Dirk Brouwer Award (American Astronautical Society)
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The Dirk Brouwer Award was established by the American Astronautical Society
to honor significant technical contributions to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics and to recognize Dirk Brouwer
's outstanding role in celestial mechanics
and his widespread influence on workers in space flight and astrodynamics. http://www.astronautical.org/awards/dirk-brouwer-award/
American Astronautical Society
Formed in 1954, the American Astronautical Society is an independent scientific and technical group in the United States dedicated to the advancement of space science and exploration. AAS supports NASA's Vision for Space Exploration and is a member of the Coalition for Space Exploration and the...
to honor significant technical contributions to space flight mechanics and astrodynamics and to recognize Dirk Brouwer
Dirk Brouwer
Dirk Brouwer was a Dutch-American astronomer.He received his Ph.D. in 1927 at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then went to Yale University...
's outstanding role in celestial mechanics
Celestial mechanics
Celestial mechanics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of celestial objects. The field applies principles of physics, historically classical mechanics, to astronomical objects such as stars and planets to produce ephemeris data. Orbital mechanics is a subfield which focuses on...
and his widespread influence on workers in space flight and astrodynamics. http://www.astronautical.org/awards/dirk-brouwer-award/
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Theodore Edelbaum |
| 1973 | John Breakwell |
| 1974 | Howard Tindall Jr. |
| 1975 | Robert M. L. Baker |
| 1976 | Barbara C. Johnson |
| 1977 | Ronald L. Berry |
| 1978 | No award |
| 1979 | Angelo Miele |
| 1980 | Paul Herget Paul Herget Paul Herget was an American astronomer.Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinnati. He was a pioneer in the use of machine methods, and eventually digital computers, in the solving of scientific and specifically astronomical problems .During World War II he applied these same talents... |
| 1981 | Victor Szebehely Victor Szebehely Victor G. Szebehely was a key figure in the development and success of the Apollo program.Szebehely was born in Budapest, Hungary. He went to the United States in 1947 and became a naturalized citizen in 1956... |
| 1982 | Thomas R. Kane Thomas R. Kane Thomas R. Kane is a professor emeritus of applied mechanics at Stanford University. In the 1960s, Kane devised a "related formalism to derive equations of motion using virtual velocities".-References:... |
| 1983 | Giuseppe Colombo Giuseppe Colombo Giuseppe Colombo , better known by his nickname Bepi Colombo, was an Italian scientist, mathematician and engineer at the University of Padua, Italy Giuseppe Colombo (Padua, October 2, 1920 – Padua, February 20, 1984), better known by his nickname Bepi Colombo, was an Italian scientist,... |
| 1984 | Robert W. Farquhar |
| 1985 | No award |
| 1986 | Andre Deprit |
| 1987 | John L. Junkins |
| 1988 | Richard W. Longman |
| 1989 | Peter M. Bainum |
| 1990 | Jer-Nan Juang |
| 1991 | No award |
| 1992 | Antonio L. Elias |
| 1993 | Robert D. Culp |
| 1994 | John E. Prussing |
| 1995 | Byron D. Tapley |
| 1996 | Richard H. Battin |
| 1997 | Gerald R. Hollenbeck |
| 1998 | George H. Born |
| 1999 | Shannon L. Coffey |
| 2000 | Malcolm D. Shuster |
| 2001 | Paul J. Cefola |
| 2002 | Roger A. Broucke |
| 2003 | David W. Dunham |
| 2004 | Kathleen Howell Kathleen Howell Kathleen Howell is a professor at Purdue University in the School of Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering.She is a 1984 winner of the 1984 Presidential Young Investigator Award, presented to her at the White House by Ronald Reagan, and the 2004 recipient of the Dirk Brouwer Award from the... |
| 2005 | F. Landis Markley |
| 2006 | Nguyen Xuan Vinh Nguyen Xuan Vinh Nguyễn Xuân Vinh is a noted Vietnamese-American aerospace scientist and educator. Vinh is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he taught for nearly thirty years... |
| 2007 | Bernard Kaufman |
| 2008 | Bob Schutz |
| 2009 | Bruce Conway |