Dr Catherine Ball is a businesswoman and futurist with a focus on environmental science and technology. She is an Associate Professor at The Australian National University in the College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics.[1]
Ball has worked with drone technology, and her team operated a drone that could fly hundreds of kilometres. They flew it off the west coast of Australia to study and track turtle habitats. During this 'voyage' they found endangered animals that had not been seen for years.[2]
Ball operates a number of businesses and has a successful professional speaking profile. [3]
Education edit
Ball attended Higham Lane School and King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.[4]
Publications edit
- Ball, Catherine (2022). Converge: A futurist's insights into the potential of our world as technology and humanity collide.
- Ball, Catherine (2016). Gumption trigger : real stories of grit, resilience, and determination from award winning Australian business women. [Kangaroo Point, Qld.] ISBN 9780995422605.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[5] - Tatham, Peter; Ball, Catherine; Wu, Yong; Diplas, Peter (1 January 2017). "Long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft systems (LE-RPAS) support for humanitarian logistic operations: The current position and the proposed way ahead". Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 7 (1): 2–25. doi:10.1108/JHLSCM-05-2016-0018. ISSN 2042-6747.
- Tatham, P.; Ball, C. M.; Wu, Y.; Diplas, P. (2017), "Using Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems to Support Humanitarian Logistic Operations: A Case Study of Cyclone Winston", Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management, IGI Global, pp. 264–277, ISBN 978-1-5225-2575-2, retrieved 24 May 2020
Google Scholar Reference [6]
References edit
- ^ "Researchers". Australian National University. May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Telstra Queensland Business Woman of Year: Catherine Ball wins for drone work". 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Dr Catherine Ball | Scientific Futurist". drcatherineball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Higham". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Gumption trigger : real stories of grit, resilience, and determination from award winning Australian business women (book) | State Library Of Queensland". www.slq.qld.gov.au. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Catherine Ball". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.