Person
Rigby, Graham Austin (1940 - )
FTSE
- Born
- 31 March 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer
Summary
Graham Austin Rigby was Head, School of Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales from 1991. His research in the area of integrated circuits advanced electronics in Australia, primarily through the development of facilities to design and locally make integrated circuits.
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Chronology
- 1961
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1964
- Education - Master of Science (MSc (Engineering)), University of Melbourne
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, USA
- c. 1968
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California, USA
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Design Engineer, AWA Microelectronics
- 1978 - 1982
- Career position - Group Manager, AWA Microelectronics
- 1979 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1982 - 1990
- Career position - Director, Joint Microelectronics Research Centre, University of New South Wales and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 1986 - 1987
- Career position - President, Institution of Radio & Electronic Engineers Australia
- 1987 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1979]
- 1990 - 1991
- Career position - President, Institution of Radio & Electronic Engineers Australia
- 1991 -
- Career position - Head, School of Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in electrical engineering
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Rigby, Graham A., 'Louis Walter Davies 1923-2001', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (4) (2003), 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03011. Details
Resources
- 'Professor Graham Rigby', Fellows of the Academy, 2024, https://www.atse.org.au/who-we-are/our-fellows/all-fellows/graham-rigby/. Details
- 'Rigby, Graham Austin (1940-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475051. Details
Theses
- Rigby, Graham Austin, 'High-speed transistor switching', MSc thesis, University of Melbourne, 1963, 137 pp, https://librarysearch.unimelb.edu.au/permalink/61UMB_INST/bagdsf/alma991035076589709604. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 19 August 2026
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