Officer Profile
 Gordon
W. Day, Ph.D.
2008
President-Elect
IEEE-USA
Gordon Day received
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from
the University of Illinois. For 33 years he conducted and
managed research at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, participating in some of the Institute’s best
known programs in optoelectronics: optical fiber
communications, optical fiber sensors, laser radiometry, and
a determination of the speed of light that led eventually to
a redefinition of the meter.
In 1994 he became the
first Division Chief of the NIST Optoelectronics Division.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Optical Society of America,
and the Institute of Physics (UK) and a Past President of
the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society. In 2005, he was
an IEEE Congressional Fellow, serving as a science advisor
to Senator Jay Rockefeller. Day is currently Director
of Government Relations for the Optoelectronics Industry
Development Association, and a consultant specializing in
optoelectronics technology and science policy.
IEEE Activities
– (S’66-M’67-SM’78-F’94) COMMITTEES/BOARDS: TAB Finance
Committee, Member, 2004-06; RAB/TAB Section/Chapter Support
Committee, Member, 2003-04; IEEE Membership Development
Committee, Member, 2002; TAB Representative to RAB, 2002-03;
Technical Activities Board, Member, 2000. SOCIETY: Lasers &
Electro-Optics (LEOS): Sr. Past President, 2002; Jr. Past
President, 2001; President, 2000; President-Elect, 1999;
Nominations Committee, Chair, 2001; Long Range Planning,
Chair, 2001; Secretary/Treasurer, 1995-96; Vice President
for Finance & Administration, 1997-99; Board of Governors,
Elected Member, 1995-97; Fellows Committee: Member, 1996;
Chair, 2002-04; IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology :
Associate Editor, 1993-97; Guest Editor, 1995. COUNCIL:
Sensors Council: Administrative Committee, Member,
1999-2003. CONFERENCES: Optical Fiber Communications
Conference, Steering Committee, 1997-2002; Optical Fiber
Sensors Conference: Program Committee, 1989-96;
International Steering Committee, 1992-99; General Chair,
1997; Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements: General
Chair, 2000-04; Program Chair, 1980-98. REPRESENTATIVE: LEOS
Rep. to Nanotechnology Committee, 2000-01; LEOS Rep. to
Coalition for Photonics and Optics, 1998-2001; IEEE-USA
Congressional Fellow, 2005.
You can
contact the IEEE-USA President-Elect by email to
president@ieeeusa.org.
Updated: 06 March 2007
Contact: Chris Brantley,
c.brantley@ieee.org
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