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About the Author
Cornelis Jan Kikkert obtained his BE and PhD from Adelaide University in 1968 and 1972
respectively. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, a Fellow of Engineers Australia and
a Life Senior Member of IEEE. He was a lecturer at Adelaide University for 3 years and
was at James Cook University in Townsville for 37 years, as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer,
Associate Professor and 7 years as Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He "retired" in 2010 to have more time for research. Since 2010, he is an Adjunct Associate
Professor at both James Cook University and The University of Adelaide.
He has more than 50-year experience in the design of electronics for communication
equipment, broadcast transmitters, satellite beacon receivers, weather satellite receivers
and many other applications, as well as the design of electronic instrumentation for
measuring RF and microwave signals.
In addition to this book, he is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, 4 book
chapters and an inventor on 8 patents.
Email Keith.Kikkert@jcu.edu.au, Keith.Kikkert@adelaide.edu.au.
June 2022
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