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Ostry, Diethelm

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Physicist and Wireless expert

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Diethelm Ostry is a physicist with a specialist interest and expertise in optical networks and wireless sensor technology. He was instrumental CSIRO's development of wireless LANs in the 1990s.

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In 2009 Ostry was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team member (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, John Deane, Terence Percival and colleagues) for delivering major technical benefits to Australia and the world and substantial returns to CSIRO from Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

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1973
Career event - Appointed as programmer, CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics
2009
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team member with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, John Deane, Terence Percival and colleagues)
2010
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award (with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Terence Percival and John Deane), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

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