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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-02-22 human Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes updated 2025-03-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004957b.htm person Bird Trevor Stanley HonFIEAust AACR2 27 August 1949 Place of Birth Donald, Victoria, Australia Radiophysicist Trevor Stanley Bird is a prominent Australian radiophysicist. Appointed to the CSIRO Department of Radiophysics in 1983, over time he was appointed Chief Scientist of the CSIRO ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Centre and eventually became a CSIRO Fellow. He is considered an expert in satellite technology. His pioneering work on the AUSSAT-B antenna in the 1980s helped to radically improved the efficiency and profitability the satellite industry. In 1998 he designed the multibeam feed array for the Parkes radio telescope for which he was awarded the CSIRO Medal.

Bird was awarded the following CSIRO medals:

1990 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Geoff Poulton) for developing the Western Australian spot beam antenna system for the AUSSAT-B (now Optus) satellites;

1998 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Malcolm Sinclair and colleagues) for the Parkes 21-cm Multibeam System;

2011 - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement for inspirational leadership and outstanding technical contributions to the international satellite industry and radio astronomy, particularly design techniques and innovations for multibeam antennas now employed in both applications world-wide.

1971 1971 Education - Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons 1), University of Melbourne 1973 1973 Education - Masters of Applied Science, University of Melbourne 1976 1978 Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen Mary College, University of London 1977 1977 Education - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne c. 1978 c. 1983 Career position - Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at James Cook University, Townsville 1982 1983 Career position - Consultant at Plessey Radar, United Kingdom 1983 1983 Career event - Employed by the CSIRO Department of Radiophysics 1988 1988 Award - John Masden Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia [with G T Poulton] 1990 1990 Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Geoff Poulton) 1998 1998 Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Malcolm Sinclair and colleagues) 2000 2000 Award - IEEE Third Millennium Medal for outstanding contributions to the IEEE New South Wales Section 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in telecommunications 2001 2001 Award - HA Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, co-recipient 2003 2003 Award - Named Professional Engineer of the Year by the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia 2004 Career position - Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation 2011 2011 Award - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation 2012 2012 Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia Sinclair, Malcolm W. Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Elected Honorary Fellow 2007

 M. A. Sargent Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1989 - )

Awarded the Medal 2012.

 CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2002 - )

Awarded the Medal 2011

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

Joined the Division 1983

 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (1985 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 1990 and 1998

 Bird, T S (19490827-)

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 'Bird, Trevor Stanley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bird, Trevor Stanley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: Annual Report 1988 Institution of Engineers Australia Annual Report 1988 1989 Resource Section: Trevor Stanley Bird Ward, C. Trevor Stanley Bird Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 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) Resource Section: CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement Ward, Colin CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2022 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)