Karu Esselle

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Karu P. Esselle is an Australian engineer and professor. He is the distinguished professor of electromagnetic and antenna engineering at University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is also a visiting professor of electronic engineering at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2020.[1] He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)[2] and a Fellow of Engineers Australia. In 2019, The Australian Special Report on Research named Esselle the National Research Field Leader in the field of Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging in Engineering as well as the National Research Leader in the field of Electromagnetism (in Physics & Mathematics Disciplines).[3]

He was the leader of the team that designed the high-gain antenna system on board the world's first entirely Ka-band CubeSat spacecraft - Audacy Zero.[4] The space craft was made by Audacy, USA, and launched to space in December 2018 by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. This is believed[by whom?] to be the first Australian-designed high-gain antenna system launched to space since CSIRO-designed antenna systems on board Australia's own FedSat satellite launched in 2002.[citation needed]

Esselle has globally chaired the Distinguished Lecturer Program of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society since 2018.[5] Nationally, he was the chair of IEEE New South Wales (Australia) from 2016 to 2017,[6] and vice chair from 2014 to 2015.

He was awarded include 2019 Motohisa Kanda Award[7] for the most cited paper in the previous five years in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He also won the 2019 Macquarie University Research Excellence Award for Innovative Technologies,[8] the 2019 Australian Research Council Discovery International Award,[citation needed] the 2017 Excellence in Research Award from the Faculty of Science and Engineering,[9] the 2017 Engineering Excellence Award for Best Innovation,[citation needed] the 2017 Highly Commended Research Excellence Award from Macquarie University,[citation needed] the 2017 Certificate of Recognition from IEEE Region 10,[citation needed] and the 2016 Engineering Excellence Awards for Best Published Paper from IESL NSW Chapter.[citation needed]

Previously he has been awarded BSc degree in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering with First Class Honours from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and MASc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada.

References[]

  1. ^ "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "2016 elevated fellow" (PDF). IEEE Fellows Directory.
  3. ^ "Research September 2020 — Research special report". Research September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/news-and-events/departmental-news/news/macquarie-designed-antennas-shine-in-space
  5. ^ "The IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer Program". www.ieeeaps.org. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "IEEE New South Wales Section History - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". ethw.org. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. ^ https://www.emcs.org/assets/documents/Awards/awardprogramguides/emc2019_EMCS_AwardWinners_2Page_FINAL.pdf
  8. ^ "And the winners are… | This Week At Macquarie University".
  9. ^ https://staff.mq.edu.au/teach/faculties-schools-and-colleges/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/science-and-engineering-awards-2017/faculty-of-science-and-engineering-research-awards


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