The IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award is a technical field award presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to either an individual, or a team, "for outstanding contributions to space engineering within the fields of interest of the IEEE".
[1] The award is named in honor of Judith A. Resnik, a mission specialist, killed when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated during launch in January 1986 and was established later that year.
Recipients receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.
[2] The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society assumed administration of the award starting in 2015.
[3] The following people have received the IEEE/IEEE-AESS Judith A. Resnik Award:[2][3]