Professor James Scott
Professor
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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james.scott@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-3200-6821
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Areas of research and consulting expertise
Radar warning receivers
Nonlinear device modelling (GaAs FET and InP HBT devices)
Computer-aided microwave measurement techniques
Application of FET circuits to high-speed fibre-optic systems
High-speed digital applications of FET circuits
High-efficiency microwave power amplifiers
Low-noise microwave amplifiers
Wideband active antennas: GSM/PCS applications
Dual frequency active antennas: GPS applications
Computer optimisation of microstrip patch antennas, wideband passive circuits, multi-octave passive circuits
Conferences
• IEEE Colloquium on Teaching and Research in Microwave and Electromagnetic Engineering: An Australian Perspective, University of Technology, Sydney, 24th September 1999, “Teaching and Research in Microwave and Electromagnetic Engineering at the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, RMIT University”
• IEEE 1992 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, August 1992, Session Chair
• March 1992. “Advanced RF CAE/CAD Tools in an Integrated Environment” for the IREE Melbourne Division. Invited lecture
Radar warning receivers
Nonlinear device modelling (GaAs FET and InP HBT devices)
Computer-aided microwave measurement techniques
Application of FET circuits to high-speed fibre-optic systems
High-speed digital applications of FET circuits
High-efficiency microwave power amplifiers
Low-noise microwave amplifiers
Wideband active antennas: GSM/PCS applications
Dual frequency active antennas: GPS applications
Computer optimisation of microstrip patch antennas, wideband passive circuits, multi-octave passive circuits
Conferences
• IEEE Colloquium on Teaching and Research in Microwave and Electromagnetic Engineering: An Australian Perspective, University of Technology, Sydney, 24th September 1999, “Teaching and Research in Microwave and Electromagnetic Engineering at the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, RMIT University”
• IEEE 1992 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, August 1992, Session Chair
• March 1992. “Advanced RF CAE/CAD Tools in an Integrated Environment” for the IREE Melbourne Division. Invited lecture
Academic positions
- Discipline Director of Communication Engineering
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2003 – Present
- Acting Discipline Director of Communication Engineering
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2001 – 31 Dec 2003
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 1996 – 31 Dec 2001
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 1987 – 31 Dec 1996
- Part-time tutor/demonstrator
- University of Melbourne
- Electrical and Electronic Eng. Department
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 1982 – 31 Dec 1985
- Part-time tutor/demonstrator
- RMIT University
- Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 1979 – 31 Dec 1981
Non-academic positions
- Microwave and RF design engineer
- Consolidated Technology (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
- , Australia
- 1 Jan 2081 – 31 Dec 1982
- Smart Antenna Team Leader, WINET Project
- Advanced Communication Technologies Pty Ltd
- Development of Smart Antenna technologies for 3G Mobile Communication Base Stations
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Apr 2000 – 1 Apr 2001
- Consultant Design Engineer, MITEC Ltd,
- British Aerospace (Australia)
- , Australia
- 1 Mar 1997 – 1 Feb 1998
- Development of microwave receivers for Electronic Surveillance Measures applications for the RAAF
- British Aerospace (Australia)
- ESM Hybrids project
- , Australia
- 1 Jan 1996 – 1 Jan 1997
- Design and fabrication of Microwave Hybrid Circuits, RMIT’s capabilities
- Department of Defence
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 1995 – 1 Jan 1996
- Development of microwave receivers for Electronic Surveillance Measures applications for the RAAF
- AWA Defence Industries
- ESM Hybrids project
- , Australia
- 1 Apr 1993 – 1 Apr 1995
Supervisor projects
- Signal Processing for Communications and Radars
- 19 Jul 2023
- Planar Microwave Sensors for Mechanical Applications and Materials Detection
- 24 Jun 2019
- Silicon Integrated Multimode Optical Phased Array (OPA) for Parallel Beam Steering
- 17 Dec 2018
- Microwave Enabled Microfluidic Devices
- 24 Sep 2018
- Ultra-Wideband Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography Compensation Algorithms and Noise Reduction Techniques
- 3 Mar 2014
Teaching interests
Supervisor interests
Microwave circuits, devices and systems
Microwave circuits, devices and systems
Research interests
Communications Technologies, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanotechnology, Materials Engineering, Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
