Ken Smart
Hardware Engineer
Contact
CSIRO ICT Centre
PO Box 76, Epping 1710, NSW
Australia
Tel: 61 2 9372 4576
Fax: 61 2 9372 4588
Themes
- Broadband Wireless
Science Area
- Antennas and Propagation
Biography
I joined CSIRO in January 1991 completed Associate Diploma in Engineering in 1993 and my engineering degree in 2009. I received on-the-job training and tuition from the experts in my work group. This covered quality standards for measurement techniques, recording and presentation of results and writing reports describing the results of measurement programs. I went on to perform antenna and network measurements for both internal and external customers. I received professional vocational training in Far-Field, Compact and Near- Field Antenna Measurement Techniques from CEI Continuing Education Institute – Europe. As well as training on microwave studio from CST, network analyzer training from Agilent and antenna measurement training from Nearfield Systems. Presently I work as a Hardware Engineer within the antenna measurement facility. I manage CSIRO’s indoor far-field and spherical near-field anechoic chamber and outdoor far-field antenna measurement ranges.
Academic Qualifications
| 2009 | Bachelor of Engineering (Innovation), Diploma in Engineering Practice University of Technology Sydney |
| 1993 | Associate Diploma in Engineering (Electrical Engineering) Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE |
| 1990 | Advanced Certificate in Electronics and Communications, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE |
Achievements & Awards
| 2006 | ICT Centre Teamwork Award 2006 for the design, manufacture, installation and successful operation of CSIRO's 20 to 200+ GHz Compact Antenna Test Range. |
| 2006 | Finalist in the IEAust Engineering Excellence Awards, Installation of two receive/transmit CSIRO MultiBeam Antennas at Danish Radio (Copenhagen, Denmark). |
Summary of Science & Technical Output
| Books/Book chapters | 0 |
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| Journal | 3 |
| Refereed Conference/Workshop | 21 |
| Technical/Client Reports | 36 |
| Invited Presentations | 0 |
| Patents | 0 |
Student Supervision
| 2008/09 | co-supervision Nick Rypkema Summer vacation student |
Science Citizenship
| 2010 | Membership of ADTA Australian Digital Television Industry Association, consumer technology subcommittee in 2010. |
| 2010 | Member of the organizing committee for the ICTC |
| 2009/11 Member | of the organizing committee for the Australian Symposium on Antennas |
| 2006-11 | Membership of Standards Australia Committee CT-002-06-CT/2/G revising; AS 1417 - TV Receiving Antennas and Hand Book 309 – TV & radio installation. |
Top 10 Publications
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| T. Merkle, S.L. Smith, K.W. Smart, M. Shen, and F. Ceccato, “71-86GHz antenna MMIC interface using stacked patch configuration”, Electron. Letter. 46, 739 (2010) |
| Smith, S L. Archer, J.W Smart, K.W Barker, S.J Hay, S.G Granet, C, “A Millimetre-wave Antenna Amplitude and Phase Measurement System”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
| Christophe Granet, M.J. Kesteven, K.W. Smart “Design, Manufacture and Test of an Optimized Horn for a Holography Experiment”, EuCAP European conference on Antennas and Propagation, Barcelona, Spain 2010 |
| Hay, S. G., Murray, W., Williams, C. J., Smart, K. W. Theoretical and experimental investigation of an electrically small antenna with wideband front-to-back ratio. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag |
| T. Merkle, S.L. Smith, K.W. Smart, M. Shen, “E-Band GaAs Antennas Packaged with a Laminated Multi-Chip Module Process”, European Microwave conference. Paris, France 2010 |
| S.J. BARKER, C. GRANET, A.R. FORSYTH, K.J. GREENE, S.G. HAY, F. CECCATO, K.W. SMART, P. DOHERTY. "The development of an inexpensive high-precision mm-wave compact antenna test range", Proceedings of AMTA, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Oct. 30 - Nov. 4 200 |
| T.S. Bird, N. Rypkema, K.W. Smart “Antenna Impedance Matching for Maximum Power Transfer in Wireless Sensor Networks”, 8th IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE Sensors 2009), Christchurch, New Zealand 2009 |
| Hayman, D. B.; Smart, K. W., and Greene, K. J. Measurement of domestic pay TV satellite dishes. Antenna Measurement Techniques Assoc. (AMTA) Conf.; Denver, Colo. 2001: Paper A01-A027. |
| Smith, S.; Smart, K.; Timms, G.; Barker, S., and Hay, S. “Comparison between compact antenna test range and outdoor range measurements at 186GHz”, Tenth Australian Symposium on Antennas, Sydney, Australia, Feb. 2007 |
| Barker SJ, Kot JS, Smart KW, "Measurement of millimetre-wave propagation characteristics in buildings", IEEE International Conf. on Universal Wireless Access, Melbourne, 18-19 April 1994 |