Henrique Antonio (Henry) d'Assumpção (born 1934) is an Australian

electronic engineer Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

, and was

Chief Defence Scientist The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is part of the Department of Defence (Australia), Australian Department of Defence dedicated to providing science and technology support to safeguard Australia and its national interests. The age ...

from 1987 to 1990. d'Assumpção joined the

Weapons Research Establishment The Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is part of the Australian Department of Defence dedicated to providing science and technology support to safeguard Australia and its national interests. The agency's name was changed from Defenc ...

(now known as Defence Science and Technology Group) in 1958 and took up work pioneered by Alan Butement on Barra

sonobuoy A sonobuoy (a portmanteau of sonar and buoy) is a relatively small buoy – typically diameter and long – expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic resea ...

s and later Kariwara

towed array A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the array's sensors away from the ship's own noise sou ...

s. He worked his way up the organisation, culminating in the role of Chief Defence Scientist from 1987 to 1990. After leaving the Department of Defence, d'Assumpcao took up a role as professor at the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

and CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing until his retirement in 2000. d'Assumpção was appointed an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

in 1992 in recognition of his service to science and technology. He won the 2003

M A Sargent Medal The M. A. Sargent Medal is awarded by Engineers Australia for longstanding eminence in science or the practice of electrical engineering. It is named in honour of Michael Anthony (Mike) Sargent, an outstanding Australian electrical engineer. The med ...

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