Background
Gjessing, Dag Trygveson was born on February 24, 1930 in Talvik, Norway. Son of Trygve Ragnvaldson Gjessing and Ruth Lofting-Hansen.
Gjessing, Dag Trygveson was born on February 24, 1930 in Talvik, Norway. Son of Trygve Ragnvaldson Gjessing and Ruth Lofting-Hansen.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, London University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, Oslo University, 1964.
Staff member Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, Kjeller, Norway, 1954—1976, chief scientist Norway, 1969—1976. Chief technical program remote sensing Norwegian Research Council, Oslo, 1977—1997. Managing director TRIAD AS, Lilleström, Norway, since 1997.
Research associate Stanford University, California, 1960—1961. Member teaching staff Institute Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1981—1983. Adjunct professor physics University Tromsö, 1982—1997.
Consultant scientist remote sensing committee Swedish Space Center, Stockholm, 1985—1990. Visiting scientist Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, 1986—1995.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Electromagnetics Academy, Norwegian Geophysical Society, Norwegian Academy Technology Sciences.
Married Toril Johansen, September 15, 1958. Children: Trygve, Randi.