Trevor Bird
Post-retirement Research Fellow
Contact
ICT Centre
PO Box 76
Epping NSW 2122
Science Area
- Antennas and Propagation
Biography
Trevor S. Bird received B. App. Sc., M. App. Sc. and PhD degrees from the University of Melbourne. From 1976 to 1978 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen Mary College, University of London, followed by five years as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at James Cook University of North Queensland. During 1982 and 1983 he was a consultant at Plessey Radar, UK, and in December 1983 he joined CSIRO in Sydney, Australia. He has held several positions with CSIRO and and was finally Chief Scientist in the CSIRO ICT Centre from 2004 to 2011 and also CSIRO Fellow from 2007 to 2011. Currently at CSIRO he is a Post-retirement Research Fellow, an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney and a Guest Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Dr Bird is a a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological and Engineering Sciences, the IEEE, the Institution of Electrical Technology, UK and an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. He received the John Madsen Medal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1988, 1992, 1995 and 1996 for the best paper published annually in the Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Australia. In 2001 he was co-recipient of the H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society. Dr Bird was awarded CSIRO Medals in 1990 for the development of an Optus-B satellite spot beam antenna, in 1998 for the multibeam antenna feed system for the Parkes radio telescope and in 2011 for lifetime achievement. He received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000 for outstanding contributions to the IEEE New South Wales Section. He received project awards from the Society of Satellite Professionals International (New York) in 2004, the Engineers Australia in 2001, and the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, in 2000. In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in telecommunications and was also named Professional Engineer of the Year by the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia.
He was a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society from 1997 to 1999, Chair of the New South Wales joint AP/MTT Chapter from 1995 to 1998, and again in 2003, Chairman of the 2000 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Member of the New South Wales Section Committee from 1995-2005 and was Vice-chair and Chair of the Section in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 respectively, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation from 2001 to 2004, a member of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society from 2003-2005, a member of the College of Experts of the Australian Research Council (ARC) from 2006-2007 and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation from 2004 to 2010. He has been a member of the technical committee of numerous conferences including JINA, ICAP, AP2000, IRMMW-THz and the URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium. Currently, he is President Elect of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, Chair of the Society’s Publication Committee, and a member of the Editorial Boards of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves and the IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation.
Academic Qualifications
| 1977 | PhD University of Melbourne, Electrical Engineering |
| 1973 | MAppSc University of Melbourne, Electrical Engineering |
| 1971 | BAppSc University of Melbourne, Electronics |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2011-present | Post-retirement Research Fellow, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2004-2011 | Chief Scientist & CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2004 | Stream Leader, Electromagnetic & Antennas, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2003 | Theme Leader, Electromagnetic Information & Intelligent Systems, CSIRO ICT Centre |
| 2001-03 | Sector General Manager – Information & Communication Technologies, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
| 1997-2001 | General Manager - Antennas & Microwave Systems, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
| 1989-1997 | Program Leader, Electromagnetics & Antennas, CSIRO Telecommunications & Industrial Physics |
Achievements & Awards
| 2011 | CSIRO Medal |
| 2010-present | Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| 2007 | Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| 2007 | Honorary Fellow, Queens College, University of Melbourne |
| 2007 | CSIRO Fellow |
| 2003 | Professional Engineer of the Year, Engineers Australia Sydney |
| 2003 | Centenary Medal, Australia |
| 2001 | H.A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society |
| 2000 | Third Millennium Medal, IEEE |
| 2000-present | Adjunct Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney |
| 1998 | CSIRO Medal |
| 1998 | Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| 1997 | Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA (Citation "For contributions to the theory of mutual coupling between antennas with particular application to the design of array feeds for satellite antennas") |
| 1997-2000 | Honorary Professorial Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney |
| 1996 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1995 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1994 | CEng, Registered Professional Engineer |
| 1992 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1991 | Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia |
| 1991 | Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK (now Institution of Engineering & Technology) |
| 1990 | CSIRO Medal |
| 1988 | John Madsen Medal, Institution of Engineers |
| 1970 | Fisk Prize for Melbourne University, IREE |
Other Highlights
| The following Industry Awards have been received for teams: | |
| 2006 | Finalist in Engineering Excellence Awards, Institution of Engineers, Sydney Division, MultiBeam Antennas for Danish Radio |
| 2004 | Award of the Society of Satellite Professionals International, Multibeam Antenna, for Technology Development and Application in the public sector category |
| 2001 | Engineering Excellence Awards, Institution of Engineers, Sydney Division, CSIRO MultiBeam Antenna highly commended in the categories of Innovation & Invention, International Projects & Exports, and Information Technology & Telecommunications” |
| 2000 | Radio Day Award, Communications Research Laboratory, Japan, CSIRO and CRC for Satellite Systems commended for cooperative research on the COMETS mobile satellite communication experiments |
Grants
| 2009-2011 | ARC Discovery, "High-Performance Microwave and Millimetre Wave Antennas Based on Multi-layer Periodic Structures", with K. Esselle & Y. Ge |
| 2006 | ARC Discovery, "A three-dimensional ultra wideband microwave method based on multiple antennas for early detection of breast cancer”, with A. Sanagavarapu & K. Esselle |
| 2004-2006 | ARC Discovery, "Broadband and Multiband Antenna Systems", with K. Esselle |
| 2003-2005 | ARC LIEF, "Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements", with K. Esselle & others |
| 2003-2005 | ARC Linkage, Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship A. Weily, "Photonic Crystals" |
| 2000-2004 | ARC Discovery, "Hybrid-Resonator Antennas for Wireless Communication Networks", with K. Esselle |
| 1998-2004 | CRC for Satellite Systems, Leader of Program B2 |
Science Citizenship
| 2012-present: | President-Elect, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 2011-present: | Member, Editorial Board, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation |
| 2010-present: | Member of ATSE NSW Division Committee |
| 2010-present: | Chair, Publications Committee, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 2008-present: | Member, Editorial Board for the Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves |
| 2008-2009: | Member of Scrutiny Committee, Australian Research Council |
| 2008: | Member Organising Committee, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves |
| 2007-2010: | Corresponding Member of ATSE NSW Division Committee |
| 2007: | Member, IEEE 802.15 WPAN™ Terahertz Interest Group (IGthz) |
| 2006-07: | Member of College of Experts, Australian Research Council |
| 2005: | Editor of Special Issue on Antennas & Propagation Applications, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, August 2005 |
| 2004-2010: | Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 2003-06: | Elected Member of the Administrative Committee, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 2003-present: | Board Member, University of Sydney Electrical Engineering Foundation |
| 2002-06: | Member of ATSE NSW Division Committee |
| 2002: | Member of Organising Committee, ATSE 2002 Symposium on “Owning innovation” |
| 2002: | Co-convenor of Session on Arrays, XXVIIth General Assembly URSI, Maastricht, Netherlands |
| 2001-2004: | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 2001-2002: | Chair, IEEE NSW Section |
| 2000-present: | Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques |
| 2000: | Technical Program, Millennium Antenna & Propagation Conference (AP2000), Davos, Switzerland |
| 1999-2001: | V/Chair, IEEE NSW Section |
| 1998: | Technical Program, URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1998-2000: | Chairman, 2000 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Sydney |
| 1997-2000: | Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society |
| 1997: | Overseas Corresponding Member, 10th International Conference on Antennas & Propagation, Edinburgh 30 March - 2 April 1997 |
| 1996–2005: | Member of Technical Advisory Committee, JINA, Nice, France |
| 1996: | Overseas Corresponding Member, ISAP96, Chiba, Japan |
| 1995: | Guest Editor, Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia, Mar. 1995 |
| 1994-2005: | Member, IEEE NSW Section |
| 1995–98,2003: | Chair, IEEE NSW AP/MTT Chapter |
| 1994: | Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, 2nd Workshop on Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetic Wave Problems, Siena, Italy, 24-26 May 1994 |
| 1993: | Overseas Corresponding Member, 8th International Conference on Antennas & Propagation, Edinburgh, 30 March - 2 April 1993 |
| 1992: | Member of Technical Program and Organizing Committees, URSI 1992 Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Sydney, 16-20 August 1992 Epping |
| 1987-present: | Co-convenor Australian Symposium on Antennas, CSIRO, Sydney |
| 1987: | Guest Editor, Dec. 1987 issue Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia |
| 1997-present: | Reviewer, Radio Science |
| 1989-present: | Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation |
| 1984-present: | Reviewer, IEE Proceedings, Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation |
| 1977-present: | Reviewer, Electronics Letters |
| 1979-1983: | Director, 4TTT, Townville |
| 1979-1983: | Co-organizer, IREE, Townsville Group |
Top 10 Publications
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| 1. STAVELEY-SMITH, L., WILSON, W.E., BIRD, T.S., DISNEY, M.J., EKERS, R.D., FREEMAN, K.C., HAYNES, R.F., SINCLAIR, M.W., VAILE, R.A., WEBSTER, R.L. & WRIGHT, A.E.: The Parkes 21cm multibeam receiver, Publ. Astron. Soc. Aust., 13, 1996, pp. 243-248 |
| 2. WEILY, A.R., HORVATH, L., ESSELLE, K.P., SANDERS, B.C. & BIRD, T.S.: A planar resonator antenna based on a woodpile EBG material, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, 2005, pp. 216-223. |
| 3. KEENAN, T., GLASSON, K., CUMMINGS, F., BIRD, T.S., KEELER, J. & LUTZ, J.: The BMRC/NCAR C-band polarimetric (C-POL) radar system, J. Atmos. & Oceanic Tech., 15, 1998, pp. 871-886. |
| 4. BIRD, T.S., Analysis of mutual coupling in arrays of different-sized rectangular waveguides, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., AP-38, 1990, pp. 166-172. |
| 5. BIRD, T.S., Mode coupling in a planar circular waveguide array, IEE J. Microwaves, Optics & Acoustics, 3, 1979, pp. 172-180. |
| 6. GE, Y., ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: E-shaped patch antennas for high-speed wireless networks, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 52, 2004, pp. 3213-3219. |
| 7. ESSELLE, K.P. & BIRD, T.S.: A hybrid resonator antenna: Experimental results, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagat., 53, Feb. 2005, pp. 870-871. |
| 8. WEILY, A.R, ESSELLE, K.P., BIRD, T.S & SANDERS, B.C.: "High Gain 1-D EBG Resonator Antenna", Microw. Opt. Tech. Lett. (USA), 47, No. 2, 2005, pp. 107-114. |
| 9. PRESTON, S.L., THIEL, D.V., LU, J.W., O'KEEFE, S.G. & BIRD, T.S.: Electronic beam steering using switched parasitic patch elements, Electron. Lett., 33, 1997, pp. 7-8. |
| 10. BIRD. T.S., Accurate asymptotic solution for the surface field due to apertures in a conducting cylinder, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, AP-33, 1985, pp. 1108-1117. |