 Epping NSW 1710
Australia
Email: trevor.bird@csiro.au
Telephone: +61 2 9372 4289
Fax: +61 2 9372 4446
Overview
Trevor Bird is currently Chief Scientist in the CSIRO ICT
Centre and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney.
He received the B. App. Sc., M. App. Sc. and PhD degrees from
the University of Melbourne in 1971, 1973 and 1977 respectively.
From 1976 to 1978 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen
Mary College, University of London, followed by five years as a
Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at James Cook
University of North Queensland. During 1982 and 1983 he was a
consultant at Plessey Radar, UK and in 1984 he joined the CSIRO
Radiophysics Division in Sydney.
Trevor has published widely on antennas and microwave systems
for satellite communications, wireless and radio telescope
systems. As well, he has undertaken many research and commercial
projects in these areas for Australian and international clients.
He is known particularly for his contributions to reflector
antennas, multiple beam antennas, and arrays. Other achievements
include leadership of major commercial projects that have resulted
in operational antenna systems on Optus-B, Galaxy IV and Orion
satellites, earth stations for the Australian Department of
Defence and Telstra. He has guided development of CSIRO's
MultiBeam earth station antenna, designed innovative multibeam
feed arrays for the Parkes, Jodrell Bank (UK) and Arecibo (USA)
radio telescopes, instigated development of the novel Ka-band
transponder the FedSat microsatellite and led the development of
antennas for millimetre wave indoor wireless local area networks.
Engineering projects that he played a major role in have received
awards from the Society of Satellite Professionals International,
New York, in 2004, the Institution of Engineers, Australia, in
2001, and the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, in 2000.
Among the awards he has received are the John Madsen Medal of
the Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1988, 1992, 1995 and
1996, the 2001 H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, the 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, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000 for
outstanding contributions to the IEEE in New South Wales, and the
Centenary Medal for contributions to Telecommunications in 2003.
The Sydney Division of Engineers Australia named him the 2003
Professional Engineer of the Year. In 2004 he was listed in the
Top 100 Australia's Most Influential Engineers by Engineers
Australia.
Trevor is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological
and Engineering Sciences, the IEEE, the Institution of Engineers,
Australia, the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was a
Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
from 1997 to 1999, Chair of the IEEE New South Wales Chapter on
Antennas & Propagation/Microwave Theory & Techniques from 1995 to
1998 and in 2003, Chairman of the 2000 Asia Pacific Microwave
Conference, Chair of the IEEE New South Wales Section from 2001 to
2002, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas &
Propagation from 2001 to 2004, and an elected member of the
Administrative Committee of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
from 2003 to 2005. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE
Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, a member of the Editorial
Board of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques, and a
member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts.
Technical Interests
- Antennas
- Electromagnetics
- Reflector antennas and feed systems
- Antennas and RF components for wireless systems
- Satellite communications
- Space science and technology
- Terahertz systems
Publications
Includes 5 chapters in monographs, over 70 journal articles,
over 140 refereed conference papers, over 110 technical and
contract reports, and 8 international patents.
Publications in Last 5 Years
1. Book Chapters
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Antennas for high-speed
wireless networks", in T.A. Wysocki, B. Honary and B.J. Wysocki
(ed.), "Signal Processing for Telecommunications and Multimedia",
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, Chap. 21, pp. 259-271.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Antenna feeds", in K. Chang (ed), "Encyclopaedia
of RF and Microwave Engineering", J. Wiley & Sons Inc., New
Jersey, 2005, Vol. 1, pp. 185-217.
2. Journal
- YAMASHITA, E., BIRD, T.S., FENG, Z., BHAT, B., AKAIKE, M, RA
J.W., LEONG, M.S., KRAIRIKSH, M. & PENG S.T.: "Microwaves in the
Asia-Pacific Region", IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory & Tech., 50,
2002, pp. 1046-1055.
- GRANET, C., BIRD, T.S. & JAMES, G.L.: "Comments on 'Choked
Gaussian antenna: extremely low sidelobe compact antenna design'",
IEEE Antennas & Wireless Propagat. Lett., 2, 2003, pp. 363-364.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Mutual coupling in arrays of coaxial waveguides
and horns", IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 52, 2004, pp.
821-829. Correction IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, 2005, p.
3114.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "A broadband, E-shaped
patch antenna with a microstrip-compatible feed", Microw. Opt.
Tech. Lett. (USA), 42, No. 2, 2004, pp. 111-112.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Chapter News", IEEE Antennas & Propagation
Magazine, 46, Apr. 2004, pp. 83-86.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Chapter News", IEEE Antennas & Propagation
Magazine, 46, June 2004, pp. 66-68.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Report of the Transactions Editor", IEEE Antennas
& Propagation Magazine, 46, Aug. 2004, pp. 132-133.
- BIRD, T.S.: "A note from the incoming Editor-in-Chief", IEEE
Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 52, 2004, pp. 2202 - 2204.
- 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.
- WEILY, A.R., HORVATH, L., ESSELLE, K.P., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD,
T.S.: "High gain 1-D EBG resonator antenna", Microwave Opt. Tech.
Lett., 47, 2005, pp. 107-114.
- 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.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "A compact antenna pair
for space and polarisation diversity", Electron. Lett., 40, 2005,
pp. 52-53.
- ESSELLE, K.P & BIRD, T.S.: "A hybrid-resonator antenna:
experimental results", IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, 2005,
pp. 870-871.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Report of the Transactions Editor", IEEE Antennas
& Propagation Magazine, 47, Feb. 2005, pp. 154-155.
- GRANET, C., ZHANG, H.Z., FORSYTH, A.R., GRAVES, G.R., DOHERTY,
P., GREENE, K.J., JAMES, G.L., SYKES, P., BIRD, T.S., SINCLAIR,
M.W., MOOREY, G. & MANCHESTER, R.N., "Design, manufacture and test
of a dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope", IEEE
Antennas & Propagation Magazine, 47, June 2005, pp. 13 -19.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Editorial - Special Issue on Antennas and
Propagation Applications", IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53,
2005, pp. 2362-2364.
- WEILY, A.R., ESSELLE, K.P., BIRD, T.S. & SANDERS, B.C.:
"Experimental woodpile EBG waveguides, bends and power dividers at
microwave frequencies", accepted for Electron. Lett., 30/11/05.
- BIRD, T.S.: "Editorial - Status Report on Your Transactions",
IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, 2005, pp. 3862-3864.
3. Conference
- HAY, S.G., BARKER, S.J., GRANET, C., FORSYTH, A.R., BIRD, T.S.,
SPREY, M.A. & GREENE, K.J.: "Multibeam earth station antenna for a
European teleport application", IEEE Antennas & Propagation
Society Symposium, Boston, Mass., 8-13 July 2001, Vol. II, pp.
300-303.
- GRANET, C., ZHANG, H.Z., GREENE, K.J., JAMES, G.L., FORSYTH,
A.R., BIRD, T.S., MANCHESTER, R.N., SINCLAIR, M.W. & SYKES, P., "A
dual-band feed system for the Parkes radio telescope", IEEE
Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium, Boston, Mass., 8-13 July
2001, Vol. II, pp. 296-299.]
- RAO, N., PARFITT, A.J., BIRD, T.S., WARD, D. & BARKER, S.J.:
"The FedSat Ka-Band Transponder", CRCSS Conference, Newcastle,
13-16 February 2001.
- BIRD, T.S., HAYMAN, D.B., FORSYTH, A.R., GREENE, K.J., CHU,
I.W. & BATEMAN, D.G.: "A close-packed dielectric-loaded horn array
for 60 GHz", 2001 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Taipei,
Taiwan, 3 - 6 December 2001.
- GRANET, C. & BIRD, T.S.: "Optimization of corrugated horn
radiation patterns via a spline-profile", ANTEM 2002, Montreal,
Canada, 27-29 July 2002, pp. 307-310.
- HAY, S.G., BUNTON, J.D., GRANET, C., FORSYTH, A.R.; BIRD, T.
S., & SPREY, M.A.: "Multibeaming dual reflector antennas", SKA
2002 Workshop; Groningen, Netherlands, 2002.
- ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Hybrid-resonator antennas for
broadband wireless applications", XXVIIth General Assembly URSI,
Maastricht, Netherlands, 17 August - 24 August 2002, Paper
BCF.P.2.
- JAMES, G.C, COORAY, F.R., BIRD, T.S. & HOCKHAM, G.A.: "Modal
analysis of a coaxial travelling-wave slot array with interior
probes", XXVIIth General Assembly URSI, Maastricht, Netherlands,
17 August - 24 August 2002, Paper B8.O.4.
- GRANET, C. & BIRD, T.S.: "Optimization of earth coverage
horns", Journées Internationales de Nice sur les Antennes - JINA
2002, 12-14 November 2002.
- BIRD, T.S. & CORTÉS-MEDELLÍN, G.: "Multibeam feed array for
the Arecibo radio telescope", IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, 23-27 June 2003, Vol. I, pp. 116-119.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Broadband E-shaped patch
antennas for 5 - 6 GHz wireless computer networks ", IEEE Antennas
& Propagation Society Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, 23-27 June 2003,
Vol. II, pp. 942-945.
- WEILY, A.R., ESSELLE, K., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.:
"Antennas based on 2-D and 3-D electromagnetic bandgap materials",
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium, Columbus, Ohio,
23-27 June 2003, Vol. IV, pp. 847-850.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Antennas for high-speed
wireless networks", 7th Int. Symposium on DSP for Comm. Systems,
Coolangatta, Qld, Australia, 8 - 11 December 2003, pp. 165-170.
- GRANET, C. & BIRD, T.S., "Optimization of axially-corrugated
horns for symmetrical or offset parabolic reflectors", WARS'04,
Hobart, Tasmania, 18-20 February, 2004, Paper B3.
- BIRD, T.S. & GRANET, C.: "Optimized design of high-efficiency
rectangular horns for arrays", 2004 URSI Electromagnetic Theory
Symposium, Pisa, Italy, 23-27 May 2004, pp. 963-965.
- WEILY, A.R., ESSELLE, K., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.:
"Woodpile EBG resonator antenna with double slot feed", IEEE
Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium, Monterey, CA, 20-26 June
2004.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Microstrip-fed E-shaped
patch antennas and diversity pairs for wireless communications ",
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium, Monterey, CA, 20-26
June 2004.
- C135 GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Reducing the width
of E-shaped patch antennas for wireless applications", IASTED
International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation,
Banff, AB, Canada, 8-10 July, 2004.
- BIRD, T.S & HAY, S.G.: "Multibeam earth station antennas -
Recent progress", Journées Internationales de Nice sur les
Antennes - JINA 2004, 8 - 10 November 2004, p. 187. (Invited)
- GRANET, C. & BIRD, T.S.: "Optimization of earth coverage
horns", Journées Internationales de Nice sur les Antennes - JINA
2004, 8 - 10 November 2004, p. 192-193.
- WEILY, A.R., ESSELLE, K., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.:
"Layer-by layer 3D photonic crystal waveguides and components -
theoretical analysis for microwave implementation", Conference on
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD
2004), Brisbane, 8-10 December 2004.
- BIRD, T.S., GREENE, K.J., KOT, J.S. & HANHAM, S.: "Terahertz
imaging from an RF engineering perspective", DSTO Workshop on
TeraHertz for Defence and Security, Dec. 16-17, 2004, Adelaide,
Australia.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "A dual-band monopole
antenna for mobile communications", IEEE/ACES International
Conference on Wireless Communications and Applied Computational
Electromagnetics, 3-7 April, 2005, pp. 971 - 974.
- HAYMAN, D.B., BIRD, T.S., ESSELLE, K. & HALL, P.J.: "Encircled
power study of focal plane field for estimating focal plane array
size", IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium, Washington,
DC, 3 - 8 July 2005.
- GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: "Small quad-band WLAN
antenna", IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society Symposium,
Washington, DC, 3 - 8 July 2005.
- WEILY, A.R., ESSELLE, K., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.: "A
woodpile EBG sector horn antenna", IEEE Antennas & Propagation
Society Symposium, Washington, DC, 3 - 8 July 2005.
- BIRD, T.S.: " Ground station antennas - Some recent
developments", XXVIIIth General Assembly URSI, New Delhi, India,
23 -29 October 2005, Paper B04.3(01728). (Invited)
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