Luigi G. Napolitano Award
The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is presented every year at the International Astronautical Congress. Luigi Gerardo Napolitano was an engineer, scientist and professor.
The award has been presented annually since 1993, to a young scientist, below 30 years of age, who has contributed significantly to the advancement of the aerospace science and has given a paper at the International Astronautical Congress on the contribution.
The Luigi G. Napolitano Award is donated by the Napolitano family and it consists of the Napolitano commemorative medal and a certificate of citation, and is presented by the Education Committee of the IAF.
The International Academy of Astronautics awards the Luigi Napolitano Book Award annually.
Winners
- 1993 Shin-ichi Nishizawa
Japan - 1994 Ralph D. Lorenz
United Kingdom - 1995 O.G Liepack
Germany - 1996 W. Tang
Chile - 1997 G.W.R. Frenken
Netherlands - 1998 Michael Donald Ingham
- 1999 Chris Blanksby
Australia - 2000 Frederic Monnaie
France - 2001 Noboru Takeichi Japan
- 2002 Stefano Ferreti
Italy - 2003 Veronica de Micco Italy
- 2004 Julie Bellerose
United States - 2005 Nicola Baggio Italy
- 2006 Carlo Menon Italy
- 2007 Paul Williams Australia
- 2008 Giuseppe Del Gaudio Italy
- 2009 Daniel Kwom United States
- 2010 Andrew Flasch Japan
- 2011 Nishchay Mhatre
India - 2012 Valerio Carandente Italy
- 2013 Sreeja Nag United States
- 2014 Alessandro Golkar Italy
- 2015 Koki Ho Japan
- 2016 Melissa Mirino Italy
- 2017 Akshata Krishnamurthy United States
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