Erwin Otto Marx

Erwin Otto Marx
Born	January 15, 1893(1893-01-15) Mautitz, Riesa, Germany
Died	January 11, 1980(1980-01-11) (aged 86) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Known for	Inventor of the Marx generator

Erwin Otto Marx was a German electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses.

He worked as an engineering scientist in Braunschweig from 1918 to 1950 where he performed research and development for electrical power distribution via long distances.

Prizes

The Erwin Marx Award is awarded for contributions by individual engineers to pulsed power technology.^[1] It was awarded for the first time in 1981 at the 3rd IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.^[2]

The VDE local chapter Braunschweig awards an annual "Erwin-Marx-Prize" to successful graduates from Technical University Carolo Wilhemina in Braunschweig and/or the University of applied Sciences in Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel.

References

^ "The Erwin Marx Award". University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. http://www.ece.unm.edu/ppst/marx.html. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
^ "Pulsed Power Conference History". Sandia National Laboratories. http://www.sandia.gov/ppc2005/history.html. Retrieved 2010-02-04.

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Name	Marx, Erwin Otto
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Date of birth	1893-01-15
Place of birth	Mautitz, Riesa, Germany
Date of death	1980-01-11
Place of death	Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany