
Hugh D. Griffiths
Hugh D. Griffiths
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Hugh Griffiths was born in Bournemouth, UK, in 1956. He was educated at Hardye's School, Dorchester, and Keble College, Oxford University, where he received the MA degree in Physics. He also received the PhD (1986) and DSc(Eng) (2000) degrees from the University of London.
In 2006 he was appointed Principal of the Defence College of Management and Technology, Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University). From 1982 to 2006 he was with University College London, serving as Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering from 2001 to 2006. His research interests include radar sensor systems and signal processing (particularly synthetic aperture radar and bistatic and multistatic radar and sonar) as well as antennas and antenna measurement techniques. He has published over 300 papers and technical articles on these subjects. He received the IERE Lord Brabazon Premium in 1984, the IEE Mountbatten and Maxwell Premiums in 1996, and the IEEE Nathanson Award in 1996. He serves on the IEEE AESS Board of Governors and as Chairman of the IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel, and as Editor-in-Chief of IEE Proceedings on Radar, Sonar and Navigation. Also, he was Chairman of the IEE International Radar Conference RADAR 2002 in Edinburgh, UK. He is also a member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council for the UK Ministry of Defence, and of the Supervisory Board for the UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Technology Centre in ElectroMagnetic Remote Sensing.
He is a Fellow of the IEE, Fellow of the IEEE, and in 1997 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
AESS Position(s):
BoG (2022-2024) (2018-2020); President (2012-2013); AESS Short Course Instructor; Constitution and Bylaws Chair; Student Activities Co-Chair; History Chair; AESS Distinguished Lecturer (2020-2022);IEEE Fellow
- 2024-Present Conferences Committee Member (Conferences Committee)
- 2024-Present IEEE AESS Distinguished Service Award Committee Chair (IEEE AESS Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee)
- 2023-Present Awards Committee Member (Awards Committee)
- 2023-Present History Committee Chair (Systems Magazine Editorial Board)
- 2022-Present Robert T. Hill Best Dissertation Award Selection Committee Member (Robert T. Hill Best Disertation Award Selection Committee)
- 2024-2024 Fellows Cohort Committee Chair (Fellow Cohort Committee)
- 2023-2024 Fellows Evaluations Committee Chair (Fellows Evaluations Committee)
- 2023-2024 Warren D. White Award Selection Committee Member (Warren D. White Award Selection Committee)
- 2023-2024 IEEE AESS Engineering Scholarship Selection Committee Member (IEEE AESS Engineering Scholarship Selection Committee)
- 2022-2024 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
- 2022-2023 IEEE AESS Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee Member (IEEE AESS Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee)
- 2022-2023 IEEE Michael C. Wicks Radar Student Travel Grant Selection Committee Member (IEEE Michael C. Wicks Radar Student Travel Grant Selection Committee )
- 2008-2023 International Director - UK and Ireland (International Directors)
- 2022-2022 IEEE AESS Organizational Leadership Award Selection Committee Chair (IEEE AESS Organizational Leadership Award Selection Committee)
- 2020-2020 Nominations & Appointments Committee Member (Nominations & Appointments Committee)
- 2019-2020 Fellows Evaluations Committee Chair (Fellows Evaluations Committee)
- 2019-2020 IEEE History Committee Liaison (IEEE History Committee)
- 2018-2020 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
- 2018-2020 Technical Operations Committee Member (Technical Operations Committee)
- 2019-2019 Nominations & Appointments Committee Chair (Nominations & Appointments Committee)
- 2016-2019 IEEE TAB Nominations and Appointments Committee - Corresponding Member (IEEE TAB Nominations and Appointments Committee)
- 2015-2019 Student Activities Co-Chairs (Member Services Committee)
- 2016-2016 Nominations & Appointments Committee Member (Nominations & Appointments Committee)
- 2014-2015 Past President (Officers)
- 2014-2015 Nominations & Appointments Committee Chair (Nominations & Appointments Committee)
- 2012-2013 President (Officers)
- 2012-2013 Certificate of Merit for Exceptional Service Selection Committee Chair (Certificate of Merit for Exceptional Service Selection Committee)
- 2010-2012 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
- 2010-2011 Vice President Industry Relations (Officers)
- 2010-2011 Vice President Industry Relations (Industry Relations Committee)
- 2010-2011 Industry Relations Committee Chair (Industry Relations Committee)
- 2007-2009 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
- 2007-2008 Radar Systems Panel Chair (Technical Operations Committee)
- 2007-2008 Radar Systems Panel Chair (Radar Systems Panel Committee)
- 2004-2006 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
- 2000-2002 Board of Governor Member-at-Large (BoG)
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