Erwin Otto Marx

Erwin Otto Marx (1893–1980) was a German electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses.

Erwin Otto Marx
Born	(1893-01-15)15 January 1893 Mautitz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire[1]
Died	11 January 1980(1980-01-11) (aged 86) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, West Germany[1]
Nationality	German
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]}