Person
O'Sullivan, John
- Occupation
- Electrical engineer and Radio astronomer
Summary
John O'Sullivan is a radio astronomer with expertise in electronics and image and signal processing.
Details
As a PhD student, O'Sullivan worked with Bob Frater developing the Fleur Synthesis Radiotelescope.
From 1974-1983 O'Sullivan worked with the Foundation for Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands.
In 1983 he returned to Australia to work within the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics to initiate a Signal Processing group which played a significant role in the development of the Australia Telescope receiving systems.
In 1995 O'Sullivan became the Australian Director of Technology for News Ltd, though he returned to the CSIRO to commence work on the Square Kilometre Array.
Chronology
- 1974
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Sydney University
- 2010
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (with John Deane, Graham Daniels, Terence Percival and Diethelm Ostry), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2013
- Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia
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Published resources
Books
- Knight, Linsay and Cheng, Christopher, Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations (North Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, 2012), 184 pp. Pages 12 (Wi-fi 10-12). Details
Book Sections
- Healy, Terry, 'Wi-Fi router [Chapter 46]' in A history of intellectual property in 50 objects, Den Kamp, Claudy Op; Hunter, Dan, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 376-383, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108325806. Details
Edited Books
- Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2019), 136 pp, https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2025-08/EA2_Anything%20is%20possible_0.pdf. 'The Wi-Fi guy - John O'Sullivan' p.91. Details
Journal Articles
- O'Sullivan, John and Percival, Terry, 'Wires, wi-fi and the future', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 158 (2) (2025), 176-91, https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/158-2-03OSullivanPercival.pdf. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6251036. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/306301625. Details
- 'O'Sullivan, John (1947-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514326. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'John O'Sullivan', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/osullivan-john. Details
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Created: 12 April 2012, Last modified: 20 April 2017