Edgar Y. Choueiri (born 1961 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese American plasma physicist and previously president of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences.[1] 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.[2][3][4]
Career
Choueiri is professor of applied physics and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. At Princeton, he also serves as director of the electric propulsion and plasma dynamics laboratory, director of Princeton's engineering physics program, and the principal investigator of Princeton University's 3D audio and applied acoustics lab (3D3A). He is Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and previously 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.[5]
References
External links
- Online bio at Princeton University Archived 8 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Online bio at ASL Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Homepage of Princeton University's Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory
- Homepage of Princeton University's 3D Audio and Applied Acoustics (3D3A) Laboratory
- Edgar Y. Choueiri (26 January 2009). "The Efficient Future of Deep-Space Travel—Electric Rockets". Scientific American
- Choueiri, Edgar Y. (2009). New dawn of electric rocket Archived 18 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine