January 27, 1999
In August, the National Aeronautics and Spaec Administration honored Gogineni for his work with the agency. In November, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers elected Gogineni fellow for development of innovative research radars and for radar studies of polar sea and glacial ice.
Since 1993, Gogineni has been actively involved in NASA's Polar Research and Analysis Program, in which research scientists are measuring the thickness of the ice sheet to study global warming. For two years, Gogineni has been on leave from KU, serving at NASA headquarters, as acting manager and then manager of the Polar Research Program. Gogineni returned to teaching at KU this semester.
Gogineni received the NASA award at the annual ceremony of the agency's Office of Earth Science. In giving the $3,200 award, NASA Associate Administrator for Earth Science Ghassem R. Asrar noted that Gogineni "has brought exceptional scientific and technical competence to the Office of Earth Science in the area of polar sciences and microwave remote sensing, particularly the applications of synthetic aperture radar techniques to earth observation from space."
The IEEE board of directors elected Gogineni as a fellow Nov. 15 with the recognition becoming effective January 1. Fellow is the Institute's highest grade of membership and one of its highest honors.