Award of IEEE Peter Mark Medal

The Peter Mark Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Electromagnetic Launch Technology is named in honor of the late Professor Peter Mark, whose enthusiasm, intelligence, and vision contributed to the initiation of the U.S. Program on electromagnetic launch technology. The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual´s continuing outstanding technical and educational contributions to electromagnetic launch technology. The 2014 Peter Mark Medal for outstanding contributions to electromagnetic launch (EML) technology was awarded to Dr. Markus Schneider for his pioneering research at the French/German Institute Saint Louis (ISL) in Saint Louis, France.