Person

Archer, John William

FTSE

Occupation
Electrical engineer

Summary

John William Archer is a specialist in wireless networks (Gigabit) and millimetre MMICs. He is a Post-retirement Research Fellow in Millimetre and Microwave Wave Technologies at CSIRO ICT Centre and has worked within the CSIRO since 1984.

Archer has published over 100 papers that are much cited in his field.

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Archer has received the following CSIRO medals:

2002 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Malcolm Sinclair and the Ultrafast Integrated Circuits Team) for the development of advanced millimetre-wave Indium Phosphide Integrated Circuits and their application to radio astronomy, telecommunications and passive imaging;

2007 - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as a member of the Gigabit Wireless Team for the development of the world's fastest and most spectrally efficient 6 Gigabit per second wireless millimetre-wave communications link.

Chronology

1971
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), mathematics and physics, University of Sydney
1973
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE (Hons 1)), University of Sydney
1977 - 1984
Career position - Employed at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), United States of America
1978
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in electrical engineering, University of Sydney
1984
Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
2002
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
2005
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2007
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (with colleagues)

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See also

Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes

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