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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-13 human Rebecca Rigby; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005142b.htm person Thomas Bruce MacAulay FIEEE AACR2 1937 24 February 2018 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Radio engineer Bruce MacAulay Thomas, an expert in antenna engineering, worked within the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics and its successive departments from 1964 to 2002. His research delivered contributions to some of Australia's largest and most significant telescopes. Between 1964 and 1978 he worked on antenna specifications at Parkes Telescope, and was project manager of the upgrade of the same telescope from 1994 to 1996. In 1994 he transferred to the CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility. As Chief Research Scientist he was involved in designating the site of the soon to be realised Square Kilometre Array telescope project, up until his retirement in 2002.

In 1995 Thomas received CSIRO's Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award for his work on the development of Australian-based technology for the design of feed horns for communication antennas and for the general electromagnetic design of earth station antennas to receive and transmit signals.

1956 1960? Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Hons)), University of Melbourne 1959 1959 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1961 Education - Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc), University of Melbourne 1963 1963 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1964 c. 1964 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne [Research in antennas] 1964 1964 Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 1964 1964 Award - Electrical Engineering Prize, Institution of Engineers Australia 1986 1986 Award - Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London (FIEE) 1987 1987 Education - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), University of Melbourne 1988 1988 Career event - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE) 1992 1992 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1993 1994 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 1994 2002 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Australia Telescope National Facility 1995 1995 Award - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award, CSIRO 1995 1995 Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation 2002 2002 Life event - Retired from CSIRO CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Chief Research Scientist 1993 - 1994

 Australia Telescope National Facility - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1989 - )

Chief Research Scientist 1994 - 2002

 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1991 - 2015)

Received the Award 1995, from the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation

 Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1985 - )

Received the Award 1995

 Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

Awarded the Electrical Engineering prize 1964, for the paper "The precise mechanism of radiation from surface wave aerials", Journal of the Institution of Engineers Australia, vol.36, no.9, Sep 1964, pp.225-238.

 Thomas, Bruce MacAulay (1937-)

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 'Thomas, Bruce MacAulay', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thomas, Bruce MacAulay Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Electrical Engineering Prize - 1964 Award Electrical Engineering Prize - 1964 Award 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 10-11 N101 Journal Article: The precise mechanism of radiation from surface wave aerials Thomas, B. MacA. The precise mechanism of radiation from surface wave aerials 1964 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 36 9 225-238 Journal Article: The Log-Periodic Aerial for Measurements of Circular Polarization (and Discussion) Thomas, B. MacA. The Log-Periodic Aerial for Measurements of Circular Polarization (and Discussion) 1967 Electrical Engineering Transactions 3 7- Journal Article: Harry Clive Minnett, 1917-2003 Thomas, Bruce MacA.; and Robinson, Brian J. Harry Clive Minnett, 1917-2003 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 2 199-220 Resource Section: Bruce MacAulay Thomas Ward, C. Bruce MacAulay Thomas Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource Section: Sir Ian McLennan Award Wolff, Helen Sir Ian McLennan Award Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2013 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)