David Abbott
Research Scientist
Contact
Wireless Laboratory
CSIRO ICT Centre
Corner of Pembroke Street & Vimiera Road
Marsfield, NSW, 2122
Australia
PO Box 76
Epping, NSW, 1710
Australia
Themes
- Sensor Networks
Projects
- Cross Layer Design for Wireless Sensor Networks
Biography
In 1993 I commenced my doctoral thesis research supported and jointly supervised by the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility and the University of Sydney. As a student I investigated the distortion of millimetre-wavelength radio signals by water-vapour in the atmosphere, developed a radiometer to measure radio emission from the atmosphere in a spectral band around 220GHz, and investigated the accuracy with which atmospheric water-vapour could be estimated from ground based measurements of radio emission from the atmosphere.
In 1998 I joined the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory in the Signal Processing Group. At CSIRO I have developed signal processing algorithms and antennas for ultra-wideband ground penetrating radar; signal processing algorithms for three-dimensional sonar imaging; radio frequency amplifier and mixer circuits for signals between 5GHz and 40GHz, transistor structures and test structures for a Gallium-Arsenide semiconductor foundry process; modem and intermediate frequency circuits and signal processing algorithms for multi-gigabit per second radio communications; and signal processing algorithms and antennas for wireless sensor networks. I have been involved on the periphery of developing algorithms for the localisation of impacts on aerospace vehicles, and the detection of human respiration and pulse using remote radio frequency detection.
Academic Qualifications
| 1999 | PhD University of Sydney, Electrical Engineering |
| 1992 | BE (Hons) University of Sydney, Electrical Engineering |
| 1990 | BSc University of Sydney |
Achievements & Awards
| 2007 | Engineers Australia Sydney Division Engineering Award in R&D, The Multi-Gigabit Wireless Project |
| 2007 | Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Award, The Mult-Gigabit Wireless Project |
Other Highlights
| 2007 | CSIRO Chief Executives Medal, The Gigabit Wireless Team |
| 2006 | CSIRO ICT Centre Get Up Award, The Gigabit Wireless Team |
| 2004 | CSIRO Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics Performance Award, David Abbott, Val Dyadyuk and Leigh Stokes, “An exceptional performance in designing, assembling and testing a gigabit-rate 83 GHz band radio link in an extraordinarily short time” |
| 2003 | CSIRO Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics Divisional Teamwork Award, The Ageless Aerospace Vehicle Team |