Dr Wendy Lee
B. Eng Hons (Monash University)
Ph.D (University of Adelaide)
Wendy Lee is a Lecturer/Nexus Fellow at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at UNSW Sydney.
Wendy joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the end of 2023. From 2021-2023 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Meta-Optical Devices at the University of Melbourne, affiliated with the ARC CoE for Transformative Meta-Optical Devices. Prior to that she was a Part-time Lecturer/Research Assistant/Lab Manager at the Terahertz Engineering La...
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2019
- Waite Research Institute Seed Funding, AUD 10000
- Project title: "Frost Screening in wheat using terahertz imaging: A preliminary study"
- Collaborators: Wendy Lee, Jason Able, Withawat Withayachumnankul, Ariel Ferrante
- 2020
- ECMS Seed Funding, AUD 10000
- Project title: "A missing link between terahertz research and industry applications"
- Collaborators: Wendy Lee, Withawat Withayachumnankul
- 2023
- Standard User Proposal to the Molecular Foundry, Berkeley California (Est. 10000 AUD)
- Project title: "Fabrication of metasurfaces for micro-lasers with upconverting nanoparticles"
- Collaborators: Wendy Lee, Kenneth Crozier, Xiao Qi, Emory Chan, Bruce Cohen
- 2024
- EFFECT Funding, 20000 AUD
- Project title: "Nurturing Tomorrow's Engineers through Advanced Antenna Technologies for 6G Communication"
- Collaborators: Wendy Lee, Shaghik Atakaramians, Deepak Mishra
- EF Collaborator Grant, 2500 AUD
- Project title: "Streamlining Technical Streams for DESN1000"
- IEEE South Australia Travel Assistance Award 2016
- University of Adelaide Completion Scholarship 2017-2018
- University of Adelaide Student-led Teaching Award 2017
- University of Adelaide Student-led Teaching Award 2018
- Rising Stars Asia 2022
- TMOS Outreach Award 2022
- Awarded for my contributions to Outreach for the ARC Coe TMOS for the year 2022.
- https://www.tmos.org.au/news/we-really-are-meta-together
- ECAN Social Impact Award 2024
- School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications Social Impact Award 2024
- Superstars of STEM 2025-2026
Wendy's research interests include:
Terahertz technology
-> applications in imaging, sensing and communications using metasurfaces/metamaterials
Engineering education
-> innovative approaches to enhance student learning
My Research Supervision
Masters (IT) - Arifah Anwar Fadzil
M.Phil - Xinyan Ren
My Teaching
DESN1000 - Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation
ELEC1111 - Electrical Circuit Fundamentals
TELE9782 - Antennas and Propagation (support)
UG/PG Thesis Supervision