John McCulloch
Research Engineer
Contact
Tasmanian ICT Centre, CSIRO
Castray Esplanade
Hobart, Tasmania 7000
Tel: +61 3 6232 5535
Email
Themes
- Food Futures
- Novel Feeds and Nutrition
Biography
John is a research engineer currently working at the Tasmania ICT Centre, CSIRO. He is currently leading a collaborative project developing smart sensor systems for the aquaculture industry.
He also has a keen interest in robotics and has played an active role in its promotion in Tasmania, being a founding member of both "Robotics Tasmania" and "Robocup Junior Tasmania". In these roles he has enhanced both community awareness and student interest in the field, by managing and promoting the Tasmanian Robocup Junior State finals. He regularly supervises graduate level students working on an autonomous catamaran project.
Prior to commencing work at the CSIRO he was employed at the University of Tasmania for nearly a decade where he was involved in teaching, research and commercialisation projects in the mechatronics and data acquisition fields.
Academic Qualifications
| 2009 | Diploma of Project Management |
| 2004 | Certified LabVIEW Developer. |
| 1989-1993 | Completed Bachelor of Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours, University of Tasmania. |
| 1986-1988 | Completed Associate Diploma of Electrical Engineering |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2007- | Research Engineer, Project Leader, Tasmanian ICT Centre, CSIRO. |
| 2002–2006 | Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. |
| 1998-2006 | Engineering Officer, School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. |
Achievements & Awards
| 2009 | CSIRO OH&S Achievement Award in 2008. This award was for Tasmanian Health & Safety Representatives - Implementing a unique approach to HSE housekeeping in our area engaging the wider Tasmanian ICT Centre staff and promoting improved HSE performance. |
| 2004 | Led a team that won the University of Tasmania's, Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Exceptional Performance by General Staff. |
| 1992 | Received computer systems project prize, University of Tasmania |
Student Supervision
| 2011 | S. Lyden Laser data integration Honours Utas, ongoing. |
| 2010 | S. Lyden ASV ROS implementation, vacation scholarship. |
| 2010 | T. Pilgrim Autonomous Boat sensor integration, UTas honours project |
| 2009 | M. Brooks, Autonomous Boat Software Systems, Vacation scholarship |
| 2009 | T. Pilgrim, Autonomous Boat Control, vacation scholarship |
| 2008 | K. Abetz, Autonomous Boat Drive system vacation scholarship |
| 2008 | O. Walters, Autonomous Boat Awareness, honours project, UTas |
| 2008 | F. Byrnes, Autonomous Boat Navigation, honours project, UTas |
| 2007 | O. Walters, Autonomous Boat Interface, vacation scholarship, UTas |
| 2007 | F. Byrnes, Autonomous Boat Navigation & Control, vacation scholarship, UTas |
Science Citizenship
| 2005- | Member Engineers Australia |
| 2006 | Vice President of Robotics Tasmania |
| 2005 | Founding Member of Robotics Tasmania |
| 2000 | Founding member of Robocup Junior Tasmania |
Top 10 Publications
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| Dunbabin, M.; de Souza, P.; Prasser, D.; Timms, G.; McCulloch, J., and Grinham, A. The role of fixed and mobile sensor nodes in marine and infrastructure monitoring. 1st Annual Subsea Technical Conference 2009; Perth, WA. 2009. |
| Davie, A.; Hartmann, K.; de Groot, M.; McCulloch, J. W., and Timms, G. P. Benthic classification algorithm test-bench. Proceedings of eResearch Australasia 2008; Melbourne, Vic. 2008. 9 pp. p/point. |
| McCulloch, J.; Guru, S. M.; Hugo, D.; McCarthy, P.; Peng, W., and Terhorst, A. Wireless sensor networks for water use efficiency in irrigation. REALWSN'08 Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks; Glasgow, Scotland. ACM; 2008. 5 pp. ISBN: 9781605581231. Call Number: 08/040 |
| Timms GP, McCulloch JW, McCarthy P, Howell B, de Souza PA, Dunbabin MD and Hartmann K, "TasMAN: The Tasmanian Marine Analysis Network", IEEE Oceans 2009, Bremen, Germany, 11-14 May 2009, Vols 1 and 2, pp. 43-48 |
| Howell B, Andrewartha J, McCarthy P, McCulloch JW, Timms GP and de Souza P, "The Tasmanian Marine Analysis Network (TasMAN): Challenges in the Collection, Management and Visualisation of Heterogeneous Datasets", presented at eResearch Australasia 2008 |
| Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, Vishy Karri, Frank Bullen,Phuong Nguyen, John McCulloch, Steven Avery "Learning Platforms for renewable Energy Awareness: Hydrogen Powered Vehicles" 2nd International Conference on Engineering Education & Training, ICEET-2-1092, 9-11 April, 2007, Kuwait |
| M. Mustafa, J McCulloch and G. The, "A Robust Adaptive Finite Impulse Response Controller", International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, vol 3, pp1634-1638, Nov 1994 |