David Abbott
Research Scientist
Contact
Wireless and Networking Technologies 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
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Energy Services
Science Area
- Communications and Signal Processing
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 for sensor networks, ultra-wideband ground penetrating radar, and three-dimensional sonar imaging. I have developed 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. I have been involved with 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 |