Bird, Trevor Stanley (1949 - )

Summary

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.

Details

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.

Chronology

1971

Education - Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons 1), University of Melbourne

1973

Education - Masters of Applied Science, University of Melbourne

1976 - 1978

Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queen Mary College, University of London

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

Career event - Employed by the CSIRO Department of Radiophysics

1988

Award - John Masden Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia [with G T Poulton]

1990

Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Geoff Poulton)

1998

Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Malcolm Sinclair and colleagues)

2000

Award - IEEE Third Millennium Medal for outstanding contributions to the IEEE New South Wales Section

2001

Award - HA Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, co-recipient

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in telecommunications

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

Award - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation

2012

Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia

Related entries

Published resources

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1988 (1989), 32 pp. 'Awards and Honours - John Madsen Medal for 1988 was awarded to G T Poulton and T S Bird for their paper "Earth Station Antennas for Multiple Satellite Access" published in the Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia', p.27. Details

Resources

• 'Bird, T S (19490827-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462981. Details

Resource Sections

• Ward, C., 'Trevor Stanley Bird', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Bird,-Trevor-Stanley. Details

See also

• Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
• Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2022, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-medal-for-lifetime-achievement/. Details