Electronic and telecommunications engineering is the most rapidly advancing field of engineering. From nano-scale devices to 5G mobile telecommunications, it has a massive impact on our way of life.
Electronic and telecommunications engineering is the most rapidly advancing field of engineering. From nano-scale devices to 5G mobile telecommunications, it has a massive impact on our way of life.
Electronic and telecommunications engineering at RMIT encompasses many key research areas including:
Our expertise, state-of-the-art facilities and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration have produced many high impact advances including:
We lead Australia’s silicon photonic capability in areas including simulation design, fabrication, packaging and testing. Our photonics design tools are licensed to industry globally.
We are the leading Australian institution in terahertz device fabrication, including metamaterials, beam steering and plasmonics.
We have recently demonstrated through clinical trials an ingestible gas sensor module capable of measuring gastrointestinal gas and transmitting the information to a smart-phone. This device provides real-time data about the state of the intestinal tract.
We are the leading Australian institution in antennas and radar systems development for a range of defence applications. Our current partners include the Defence Science and Technology Group, BAE Systems and DefendTex.
The following major research facilities support our research:
In addition, the School boasts excellent facilities in the communication and network engineering branches of telecommunications engineering. We have full measurement capabilities with automated anechoic chambers covering 1-110GHz, plus network and spectrum analysis to 40 GHz. A full suite of state-of-the-art simulation tools including microwave circuit and system simulation, electromagnetic simulation and semiconductor device modelling and simulation. A Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) fabrication facility for prototyping integrated RF systems, as well as a range of deposition systems within the Micro Nano Research Facility. The School also has a network engineering research facility that enables research in cognitive radio, ad-hoc networks and software-defined networking.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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