IEEE Germany Section History

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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). The IEEE Germany Section covers the area of the Federal Republik of Germany and has currently more than 5600 active members in 2009.

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 Germnany 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 for the benefit of Electrical Engineering in Germany and the EE Community world wide.

List of Section Chairs

• Lothar Rohde 1963
• Prof. Kleen 1974
• Walter Proebster
• Hugo Ruechard
• Prof. Saal 85/87
• Prof. Fettweis
• Prof.H.J. Schmitt
• Adolf Schwab 2003/2006
• Dr. Andreas Luxa 2007/2010
• Dr. Axel Richter 2011

(List will be completed and put into chronological order soon)

Membership

Student Branches

• Conferences
• Milestones
• Awards
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The IEEE Germany Section has some serious competitive equivalents from a number of specialist German engineering societies. IEEE is none the less recognised as a excellent international source of information into Germany.

At the moment, IEEE Student Branches have been founded at the following Universities.

• Aachen
• Bochum
• Darmstadt
• Duisburg-Essen
• Esslingen
• Furtwangen
• Hamburg
• Hannover
• Ilmenau
• Kaiserslautern
• Karlsruhe
• Kiel
• Magdeburg
• München
• Passau
• Stuttgart

Chapters

The IEEE Germany Section announces its first chapter formation in the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society in March 2010.

Section Officers

2009-2010 Chair: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Luxa

IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Germany