IEEE Germany Section History

IEEE Germany Section History
Established date	1963/07/12
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Establishment of the Section

The IEEE Germany Section has been formed on 12th of July 1963, in the same year in which IEEE was ascending from the merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE founded in 1884) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded in 1912).

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The inauguration meeting in Germany was held on 6.4.64 in the "Künstlerhaus" in Munich. Twentyfour attending IEEE members elected the members of the first IEEE Germany Section EXCOM consisting of

• Chairman Dr.-Ing Dr.-Ing. hc L. Rohde (Rohde & Schwarz, Munich) IEEE, VDE, NTG,

• Vice Chairman Prof. Dr.Phil Fränz (Telefunken, Ulm)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

• Secretary Dr.-Ing. H.H. Burghoff (VDE.NTG, Frankfurt)IEEE ,VDE, NTG,

• Treasurer Dr.Techn J. Berghammer (Siemens, Munich)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

• Assessor Prof. Dr phil nat. H.H. Meinke (Univ. of Munich)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

• Assessor Dr.-Ing. Jacottet (VDE,NTG, Frankfurt).

The EXCOM agreed unanimously on a friendly mutual cooperation with the existing National Societies VDE and ITG for the benefit of Electrical Engineering in Germany and the EE Community world wide.

List of Section Chairs

• Lothar Rohde 1963-1969
• Prof. Kurt O. Fraenz 1970-1972
• Prof. Werner Kleen 1973-1978
• Walter Proebster 1979-___
• Prof. H.J. Schmitt ___-___
• Hugo Ruechardt ___-___
• Prof. Rudolf Saal 1981-1987
• Prof. Dr. Adolf Schwab 1988-1996
• Prof. Dr. Rolf Jansen 1997-1999
• Prof. Dr. Hans Hartnagel 2000-2002
• Prof. Dr. Adolf Schwab 2003-2006
• Dr. Andreas Luxa 2007-2010
• Dr. Axel Richter 2011-2014
• Prof. Dr. Jens Haubrock 2015-2016
• Prof. Dr. Ingo Hahn 2017-2020
• Prof. Dr. Jan Haase 2021-

Membership

The IEEE Germany Section covers the area of the Federal Republic of Germany and has currently more than 7.400 members in 2011 without affiliats.

Chapters

Chapter (Society)	Chair	e-mail
Computer	Prof. Jörg Henkel	henkel@informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de
Circuits and Systems	Prof. Wolfgang Mathis	mathis@tet.uni-hannover.de
Consumer Electronics	Prof. Dr. Hans Cycon	hcycon@ieee.org
Computational Intelligence	Prof. Andreas König	koenig@eit.uni-kl.de
Communications	Prof. Hermann Rohling	rohling@tu-harburg.de
Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology	Dr.-Ing. Dr. sc. Klaus-Dieter Lang	Klaus-Dieter.Lang@izm.fraunhofer.de
Education Society	Dr. Fanny Klett	fanny.klett@tu-ilmenau.de
Electron Devices Society	Prof. Dr. Joachim Burghartz	burghartz@ims-chips.de
Engineering in Medicine	Prof. Dr. rer. phys. Thomas Penzel	Thomas.penzel@charite.de
Electromagnetic Compatibility	Dr. Frank Sabath	Frank.Sabath@ieee.org
Geoscience & Remote Sensing	Prof. Dr. Irena Hajnsek	irena.hajnsek@dlr.de
Joint Industry Applications / Power Electronics / Industrial Electronics	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens	mertens@ial.uni-Hannover.de
Instrumentation and Measurement	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olfa Kanoun	kanoun@ieee.org
Information Theory	Prof. Holger Boche	boche@tum.de
Photonics Society, formerly Lasers and Electro-Optics	Prof. Dieter Jäger	dieter.jaeger@uni-due.de
Magnetics	Dr. Jürgen Fassbender	J.Fassbender@fzd.de
Microwave Theory and Techniques / Antennas and Propagation	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Böck	boeck@tu-berlin.de
Nuclear and Plasma Sciences	Prof. Dr. Klaus Frank	klaus.frank@physik.unierlangen.de
Power & Energy	Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram H. Wellßow	wellssow@eit.uni-kl.de
Robotics and Automation	Prof. Rüdiger Dillmann	dillmann@ira.uka.de
Systems, Man and Cybernetics (closed 2011)	--------------	--------------
Signal Processing	Prof. Udo Zölzer	udo.zoelzer@hsu-hamburg.de
Solid State Circuits	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Blume	blume@ims.uni-hannover.de
Technology Management Council	Klaus-Dieter Heerklotz	klaus-dieter.heerklotz@siemens.de
Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Schmitz	georg.schmitz@rub.de

Awards

In 2001 and 2005, the Germany Section received the "chapter of the year" award from the IEEE EMC Society.

Student Branches

IEEE Student Branches exist at the Universities:

University	Chair	Counselor
Aachen	Marco Stieneker	Univ.-Prof. Dr. ir. Rik DeDoncker
Bielefeld	Arne Ellerbrock	Prof. Dr. Jens Haubrock
Bochum		Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Paar
Bonn i.G.	Alexander Willner	Prof. Peter Martini
Duisburg-Essen	Jan Förster	Prof. Dr. Daniel Erni
Hamburg-Harburg	Adwait-Remy Vaidya	Prof. Dr. Hermann Rohling
Hannover	Evgeni Genender	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heyno Garbe
Ilmenau	Steffen Schlegel	Prof. Martin Haardt
Karlsruhe	Ralph Tanbourgi	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Becker
Magdeburg	Marcel Benecke	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Lindemann
München	Arne Redl	Prof. Eckehard Steinbach
Passau	Robert Hofmann	Prof. Dr. Harald Kosch
Stuttgart	Stefan Heck	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Berroth

Executive Committee Team 2011

Officer	Name	e-mail
Chairman	Dr.-Ing. Axel Richter	axel.richter@ieee.org
Vice Chairman	Dr.-Ing. Toni Göller	toni.goeller@mincom.de
Treasurer	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralph M. Kennel	kennel@ieee.org
Secretary	Dr.-Ing. Volker Schanz	ieee@vde.com
Senior Past Chairman	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Schwab	a.schwab@ieee.org
Junior Past Chairman	Dr.-Ing. Andreas Luxa	Andreas.luxa@siemens.com
Awards/Fellows Officer	--------	--------
Chapter Coordinator	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Hahn	ingo.hahn@ieee.org
Electronic Communications Officer	Stephan Wagner	stephan.wagner@ieee.org
GOLD Coordinator	Andreas Neumeier	andreas@neumeier.org
Industry Relation Officer	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Westermann	fg-eev@tu-ilmenau.de
Membership Data Admin.	Matthias Kneissl	matthias.kneissl@mkneissl.de
Membership Development	Prof. Dr. Jens Haubrock	jens.haubrock@fh-bielefeld.de
Public Relations Officer	Manuel Kennel	manuel.kennel@ieee.org
HQ Relations Officer	Gerald Anleitner	g.anleitner@ieee.org
Student Branch Coordinator	Martin Stötzer	stoetzer@ieee.org
WIE Coordinator	Dr. Tiziana Bertoncelli	bertonce@ge.com

ExCom Team Bielefeld 2011

Relationship between IEEE Section and National Engineering Society VDE

From the very beginning of the IEEE Germany Section the National Society VDE was considered a powerful peer partner in achieving IEEE`s goals in Region 8. The secretary of the IEEE Section Excom always has been a VDE staff member. Apart from minor different points of view regarding confrence scheduling, cooperation was always beneficial for both parties. In 199X, the benevolent relationship was formally documented by a cooperation agreement defining the most important issues where mutual understanding and joint action was highly desirable. This cooperation agreement is still alive today, both societies enjoy the many synergies.

Around the world in just a few hours - Region 8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress in Passau

The 2004 edition of the biennial IEEE Region 8 Student Branch and GOLD Congress (R8SBC), the biggest gathering for students and young professionals, was hosted by the Student Branch at Universität Passau.

More than 120 representatives of Student Branches and GOLD groups ranging from Siberia to South Africa, came together for workshops and training sessions on "Creating tomorrow's Region 8". A group of 30 local volunteers had organized an interactive and enriching program for the future leaders of the IEEE.

Besides training and leadership sessions, workshops and sightseeing, the congress featured a multicultural night, where representatives from each country mingled and shared their home spirit, traditional dances, food and drinks. 2004 IEEE President Arthur Winston and his wife joined for a tour along the different stands, tasting and listening, being drawn away for picture moments and signing t-shirts. If you ask them today, they still share great memories of a colorful and cheerful evening!

2004 IEEE President Arthur Winston mingling with students during Multicultural Evening

What the presidential couple did not know was that a day earlier the local organizing committee lead by Michael Glögl, Eva Lang and Markus Reschka had encountered trouble when finding out that the hotel reservation for the guests was done in a completely different city!

Attendees of 2004 R8SBC in Passau

Section Officers

Germany Section Officers

Year	Chair	Vice chair	Secretary	Treasurer
2000	Hans Hartnagel		Volker Schanz	Hans Strack
2001	Hans Hartnagel	Volker Steinbiss	Volker Schanz	Hans Strack
2002	Hans Hartnagel	Volker Steinbiss	Volker Schanz	Hans Strack
2003	Adolf Schwab	Klaus Schroeter	Volker Schanz	Werner Wiesbeck
2004	Adolf Schwab	Klaus Schroeter	Volker Schanz	Werner Wiesbeck
2005	Adolf Schwab	Klaus Schroeter	Volker Schanz	Werner Wiesbeck
2006	Adolf Schwab	Andreas Luxa	Volker Schanz	Werner Wiesbeck
2007	Andreas Luxa		Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2008	Andreas Luxa	Ulrich Fischer	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2009	Andreas Luxa	Ulrich Fischer	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2010	Andreas Luxa	Ulrich Fischer	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2011	Axel Richter	Toni Goeller	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2012	Axel Richter	Toni Goeller	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2013	Axel Richter	Jens Haubrock	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2014	Axel Richter	Jens Haubrock	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2015	Jens Haubrock	Ingo Hahn	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2016	Jens Haubrock	Ingo Hahn	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2017	Ingo Hahn	Jan Haase	Volker Schanz	Omid Forati Kashani
2018	Ingo Hahn	Jan Haase	Volker Schanz	Omid Forati Kashani
2019	Ingo Hahn	Jan Haase	Volker Schanz	Omid Forati Kashani
2020	Ingo Hahn	Jan Haase	Volker Schanz	Omid Forati Kashani
2021	Jan Haase	Christoph Baer	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2022	Jan Haase	Christoph Baer	Volker Schanz	Ralph Kennel
2023	Jan Haase	Christoph Baer	Volker Schanz / Damian Dudek	Ralph Kennel
2024	Jan Haase	Christoph Baer	Damian Dudek	Ralph Kennel

Archival Documents

• Section petition documents
• IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Germany

Further Reading

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