Francis Cooray

Senior Research Scientist

Contact

CSIRO ICT Centre
PO Box 76
Epping, NSW 1710

Tel: +61 2 9372 4259
Fax: +61 2 9372 4446

Themes

• ASKAP
• Sensors and Sensor Networks

Projects

• Smart Feeds
• Energy Harvesting

Science Area

• Antennas and Propagation

Biography

Francis Cooray received the B. Sc. degree (First Class Honours) in electronic and telecommunication engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in 1981, the M. Eng. degree in electrical engineering from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada in 1987, and the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1990.

He was an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, from 1981 to 1983, a Research Assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, from 1984 to 1986, a Research Assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, from 1986 to 1990, and a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa, from 1990 to 1991. In 1992 he joined the Antennas Group at the CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics in Marsfield, NSW as an Experimental Scientist, and is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Wireless and Networking Technologies Laboratory at the CSIRO ICT Centre in Marsfield, NSW.

He was a member of a team that developed a software package under contract to Hughes Space and Communications International Inc in USA for analysing reflectors and feed arrays used for on-board satellite antennas. He was also a member of a team that designed a VHF/UHF broadcasting antenna for News Ltd which was successfully patented.

Academic Qualifications

1990	Ph. D. University of Manitoba, Canada, Electrical Engineering
1987	M. Eng. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Electrical Engineering
1981	B. Sc. Eng. (First Class Honours) University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering

Recent Professional Experience

2003-present	Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre
2000-2002	Research Scientist, CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics
1997-1999	Experimental Scientist, CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics

Summary of Science & Technical Output

Science Citizenship

1993-present	Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation
2000-present	Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques
2006-present	Reviewer, Progress in Electromagnetic Research (PIER)
2007	Organising Committee Member, Australian Symposium on Antennas
2007-present	Editorial Board Member, The Open Electrical & Electronic Engineering Journal
2009-present	Technical Program Committee Member, Australian Symposium on Antennas

Top 10 Publications

Publication details
S. Hay, F. Cooray, J. O'Sullivan, N.-T. Huang, and R. Mittra, "Numerical and experimental studies of a dual-polarized planar connected-array antenna for the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder," in Symp. Digest, IEEE AP-S Int. Symp., 2009.
F. R. Cooray and J. S. Kot, “Analysis of radiation from a cylindrical-rectangular microstrip patch antenna loaded with a superstrate and an air gap, using the electric surface current model,” PIER, vol. 67, pp. 135-152, 2007.
F. R. Cooray, “Analysis of radiation from a horn with a superquadric aperture,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, pp. 3255-3261, Oct. 2005.
I. R. Ciric and F. R. Cooray, “Separation of variables for electromagnetic scattering by spheroidal particles”, in Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Edited by M. I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, and L. D. Travis, Academic Press, USA, 2000.
F. R. Cooray and T. S. Bird, “Analysis of radiation from two separate circular cylindrical waveguides by the method of moments,” Radio Sci., vol. 35, pp. 567-577, Mar.-Apr. 2000.
M. F. R. Cooray and I. R. Ciric, “Wave scattering by a chiral spheroid,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 10, pp. 1197-1203, June 1993.
M. F. R. Cooray and I. R. Ciric, “Scattering by systems of spheroids in arbitrary configurations,” Comput. Phys. Commun., vol. 68, pp. 279-305, Nov. 1991.
I. R. Ciric and M. F. R. Cooray, “Admittance characteristics and far field patterns for coupled spheroidal dipole antennas in arbitrary orientation,” Proc. IEE Part H, vol. 137, pp. 337-342, Dec. 1990.
M. F. R. Cooray and I. R. Ciric, “Scattering of electromagnetic waves by a system of two conducting spheroids of arbitrary orientation,” in Radar Cross Sections of Complex Objects, Ed. W. R. Stone, pp. 342-355, IEEE Press Book, New York, NY, 1990.
M. F. R. Cooray and I. R. Ciric, “Rotational-translational addition theorems for vector spheroidal wave functions,” COMPEL, vol. 8, pp. 151-166, Sept. 1989.

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