Person

Shannon, Gerald Francis (1940 - )

Born
February 1940
Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Biomedical engineer and Electrical engineer

Summary

Gerald Shannon, BE PhD MIEAust, took an early leading role in the development of electrical feedback to aid biomechanical protheses in the 1970s. He developed one of the first artificial hands that provided sensory feedback and control, using a feedback electrode and a control electrode.

Later his research focus was on control systems and robotics, publishing work on manual control systems, robotic draglines for mining, and dynamic weighing systems.

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Chronology

1959
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1960
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hons)), University of Queensland
1960 - 1961
Career position - Assistant Electrical Engineer, Queensland Railways
1961 - 1964
Award - University of Queensland Research Scholarship [Studied at University of London]
1964
Award - R. J. N. Franki Prize
1964
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London (Queen Mary College) [Thesis: Vector space analysis of electrical machine performance"]
1965
Career position - Operationing and Research Engineer, Queensland Railways, Queensland
1965
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1966
Award - R. J. N. Franki Prize
13 Sep 1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
c. 1976 -
Career position - Lecturer, Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland
1979
Award - John Madsen Medal
c. 1990 -
Career position - Associate Professor, Electrical engineering, University of Queensland

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Journal Articles

  • 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1964 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 36 (12) (1964), N98. Details
  • 'R. J. N. Franki Medal - 1966 Award', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 39 (1-2) (1967), N21. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Annual Report 1979 [Sixtieth Annual Report]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 52 (5) (1980), 69-79. Details
  • McKinnon, Geoff, 'Artificial hand with sense of touch', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (21) (1979), 17-18. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'A method for establishing a first order differential equation set for electro-mechanical systems', Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Transactions, EM5 (1963), 53-. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'The case for feedback on artificial limbs', Electrical Engineering Transactions, EE11 (1) (1975), 36-38. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'Some experience in fitting a myoelectrically controlled hand which has a sense of touch', Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 2 (6) (1978), 312-314, https://doi.org/10.3109/03091907809161827. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'A myoelectrically-controlled prosthesis with sensory feedback', Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 17 (1979), 73-80, https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02440956. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'Sensory feedback and control of artificial limbs', Technical Papers (Institution of Engineers Australia, Queensland Division), 20 (14) (1979), 1-5. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'Design of a myofeedback control system', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Electrical Engineering, EE15 (2) (1979), 47-51. Details
  • Shannon, G. F., 'Advances in electrical technology for people with disabilities', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, GE11 (2) (1987), 59-65. Details
  • Shannon, G. F.; Kruger, S. B., 'A myofeedback control system trainer', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Electrical Engineering, EE15 (2) (1979), 52-55. Details
  • Shannon, G. F.; Thomas, M.; Mills, C. J., 'Restlessness: Quantitative measures to aid health evaluation', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, GE10 (1) (1986), 59-63. Details

Reports

  • Shannon, G. F., Electronics in bioengineering [Electrical College Technical Report], vol. 55 (1983), 4 pp. Details

Seminar Papers

  • Shannon, G. F., 'A survey of mathematical methods of evaluating stability' (1965). Details

See also

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] (1967), 18 pp. Details

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