IEEE Geoscience Electronics Group (G-GE) and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Chapter History
The first Chapter of the G-GE was formed in Houston, Texas with approval on December 11, 1962. The Chairman of that chapter was L. B. McManis.
By 1968 activity had expanded to five regular chapters located in Houston, Los Angeles, Washington, Tulsa and Providence. In 1968, the Houston Chapter was chaired by R. J. Schwartz, the Los Angeles Chapter by Martin N. Kaplin, the Washington Chapter by Edward W. Bisone, the Tulsa Chapter by John L. Shanks and the Providence, Rhode Island Chapter by Arthur S. Westneat. Since G-GE was one of the smallest IEEE technical societies, attendance at chapter meetings ranged from poor (4 – 5) to excellent (over 30). Chapter chairmen arranged for dinner speakers, local plant tours, and other activities of interest to G-GE members.
-Keith Carver
After the foundation of the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society in 1980 the chapter foundation started new. The first GRSS chapter founded was the Japan Council Chapter on 08.07.82. From this time on the number of GRSS chapters was growing continuously to 30 Chapters on 2011.
In the following table the chapters are listed alphabetically with their date of foundation and the current chapter chair and the chapter membership. GRSS chapters are marked GRS29. Combined chapters list also the other cooperating Societies.
IEEE GRSS Chapter History as of June 29, 2015
| Name | Date Formed | Chapter Chair | Officers Start Date | Officers End Date | Count of Members |
| Alaska Section, GRS29 | 02.19.2011 | Franz J Meyer | 03.26.2011 | 37 | |
| Bangalore Section Chapter, GRS29 | 12.24.2012 | Daya Sagar S Behara | 12.24.2012 | 31 | |
| Beijing Section Chapter, GRS29 | 03.12.1998 | Ya-Qiu Jin | 03.12.1998 | 31.12.03 | 317 |
| Chao Wang | 01.01.2004 | ||||
| Boston Section Chapter, GRS29 | 08.24.1995 | John P Kerekes | 08.24.1995 | 31.12.04 | 173 |
| William J Blackwell | 01.01.2005 | 31.12.06 | |||
| 01.01.2008 | 10.03.14 | ||||
| Francesca Scire-Scappuzzo | 03.11.2014 | ||||
| Brazil Council Chapter, GRS29 | 02.09.2015 | Alejandro C Frery | 02.09.2015 | 05.03.15 | 91 |
| Raul Queiroz Feitosa | 03.16.2015 | ||||
| Delhi Section Chapter, GRS29 | 01.03.2012 | Om Prakash Narayan Calla | 01.03.2012 | 53 | |
| Eastern North Carolina Sect Chap,GRS29 | 10.13.2003 | Linda B Hayden | 10.13.2003 | 226 | |
| France Section Chapter, GRS29 | 03.13.2007 | Jocelyn Chanussot | 03.13.2007 | 16.12.10 | 286 |
| Gregoire M Mercier | 12.16.2010 | 01.04.13 | |||
| Mathieu Fauvel | 04.01.2013 | ||||
| Germany Section Chapter,GRS29 | 05.22.2003 | Alberto Moreira | 05.22.2003 | 01.04.08 | 349 |
| Irena Hajnsek | 04.01.2008 | ||||
| Guadalajara Section Chapter, GRS29 | 10.04.2012 | Ivan E Villalon-Turrubiates | 10.04.2012 | 17 | |
| Gujarat Section Chapter, GRS29 | 05.02.2013 | Shiv Mohan | 05.02.2013 | 25 | |
| Islamabad Section Chapter, GRS29 | 06.09.2008 | Muhammad U Khattak | 06.09.2008 | 31.12.14 | 30 |
| Fahim Arif | 01.01.2015 | ||||
| Italy (Central) Section Chapter,GRS29 | 07.17.1998 | Domenic Solimini | 08.17.1998 | 31.12.05 | 475* |
| Nazzareno Pierdicca | 01.01.2006 | 30.05.11 | |||
| Simonetta Paloscia | 05.30.2011 | ||||
| Italy (South) Section Chapter,GRS29 | 04.25.2003 | Maurizio Migliaccio | 04.25.2003 | 30.04.14 | |
| Antonio Iodice | 05.01.2014 | ||||
| Kolkata Section Chapter, GRS29 | 09.19.2012 | Animesh Maitra | 09.19.2012 | 47 | |
| Malaysia Section Chapter, GRS29 | 09.27.2012 | Hean T Chuah | 09.27.2012 | 17.01.15 | 72 |
| Voon Chet Koo | 01.17.2015 | ||||
| Metropolitan Los Angeles Section Chapter, GRS29 | 08.25.2009 | Erika Podest | 08.25.2009 | 31.12.11 | 102 |
| Paul A Rosen | 06.18.2012 | ||||
| Nanjing Section Chapter, GRS29 | 02.22.2010 | Feng Jiao | 02.22.2010 | 59 | |
| Saudi Arabia Section Chapter, GRS29 | 09.22.2011 | Yakoub Bazi | 09.22.2011 | 25.09.14 | 33 |
| Haikel S Alhichri | 09.25.2014 | ||||
| Seoul Section Chapter,GRS29 | 07.09.2001 | Wooil M Moon | 07.09.2001 | 19.04.07 | 131 |
| Yisok Oh | 04.19.2007 | 31.12.08 | |||
| Joong-Sun Won | 01.01.2009 | 31.12.14 | |||
| Hoonyol Lee | 01.01.2015 | ||||
| Southeastern Michigan Section Chapter,GRS29 | 10.18.1985 | Richard W Larson | 11.01.1985 | 30.06.86 | 91 |
| Barbara A Burns | 06.01.1986 | 31.10.87 | |||
| Eric S Kasischke | 01.01.1989 | 31.07.89 | |||
| Thomas F Haddock | 08.01.1989 | 31.07.92 | |||
| Kamal Sarabandi | 08.01.1992 | 31.07.98 | |||
| Raymond H Sasinowski | 08.01.1993 | 31.07.94 | |||
| Robert G Onstott | 08.01.1998 | 23.10.03 | |||
| Mahta Moghaddam | 01.01.2005 | 31.12.07 | |||
| 01.01.2008 | 01.01.11 | ||||
| Adib Nashashibi | 01.01.2011 | ||||
| Spain Section Chapter, GRS-29 | 11.09.2000 | Adriano Camps | 11.09.2000 | 31.12.05 | 151 |
| Juan M Lopez-Sanchez | 01.01.2006 | 18.11.12 | |||
| Antonio Plaza | 11.19.2012 | ||||
| Taipei Section Chapter,GRS29 | 05.03.2004 | Kun-Shan Chen | 05.03.2004 | 31.01.12 | 82 |
| Yang-Lang Chang | 02.01.2012 | ||||
| Turkey Section Chapter, GRS29 | 12.11.2012 | Kadim Tasdemir | 12.11.2012 | 66 | |
| United Arab Emirates Section Chapter, GRS29 | 12.27.2014 | Prashanth R Marpu | 12.27.2014 | 20 | |
| Wuhan Section Chapter, GRS29 | 06.17.2014 | Liangpei Zhang | 06.17.2014 | 53 | |
| Atlanta Section Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 02.10.1994 | J A Bruder | 01.01.1995 | 31.12.95 | 279 |
| Aram A Partizian | 01.01.1996 | 31.12.96 | |||
| Marvin N Cohen | 01.01.1997 | 31.12.99 | |||
| David D Aalfs | 01.01.2000 | 31.12.01 | |||
| Richard J Levin | 01.01.2002 | 31.12.03 | |||
| Greg A Showman | 01.01.2004 | 31.12.09 | |||
| James C Kerce | 01.01.2010 | 01.07.11 | |||
| Kristin F Bing | 09.26.2012 | ||||
| William E Wilson | 07.01.2011 | 01.01.14 | |||
| Australia Capital Terr/New South Wales Jt. GRS29 | 04.16.2010 | Xiuping Jia | 04.16.2010 | 31.12.13 | 97 |
| Simit Raval | 11.05.2013 | 31.12.13 | |||
| Fuqin Li | 01.01.2014 | ||||
| Benelux Section Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 04.25.2012 | Mark J Bentum | 04.25.2012 | 215 | |
| Central Illinois Section Chapter, AP03/GRS29/PHO36 | 06.25.2012 | Weng C Chew | 06.25.2012 | 126 | |
| Croatia Section Jt Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 09.19.2011 | Juraj Bartolic | 09.19.2011 | 31.12.15 | 29 |
| Denver/High Plains Section Jt. Chapter, GRS | 07.05.2011 | William J Emery | 07.05.2011 | 01.03.15 | 126 |
| Albin J Gasiewski | 03.01.2015 | ||||
| Indonesia Section Joint Chapter, GRS29/AES10 | 03.04.2013 | Arifin Nugroho | 03.04.2013 | 70 | |
| Melbourne Section Jt. Chapter, GRS29/AES10/C16 | 02.14.2013 | William Junek | 281 | ||
| Ottawa Section Chapter,SP01/OE22/GRS29 | 02.06.1998 | James G Ryan | 02.06.1998 | 31.12.03 | 308 |
| Slawomir B Wesolkowski | 01.01.2004 | 11.11.04 | |||
| Miodrag Bolic | 11.11.2004 | 31.12.08 | |||
| Balakumar Balasingam | 01.01.2009 | 31.12.10 | |||
| Yifeng Zhou | 11.03.2011 | ||||
| Quebec Section Jt Chap,AES10/OE22/GRS29 | 03.28.2005 | Xavier Maldague | 03.28.2005 | 31.12.05 | 45 |
| Alexandre Jouan | 01.01.2006 | 31.12.07 | |||
| Yves DeVillers | 01.01.2008 | 31.12.10 | |||
| 01.01.2012 | 31.12.14 | ||||
| Georges Fournier | 01.01.2015 | 30.06.17 | |||
| Rochester/Binghamton/Buffalo/Ithaca/Syracuse,GRS29 | 05.27.2007 | John P Kerekes | 05.27.2007 | 31.12.10 | 87 |
| Jan A van Aardt | 01.01.2011 | 05.02.13 | |||
| Anthony Vodacek | 02.05.2013 | 31.03.15 | |||
| 05.05.2015 | 31.12.15 | ||||
| Singapore Section Jt. Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 03.20.2013 | See Kye Yak | 03.20.2013 | 71 | |
| South Africa Section Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 07.08.1991 | Michael R Inggs | 07.01.1991 | 11.04.09 | 139 |
| Meena D. Lysko | 04.12.2009 | 23.02.13 | |||
| Jeanine Engelbrecht | 02.13.2014 | ||||
| Waldo Kleynhans | 02.18.2014 | ||||
| Tokyo/Japan Sections Jt Chap,GRS29 | 07.08.1982 | Sadao Fujimura | 01.01.1982 | 28.02.86 | 364 |
| Sueo Ueno | 02.01.1986 | 31.01.88 | |||
| Ryuzo Yokoyama | 01.01.1988 | 31.12.89 | |||
| Yoshifumi Yasuoka | 01.01.1990 | 31.01.92 | |||
| Mikio Takagi | 02.01.1992 | 31.01.94 | |||
| Yoshiyu Kawata | 02.01.1994 | 31.03.96 | |||
| Minoru Inamura | 04.01.1996 | 31.03.98 | |||
| Ken-Ich Okamoto | 04.01.1998 | 31.12.00 | |||
| Kazuo Ouchi | 01.01.2001 | 31.12.01 | |||
| Yoshio Yamaguchi | 01.01.2002 | 31.12.03 | |||
| Masanobu Shimada | 01.01.2004 | 31.12.05 | |||
| Motoyuki Sato | 01.01.2006 | 31.12.07 | |||
| Yoshikazu Iikura | 01.01.2008 | 31.12.09 | |||
| Yoshihisa Hara | 01.01.2010 | 31.12.11 | |||
| Hiroshi Kimura | 01.01.2012 | 31.12.13 | |||
| Akira Hirose | 01.01.2014 | 12.08.14 | |||
| Isamu Chiba | 08.12.2014 | 12.08.14 | |||
| Akira Hirose | 08.13.2014 | ||||
| Toronto Chp, VT/CIS/IT12/UFFC/OE22/CS/GRS/ITS/BIO | 05.19.1993 | DMichael Miller | 11.01.1993 | 30.06.97 | 3825 |
| Patrick G Gulak | 01.01.1997 | 31.12.00 | |||
| Konstantin N Plataniotis | 01.01.2001 | 31.12.02 | |||
| Michael L Mcguire | 01.01.2003 | 31.12.03 | |||
| Sridhar Krishnan | 01.01.2004 | 12.08.05 | |||
| Bruno N DiStefano | 08.12.2005 | 31.12.09 | |||
| Anna T Lawniczak | 01.01.2010 | 31.12.11 | |||
| Karl Martin | 01.01.2012 | 01.08.13 | |||
| Bruno N DiStefano | 08.01.2013 | ||||
| UK and Ireland Section Chapter,OE22/GRS29/AES10 | 09.01.2004 | Yong Xue | 09.01.2004 | 703 | |
| Ukraine,AP/NPS/AES/ED/MTT/GRS (East) | 05.24.1995 | Alexander I Nosich | 05.24.1995 | 31.12.95 | 722 |
| Nikolay A Khizhnyak | 01.01.1996 | 31.12.96 | |||
| Alexander I Nosich | 01.01.1997 | 31.12.97 | |||
| Yakov S Shifrin | 01.01.1998 | 31.12.00 | |||
| Yevgeny M Kuleshov | 01.01.2001 | 31.12.02 | |||
| Anatoly A Kirilenko | 01.01.2003 | 31.12.05 | |||
| Eldar Veliev | 01.01.2006 | 31.12.06 | |||
| Yevgeny M Kuleshov | 01.01.2007 | 31.12.07 | |||
| Alexander I Nosich | 01.01.2008 | 31.12.08 | |||
| Oksana V Shramkova | 01.01.2009 | 31.12.10 | |||
| Kostyantyn V Ilyenko | 01.01.2011 | 31.12.12 | |||
| Nataliya K Sakhnenko | 01.01.2013 | 31.12.14 | |||
| Nickola T Cherpak | 01.01.2015 | 31.12.16 | |||
| Vancouver AES10/GRS29/RL07/PSE43/MTT17/EMC27/AP03 | 05.23.2005 | Mohamed H Omran | 05.23.2005 | 14.10.05 | 221 |
| Steven A McClain | 10.14.2005 | 31.12.11 | |||
| David G Michelson | 11.11.2009 | ||||
| Wa/No. Va Jt Sect Chap,GRS29 | 02.18.1986 | J A Gatlin | 02.01.1986 | 30.06.87 | 674 |
| Thomas J Schmugge | 07.01.1987 | 30.06.88 | |||
| Ronald H Estes | 07.01.1988 | 30.06.89 | |||
| James C Tilton | 07.01.1989 | 30.06.91 | |||
| John A Kogut | 07.01.1991 | 30.06.92 | |||
| Shunlin Liang | 01.01.2000 | 31.12.01 | |||
| Guoqing Sun | 01.01.2003 | 31.12.04 | |||
| Shunlin Liang | 01.01.2005 | 31.12.06 | |||
| James C Tilton | 01.01.2007 | 09.01.12 | |||
| Miguel O Roman | 01.09.2012 | 23.02.13 | |||
| James C Tilton | 05.06.2013 | 01.02.14 | |||
| Zhuosen Wang | 02.01.2014 | ||||
| Winnipeg Section Jt. Chapter, AES10/GRS29 | 03.16.2015 | Nariman Firoozy | 03.16.2015 | 25 |
