Karu Esselle

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Karu P. Esselle is an Australian scholar, professor, engineer, scientist and inventor. He is the Distinguished Professor in Electromagnetic and Antenna Engineering at University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is the leader of the MetaSteerers Team, which won Australia's national 2023 Department of Defence ''Eureka Prize'' for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia. He was named Australia's ''Professional Engineer of the Year'' for 2022 by Engineers Australia - the national body that oversees engineering practice and profession in Australia. Eureka prizes are considered the Oscars of Australian Science. He is also a visiting professor of electronic engineering at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Esselle's other most recent awards include the top Space award in Australia – the "Winner of Winners" ''Excellence Award'' – as well as the ''Academic of Yea''r Award at the 20''22 Australian Space Awards'', UTS 2022 Chancellor's Medal (which is the top Research Excellence award at UTS), Engineers Australia 2022 ''Sydney Professional Engineer of the Year'' title and the Bradfield Award (in addition to the national title mentioned previously), both the most prestigious ''Excellence Award'' and the ''Academic of the Year Award'' at 2021 ''Australian Defence Industry Awards'', Finalist for the 2021 Australian National ''Eureka Prize'' for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers, and the Runner Up for the same ''Eureka Prize'' in 2020. Eureka prizes are considered "Oscars" of Australian Science. Karu was the Chair of IEEE New South Wales 2016-17 and his contribution to profession earned many awards including 2021 IEEE Outstanding Volunteer Award from IEEE Asia-Pacific and 2011 Outstanding Branch Counselor Award from IEEE headquarters in USA. Provided by Wikipedia