Armin Green

Armin Grün (born April 27, 1944 in Bad Berneck) was Professor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the Geodetic Institute of ETH Zurich from 1984 to 2009 . He took up this professorship as the successor to Hellmut Schmid .

In addition to teaching, he is the author of numerous specialist articles - u. a. About analytical photogrammetry - and (co) organizer of geodetic advanced training courses: Geodetic week (annually, mostly in Germany), optical 3D measurement methods for geotechnical engineering (alternating with the Vienna University of Technology ).

Awards

• 2014: Yuri Gagarin Medal from Roscosmos
• 2009: Dr. Boon Indrabarya Gold Medal Award, RESGAT, Thailand
• 2008: Honorary member of ISPRS
• 2008: ISPRS Brock Gold Medal
• 2007: Honorary Professor at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
• 2005: EH Thompson Award from the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, UK
• 2002: Honorary member of the Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Tokyo, Japan
• 2002: Honorary Professor at Yunnan Normal University , Kunming, China
• 2000: ISPRS UV Helava Award (best article 1996–1999 in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
• 1999: Miegunyah Distinguished Fellowship Award, University of Melbourne , Australia
• 1995: Honorary Professor at the Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, China
• 1995 and 1985: Talbert Abrams Award, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Washington, DC, USA (Honorable Mention 1989)
• 1994: Fairchild Award, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• 1980: Otto von Gruber Gold Medal, 14th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry, Hamburg, Germany

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2003. 19th edition. Volume I: A - J . KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23607-7 , p. 1053

Web links

• Armin Grün (homepage at ETH Zurich)