Dr Toby Boyson
Senior Lecturer

Dr Toby Boyson

UNSW Canberra
School of Engineering & IT

Dr Toby Boyson is a Senior Lecturer in electrical engineering at the School of Engineering and Information Technology at UNSW Canberra.  He completed a Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry at ANU, graduating with first class honours in 2007.  He received his PhD in electrical engineering in 2012 from UNSW, for the development and experimental validation of a new type of cavity ringdown spectroscopy.  

Dr Boyson worked as a postdoctoral fellow for Professor Ian Petersen (now at ANU), Associate Professor Charles Harb (now Chief Executive Officer, Ring IR Inc.), and Associate Professor Sean O'Byrne (UNSW Canberra) before taking his current position as an education focussed lecturer.  He has designed and built optoelectronic instrumentation to measure explosives and chemical warfare agents,  to characterise hypersonic flows, and to validate new control algorithms.  Instrumentation and signal processing techniques he helped develop have been a finalists at the UNSW Innovation awards (2012), and the Australian Museum Eureka Prize (2015).  He holds several patents and patent applications in signal processing and spectroscopic instrumentation that are being developed for commercialisation in the USA.  You can view his Google Scholar profile here.

Dr Boyson currently spends most of his time teaching analog circuit design and coordinating the Electrical Engineering degree: he is course co-ordinator for ZEIT3216 - Design of Electronic Circuits 3, ZEIT2207 - Design of Electronic Circuits 2, and ZEIT1208 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering  He also teaches into several other courses in the EE program. Dr Boyson is interested in all aspects of engineering education: he is particularly interested in the links between the affective and cognitive development of engineering students, problem solving and practical lab skills through the lens of cognitive load theory, and in increasing and maintaining the representation of women in engineering degrees.

He is the current co-chair (with Dr Bianca Capra) of YoWIE, an outreach designed to encourage young women to pursue STEM degrees and careers.  

 

 

Phone
+61 2 5114 5126
  • Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Temperature measurements of the background gas and metastable argon atoms in N2/Ar nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges', Plasma Sources Science and Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/abbd88
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Building girls' confidence in themselves as future engineers', Teaching Science, 65, pp. 10 - 18
    Journal articles | 2018
    Gao R; O'Byrne S; Liow JL; Boyson TK, 2018, 'An experimental study of pressure distribution nonlinearity in a circular micro-tube', Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 97, pp. 468 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.05.020
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, '1.6 MHz scanning rate direct absorption temperature measurements using a single vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode', Applied Optics, 57, pp. 5680 - 5687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.57.00568
    Journal articles | 2016
    Manoharan R; Boyson TK; O'Byrne S, 2016, 'Time-resolved temperature and number density measurements in a repetitively pulsed nanosecond-duration discharge', Physics of Plasmas, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4972876
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schütte D; Hassen SZ S; Karvinen KS; Boyson TK; Kallapur AG; Song H; Petersen IR; Huntington EH; Heurs M, 2016, 'Experimental Demonstration of Frequency Autolocking an Optical Cavity Using a Time-Varying Kalman Filter', Physical Review Applied, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.014005
    Journal articles | 2015
    Boyson TK; Dagdigian PJ; Pavey KD; Fitzgerald NJ; Spence TG; Moore DS; Harb CC, 2015, 'Real-time multiplexed digital cavity-enhanced spectroscopy', Optics Letters, 40, pp. 4560 - 4562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.004560
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Design and Implementation of an Optical Cavity Locking Controller Test Bed System', IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 23, pp. 715 - 721, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2014.2331274
    Journal articles | 2014
    Boyson TK; Rittman DR; Spence TG; Calzada ME; Kallapur AG; Petersen IR; Kirkbride KP; Moore DS; Harb CC, 2014, 'Pulsed quantum cascade laser based hypertemporal real-time headspace measurements', Optics Express, 22, pp. 10519 - 10534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.010519
    Journal articles | 2013
    Boyson TK; Rittman DR; Spence TG; Calzada ME; Kallapur AG; Petersen IR; Kirkbride KP; Moore DS; Harb CC, 2013, 'Rapid, wide bandwidth pulsed cavity ringdown spectroscopy', 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/cleo_si.2013.ctu3h.7
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Offline Estimation of Decay Time for an Optical Cavity with a Low Pass Filter Cavity Model', Optics Letters, 37, pp. 3018 - 3020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003018
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Pulsed quantum cascade laser-based CRDS substance detection: real-time detection of TNT', Optics Express, 20, pp. 15489 - 15502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.015489
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Real-time FPGA data collection of pulsed-laser cavity ringdown signals', Optics Express, 20, pp. 8804 - 8814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.008804
    Journal articles | 2011
    Kallapur AG; Boyson TK; Petersen IR; Harb CC, 2011, 'Nonlinear estimation of ring-down time for a Fabry-Perot optical cavity', OPTICS EXPRESS, 19, pp. 6385 - 6394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.006385
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Frequency Domain Analysis for Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy', Optics Express, 19, pp. 8092 - 8101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.008092
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Nonlinear estimation of ring-down time for a Fabry-Perot optical cavity', Optics Express, 19, pp. 6377 - 6386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.006377
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Changing the particle size of oil droplets dispersed in water without added surfactants', Colloids and Surfaces A - Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 316, pp. 136 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.08.044
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Oil droplet size manipulation applied to surfactant-free emulsion polymerization', Colloids and Surfaces A - Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 328, pp. 44 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.06.018
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'A study of oil droplet coalescence', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 316, pp. 59 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2007.08.039
  • Conference Papers | 2018
    2018, 'Evaluating the Impact of the YoWIE Summer School on Girls’ Perception of Engineering', in Proceedings of the 29th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, 2018, Hamilton, New Zealand, presented at 29th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference 2018, Hamilton, New Zealand, 09 December 2018 - 12 December 2018, https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/18aaee/proceedings/AAEE18_Proceedings_5Dec.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2017
    2017, 'A parametric investigation of repetitively pulsed nanosecond duration discharges in argon', in AIAA SciTech Forum - 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, presented at 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, 09 January 2017 - 13 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-1810
    Patents | 2016
    Harb CC; Spence T; Boyson T, 2016, Optical signal processing method and apparatus for analysing time-decay signals, Australia, Patent No. 2011291414
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Manoharan R; Boyson T; Webb J; O'Byrne S, 2015, 'Time-resolved Temperature and Number Density Measurements in a Repetitively Pulsed Nanosecond Discharge', in Time-resolved Temperature and Number Density Measurements in a Repetitively Pulsed Nanosecond Discharge, Light, Energy and the Environment 2015, Suzhou China, presented at Light, Energy and the Environment 2015, Suzhou China, 02 November 2015 - 05 November 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/EE.2015.ETu2A.1
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Manoharan R; O'Byrne S; Boyson T, 2015, 'Time-resolved temperature measurements in a repetitively pulsed nanosecond discharge using tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy', in Honnery D; Edgington-Mitchell D (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne, pp. 147 - 153, presented at 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Melbourne, 09 December 2015 - 11 December 2015, http://aldc.eng.monash.edu/files/7ACLDFMC_Proceedings_2015.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'Advanced wideband cavity enhanced spectrosopy', in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2015.ATh1K.3
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Boyson TK; Rittman DR; Spence TG; Kirkbride KP; Moore DS; Harb CC, 2014, 'Rapid, wideband cavity ringdown spectroscopy for the detection of explosives', in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Boyson TK; Rittman DR; Spence TG; Kirkbride KP; Moore DS; Harb CC, 2014, 'Rapid, wideband cavity ringdown spectroscopy for the detection of explosives', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Rapid, wideband cavity ringdown spectroscopy for the detection of explosives', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/cleo_at.2014.aw1p.1
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'Rapid, wide bandwidth pulsed cavity ringdown spectroscopy', in CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600100
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Mabrok MA; Kallapur AG; Petersen IR; Schütte D; Boyson TK; Lanzon A, 2012, 'Locking a three-mirror optical cavity: A negative imaginary systems approach', in 2012 2nd Australian Control Conference, AUCC 2012, pp. 476 - 480
    Conference Papers | 2012
    2012, 'Digital Locking of a Three-Mirror Ring Cavity', in Proceedings of the Conferences on Control Applications, IEEE, IEEE xplore, pp. 794 - 799, presented at 2012 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 03 October 2012 - 05 October 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2012.6402391
    Conference Papers | 2012
    2012, 'Low Pass Filter Model-based Offline Estimation of Ring-Down Time for an Experimental Fabry-Perot Optical Cavity', in Proceedings of the Conferences on Control Applications, IEEE, IEEE xplore, pp. 75 - 79, presented at 2012 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 03 October 2012 - 05 October 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2012.6402356
    Conference Papers | 2011
    2011, 'Offline estimation of ring-down time for an experimental Fabry-Perot optical cavity', in 2011 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA) part of the IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems & Control (MSC), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 556 - 560, presented at 2011 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), Denver, CO, USA, 28 September 2011 - 30 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2011.6044462
    Conference Papers | 2011
    2011, 'Robust nonlinear estimation for a Fabry-Perot optical cavity', in ASCC 2011 - 8th Asian Control Conference - Final Program and Proceedings, IEEE Computer Society, Piscataway, NJ, United States, pp. 1454 - 1459, presented at 8th Asian Control Conference, ASCC 2011, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 15 May 2011 - 18 May 2011, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5899287&tag=1
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Boyson T; Calzada M; Kallapur AG; Spence TG; Petersen IR; Harb CC, 2010, 'Advances in signal processing for continuous-wave and phase-shift Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy', in Alper H (ed.), Abstracts of Pacifichem 2010, Pacifichem 2010 Congress Organizing Committee, Honolulu, presented at Pacifichem 2010, Hawaii, 15 December 2010
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Conroy K; Lee A; Boyson T; Calzada M; Kirkbride P; Spence TG; Harb CC, 2010, 'Quantitative infrared spectrometry: A local oscillator and reverse bias analysis', in Alper H (ed.), Abstracts of Pacifichem 2010, Pacifichem 2010 Congress Organizing Committee, Honolulu, presented at Pacifichem 2010, Hawaii, 15 December 2010