Three researchers elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Three new members of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginneers — L-R: Pierluigi Mancarella, Christina Lim and Ying Tan.

Professors Christina Lim, Pierluigi Mancarella and Ying Tan have been elected as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows for 2023. They are based in the School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

IEEE Fellowship is widely regarded in the technical community as a prestigious honour and significant professional accomplishment.

Professor Christina Lim has pioneered hybrid fibre-wireless networking solutions for worldwide next-generation wireless system implementation. Her investigations of optical transport of wireless signals have shaped the landscape of fibre-wireless research. She has co-authored over 300 papers in leading journals and conferences, was an ARC Future Fellow and is currently Leader, Photonics and Electronics Research Group. She was a member of the IEEE Photonics Society Board of Governors (2015-17) and elected an Optica Fellow in 2019.

Prof Pierluigi Mancarella has pioneered research on two major topics of global interest: multi-energy systems (integrated energy infrastructure for enhanced performance through sector coupling); and power system resilience (building electricity infrastructure that can deal with extreme events). His previous awards include a 2017 veski Innovation Fellowship and an international Newton Prize 2018 for his work on power system resilience against earthquakes in Chile. His research has provided important inputs to industry and policy makers in Australia and internationally.

Professor Ying Tan was recognised for her exceptional work in rehabilitation robotics, including the publication of over 100 journal articles and attracting over $7m in research funding. Since 2018, she has worked with Softbank-backed Fourier Intelligence as Co-Director of the industry-academic joint lab to advance rehabilitation robotics. Her team at Fourier Intelligence successfully commercialised the ArmMotus™ EMU.