Jean Armstrong

{{short description|Australian design engineer}}

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Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland

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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{{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}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2008 |url=https://herplacemuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2008-Honour-Roll-Booklet-1.pdf}}

Armstrong was born in Scotland and later immigrated to Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://telsoc.org/journal/authors/jean_armstrong|title=Jean Armstrong on TelSoc|website=TelSoc}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jean-armstrong|title=Jean Armstrong -- Monash University|website=Monash University}} She has published many papers on wireless and optical communications, focusing specifically on Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. Her work has led to a number of commercialized patents.

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

In 2016 she was awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology Mountbatten Medal.{{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 }}