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programming was for the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) program and
then on to the development of the DOQ program.
The ASPRS Outstanding Technical Achievement Award was introduced
for the first time in 2012. This Award consists of a silver presentation
plaque mounted on a wood panel plus a check for $6,000.
Purpose: This grant is designed to reward the developer[s] of a specific
breakthrough technology which causes quantum advances in the
practice of photogrammetry, remote sensing or geographic information
systems in the United States.
Donor: In 2011, the ASPRS Foundation received a very generous individual
donation from Lifetime Achievement Awardee and ASPRS Fellow Clifford
W. Greve to endow a new Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. This
award is now fully endowed at the $6,000 level.
ASPRS Presidential Citations
2020 recipients: Lorraine Amenda, Lucia Lovison, Marguerite
Madden, Rakesh Malhotra, Mary Mayes, and John McCombs
Lorraine Amenda
For reinvigorating and reorganizing the Region Officers Council.
Lucia Lovison
For her dedicated work as
PE&RS
Sector Insights Editor.
Marguerite Madden
For sharing her wisdom and experience with me
during my time on the ASPRS board.
Rakesh Malhotra
For his efforts to recruit, organize and entertain stu-
dent volunteers at the ASPRS conferences.
Mary Mayes
For her on-going support and patience with me
during my time on the ASPRS board.
John McCombs
For his help in organizing and preparing the ASPRS 2019 Annual
Conference in Denver and Pecora 2020 in Baltimore.
Mike Zoltek
For modernization of the Certification Program.
Purpose: First awarded in 1992, Presidential Citations are presented by
the ASPRS President to members of ASPRS and other societies, family
members, and friends in recognition of special, personal, and meritori-
ous contributions to the operation or advancement of the Society and its
interests during the presidential year.
Donor: ASPRS
The Presidential Citation is a hand-engrossed certificate
.
ASPRS Fellow Award
2020 recipients: John S. Iiames, Jr., Riadh A. Munjy, Tim
Warner and Qihao Weng
John S. Iiames, Jr.
As a research biologist with the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) John Shepherd Iiames, Jr. has specialized in geospatial
research with an emphasis on environmental remote sensing. Over his
20-year career, his research has focused on the geospatial analysis of
the air-water-land interface at multiple scales (temporal and spatial)
for the investigation of environmental indicators linked to environ-
mental condition and human health. Iiames has assessed land cover
and vegetative biomass using multiple remotely sensed data types
including multi-spectral optical data, LIDAR, and radar. This expertise,
in conjunction with research efforts investigating the accuracy and error
embedded within remotely sensed and in situ-derived data, has provided
the modeling community with inputs required to support key integrated,
multidisciplinary exposure science research. Iiames is currently tasked
as a co-lead principle investigator for the terrestrial remote sensing
component embedded within a multi-agency NASA funded research
project investigating cyanobacteria counts in freshwater aquatic systems.
He is also currently working jointly with EPA researchers in quantifying
ammonium flux in both temperate deciduous and coniferous forest
ecosystems and investigating linkages between wildfire severity and
drinking water quality.
Iiames has been recognized both within EPA and within the greater
remote sensing scientific community for his scientific contributions. He
has presented his research in both domestic and international venues, as
invited keynote and/or session presenter. His research was awarded the
ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS, 3
rd
Place in 2003 at the 2004
ASPRS Annual Conference. In 2015, he received the ASPRS Outstanding
Service Award for his sustained efforts in helping the Society develop its
programs and achieve its goals and objectives. This award recognized
his high level of leadership within the Society serving as Director of the
Remote Sensing Applications Division (RSAD), organizing the national
conference technical program in 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland, oversee-
ing the annual conference program also held in Baltimore in 2013, and
serving as the book review editor for Photogrammetric Engineering and
Remote Sensing (
PE&RS
) for five years (2009-2014). In 2018 Iiames was
awarded the John I. Davidson President’s Award for Practical Papers for a
2017 first authored article within
PE&RS
.
Since 2011, Iiames has served as the EPA representative as panel mem-
ber for the NASA Earth Science Senior Review for Mission Extension. He
was elected in 2016 to serve as a Science and Technical Advisory Member
for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP) to iden-
tify, protect, and restore the significant resources of the Albemarle-Pam-
lico estuarine system. In 2019 he was selected for a national interagency
program to provide expertise in smoke dispersion modeling for major
wildfire events within the United States. He has also been recognized
