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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003668b.htm person Tucker Rodney Stuart OAM FAA FTSE FIEEE AACR2 14 March 1948 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Electrical engineer University Administrator Rodney Stuart Tucker has been Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne since 1990 and Director of the Photonics Research Laboratory there and Director, Melbourne, Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre. His research interests include photonics, optoelectronics, and telecommunications. 1070 1070 Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE(hons)), University of Melbourne 1973 1975 Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne 1975 1975 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1975 1975 Award - Harkness Fellowship, Commonwealth Fund of New York 1975 1976 Career position - Visiting Harkness Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. 1977 1978 Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Allen Clark Research Centre, Plessey Research, Caswell, Northamptonshire, United Kingdon 1978 1982 Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland 1982 1990 Career position - Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1990 Career position - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne 1990 Career position - Director, Photonics Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne 1990 1990 Award - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) - for contributions to microwave frequency optoelectronic circuits and the direct modulation of high-speed semiconductor lasers 1990 1992 Career position - Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne 1991 Career event - Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1992 Career position - Director, Melbourne Australian Photonics CRC 1993 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1993 1993 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 1995 1995 Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia 1995 1996 Award - Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Lasers and Electrooptics Society 1996 1996 Career position - Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne 1997 1997 Award - Australian Prize (in the field of Telecommunications (jointly)), Commonwealth of Australia 1998 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in optical networks 2002 2007 Award - ARC Federation Fellowship 2007 Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America 2007 2007 Award - Aaron Kessel Award, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 26 Jan 2012 26 Jan 2012 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to the electrical and electronics industry, particularly as an academic and educator. 2021 Award - International Member, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A. 2021 2021 Award - IEEE Photonics Award M. A. Sargent Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1989 - )

Awarded the Medal 1995.

 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1982 - )

Head of Department 1990 - 1992 and 1996

 Australian Photonics CRC (1992 - 2006)

Director, Melbourne 1992 -

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Electrical Engineering 1990 -

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1993 -

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1998 -

 Australia Prize, Commonwealth of Australia (1990 - 1999)

Awarded the Prize (in the field of Telecommunications) 1997

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 Tucker, Rodney Stuart (1948-)

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