Person
Tucker, Rodney Stuart (1948 - )
AM FAA FTSE
- Born
- 14 March 1948
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer and University Administrator
Summary
Rodney Stuart Tucker has been Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne since 1990 and Director of the Photonics Research Laboratory there and Director, Melbourne, Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre. His research interests include photonics, optoelectronics, and telecommunications.
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Chronology
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- Education - (BE (electrical engineering) (hons), University of Melbourne
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1975
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1975
- Award - Harkness Fellowship, Commonwealth Fund of New York
- 1975 - 1976
- Career position - Visiting Harkness Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, Allen Clark Research Centre, Plessey Research, Caswell, Northamptonshire, United Kingdon
- 1978 - 1982
- Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland
- 1982 - 1990
- Career position - Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- 1990 -
- Career position - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1990 -
- Career position - Director, Photonics Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne
- 1990
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- 1990 - 1992
- Career position - Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1991 -
- Award - Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1992 -
- Career position - Director, Melbourne Australian Photonics CRC
- 1993 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1993
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1995
- Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1995 - 1996
- Award - Distinguished Lecturer Award, IEEE Lasers and Electrooptics Society
- 1996
- Career position - Head, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1997
- Award - Australian Prize (in the field of Telecommunications (jointly)), Commonwealth of Australia
- 1998 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal, for service to Australian society and science in optical networks
- 2002 - 2007
- Award - ARC Federation Fellowship
- 2007 -
- Award - Fellow, Optical Society of America
- 2007
- Award - Aaron Kessel Award, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- 2012
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (AM), for service to the electrical and electronics industry, particularly as an academic and educator.
- 2021 -
- Award - International Member, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A.
- 2021
- Award - IEEE Photonics Award
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Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q67659961. Details
- 'Tucker, Rodney Stuart (1948 - )', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113020045/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/1990-1999/Pages/RodneyTucker.aspx. Details
- 'Tucker, Rodney Stuart (1948 - )', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/rod-tucker. Details
- 'Tucker, Rodney Stuart (1948-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475027. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 16 February 2024