IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award Recipients
2010 - SURENDRA PAL
Deputy Director, Digital & Communications Area
ISRO Satellite Centre
Bangalore, India
"For the development of various spaceborne communication systems, planning, operationalization and advancement of Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) in India."
2009 - SUDHAKAR K. RAO
Division Fellow
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Newtown, PA, USA
“For innovations and contributions leading to advanced multiple beam and reconfigurable beam payloads for communication satellites”
2008 - MEYYA MEYYAPPAN
Director, Center of Nanotechnology
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA, USA
“For the development of nanoscience and technology in aerospace applications and his leadership in nanotechnology”
2007 - DANIELE MORTARI
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA
“For innovative designs of orbiting spacecraft constellations, and efficient algorithms for star identification and spacecraft attitude estimation”
2006 - KIM M. ESS
NASA Project Manager
Orbiter Boom Sensor System
Houston, TX, USA
"For technical leadership in the development and certification of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System for the space shuttle."
2005 - MARCOS A. BERGAMO
Principal Scientist
BBN Technologies
Cambridge, MA, USA
'For contributions to engineering and developing the world's first gigabit speed satellite network.'
2004 - ANTHONY W. ENGLAND
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
'For significant contributions to the development and application of spaceborne microwave radiometry to remote sensing.'
2003 - SURESH M. JOSHI
Sr. Scientist for Control Theory, NASA Langley Research Ctr
Hampton, VA, USA
'For contributions to control systems analysis and synthesis methods for flexible spacecraft and advanced space systems.'
2002 - YVONNE C. BRILL
Aerospace Consultant
Skillman, NJ, USA
'For innovations in rocket propulsion systems for geosynchronous and low earth orbit communication satellites and the foresight to champion the hybrid electric mono-propellant rocket engine.'
2001 - NOT AWARDED
2000 - NOT AWARDED
1999 - CHRISTOPHER S. RUF
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Penn State University
University Park, Pa., USA
'For contributions to the absolute calibration of spaceborne microwave radiometers.'
1998 - OLIVER M. COLLINS
University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN
'For the development of coding for space communications which contributed to the success of the Galileo mission.'
1997 - RODNEY S. ROUGELOT
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. - Salt Lake City, UT
'For pioneering contributions to space flight simulation.'
1996 - PAUL G. STEFFES
Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
'For contributions to an understanding of the Venus atmosphere through innovative microwave measurements.'
1995 - LEANDRE POURCELOT
University Francois Rabelais - Tours, Cedex, France
'For application of ultrasound imaging to the measurement of cardiovascular systems during space flight.'
1994 - JOHANNES DIETRICH
Inst. Robotics & Syst. Dynamics - Wessling, Germany
'For development of a successful high-performance, rugged, multi-sensor, miniaturized robotic gripper for use in the outer space environment.'
1993 - BONNIE J. DUNBAR
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Ctr. - Houston, TX
'For significant contributions to the processing and development of electronic materials in space.'
1992 - NOT AWARDED
1991 - LESLIE J. DEUTSCH
Jet Propulsion Lab. - Pasadena, CA
'For contributions to the theory and practice of deep space telecommunications and information processing.'
1990 - DOUGLAS K. WAINEO
Rockwell International - Anaheim, CA
'For conceiving and developing high performance antenna for the Global Positioning System spacecraft and the Space Shuttle Orbiter.'
1989 - PETER MICHAEL BAY
Fairchild Space Co. - Germantown, MD
'For engineering solutions to urgent spacecraft testing problems and for developments in on-orbit servicing.'
