Edgar Y. Choueiri (born 1961 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese American plasma

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

and previously President of the

Lebanese Academy of Sciences The Lebanese Academy of Sciences, known officially by its French name Académie des Sciences du Liban (ASL), is a learned society dedicated to promoting the growth, invigoration, and dissemination of the sciences in Lebanon, and to fostering a wo ...

. He is best known for clarifying the role of

plasma instabilities The stability of a plasma is an important consideration in the study of plasma physics. When a system containing a plasma is at equilibrium, it is possible for certain parts of the plasma to be disturbed by small perturbative forces acting on it ...

in spacecraft electric thrusters (see plasma propulsion), for conceiving and developing new

spacecraft propulsion Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. In-space propulsion exclusively deals with propulsion systems used in the vacuum of space and should not be confused with space launch or atmospheric e ...

concepts and, more recently, for his work on 3D audio.

Career

Choueiri is Professor of applied physics and aerospace engineering at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. 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 The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council of ...

(AIAA) and previously President of the

Electric Rocket Propulsion Society Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

. In 2004, Choueiri was knighted (Medal of the

Order of the Cedars Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

, Rank of Knight) for his work in astronautics by the President of the

Republic of Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ...

.Press Reference (Daily Princetonian)
Choueiri in Lebanon
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References

External links

Online bio at Princeton University

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
21st-century American physicists American people of Lebanese descent Lebanese academics Princeton University faculty 1961 births Living people Knights of the National Order of the Cedar Lebanese physicists American plasma physicists {{US-physicist-stub