Scholarships, awards, and involvement in the professional community.

• Australian Postgraduate Award, 2001-2004 - 3 year merit based scholarship to undertake PhD.

• University Medal, 2000 - Awarded for 1^st in year at UWS.

• Nepean Industry Scholarship in Engineering, 1997-2000 - A 4 year merit based full scholarship to undertake BEng at UWS. Included work placements at Integral Energy during University vacations.

• RMIT Alumni representative for Beijing, 2008.

• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2003.

• Chairperson of the IEEE Student Chapter, RMIT University, 2003.

• Co-organiser of the 1^st RMIT Postgraduate Student Conference, 2003.

• Houseparent at the Honeywell Engineering Summer School, 2000.

• Secretary of the IEEE Student Chapter, UWS Nepean, 2000.

• Member of the Staff Student Liaison Committee, UWS Nepean, 2000.

• Attended the National Youth Science Forum, 1996.