Erwin Otto Marx
German electrical engineer
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Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980) was a German electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses.
HVDC Lehrte–Misburg
Erwin Otto Marx | |
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| Born | 15 January 1893 |
| Died | 11 January 1980 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
| Known for | Inventor of the Marx generator HVDC Lehrte–Misburg |
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.[2] It was awarded for the first time in 1981 at the 3rd IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference.[3]
The VDE local chapter Braunschweig awards an annual "Erwin-Marx-Prize" to successful graduates from the Braunschweig University of Technology and/or the Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften.[citation needed]
