Dr. Thomas F. Wiener, LSMIEEE

Dr. Thomas Wiener will be speaking about his work with IEEE; his Humanitarian Activities with the IEEE Committee on Earth Observation (ICEO); and his work with the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

Biography:

Dr. Thomas F. Wiener is an Aerospace Engineer with over 40 years of increasing responsibility in conducting and directing high technology research and development efforts. Now the Principal of the Forté Consultancy, he was formerly a Program Manager of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, serving there for a total of ten years. He served in the U.S. Navy for over 22 years, qualified in Destroyers and in Submarines. He commanded the nuclear attack submarine USS JACK. His special technical proficiencies span the fields of missile technology, inertial guidance and automatic control, imaging and non-imaging sensors, and C3I. He has acquired substantial expertise in training and education in the Navy and in civilian life.

After retiring from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, he increased his level of activity in the IEEE. In particular he was among the early proponents of IEEE activities in service to humanity. He worked with many IEEE volunteers to establish the IEEE Committee on Earth Observation (ICEO) as the interface to the international Group on Earth Observations (GEO). IEEE is among the most active of the Participating Organizations, actively pursuing over 10% of the Tasks in the GEOSS Work Plan. He is Co-Chair of the IEEE Water for the World Project and Chair of ICEO.

Education:

Sc.B. (Engineering), Brown University;

Sc.D. (Instrumentation), M.I.T. His dissertation, the first substantial work on strapdown inertial guidance, was the basis for the Apollo Guidance System.

Honors: Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Gamma Tau.

Societies: IEEE (Life Senior Member), AIAA (Senior Member), SPIE, USNSL, SPEBSQSA

IEEE Activities:

Chair-Elect, IEEE Committee on Earth Observation ICEO (2008-2009)

Co-Chair, IEEE Water for the World

President (2001-2004) IEEE Oceanographic Engineering Society

President (2004-2005) IEEE Sensors Council