"Many of you are starting out on new careers in engineering and related fields. Most of you will contribute to your professions for the remainder of the first half of this century. And during your working lives, the world will be transformed by technologies that do not even exist today. As engineers, many of you will help to create and drive this transformation. I won't attempt to predict what the world of technology will look like in half a century from now. But I can say with certainty that it would surprise and astound us if we could somehow see it now. However, I will predict that in 25 years, when most of you are half-way through your careers, new technologies will have brought about new changes in lifestyle, new engineering analysis and design methods will have replaced the old, and new analytical skills will be needed. Entirely new fields of endeavour will have emerged. As professional engineers, it will be essential for you to hone your knowledge and skills through continuing education, wide-ranging reading, and frequent interactions with people from different backgrounds."
| First Name | Last Name | Title of Thesis | University/Institute | PhD/Master | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer | Ahmed | Dynamics of Actively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers | University of Melbourne | PhD | August 1994 |
| H | Ashoka | Modelling & Analysis of Dual-Gate GaAs Mesfet Mixers | University of Queensland | PhD | June 1985 |
| Sanjeewa Manik | Attygalle | All-Optical Signal Processing Technologies for Optical Communications | University of Melbourne | PhD | February 2002 |
| Marija | Bohocki | Path Monitoring in Optical Networks | University of Melbourne | MEngSci | 17 December 2003 |
| Peter D | Bradley | Computer-Corrected Large Signal RF Characterisation of GaAs Power Mesfet’s | University of Queensland | Master of Engineering Science | January 1983 |
| Ying | Cai | Photonic Packet-Switched Slotted Ring Networks using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Gates | University of Melbourne | PhD | June 1998 |
| David | Castleford | Optical Crosstalk in WDM Fibre-Radio Networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | September 2002 |
| Wei | Chen | Signal Processing for Optical Performance Monitoring & Impairment Mitigation | University of Melbourne | PhD | March 2006 |
| Adam Matthew | Dickson | Optical Fibre Loop Buffers | University of Melbourne | PhD | 1 October 1997 |
| Sarah D | Dods | Homodyne Crosstalk in Wavelength-Division Multiplexed Ring & Bus Networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | January 2000 |
| Wing-Leung | Ha | Photonic Packet Switching | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | August 1991 |
| Alfred Samson | Hou | Chirp in Actively Modelocked Diode Lasers | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) | Bachelor of Science & Master of Science | May 1990 |
| Anthony Chiu-Chi | Kwan | Linearization of Analogue Optical Transmitter by Feedforward Compensation | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | September 1993 |
| Selbyn | Liew | The Design of an Interface between a Hardware ATM Cell-Stream Splitter & the System Bus of an Experimental B-ISDN Terminal | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | December1992 |
| Andrew | Liu | RF Monitoring Tone Based Chromatic Dispersion Monitoring Techniques | University of Melbourne | PhD | 31 March 2007 |
| Zhai | Lu | Stability of Actively Mode-Loced Semiconductor Lasers | University of Melbourne | PhD | August 1994 |
| S.P.W. | Mogndge | Nonlinear Distortion in Light Emitting Diodes | University of Queensland | Master of Engineering | October 1984 |
| Trefor J | Morgan | Wavelength Conversion using Four-Wave Mixing in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Broadband Optical Networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | July 1999 |
| Yin-Fai | Ng | Analogue & Pulsed Analogue Video Transmission using Lightwave Single Subcarrier Systems | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | November 1993 |
| Rajendran | Parthiban | Modeling & Analysis of Optical Backbone Networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | April 2004 |
| Gita Manoj | Pendharkar | Very High Bit Rate Subscriber Line Systems | University of Melbourne | MEngSci | 27 August 2003 |
| David | Pope | High Speed Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers | University of Queeensland | PhD | 1983 |
| Michael | Spencer | A Media Access Control Protocol for Passive Wavelength Division Multiplexed Optical Networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | April 2001 |
| Jonathan | Spring | Photonic Packet Switching | University of Melbourne | PhD | September 1995 |
| Mark A | Summerfield | Telecommunications Applications of Four Wave Mixing in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers | University of Melbourne | PhD | October 1995 |
| An Vu | Tran | Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers & Amplifier Placement Methods for Metropolitan WDM Ring Network | University of Melbourne | PhD | March 2002 |
| Caroline | Wang | Optical Wavelength Conversion using Cross-Gain & Cross-Phase Modulation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers | University of Melbourne | PhD | November 1991 |
| Jolyon Ambrose Score | White | Modeling and dimensioning of optical burst switching networks | University of Melbourne | PhD | |
| Jiawen | Zhang | Simulation of Super Continuum Generation in Optical Fibres & Investigation of Multi-Wavelength Source Based on Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | November 2001 |
| Huisi | Zhao | Chirp Performance of SOA’s based on XTM Wavelength Conversion | University of Melbourne | Master of Engineering Science | December 2000 |