Donald Hugh Sinnott is an Australian engineer and academic notable in the area of

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. His expertise is in applied electromagnetics, including radio and radar systems, antennas and radio propagation, signal processing and global navigation satellite systems (GPS and related systems). He played a major role in development of Australia's Jindalee over-the-horizon radar system.

Early life and education

He received his PhD from

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, in 1972, under

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Career and research

As a researcher in radio and radar technologies, he worked for many years at

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, supporting and advising Australia's

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. He played a major role in Australia's development of over-the-horizon radar, embodied in Australia's world-leading Jindalee project, before moving to senior defence management positions. He was Chief of a number of Australia's

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research Divisions in sensing and IT disciplines (1987–2000), the Department of Defence's Canberra-based First Assistant Secretary Science Policy (1995–1997), CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing and Company Board Chairman of the CRC's spin-off companies (2000–2003). He is currently a board member for the CRC on Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE). He is an adjunct professor with the

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, Australia, where he has taught and supervised higher-degree students. He's a fellow of Engineers Australia and

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. In 2014 he was awarded the M. A. Sargent Medal, for which the citation refers to his 'eminence and leadership' in his field. He authored the book ''Radar Men: A. P. Rowe and John Strath in War and Peace,'' in 2016.

Honours and awards

* M. A. Sargent Medal (2014)

References

External links

Radar Men
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