Eliathamby Ambikairajah
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.
Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah | |
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| Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College University of Sri Lanka Keele University |
| Occupation | Academic |
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]
References
- "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.
- "Eliathamby Ambikairajah". University of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
- "Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah". University of New South Wales.
- Gilmore, Heath (15 May 2010). "No time for playtime". The Sydney Morning Herald.