Person

O'Sullivan, John

Occupation
Electrical engineer and Radio astronomer

Summary

John O'Sullivan is a radio astronomer with expertise in electronics and image and signal processing.

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As a PhD student, O'Sullivan worked with Bob Frater developing the Fleur Synthesis Radiotelescope.

From 1974-1983 O'Sullivan worked with the Foundation for Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands.

In 1983 he returned to Australia to work within the CSIRO Division of Radiophysics to initiate a Signal Processing group which played a significant role in the development of the Australia Telescope receiving systems.

In 1995 O'Sullivan became the Australian Director of Technology for News Ltd, though he returned to the CSIRO to commence work on the Square Kilometre Array.

Chronology

1974
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Sydney University
2010
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (with John Deane, Graham Daniels, Terence Percival and Diethelm Ostry), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2013
Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia

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See also

  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'The Wi-Fi Guy - John O'Sullivan' p.91. Details

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Created: 12 April 2012, Last modified: 20 April 2017

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