Erwin Otto Marx
| Erwin Otto Marx | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 January 1893 Mautitz, Germany[1] |
| Died |
11 January 1980 (aged 86) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany[1] |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
| Known for | Inventor of the Marx generator |
Erwin Otto Marx was a German electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses.
He worked as an engineering scientist in Braunschweig from 1918 to 1950 where he performed research and development for electrical power distribution via long distances.
Prizes
The Erwin Marx Award is awarded for contributions by individual engineers to pulsed power technology.[2] It was awarded for the first time in 1981 at the 3rd IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.[3]
The VDE local chapter Braunschweig awards an annual "Erwin-Marx-Prize" to successful graduates from the Braunschweig University of Technology and/or the Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften.
References
- 1 2 Ahrens, Ingrid (1990). "Marx, Erwin". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ "The Erwin Marx Award". University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ↑ "Pulsed Power Conference History". Sandia National Laboratories. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
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