NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal (abbreviated EEAM) was established by NASA in 1981 to recognize unusually significant engineering contributions towards achievement of aeronautical or space exploration goals. This award is given for individual efforts for applications of engineering principles or methods that have resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field or have significantly enhanced understanding of this field or have significantly advanced the state of the practice as demonstrated by an application to aerospace systems.
NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
- Name
- NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
- Period
- 1981
- Region
- United States
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The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal (abbreviated EEAM) was established by NASA in 1981 to recognize unusually significant engineering contributions towards achievement of aeronautical or space exploration goals. This award is given for individual efforts for applications of engineering principles or methods that have resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field or have significantly enhanced understanding of this field or have significantly advanced the state of the practice as demonstrated by an application to aerospace systems.
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• Name — NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal • Presenter — the National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Country — United States • Type — Medal • Eligibility — Government employees and non-government personnel • Status — Active • Established — 1981 • Higher — Exceptional Achievement Medal Exceptional Service Medal Outstanding Service Medal (obsolete) • Same — Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal Equal Employment Opportunity Medal • Lower — Exceptional Bravery Medal • Caption2 — NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Ribbon
1985
1985
Kevin L. Petersen
1998
1998
Donald B. Bickler
2006
2006
2006 award recipients include: • Claude A. Bryant • Keyur C. Patel • Frank J. Vaughn • Walter C. Engelund • Donald R. Pettit • Russell A. Wincheski • John P. McManamen • John W. Slater • Russell A. Paielli • James L. Walker • Steven Z. Queen
2007
2007
2007 award recipients include: • James Baughman • Kendall Brown • Steven Fredrickson • Charles Harris • Michael Kirsch • Chia-Yen Peng • Scott Berry • Michael Burms • Lawrence Freudinger • Eastwood Im • Joseph Lavelle • Todd Bonalsky • K. Cramer • Robert Hall • David Iverson • Pappu Murthy • Shannon Bragg-Sitton • John Edwards • Steven Harrah • Steven Jones • Shahana Pagen
2008
2008
2008 award recipients include: • W. Keith Belvin • Charles Camarda • Dennis J. Eichenberg • Stephen F. Harvin • Roger Mattson • Stephen Scotti • John A. Wagner • Thomas F. Zoladz • Jeffrey S. Boyer • Rebecca Castano • Ronald M. Galvez • Dan Jackson • Robert E. McMurray • Stephen Snodgrass • William P. Winfree • John R. Brophy • Brian K. Cooper • Thomas W. Goodnight • William A. Kilgore • Patrick F. Morrissey • Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu • Michael J. Wright • Jay Brusse • Lyle T. Davis • George R. Harpster • David J. Mangus • David J. Pogue • Glenn Rakow • Katherine P. Vanhooser • Pen-Shu Yeh
2009
2009
2009 award recipients include: • Ayman A. Abdallah • Shawn P. Breeding • Prasun N. Desai • Mark G. Femminineo • Lorie R. Grimes-Ledesma • Jonathan E. Jones • Mary J. Li • Daniel L. Polis • Michael J. Schuh • John M. Van Eepoel • Shannon J. Zelinski • Mark A. Balzer • Chad B. Bryant • Theodore R. Drain • Gerard Floyd • Scott Hensley • Dennis L. Kern • Frank S. Milos • John K. Ramsey • Regina L. Spellman • Philip R. Ward • Thomas G. Bialas • James M. Corliss • Michael J. Dube • Dion T. Fralick • Brent W. Jett • Won S. Kim • Bo J. Naasz • Giulio Rosanova • Thomas R. Stevenson • Harold D. Wiedemuth • Richard K. Bird • Michael J. Deliz • Sandra K. Elam • Gani B. Ganapathi • William T. K. Johnson • Raymond J. Lanzi • Allen R. Parker • Dara Sabahi • Oscar Toledo • Thomas C. Williams
2010
2010
2010 award recipients include: • Timothy C. Adams • Steve N. Beck • Ed Cheung • Myron A. Diftler • Thomas Friedmann • Martin B. Houghton • Eugene A. Morelli • Paul W. Roberts • James Taylor • Dennis Albaijes • Daniel L. Berry • D. Steven Cooley • Marcia S. Domack • Daniel B. Gazda • Young K. Kim • David E. Myers • Jose I. Rodriguez • John C. Thesken • Christian C. Bechtold • Kevin R. Boyce • Mark G. D’Agostino • Richard E. Dyke • Michael G. Gilbert • Darlene S. Lee • Janiene Pape • Don J. Roth • Jirong Yu • Robin A. Beck • Scott C. Burleigh • Paul M. Danehy • David F. Everett • Mark W. Hilburger • Joseph C. Lewiz • John C. Pearson • Henry P. Sampler • Daniel E. Yuchnovicz
2011
2011
2011 award recipients include: • Xin An • Jay Brandon • William M. Cirillo • Robert Fong • Charles E. Hall • David G. Johnson • Justin H. Kerr • Jeffrey L. Lindner • Fred G. Martwick • Bijan Nemati • Mark A. Stephen • Nathan C. Wood • Robert J. Black • Stephen T. Bryson • Anthony L. Cook • Bryan Fraser • Richard R. Hofer • Ira Katz • Denney J. Keys • Alok K. Majumdar • Ioannis G. Mikellides • Jeffrey R. Piepmeier • John S. Townsend • Ping Y. Yu • Kristin L. Bourkland • Hon M. Chan • Kimberly B. Demoret • Dan M. Goebel • Megan K. Jaunich • Sotirios Kellas • Todd Klaus • Gregory C. Marr • Kathleen Andreozzi Minear • Mark Schoenenberger • Albert C. Whittlesey • Randy R. Bowman • Steven R. Chesley • Thomas P. Flatley • Karen L. Gundy-Burlet • Wayne A. Jermstad • Daniel P. Kelly • Dzu K. Le • Dr. G. Patrick Martin • Nelson Morales • V. S. Scott • Donna V. Wilson
2012
2012
2012 award recipients include: • Sasan C. Armand • Robert B. Ciotti • Omar A. Haddad • Michael G. Houts • Sean D. McCauliff • Craig R. Pires • Michael S. Woronowicz • Ponnampalam Balakumar • Douglas D. Counter • Douglas Hamilton • Jeffery Kolodziejczak • Donald B. Owens • Sriram Rallabhandi • Michael E. Yettaw • Steven X. Bauer • Brett A. Cruden • James T. Heineck • Jer C. Liou • Grant E. Palmer • Patrick A. Tobbe • James A. Chervenak • Bob Downing • Gerard Holzmann • Duncan MacPherson • Peter A. Parker • David H. Williams
2013
2013
2013 award recipients include: • Phillip A. Allen • Philip C. Calhoun • Samuel B. Fowler • Louise Jandura • Carl Liebe • Benjamin J. Pearson • Edward T. Schairer • Christopher V. Voorhees • Daniel C. Allgood • Benjamin D. Cichy • William J. Glaccum • Roy R. Johnson • David M. O'Dell • Keith Peterson • Peter J. Shirron • Jeffrey S. West • Steven F. Balistreri • Patrick H. Dunlap • Ken Hersey • John T. Kaneshige • Jeb Stuart Orr • Tommaso P. Rivellini • Eric M. Slimko • Todd White • Kevin E. Berry • Rodger E. Farley • Russell W. James • Bradford Kercheval • Hume L. Peabody • Alejandro Miguel San Martin • Shaun R. Thomson • David A. Zoller
2014
2014
2014 award recipients include: • Michael J. Aftosmis • Gajanana C. Birur • Michael G. Burns • William J. Downs • Stephen D. Hunter • Erich F. Klein • Christopher Miller • Robin J. Osborne • John M. Van Eepoel • Gary A. Allen, Jr. • Albion H. Bowers • Nathan J. Burnside • Stuart D. Glazer • Jeffrey M. Jaso • James C. Knox • Marcus S. Murbach • Timothy J. Ray • Douglas N. Wells • Anthony P. Bartolone • Aaron M. Brandis • Andrew J. Cecil • Michael R. Hannan • Ralph Jones • Dmitry G. Luchinsky • Thomas E. Nolan • Donald V. Sullivan • William A. Wood • Mehdi Benna • Nelson A. Brown • Jeffrey Cheezum • David B. Harper • Peter E. Kascak • Pamela A. McVeigh • Salvatore M. Oriti • John M. Tota • Tony Yu
2015
2015
2015 award recipients include: • Cecil W. Acree • Sundareswara Balakrishna • Gregory L. Barnett • Karen L. Bibb • Arthur T. Bradley • Jeffrey S. Brink • Robert J. Bruckner • Donald L. Carter • Benjamin D. Cichy • Eric C. Dimpault-Darcy • Tammy D. Flowers • Ulrik B. Gliese • Michael H. Haddock • Philip J. Hamory • Patricia A. Howell • Thomas P. Jasin • Timothy J. Ray • Robert J. Kenny • Michael P. Kovach • Lisa M. Ling • Forrest E. Lumpkin • Diego F. Pierrottet • David L. Pletcher • Steven Z. Queen • Stuart E. Rogers • Alan M. Schwing • David A. Sheppard • Robert W. Stough • Sean S. Swei • Chun Y. Tang • Paulo F. Uribe • Donald E. Van Drei • Gary K. Won
2016
2016
2016 award recipients include: • Morgan B. Abney • Jeffrey L. Coughlin • Paul S. Kinard • Christopher I. Morris • Mark V. Vaccaro • John W. Van Norman
2017
2017
2017 award recipients include: • James R. Beaty • Gaudy M. Bezos-Oconnor • William T. Jones • Christopher D. Karlgaard • Thomas A. Ozoroski
2018
2018
2018 award recipients: • Jessie L. Christiansen • Theodore J. Garbeff • Cole D. Kazemba • Jayanta Panda • Stefan R. Schuet • Zion W. Young
2020
2020
2020 award recipients: • Peter P. Berg • Matthew F. Cross • Jeffrey A. Dilg • Karen C. Hicks • David M. McCutcheon • David M. O'Dell • Alan F. Patterson • Barry C. Roberts • James J. Wilson
Identity
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NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal is associated with United States. Recorded from 1981.
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- “NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6952402: NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
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- 1.http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/awards/nasamedals.htm, Webpage of NASA's Honor Awards
- 2.NASA. Kevin L. Petersen - NASA.
- 3.Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Honors and Awards. Universe. 28. 14. 3. 1998-07-10.
- 4.NASA. NASA'S MARSHALL CENTER RECOGNIZES SELECT TEAM MEMBERS FOR MAKING KEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPACEFLIGHT, SCIENCE, NEW ERA OF EXPLORATION. 24 June 2009.
- 5.Complete listing of NASA 2014 Agency Honor Award Recipients. NASA.
- 6.Garbeff, Theodore J. 2015 NASA Agency Honor Awards Complete Listing of Recipients. NASA. 2018-10-18.
- 7.Dunbar, Brian. NASA Ames Astrogram - October 2018. NASA.gov. NASA. 2 October 2018.
- 8.NASA Honor Awards Ceremony. NASA. March 4, 2021.
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“NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further readingWikipedia
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