Associate Professor Stephen Hinckley

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5710  
Email: s.hinckley@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.250  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, The University of New South Wales .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Industry & Resources,  Centre of Execellence,  2009,  $100,000.
  • WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Industry & Resources,  Centre of Execellence,  2007,  $818,368.
  • WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Industry & Resources,  Centre of Execellence,  2006,  $441,602.
  • IBIC Investigation of Ion Implanted Silicon Wafers,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering,  Grant,  2005,  $6,198.
  • WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Industry & Resources,  Centre of Execellence,  2005,  $40,000.
  • WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Industry & Resources,  Centre of Execellence,  2004,  $805,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Distributed optical fibre smart sensors for structural health monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring 2011: Condition Based Maintenance and Intelligent Structures, 2(156), 86, Lancaster, England.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Wireless communications and power supply for in-vivo biomedical devices using acoustic transmissions. Biomedical Engineering - Trends in Electronics, Communications and Software, 111-130, Croatia.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2011), Extrinsic evolution of the stacked gradient poly-homojunction photodiode genre. Advances in Photodiodes, 181-204, Vienna.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), A Transmit Reflect Detection System for Fibre Bragg Grating Acoustic Emission and Transmission Sensors. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering: Smart Sensors and Sensing Technology, 20(25), 183-197, Berlin Heidelberg.

Journal Articles

  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), A Fibre Bragg Grating sensor as a receiver for acoustic communications signals. Sensors, 11(1), 455-471, DOI: 10.3390/s110100455.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Pspice simulation of an electro-acoustic communications channel. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 57(4), 981 - 985, United States, DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1503.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Spatial Performance of Acousto-Ultrasonic Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 10(4), 805 - 806, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2038232.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), Acousto-Ultrasonic Optical Fiber Sensors: Overview and State-of-the-Art. IEEE Sensors Journal, 8(7), 1184-1193.

Conference Publications

  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., Wild, G., (2011), A stationary optical delay line for low coherence interferometry. Proceedings - 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Application, DELTA 2011, 162-167, DOI: 10.1109/DELTA.2011.37.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Power over fibre: Material properties of homojunction photovoltaic micro-cells. Proceedings - 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on Electronic Design, Test and Application, DELTA 2011, 78-82, DOI: 10.1109/DELTA.2011.66.
  • Wild, G., Richardson, S., Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2011), Simulation of an optical delay lines for optical coherence tomography. Proceedings of the IQEC/CLEO Pacific Rim incorporating ACOLS & ACOFT, 1400-1402, Sydney, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), A fibre Bragg grating based reed switch for optical fibre intrusion detection Systems. Proceedings of the IQEC/CLEO Pacific Rim incorporating ACOLS & ACOFT, 136-138, Sydney, Australia.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Programmable logic controller optical fibre sensor interface module. Proceedings of the SPIE: Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices, 8204(4-7 December 2011), 82040P, Bellingham, Washington, USA, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.903235.
  • Hinckley, S., Wild, G., (2011), Student research projects in Engineering: Optical fibre Bragg grating sensor applications. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education., 612-618.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), A comparison of silicon and germanium photovoltaic power conversion for power-over-fibre. Proceedings of the SPIE: Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices, 8204(4-7 December 2011), 820410, Bellingham, Washington, USA.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Computer based experiments for off-campus teaching and learning of AC electricity. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education., 357-363.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Programmable Logic Controller Based Fibre Bragg Grating In-ground Intrusion Detection System. Proceedings of The 4th Australian Security and Intelligence Conference, 1-8, Perth, Australia.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2011), Simulation of crosstalk and quantum efficiency in high-resolution UV-Blue imaging arrays. Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Nano+Micro Materials and Devices, 8204(5-7 December 2011), 82042X, Bellingham, Washington, USA.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Richardson, S., Hinckley, S., (2011), An extended analytical model to simulate an optical coherence tomography system with a quasi-stationary optical delay line. Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Nano+Micro Materials and Devices, 8204(December 2011), 82043G, Bellingham, Washington, USA.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2011), Fibre Optic Acoustic Sensing for Intrusion Detection Systems. Proceedings of Acoustics 2011 Breaking New Ground, 89.
  • Wild, G., Swan, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), AC Electricity Experiments for Off-Campus Teaching and Learning. Proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, 1p., Online.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Photovoltaic micro-cell design for distrubuted power in sensor networks. Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on, 129-130, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699696.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Photovoltaic Micro-Cell Design for Distributed Power-over-Fibre Optimized for 850nm & 980nm. Proceedings of the 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, 2010, 4p., Online.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2010), Simulation of a Hybrid Polywell and Stacked Gradient Poly-Homojunction CMOS Photodiode. Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on, 161-162, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699717.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., Wild, G., (2010), Effect of a Polywell geometry on a CMOS Photodiode Array. Proceedings IEEE International SOC Conference, 355-358, United States of America.
  • Wild, G., Allwood, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Distributed sensing, communications, and power in optical Fibre Smart Sensor networks for structural health monitoring. Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), 2010 Sixth International Conference on, 6(7-10 December 2010), 139-144, Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2010.5706785.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., Yang, Y., Duncan, P., (2010), A Comparison of Grinding and Electric Discharge Machining to Fabricate a Stepped Mirror Structure for a Stationary Optical Delay Line. 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technologies., 4p., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Optical fibre Bragg gratings for acoustic sensors. Proceedings of 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2010, 20(23-27 August 2010), 7p., Sydney.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Acoustic transmissions for wireless communications and power supply in biomedical devices. Proceedings of 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2010, 20(23-27 August, 2010), 740, Sydney.
  • Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Power-over-Fibre for Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensor Networks. Proceedings of the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, 3p., Melbourne, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2010), Wireless Acoustic Communications and Power Supply for In-vivo Biomedical Devices. 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 4p., United States of America.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2009), A Smart Transducer Interface Module for Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors. Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology in association with the International Workshop on Dissipative Solitons 2009, 521-522, Australia.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2009), Acoustic Communications: A Link Between SHM and Robotic NDE. Structural Health Monitoring 2009: From System Integration to Autonomous Systems, 1(9-11 September 2009), 870-877, United States.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2009), Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring: A Smart Transducer Interface Module. Proceedings of the 2009 Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks Search, 373-378, Piscataway, NJ., DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2009.5416754.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), An Intensiometric Detection System for Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors. Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the, CFP0897E(07 July), 2, Piscataway, N.J..
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), A Micro-Photonic Stationary Optical Delay Line for Fibre Optic Time Domain OCT. Proceedings of IEEE Explore 2008, 2p, NJ, USA, DOI: 10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610362.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), Fibre Bragg Grating Acoustic Emissions and Transmission Sensor in Carbon Fibre Composites. Proceedings of SPIE 2008: Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems IV, 7268(10 December), 12p, Bellingham, USA.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), Wireless Acoustic Communications For In-Vivo Biomedical Device Monitoring. Proceedings of SPIE 2008 - Biomedical Applications of Micro- and Nanoengineering IV and Complex Systems, 7270 (10 December), 72700T-1 to 72700T-10, Bellingham, USA.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), A Proposed Fibre Optic Time Domain Optical Coherence Tomography System Using a Micro-Photonic Stationary Optical Delay Line. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 7004. 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 7004, 70045Y(14 - 18 April), 4p, Bellingham, Washington, USA., DOI: 10.1117/12.786904.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), Stepped Mirrored Structures For Generating True Time Delays In Stationary Optical Delay Line Proof-Of-Principle Experiments For Application To Optical Coherence Tomography. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6801. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging III, 6801(5 December), 11p, Bellingham, Washington, USA, DOI: 10.1117/12.759012.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., Jansz, P., (2008), A Transmit Reflect Detection System For Fiber Bragg Grating Photonic Sensors. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6801. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging III, 6801(05 December), 9p, Bellingham, USA.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), A Comparison Of Wet And Dry Etching To Fabricate A Micro-Photonic Structure For Use In OCT. Proceedings of SPIE 7270 (2008). Biomedical Applications of Micro- and Nanoengineering IV and Complex Systems., 7270A-34 V6(30 December), 11p, Bellingham, Washington, USA, DOI: 10.1117/12.810973.
  • Jansz, P., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2008), Optical Switching of a Proposed Stationary Optical Delay Line for Oct. Proceedings of SPIE 2008: Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems IV., 7268(10 December), 10p, Bellingham, Washington, USA, DOI: 10.1117/12.814425.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2008), Double Boundary Trench Isolation Effects on a Stacked Gradient Homojunction Photodiode Array. Proceedings of Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD) 2008, 156-159, NJ, USA, DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2008.4802115.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2007), A Fibre Bragg Grating Acoustic Emission and Transmission Sensor Utilizing a Transmit Reflect Detection System. Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Sensing Technology, 546-551, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2007), A General Purpose Internet Accesible and Controllable Smart Transducer Interface Module. Proceedings of the Conference on Information Management and Internet Research (CIMIR), 457-466, Perth.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2007), Electro-acoustic and acousto-optic communications for robotic agents in smart structures. Proceedings of SPIE 2008: Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems III, 6414(10-13 December), 64140Q-1 to 64140Q-11, Adelaide.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2007), Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors for Acoustic Emission and Transmission Detection Applied to Robotic NDE in Structural Health Monitoring. Proceedings of IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) 2007, 1-6, New Jersey, USA.
  • Jansz, P., Hinckley, S., (2007), The Effect of Inter-Pixel Nested Ridges Incorporated in a stacked Gradient Homojunction Photodiode Architecture. Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems III: Volume 6414, 6414(10 -13 December 2006), 64141T-1 - 64141T-12, Bellingham, Washington State USA.
  • Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2007), Wireless acoustic communications for autonomous agents in structural health monitoring sensor networks. Proceedings of the SPIE Microelectronics Design, Technology, and Packaging 111, 6798(5 - 7 of December 2007), 67980Z-1 to 67980Z-12, Canberra.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Distributed Optical Fibre Smart Sensors For The Structural Health Monitoring Of Aerospace Vehicles..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Laser And Electron Beam Induced Current Characterization Of Reactive-ion Etched Hg1-xcdxte N-on-p Devices. .