Eliathamby Ambikairajah

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Eliathamby Ambikairajah

FIET FIEAust MIEEE
Alma mater Jaffna Hindu College
University of Sri Lanka
Keele University
OccupationAcademic

Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah is a Tamil Australian engineer, academic and head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales.

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Early life

Ambikairajah was educated at Jaffna Hindu College between 1959 and 1969. [1] He graduated from the University of Sri Lanka (Katubedda campus) in 1974 with a BSc (Eng) honours degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Ambikairajah worked as a scientific Officer at the Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research in Colombo between 1975 and 1977. [1] [2] In 1977 he joined the Philips International Institute in Eindhoven on a scholarship. [2] His studies there earned him a postgraduate degree in electronic engineering in 1978. [1] [2] He joined Keele University in 1979 on another scholarship, graduating in 1982 with a PhD in signal processing. [1] [2] [3] He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Queen's University Belfast between 1983 and 1984. [2]

Ambikairajah joined the Athlone Institute of Technology in 1982 as a lecturer. [1] [2] He was senior lecturer (1986–88), head of the Department of Electronic, Mechanical and Plastics Engineering (1989–95) and dean of the School of Engineering (1995–99) at the institute. [1] [2] [3] He was a visiting lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Galway between 1985 and 1999. [2] He was an invited research fellow at the British Telecom Laboratories in Martlesham Heath between 1989 and 1999. [2] [3]

Ambikairajah joined the University of New South Wales in September 1999 as a senior lecturer. [1] [2] [3] He became an associate professor at the university in January 2003. [1] He was deputy head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications before becoming its head. [1] [2] [3] [4] He has been Director of Academic Studies at the university since January 2000. [1]

Ambikairajah is a fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Institution of Engineers, Australia, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Dr.E.Ambikairajah is elected as new President to Sydney OBA". Jaffna Hindu College. 25 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Eliathamby Ambikairajah". University of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah". University of New South Wales.
  4. ↑ Gilmore, Heath (15 May 2010). "No time for playtime". The Sydney Morning Herald .
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