Proceedings

Manuel Lujan, Jr. Student Paper Award

2005 AWARD COMMITTEE : Jonathan Stabb (Chair), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Jack Chan, Lockheed Martin; Travis Knight, University of South Carolina; Mike Pauken, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Bob Reid, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Thomas Reinarts, NASA Kennedy Space Center; Emanuel Tward, Northrop Grumman; Hamed Saber, University of New Mexico; and Jim Woodward, California State University, Fullerton.

The Manuel Lujan Jr. Student Paper Award was established in 1987 by The University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies to recognize outstanding contributions by students in the field addressed at all conferences and symposia of the Space Technology & Applications International Forum. Up to two awards could be granted at the forum, with each consisting of a certificate and $500.00, shared equally if more than one awardee. The award is given by the Institute when worthy contributions are identified by the award committee.

NOMINATION CRITERIA : Nominations for the award will be based on the quality of the paper published in the STAIF proceedings, as well as on the technical quality and originality of the oral presentation at the annual meeting. For a paper to be considered for the award, it must have the student as the lead author and he, she must have done the majority of the research.


Recipients of the Manuel Lujan, Jr. Student Paper Award :


1988-Vladimir Valentakovich, University of California at LA

1989-John McGhee, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1990-John Metzger, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1991-Theodore Tessner, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science

1992-Christopher S. Murray, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1992-Ronald A. Pawlowski, Oregon State University

1992-Bernard R. Wernsman, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1993-Jonathan Witter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1994-David I. Poston, University of Michigan

1995-Jun Liu, Auburn University

1996-James R. Luke, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1996-Jean-Michel Tournier, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

1998-Jeffrey S. Allen, University of Dayton

1999-Gerrit Wölk, University of Bremen, Germany

1999-Thomas L. Mahood, California State University

2000-Jeffrey C. King, ISNPS, University of New Mexico

2001-Eric Choiniere, University of Michigan

2002-David P. Morris, University of Michigan

2004-Shannon Bragg-Sitton, University of Michigan

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