Jean Armstrong

{{short description|Australian design engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Armstrong | image = | caption = | othername = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | alma_mater = University of Edinburgh, Scotland<br>Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland | occupation = Design engineer | years_active = | known_for = Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | spouse = }}

'''Jean Armstrong''' is an engineering professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330134212/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2015_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2015|title=2015 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}}</ref> for "contributions to the theory and application of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in wireless and optical communications". She was inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2008 |url=https://herplacemuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2008-Honour-Roll-Booklet-1.pdf}}</ref>

Armstrong was born in Scotland and later immigrated to Australia.<ref name="telsoc">{{Cite web|url=https://telsoc.org/journal/authors/jean_armstrong|title=Jean Armstrong on TelSoc|website=TelSoc}}</ref> She received a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1974, an M.Sc. in digital techniques from the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1980, and a Ph.D. in digital communications from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 1993.<ref name="monash">{{Cite web|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jean-armstrong|title=Jean Armstrong -- Monash University|website=Monash University|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418210556/https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jean-armstrong|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has published many papers on wireless and optical communications, focusing specifically on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.<ref name="monash" /> Her work has led to a number of commercialized patents.<ref name="monash" />

Between 1974 and 1977, she worked as a design engineer at Hewlett-Packard Ltd., Scotland.<ref name="monash" /> Since 1977, she has been working in academia, holding positions at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and La Trobe University.<ref name="monash" />

In 2016 she was awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology Mountbatten Medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mountbatten Medals |url=https://www.theiet.org/media/7595/mounbatten-winners.pdf |access-date=2020-06-11 |website=Mountbatten Medal winners |archive-date=1 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301100300/https://www.theiet.org/media/7595/mounbatten-winners.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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