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 cau ...

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 In plasma physics, plasma stability concerns the stability properties of a plasma in equilibrium and its behavior under small perturbations. The stability of the system determines if the perturbations will grow, oscillate, or be damped out. 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 Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

. 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 Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecra ...

(AIAA) and previously president of the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society. In 2004, Choueiri was knighted (Medal of the Order of the Cedars, Rank of Knight) for his work in astronautics by the president of the Republic of Lebanon.Press Reference (Daily Princetonian)
Choueiri in Lebanon

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