Prof. Richard ( Rick ) Middleton

Biography

Rick Middleton has focused his research on a range of quality research outcomes. He has 10 publications with more than 50 ISI citations. He has delivered plenary addresses in Singapore and Adelaide, and has been invited to be part of a 2007 NATO lectures series. He has held Associate Editor appointments in the major journals: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology. He is a Fellow of IEEE and of Engineers Australia. He has received awards as:

• Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board (ATERB) Oustanding young investigator;
• Royal Society of NSW Edgeworth David Medl;
• Engineers Australia M.A. Sargent Award.

Middleton was head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Newcastle. He has been a panel member, and sub-panel chair for the ARC; A Vice President (2004-2007) for the IEEE Control Systems Society, and Program Chair of the premier annual control theory conference, the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.

Middleton has been involed in 25 different industry funded research projects or consultancies, including being Technical Director on a range of Satellite Tracking projects for national and international telecommunications companies, and the Australian Defense industry.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Newcastle, 1986
• Bachelor of Engineering, University of Newcastle, 1984
• Bachelor of Science, University of Newcastle, 1983

Research

Research keywords

• Systems and Control, Robotics, Adaptive Control, Electronics, Applied Kalman Filtering

Research expertise

Middleton has experience across a wide range of fundamental and applied research. His theoretical work is primarily focused on Control and Systems Theory, with diverse applications from mine planning optimisation, through metal forming processes and robotics.

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• PRC - Centre for Complex and Dynamic Systems and Control

Memberships

ARC Committee member

• ARC Panel Member 1998-2000 - Sub Panel A4

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Fellow 1999 - I.E. Aust (Engineers Australia)
• Fellow 1998 - IEEE
• Vice President, Member Activities - IEEE Control Systems Society
• Vice President, Conference Activities 2006-2007 - IEEE Control Systems Society

Editorial Board.

• Associate Editor 1998-2004 - Automatica
• Associate Editor 1991-1992 - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
• Associate Editor 1997-2000 - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Awards

Recognition.

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Middleton has administrative expertise in a range of internal and external settings. These include head of department roles within ithe University of Newcastle, together with Directorship of an ARC Centre. Externally, this can be seen through the examples of ARC Panel Membership (including sub-panel chair role in 2000); successive vice-president roles within the IEEE Control Systems Society; Program Chair role for the premier annual control theory conference; 3 Associate editor appointments;

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Electronics, Circuits, Control,

Teaching expertise

Middleton has extensive undergraduate, postgraduate and professional teaching experience. His primary areas of teaching have been related to electrical circuits, electronics and feedback control.