Dr Terence Percival is telecommunications expert who has directed projects at many of Australia's leading information technology laboratories. He has worked with OTC Australia, the CSIRO and most recently the NICTA (National Information and Communication Technologies Australia).
After completing his studies he spent several years contributing to the design and construction of major telescopes including the Fleurs, Australia and Very Large Telescopes.
In 1991 he joined the CSIRO, during this time he was a key member of the team that developed the highly successful Wireless LAN technology patented by the CSIRO and later acquired by Cisco Systems. In 2000 he founded and became the Director of the CSIRO's Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy (CeNTIE). He remained in that position until 2004 when he became Director of the National ICT Australia Sydney Research Laboratory.
Percival was awarded the following CSIRO medals:
2000 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Graham Daniels and the High Performance Wireless LAN Team) for the construction of the world's first high performance Local Area Network (LAN);
2009 - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team member (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, John Deane, Diethelm Ostry and colleagues) for delivering major technical benefits to Australia and the world and substantial returns to CSIRO from Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).
1977
1977
Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Sydney University
1981
1981
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Sydney University
1983
c. 1986
Career position - Joined CSIRO team developing the Australia Telescope
1986
1988
Career position - Joined the National Measurement Laboratory
1988
1988
Career position - Research Manager for the OTC's (Overseas Telecommunications Corporation) Satellite Communications Group
1991
1995
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics
1995
2004
Career position - Director of the CSIRO's Telecommunications Engineering Initiative (TEI)
2000
2000
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
2009
2009
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team member with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, John Deane, Diethelm Ostry and colleagues)
2010
2010
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, John Deane and Diethelm Ostry), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2012
2012
Award - Fellow, Australian Adacemy of Technological Sciences and Engineering