The IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award is a technical field award presented by the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(IEEE) to either an individual, or a team, "for outstanding contributions to

space engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is sim ...

within the fields of interest of the IEEE". The award is named in honor of

Judith A. Resnik Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. She was the fourth woman, th ...

, a mission specialist, killed when the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disintegrated during launch in January 1986 and was established later that year. Recipients receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium. Through 2012, the IEEE administered the award process. The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society assumed administration of the award starting in 2015.

Recipients

The following people have received the ''IEEE/IEEE-AESS Judith A. Resnik Award'':

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