IEEE South Australia Section

Explore the future of sustainable energy with Sparc H2, a technology developed at the University of Adelaide. The system uses solar power to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through photocatalytic water splitting, offering a renewable alternative to traditional energy sources. Recognized in the SA Climate Leaders Awards, Sparc Hydrogen is contributing to advancements in the field. The upcoming pilot plant at Roseworthy will demonstrate progress in carbon-free hydrogen production. This talk is a joint presentation with the Engineers Australia Sustainable Engineering Society. Registration is through the EA web site. After entering your name and email address, select YES for being an SENG or IET/IEEE Retired Engineers member Co-sponsored by: Engineers Australia, IET Room: 11th Floor, Engineers Australia, 108 King William St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5000

As the demand for energy-efficient and cost-effective wireless communication continues to grow, analogue beamforming antennas are gaining renewed attention as a viable alternative to their digital counterparts. Unlike digital beamforming systems that depend on complex and power-intensive processors, analogue beamforming offers a pathway to low-energy, low-cost, and low-complexity solutions, without compromising on high-quality wireless connectivity. This talk will present our recent developments in advanced analogue beamforming antenna technologies, including leaky-wave-based beam scanning for continuous angular coverage and circuit-matrix enabled independent control of multiple scanning beams. These innovations offer promising solutions for future green wireless systems. Furthermore, the talk will highlight key research gaps and potential opportunities that can guide future investigations and developments in this exciting and impactful field. Co-sponsored by: IEEE SA AP/MTT joint Chapter Speaker(s): , Dr. Stanley Chen Bldg: Ingkarni-Wardii, Room IW5.57, North Terrance, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5005

Daniel Headland earned his doctorate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2017 at The University of Adelaide in Australia. The overarching topic of his doctoral thesis was beamforming of terahertz radiation, with a particular focus on the use of efficient silicon microstructures to construct nonuniform metasurfaces. The quality of Dr Headland’s thesis, which was titled “Efficient Terahertz-Range Beam Control Using Flat Optics,” was recognized by his alma mater with distinguished awards such as the University Doctoral Research Medal and a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. He then shared the knowledge that he gained with his broader research community by publishing a comprehensive invited tutorial article on terahertz beamforming. Thereafter, Dr Headland obtained a competitive Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship to undertake abroad, at The University of Wuppertal in Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Ullrich Pfeiffer. His research activities primarily concerned the development of bespoke quasi-optics to enhance and extend the achievable functionality of advanced CMOS-based terahertz integrated system-on-a-chip devices. From 2018 to 2021, Dr Headland was a Specially Appointed Researcher at Osaka University under the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) program of the Japan Science and Technology, under the guidance of Prof. Tadao Nagatsuma. It was there that he developed his present focus of substrateless all-intrinsic-silicon micro-scale integration platforms that leverage the principles of guided-wave photonics for efficient, compact, handheld terahertz integrated circuits and systems. This addresses a major lack of a dedicated platform that is specifically suited to the unique needs of terahertz waves, and so to encourage widespread adoption, Dr Headland has since shared his knowledge with the research community with another comprehensive invited tutorial article. At the conclusion of his time in Japan, Dr Headland’s distinguishment as an early career researcher was recognized with a competitive three-year CONEX-Plus research Fellowship under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions framework to undertake at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, in Spain, under the supervision of Prof. Guillermo Carpintero. The primary objective of this fellowship was the development of advanced terahertz lab-on-a-chip biosensing devices that adapt and leverage integrated quasi-optical techniques that Dr Headland originally pioneered in Osaka. Recently, Dr Headland has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) fellowship, which is a competitive and prestigious Australian Research Council’s program for early career researchers. As of the end of 2024, he is undertaking this research award at his alma mater, The University of Adelaide. Speaker(s): Daniel, Room: 214, Bldg: The Braggs, The Univeristy of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5005