School of Science

Associate Professor

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy in Physicis, The University of New South Wales, 1986.
• Bachelor of Science in Theoretical Physics with honours c2d1, The University of New South Wales, 1979.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Developing an acoustic database for biosecurity and pest detection applications,  Australian Acoustical Society,  Grant,  2016,  $65,828.
• Elucidation of the gamma irradiation damage mechanism in optical fibre Bragg grating sensors.,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering,  AINSE Research Projects,  2015 - 2016,  $7,790.
• Wireless acoustic sensor for the detection, identification and monitoring of biological hazards in grain silos and storage systems,  Grains Research & Development Corporation,  Protecting Your Crop,  2014 - 2016,  $344,334.
• Electronic Catchment Surveillance, Detailed Equipment and Methods Assessment,  Water Corporation,  Grant,  2016,  $115,435.
• Next Generation Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Facility,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2014,  $1,725,000.
• Gamma Pre-Irradiation Effects in Optical Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors for Radiation Dosimetry,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering,  AINSE Research Projects,  2013 - 2014,  $3,895.
• Wireless sensing in forests for the detection and monitoring of biosecurity hazards and forest fires,  Nortel Networks,  Grant - Development,  2011 - 2013,  $25,000.
• Gamma-ray dosimetry with optical fibre Bragg grating sensors,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering,  Grant,  2012,  $7,500.
• A State of the Art Surface Characterisation Facility,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2012,  $1,691,345.
• Nanoscale Charaterisation Centre for Western Australia ( NCC WA ),  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2006 - 2011,  $9,761,000.
• Gamma Irradiation Effects in Fibre-Bragg Grating Optical Sensors,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering,  Grant,  2010,  $3,865.
• The Nanoscale Characterisation Centre WA Electron Microprobe Facility,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2010,  $2,876,683.
• WA Centre of Excellence for Microphotonic Systems,  Department of Mines and Petroleum,  Centre of Excellence,  2004 - 2009,  $7,314,970.
• The Nanoscale Characterisation Centre WA Focussed Ion Beam Nanofabrication and Milling Facility,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2007,  $500,000.
• Development of advanced technology for casting complex 'High Quality' alloy products using a shell moulding in a centrifugal casting process,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant,  2006 - 2007,  $64,594.
• The Nanoscale Characterisation Centre WA Analytical Biological Transmission Electron Microscope Facility,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure),  2006,  $1,440,000.
• IBIC Investigation of Ion Implanted Silicon Wafers,  Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering,  Grant,  2003 - 2005,  $6,198.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Ralph, M., Hinckley, S., Cattani, M., (2020), Reassessment of radiation exposures of underground non-uranium mine workers in Western Australia. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 191(3), 272-287, DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa131.
• Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2017), Universal Signal Conditioning Technique for Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors in PLC and SCADA Applications. Instruments, 1(1), 13p., Switzerland, MDPIAG, DOI: 10.3390/instruments1010007.
• Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2017), Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Mainstream Industrial Processes. Electronics, 6(4), Article Number: 92, Basel, Switzerland, MDPIAG, DOI: 10.3390/electronics6040092.
• Phung, V., Ahmad, I., Habibi, D., Hinckley, S., (2017), Automated Insect Detection using Acoustic Features Based on Sound Generated from Insect Activities. Acoustics Australia, 45(2), 445-451, Singapore, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s40857-017-0095-6.
• Allwood, G., Hinckley, S., Wild, G., (2016), Optical Fiber Sensors in Physical Intrusion Detection Systems: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(14), 5497-5509, IEEE Sensors Council, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2535465.

Conference Publications

• Baccini, D., Hinckley, S., Canning, J., Cook, K., Allwood, G., Wild, G., Davies, J., Banos, C., (2019), Gamma irradiation response in photonic crystal and standard optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for radiation dosimetry. Proceedings of SPIE 11200, AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS), Article number 112000O, Online, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, DOI: 10.1117/12.2539904.
• Guan, A., Hinckley, S., Richardson, S., (2019), Light source spectra effects on optical coherence tomography Ascans. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 11202 Biophotonics Australasia 2019, 11202(8-12 December 2019), Article number 1120216, Online, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, DOI: 10.1117/12.2539595.
• Allwood, G., Richardson, S., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2019), Standardization of FBG sensors in dual-bus fiber networks. Proceedings of SPIE Volume 11200 AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019, 11200(9-12 December 2019), Article number 112002X, Online, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, DOI: 10.1117/12.2539903.
• Hinckley, S., Richardson, S., Allwood, G., Wild, G., (2018), Comparison of Si, SiGe and GaAs photovoltaic microcells for power-over-fibre. Proceddings of the Conference on Optielectronc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices 2018 (online), 13-15, Piscataway, NJ, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/COMMAD.2018.8715254.
• Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2018), A temperature insensitive FBG load cell with on-board intensity based interrogation. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F98-BGPPM 2018(2-5 July 2018), 2 pages, online, OSA - The Optical Society, DOI: 10.1364/BGPPM.2018.BW2A.2.
• Meiring, C., Allwood, G., Hinckley, S., Wild, G., (2016), Monitoring of Pressure in Pipelines using Externally-Mounted Fiber Bragg Gratings. Photonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), OSA Technical Digest (online), article no. BM5B.2, online only, The Optical Society (OSA), DOI: 10.1364/BGPP.2016.BM5B.2.
• Baccini, D., Cook, K., Canning, J., Allwood, G., Wild, G., Hinckley, S., (2016), Fiber Bragg Grating Inscription in Endlessly Single Mode Photonic Crystal Fiber Using Direct Write ArF Laser. Photonics and Fiber Technology 2016 (ACOFT, BGPP, NP), OSA Technical Digest (online), article no. BTh1B.3, online only, The Opitcal Society (OSA), DOI: 10.1364/BGPP.2016.BTh1B.3.
• Wild, G., Richardson, S., Hinckley, S., (2016), Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Sensors: Fiber Bragg Grating and Noise. Proceedings 16th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 167-168, Piscataway, USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., DOI: 10.1109/NUSOD.2016.7547086.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Laser and electron beam induced current characterization of reactive-ion etched Hg1-xCdxTe n-on-p devices.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Distributed optical fibre smart sensors for the structural health monitoring of aerospace vehicles.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Characterising the effect of a novel optical delay line and light sources on the resolvability of time domain optical coherence tomography.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Intensity based interrogation of optical fibre sensors for industrial automation and intrusion detection systems
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Gamma irradiation response of photonic crystal and standard optical fibre bragg grating sensors for radiation dosimetry

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Surface plasmons for enhanced metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors