President's Welcome Message

Hugh GriffithsThe IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) provides a global professional home for engineers working in the electronic systems domain.

The Society offers a unique opportunity to become deeply connected with the three pillars of the Aerospace, Electronic and Defence sector: Industry, Institutions and Research Centers. Effective interaction between those pillars is the key element for the organization, design, development and operation of successful Complex Systems, which are the core of the AESS Field of Interest.

AESS Complex Systems cover the space, air, ocean and ground environments, including hardware, software, integration and many other aspects of the Engineering job.

AESS Conferences, Workshops, Transactions, Magazine and Educational tools enhance and disseminate the culture of Complex Systems through the global AESS community, bringing to a large and beneficial exchange of experience and achievements among our members.

If you have questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us.

I warmly welcome all AESS members and I look forward to welcoming to our Society all IEEE non-AESS members and all who are visiting our website! Join us!

AESS PRESIDENT
Hugh Griffiths

 

FIELD OF INTEREST “The field of interest shall be the organization, systems engineering, design, development, integration, and operation of complex systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environments.  These systems include but are not limited to navigation, avionics, mobile electric power and electronics, radar, sonar, telemetry, military, law-enforcement, automatic test, simulators, and command and control."

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Ram Gupta Receives MGA Leadership Award

Dr. Ram Gupta Receives MGA Leadership Award

Ilir F. Progri, Senior Member, IEEE AESS, ComSoc, and GRSS
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Ram GuptaThe IEEE AESS is pleased to announce that Dr. Ram Gopal Gupta  is the recipient of the 2011 IEEE Member and Geographics Activities (MGA) Leadership Award with the following citation:

“For his distinguished leadership and outstanding contributions as a volunteer, at the Section and Regional levels, serving the IEEE for the benefit of its members and the engineering profession by popularizing IEEE in local industry and common engineering students” [1].

In Memoriam - Cary R. Spitzer (1937-2011)

Cary SpitzerIEEE AESS members and many people throughout the world were influenced and taught by Cary Spitzer who passed away November 8, 2011.  Cary, who was a current member of the AESS Board of Governors, was a Fellow of the IEEE, an honor that is only achieved by exceptional people.  He was an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a cornerstone of the Digital Avionics Systems Conferences (DASC) co-sponsored by the IEEE AESS and the AIAA DATC.  He was awarded the IEEE Centennial Medal, an IEEE Millennium Medal, and the Digital Avionics Award.  He was a Past President of the IEEE AESS and Past Chairman of the IEEE United States Activities Aerospace Policy Committee.

Cary’s career involved many achievements including a successful career at NASA Langley Research Center followed by teaching and consulting all over the world after he retired from NASA in 1994.  His work at NASA on the Viking program, and avionics programs including the Microwave Landing Systems, the Global Positioning System, automatic landing systems, and digital data exchange advanced the application of these technologies in space exploration and air transportation.  Cary founded AvioniCon in 1993, an international avionics consulting firm that specialized in technology trends, avionics systems architectures, strategic planning, and business development. 

Cary taught short courses at UCLA, companies, and the DASC.  His courses were in high demand and well attended.  Cary was author of Digital Avionics Systems (two editions), and Editor-in-Chief of the Avionics Handbook, published by CRC Press.

In 1992, he led for NASA a group of industry experts in visits to European avionics and aircraft companies.   The Assessment of Avionics Technologies in European Aerospace Organizations report provided insight on the development of avionics for the next generation of aircraft.