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^[1] 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.^[2]

Armstrong was born in Scotland and later immigrated to Australia.^[3] 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.^[4] She has published many papers on wireless and optical communications, focusing specifically on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.^[4] Her work has led to a number of commercialized patents.^[4]

Between 1974 and 1977, she worked as a design engineer at Hewlett-Packard Ltd., Scotland.^[4] Since 1977, she has been working in academia, holding positions at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and La Trobe University.^[4]

In 2016 she was awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology Mountbatten Medal.^[5]

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