Responsible for advanced test and measurement functions of both ground support and flight equipment. · Maintain and expand skills base in instrumentation and metrology· Communications and recording systems· Provide instrumentation in support of test items for environmental and field testing programs· Provide capability for testing future space vehicles and for providing space systems· Research and develop new measurement technologies… Show more Responsible for advanced test and measurement functions of both ground support and flight equipment. · Maintain and expand skills base in instrumentation and metrology· Communications and recording systems· Provide instrumentation in support of test items for environmental and field testing programs· Provide capability for testing future space vehicles and for providing space systems· Research and develop new measurement technologies including Micro Electro Mechanical SystemsContemporary technology developments and reductions to practice:· Non-invasive pressure and flow measuring systems· ‘Cochlea’ leak detection and 3D location system· ‘Smart’ sensors including fault tolerant configuration and ‘fast-track’ qualification paradigms· Gravity invariant fuel gauge· Advanced videogrametry profiling of 34 m dish surface· High speed, high-G data logger for comet penetrator· Comet reoglith thermometry· Dynamic photonic spectral discriminators· In-vivo metrology· Microscale peristaltic pump· Pragmatic Micro Electro Mechanical Systems developments· Sub-optical (20nm CD) X-ray lithography· Grey-scale X-ray fabrication of sub-optical blaze gratings· Extreme environment sensors· ‘Soft’ ionization membrane and development of high finesse mass spectrometers and ion mobility spectrometers· Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection Show less

Projects performed include:· TransportComputer based numerical clocks and displaysInteractive railway route selection and verification consoleComputer based shaft encoder for analogue clockCommunication and video display systems for passenger displaysSpecialized computer analyzer and strain gauge system to monitor the flexure of road bridges. Distributed communication and monitoring system to record vehicle movements over whole of Melbourne’s South Eastern… Show more Projects performed include:· TransportComputer based numerical clocks and displaysInteractive railway route selection and verification consoleComputer based shaft encoder for analogue clockCommunication and video display systems for passenger displaysSpecialized computer analyzer and strain gauge system to monitor the flexure of road bridges. Distributed communication and monitoring system to record vehicle movements over whole of Melbourne’s South Eastern Freeway.· AviationSelective calling system for ground-air communicationsPassenger Information displays systemsFire and Crash control, alarm and monitoring systemCommunication, display and facility management systemsAircraft scheduling system· CommunicationsFault tolerant distributed data collection and dissemination networkSophisticated LAN with point-to-point and broadcast capabilitiesPacket switching communication networks· AgriculturalField data loggers for weighing, characterizing and storing crop yieldsDesign of cattle weighing system· Defense3D vision system for bomb disposal robotsComputer-based communications equipmentComputerized master-slave clock and display equipmentNational Standard timekeeping equipmentCommunication, display and facility management systemsErgonomic graphic touch screen control and display console for hydraulic power system Show less