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 space propulsion
Awarded by	The Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS)
First awarded	2005

The Stuhlinger Medal (official name "Ernst Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion") is the highest award in the field of electric space propulsion . It is awarded by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) to people who have made outstanding contributions to the research and development of electric space propulsion systems.

The Stuhlinger Medal was donated by the ERPS in 2005 as the "Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion" and renamed after the death of its first recipient, Ernst Stuhlinger, in 2008. It is usually awarded every two years at the most important ERPS conference, the International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC).

Award winners

Winner of the Stuhlinger Medal 2011 and previous winners at the 2011 award ceremony

Award winners	Country of origin	Year of award
Mariano Andrenucci	Italy	2011
Yoshihiro Arakawa	Japan	2011
Monika Auweter-Kurtz	Germany	2009
John R. Brophy	United States	2015
David "Dave" C. Byers †	United States	2007
Robert G. Jahn †	United States	2005
Harold R. Kaufman †	United States	2005
Vladimir Kim	Russia	2007
Hitoshi Kuninaka	Japan	2013
Kyoichi Kuriki	Japan
Horst Löb †	Germany	2005
Alexei I. Morozov	Russia	2005
Roger M. Myers	United States	2017
Garri A. Popov	Russia	2019
Ernst Stuhlinger †	Germany United States	2005
Paul J. Wilbur †	United States	2007
Askold V. Zharinov	Russia	2011