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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-02-22 human Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004950b.htm person Archer John William FTSE AACR2 Electrical engineer 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.

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.

1971 1971 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), mathematics and physics, University of Sydney 1973 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 1978 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in electrical engineering, University of Sydney 1984 1984 Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 2002 2002 Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues) 2005 2005 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2007 2007 Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (with colleagues) Sinclair, Malcolm W. CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (1985 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 2002

 CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 2007

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

Joined the Division 1984

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 2005

 Archer, John William

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 'Archer, John William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Archer, John William 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 Resource Section: John William Archer Ward, C. John William Archer Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence Ward, Colin The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence CSIRO 2023 CSIROpedia Resource Section: CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Ward, Colin CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2013 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)