Leslie Overs

Engineering Support Manager / Research Team Leader

Contact

1 Technology Court
Pullenvale, QLD 4069
PO Box 883 Kenmore,
QLD 4069

Tel: 61 7 3327 4661
Fax: 61 7 3327 4455

Themes

• Sensors and Sensor Networks TCP
• Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
• Transforming the Animal Theme
• Minerals Down Under Flagship
• National Security Technology Partnerships Theme
• Transforming the Future Mine

Projects

• In Rumen Wireless Gas Monitoring
• Autonomous Systems Lab
• Food Futures
• Autonomous Hot Metal Carrier
• Dependability in Field Robotics
• Mine Automation
• Smart Farm
• Excavator Guidance
• Tele-Robots
• Bobcat Automation
• ACARP Shovel
• Sensor Node
• Smart Skies

Science Area

• Sensor Networks

Biography

In 1980, Leslie Overs started his working life as a technician and completed an apprenticeship with a small company in Gympie Queensland. He joined Sanyo Australia in 1986 and gained experience in surface mount technology through work carried out on 8 mm and digital video cameras, digital effects VCRs, video laser, compact disc players, CTV and LCD projectors. During 1992, he started a degree at the Queensland University of Technology and also became the Queensland State Service Manager for Sanyo Australia, responsible for service and support in the Queensland and northern NSW region.

Leslie Overs received his First Class Honours Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1997 from the Queensland University of Technology. In that year, he presented a paper on his final year project, AC-DC Quasi- Resonant Converter with Sinusoidal Input Current and Unity Power Factor, with Dr Keith Hoffman at the AUPEC '97 Conference. He also won the Power Engineering Project Expo'97 at the Queensland University of Technology.

Leslie Overs joined CSIRO in 1999. In the Autonomous Systems Lab, his primary task was the design hardware systems for the laboratories many projects and activities. He is currently the Engineering Support Manager/ Research Team Leader for the Brisbane laboratory. He manages four staff members, including technicians Steve Bronson and John Whitham and engineers Paul Flick and Brett Wood.

Academic Qualifications

1997	Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (First Class Honours) Queensland University of Technology
1982	Radio and Television Mechanics (Credits) South Brisbane TAFE

Recent Professional Experience

2006-	Engineering Support Manager/Research Team Leader, ICT Centre
1999-2006	Electrical and Computer Engineer, ICT Centre
1992-1998	Queensland State Service Manager, Sanyo Australia
1986-1992	Senior Technican, Sanyo Australia

Achievements & Awards

2009	CSIRO ICT Centre Teamwork Award (Engineering Support Team)
2009	CSIRO ICT Centre Support Science Award (Engineering Support Team)
2009	CSIRO ICT Centre Learning Culture Award
2008	CSIRO ICT Centre Team Work Award (Springbrook Ecological Sensor Network Team)
2008	CSIRO ICT Centre One-CSIRO Team Award (Smart Farm Team)
2006	Australian Engineering Excellence award, Engineers Australia (Starbug team)
2006	Innovation ward, Engineers Australia, Queensland Engineering Excellence Awards (Starbug team)
2003	CSIRO Exploration and Mining One-CSIRO Award
1999	CSIRO MST One Off Award for Autonomous Load Haul Dump Project
1997	Queensland University of Technology Power Engineering Project Expo ’97 Prize
1996	Dean’s list of students for excellent academic performance

Other Highlights

2009-	Project Leader for In Rumen Wireless Gas Monitoring
2005-2006	Project Leader for Coal-Seam Interface Detector 2 (CID2)

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Science Citizenship

2009	Reviewer for the journal Microprocessors and Microsystems: Embedded Hardware Design (MICPRO)
2007	Reviewer for IEEE Intelligent Vehicles

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
Damien O’Rourke, Junbin Liu, Tim Wark, Wen Hu, Darren Moore, Leslie Overs and Raja Jurdak. Towards a Framework for a Versatile Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network Platform. In Proceedings of the Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) Conference, April 12-16, 2010.
Raja Jurdak, Guillaume Salagnac, Chris Crossman, Greg Bishop-Hurley, Phil Valencia and Leslie Overs. Sensor Fusion for Energy-efficient Localisation. In Proceedings of the ICT Conference, November 2009.
I. Vasilescu, K. Kotay, D. Rus, L. Overs, P. Sikka, M. Dunbabin, P. Chen, and Peter Corke. Krill: An Exploration in Underwater Sensor Networks. In Proc. Second IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors, Sydney, pages 151-152, May 2005.
Kane Usher, Graeme Winstanley, Peter Corke, Dirk Stauffacher, Leslie Overs and CSIRO ICT Centre Robotics Team. Air Vehicle Simulator: an Application for a Cable Array Robot. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcel
Kane Usher, Graeme Winstanley, Peter Corke, Dirk Stauacher and CSIRO ICT Centre Robotics Team. A Cable-Array Robot for Air Vehicle Simulation. In Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation, December 2004.
Pavan Sikka, Peter Corke, and Leslie Overs. Wireless sensor devices for animal tracking and control. In Proc. First IEEE Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors, Tampa, Florida, pages 446-454, November 2004.
Jonathan Roberts, Pavan Sikka, and Leslie Overs. System Design for a Small Autonomous Helicopter. In Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Melbourne, Australia, pages 47-52, 2000.
Leslie Overs and Michael Ung. Coal-Seam Interface Detector 2 Final Report. CSIRO ICT Centre Technical Report, January 2007.
Graeme Winstanley, Elliot Duff and Leslie Overs. Coal Interface Sensors Report. CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology Technical Report, July 2004.
Greg Buskey, Peter Corke, Matthew Dunbabin, Leslie Overs, Jonathan Roberts and Pavan Sikka. Autonomous Helicopter Project Stage 1 Final Report. CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology Technical Report, October 2003

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