Recognitions

Tamas I. Gombosi/Recognitions

In 2018 the Kristian Birkeland Medal was awarded to Tamas Gombosi for his contributions to space weather research.

2017 Van Allen Lecturer (each year the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section of the American Geophysical Union honors a leader at the forefront of Magnetospheric Physics by selecting them to give the James A. Van Allen Lecture at their Fall Meeting).

In 2016 the Hungarian Academy of Sciences elected Tamas Gombosi as an External Member.

In 2014 the Regents of the University of Michigan appointed Tamas Gombosi as the Konstantin I. Gringauz Distinguished University Professor of Space Science.

In 2007 the Regents of the University of Michigan appointed Tamas Gombosi as the Rollin M. Gerstacker Professor of Engineering.

Tamas Gombosi was elected Lifetime Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics in 1997. In 1993 he was elected Corresponding Member of IAA.

Tamas Gombosi was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1996.

Awards:

  • He received the NASA Group Achievement Award for his work as Cassini Interdisciplinary Scientist during Cassini’s Solstice mission in 2018.
  • He received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the University of Michigan Rosetta Modeling Team’s work in 2017.
  • He received the NASA Group Achievement Award for his role in the MMS Instrument Suite Team in 2016.
  • He received the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) inaugural Space Weather Prize in 2013.
  • He received the NASA Group Achievement Award for his work as Cassini Interdisciplinary Scientist during Cassini’s prime mission in 2009.
  • The University of Michigan’s Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) team led by Tamas Gombosi received the NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award in 2007.
  • He received the Stephen S. Attwood Award in 2002. This is the highest award of the College of Engineering of the University of Michigan.
  • He and his team received the Team Excellence Award from the College of Engineering in 1999. This award was given for their collective work in developing a state-of-the-art, high-performance computational code for the simulation of space plasmas.
  • He received the NASA Group Achievement Award in 1998 for his work on the Cassini Orbiter.
  • He received the Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, in 1992.
  • He received the Lajos Jánossy Award, from the Central Research Institute for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1987.
  • He received the László Detre Award from the Lóránd Eötvös Physical Society in 1982.
  • He received the KFKI Award from the Central Research Institute for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1976 and in 1978.
  • He received the Albert Fonó Award from the Hungarian Astronautical Society in 1976.

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