Current Postgraduate Research Students
Congratulations on receiving an offer of admission to one of the research programs in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications (EE&T) and on behalf of the School I am delighted to welcome you to our team.
Our School produces research of high calibre and every year we publish papers in international conferences and journal papers. It is important to the School that we assist postgraduate students during the course of their study with us. We have a wide range of services and facilities that are available for postgraduate research students and have allocated funds to the various research groups within the School to facilitate these resources. We have a very vibrant and active Postgraduate Society and also have a Common Room specifically for Postgraduate students to relax, eat and converse with each other.
Each student is entitled to some financial assistance with travel and registration costs for your attendance at
national or international conferences. We also provide a small stipend for you to purchase books and any other resources relevant to your research. Your supervisor and Head of Research Group may have additional funding available for further support for conference attendance. The relevant Heads of Research in our School are:
Prof. David Taubman Telecommunications (including Signal Processing & Photonics)
Prof. Victor Solo Systems and Control (including Biomedical Engineering)
Prof. Chee Kwok Microsystems
Prof. Faz Rahman Energy Systems
Your research supervisor is your first point of contact if you experience any problems with your research
activity (including any personal or financial difficulties that are impacting your research) and you can also
contact your Head of Research Group to assist you.
In addition, the Deputy Head of School, Prof Chee Yee Kwok, the Director of Academic Studies, Dr Ray
Eaton, are also happy to help you. You are also welcome to contact me during the course of your study. Once you have enrolled, you will receive information outline the University’s policies on confidentiality and the mechanisms for addressing student grievances, all of which you should read prior to commencing your
research.
Please note that University regulations require that postgraduate students be informed of their rights and
responsibilities. These are clearly outlined, in the two publications that you can collect from the Graduate
Research School (GRS), “Postgraduate Handbook” and Guidelines for the Supervision of Postgraduate
Students”. The second book is designed for academic staff, but it clearly outlines the expectations you may
reasonably hold on the level and quality of the involvement of your supervisor in your PhD program.
Once again, welcome to our team and I wish you every success in your research and study at our School.
Professor Eliathamby Ambikairajah
Head, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of New South Wales