Peter Harold Cole (20 December 1936 – 22 May 2020) was an Australian electronic engineer, notable for pioneering research in the area of

RFID Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When tri ...

technology, having held over 30 patents.

Education

Peter Cole obtained his BSc (1957), BE (1959) and PhD (1964) degrees at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

, and then was a postdoc for three years at the

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under a

Fulbright scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...

. He obtained his PhD, under

Ronald Ernest Aitchison Ronald Ernest Aitchison (29 December 1921 – 9 March 1996) was an Australian physicist and electronics engineer who contributed to a range of fields and technologies from solid-state devices to satellite imaging. He was born in Hurstville, N ...

, at the

in 1964 with a thesis entitled ''Energy Exchange and Loss Properties of Ferrites for Parametric Amplifiers''. For his BE he won the university medal.

Career

His work was in the areas of

radio frequency identification Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically Automatic identification system, identify and Tracking system, track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, ...

electromagnetic In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. It is the dominant force in the interacti ...

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

, microcircuit design, and

signal processing Signal processing is an electrical engineering subfield that focuses on analyzing, modifying and synthesizing ''signals'', such as audio signal processing, sound, image processing, images, Scalar potential, potential fields, Seismic tomograph ...

. He taught at the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre includes many Sa ...

and the

, and was a professor of Radio Frequency Identification Systems in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide until his death. He was a founder of the company Integrated Silicon Design Pty. Ltd., a South Australian Company specialising in Radio Frequency Identification Systems. From 1984 to 1999 he was the Chairman of Directors of Integrated Silicon Design Pty. Ltd. In 2002, he was invited to join the Auto-ID Center established by MIT, and then Director of the Auto-ID Laboratory at Adelaide, one of six Auto-ID research laboratories throughout the world supported by EPCglobal.

Books by Peter H. Cole

* Peter H. Cole and Damith C. Ranasinghe, ''Networked RFID Systems and Lightweight Cryptography: Raising Barriers to Product Counterfeiting'', Springer, 2007, .

External links

*
Cole's Neurotree profile

Cole's homepage
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