Edgar Choueiri
Encyclopedia
Edgar Y. Choueiri is a Lebanese American plasma physicist and currently President of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences
. He is best known for clarifying the role of plasma instabilities in spacecraft electric thrusters (see Plasma propulsion), for conceiving and developing new spacecraft propulsion concepts and, more recently, for his work on 3D audio.
Choueiri is Professor of applied physics and aerospace engineering at Princeton University
, where he is also Director of the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory and Director of Princeton's Engineering Physics Program. He is Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) and President of the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society.
In 2004, Choueiri was knighted (Medal of the Order of the Cedars, Rank of Knight) for his work in astronautics by the President of the Republic of Lebanon
.
Lebanese Academy of Sciences
The Lebanese Academy of Sciences, known officially by its French name "Académie des Sciences du Liban ," is a learned society founded by a decree of the Government of the Republic of Lebanon in August 2007 with the aim of contributing to the growth, invigoration, and dissemination of the sciences...
. He is best known for clarifying the role of plasma instabilities in spacecraft electric thrusters (see Plasma propulsion), for conceiving and developing new spacecraft propulsion concepts and, more recently, for his work on 3D audio.
Choueiri is Professor of applied physics and aerospace engineering at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, where he is also Director of the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory and Director of Princeton's Engineering Physics Program. He is Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society , founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society , and the Institute...
(AIAA) and President of the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society.
In 2004, Choueiri was knighted (Medal of the Order of the Cedars, Rank of Knight) for his work in astronautics by the President of the Republic of Lebanon
.
External links
- Online bio at Princeton University
- Online bio at ASL
- Homepage of Princeton University's Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory
- Homepage of Princeton University's 3D Audio and Applied Acoustics (3D3A) Laboratory
- Scientific American Article on Plasma Propulsion for Deep Space Exploration. February 2009