Stuhlinger Medal

Stuhlinger Medal
(The Ernst Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion )
Awarded for Outstanding contributions to the science, technology or development of electric propulsion for spacecraft
Presented by The Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS)
First awarded 2005

The Stuhlinger Medal, whose official name is the "Ernst Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion", is the highest honor in the field of electric propulsion for spacecraft bestowed by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS), the main professional society in that field, to persons who made outstanding contributions to the science, technology or development of electric propulsion.

The Stuhlinger Medal was established by the ERPS in 2005 as the "Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion", then renamed after its first recipient Ernst Stuhlinger (1913–2008), the German-born American rocket scientist, shortly after his death in 2008. The medal is typically awarded every two years during the ERPS's main conference, the International Electric Propulsion Conference.

Recipients

Former and most recent recipients of the Stuhlinger Medal during the 2011 award ceremony
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