P004637 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-10-26 human Annette Alafaci updated 2026-04-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004637b.htm person Frater Robert Henry AO FAA FTSE AACR2 12 August 1937 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Bob Frater is Vice President for Innovation at ResMed Ltd. He currently holds several other consulting and Board positions. Frater has researched electronics, telecommunications, radioastronomy instrumentation, electroacoustics and biomedical devices for over 40 years. He was responsible for ground-breaking techniques in instrumentation and systems for radioastronomy and optical astronomy and obtained funding and directed the construction of the Australia Telescope at Narrabri, NSW. In the 1980s and 90s, he played critical roles in CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) as a science administrator. Bob Frater has been awarded many honors for his work. 1954 1959 Career position - Trainee Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) 1958 1958 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1958 1960 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1960 1960 Career position - Engineer with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission 1960 1961 Career position - Applications Engineer at Ducon Industries 1961 1963 Career position - Research Assistant then Senior Research Assistant in the School of Engineering, University of Sydney 1963 1967 Career position - Nuttfield Research Fellow, University of Sydney 1967 1967 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney 1968 1974 Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1972 1972 Award - Fellow, Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia (FIREE) 1972 1972 Career position - Member of the International Astronomical Union 1974 1980 Career position - Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1978 1978 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1979 Career position - Member of the International Astronomical Union 1980 1980 Career position - Chief Designate of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Radiophysics 1980 1980 Award - Norman W.V. Hayes Medal, Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers 1980 1980 Career position - Professor Director of Fleurs Observatory (University of Sydney) 1980 1986 Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Radio Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science (Member 1976 -1980) 1981 1988 Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 1982 1982 Education - Doctor of Science in Engineering (DScEng), University of Sydney 1982 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1982 1988 Career position - Director of the Australian Telescope Project and Chair of the Australian Telescope Advisory Committee 1983 1983 Award - Pawsey Lecturer for the Australian Institute of Physics 1984 Career position - Member of the Australian Optical Society 1984 1984 Career position - Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1984 1984 Award - Centennial Medal - for Radioastronomy and Electroacoustics, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 1984 1987 Career position - Vice-Chairman of Commission J of the International Union of Radio Science 1985 1985 Career position - Member of the COSPAR (Committee On Space Research) ad hoc Committee of Space VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) 1985 1988 Career position - Member of the Very Long Baseline Array Advisory Committee of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, USA 1986 1989 Career position - Chair of the Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board / Radio Research Board (Member from 1981, Deputy Chairman from 1984) 1987 Career position - Member of the National Committee for Astronomy for the Australian Academy of Science 1987 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1982] 1987 1990 Career position - Chairman of Commission J of the International Union of Radio Science 1988 1988 Career position - Director of Ausonics Pty. Ltd. 1988 1988 Award - Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia (FASA) 1988 1989 Career position - Director of Siromath Pty Ltd 1988 1996 Career position - Director of the CSIRO Institute of Information Science and Engineering 1989 Career position - Member of the Australia Telescope Steering Committee 1989 1990 Career position - Director of The Preston Group Pty. Ltd. 1989 1991 Career position - Director of Triune Pty. Ltd. 1989 1993 Career position - Chairman, Anglo-Australian Telescope Board (Member since 1981) 1991 1992 Career position - Director of the Australian Computing and Communications Institute 1991 1993 Career position - Director of the Technology Development Corporation Board of South Australia 1992 1992 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1993 1995 Career position - Chairman of IR&D Board Information, Communications & Electronics Committee (Member from 1991-1993) 1995 1995 Career position - Member of the Review Committee for CSIRO 1995 1997 Career position - Director of AWA Ltd. 1996 1996 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of service to radio astronomy. 1996 1997 Career position - Vice President of the Australian Academy of Science (Member of Council from 1995-1997) 1997 1999 Career position - Deputy Chief Executive of CSIRO 1998 1999 Career position - Director of XRT Pty Ltd 1999 Career position - Vice-President for Innovation at ResMed Ltd. 1999 1999 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, Macquarie University in New South Wales 1999 2000 Career position - Special Adviser to the Chief Executive of CSIRO 1999 2004 Career position - Member of Council at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1999 2004 Career position - Adjunct Professor of Electronics at Macquarie University 2000 Career position - Chief Technology Officer at Innovation Capital Associates Pty. Ltd. 2000 Career position - Chair of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Consortium 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for outstanding service to industrial research and radio astronomy. 2001 2004 Career position - Member of the Australian Astronomy Board of Management 2001 2004 Career position - Board member of RMIT International University in Vietnam 2002 Career position - Director, Neuromonics Limited 2002 Career position - Council member, Australian Academy of Science 2003 Career position - Board member, Australian Business Foundation 2004 Career position - Vice President and Secretary of Physical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science 2005 Career position - Member of the CRC (Cooperative Research Centre) Committee of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1982 - 1987

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Deputy Chief Executive 1997 - 1999; Special Adviser to the Chief Executive 1999 - 2000

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1992

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Elected Fellow AATS 1982]

 CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Chief Designate 1980; Chief 1981 - 1988

 CSIRO Corporate Planning Office, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1990? - 1995) Frater, Robert (19370812-)

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 'Frater, Robert Henry (Bob)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Frater, Robert Henry (Bob) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Report: The role of science, research and technology in lifting Australian productivity: final report Bell, John; Frater, Bob, Butterfield, Leslie; Cunningham, Stuart; Dodgson, Mark; Fox, Kevin; Spurling, Tom; and Webster, Elizabeth The role of science, research and technology in lifting Australian productivity: final report Melbourne Australian Council of Learned Academies 2014 Journal Article: Bernard Yarnton Mills AC FAA. 8 August 1920 - 25 April 2011 Frater, R. H.; Goss, W. M.; and Wendt, H. W. Bernard Yarnton Mills AC FAA. 8 August 1920 - 25 April 2011 2013 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 59 215-39 Journal Article: John Paul Wild AC CBE FAA FTSE. 17 May 1923 - 10 May 2008 Frater, R. H.; and Ekers, R. D. John Paul Wild AC CBE FAA FTSE. 17 May 1923 - 10 May 2008 2012 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 58 327-46 Journal Article: John Paul Wild 1923-2008 Frater, R. H.; and Ekers, R. D. John Paul Wild 1923-2008 2012 Historical Records of Australian Science 23 2 212-27 Journal Article: Wilbur Norman Christiansen 1913-2007 Frater, R. H.; and Goss, W. M. Wilbur Norman Christiansen 1913-2007 2011 Historical Records of Australian Science 22 2 215-28 Book: Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy Bhathal, Ragbir Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy Canberra National Library of Australia 1996 Resource Section: Robert Henry (Bob) Frater Ward, C. Robert Henry (Bob) Frater Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)