Joy Lim Arthur
Joy Lim Arthur | |
|---|---|
 Joy Lim Arthur, from a 1975 publication of the United States Army | |
| Born | December 2, 1935 Manila, Philippines |
| Died | July 9, 2015 |
| Alma mater | Purdue University New Mexico State University |
| Employer | White Sands Missile Range |
Joy Lim Arthur (December 2, 1935 – July 9, 2015) was an Electronic Engineer at the United States Army Research Laboratory. In 1966 she was the first woman to graduate with a Master's in engineering from the New Mexico State University. She was the first woman engineer to work for the White Sands Missile Range, and was a Senior Research Engineer for United States Army from 1958 to 2005.
Early life and education[edit]
Arthur was born in Manila.[1] Her only brother died in childhood, which was a cause of great distress to her father Venacio Lim.[2] He focussed all of his ambitions on his younger daughter, educating her as if she were his son.[2] She moved to the United States and studied electrical engineering at Purdue University, earning her bachelor's degree in engineering in 1956.[1] At Purdue University, Arthur was one of two women in her 165-person engineering class.[3] She returned to Manila after graduating, hoping to obtain her father's blessing to marry an American engineer.[2] Her father was concerned she would be seen as a pom pom girl, and Arthur returned to America as a technical scientist.[2] She went on to become the first woman to earn a Master's degree at New Mexico State University in 1996.[1][3] She supported the Society of Women Engineers in establishing a chapter at New Mexico State University.[3]
Career[edit]
In 1958 Arthur became the first woman engineer to work at White Sands Missile Range.[1] She transferred to the United States Army Research Laboratory in 1962, where she began to protect the United States Army in their vulnerabilities to electronic warfare.[4] She concentrated on increasing the number of soldiers who survived on the battlefield and improving the resilience of the United States Army to various threats.[5] Arthur also designed protective sensors that could be used to protect the human eye from frequency-agile laser threats.[1] She developed technologies that could jam signals, including a multi-spectral jammer that could detonate inert gases.[6] In 1975 she was the only woman to win a United States Army Research Laboratory R&D Achievement Award.[7] She won the award for her contributions to electronic warfare, particularly for studying unconventional and conventional chaff.[7] She described the materials required for more effective chaff.[7]
She was inducted into the White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame in 2005.[1] Arthur died on July 9, 2015, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease.[8] Arthur and her husband, Paul Arthur have established a scholarship for American women engineers at New Mexico State University.[3] Arthur had two children, Gregory Venancio Arthur and Lia Frieda Brodnax.[8]
Awards[edit]
- 1974 Certificate of Merit from the Association of Old Crows[9]
- 1974 Samuel Stiber Award for Technical Excellence in Electronic Warfare[9]
- 1975 U.S. Army Research and Development Achievement Award[7]
- 1996 NMSU Distinguished Engineering Alumnus[9]
- 2005 White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mrs. Joy L. Arthur". Electrical and Computer Engineering – Purdue University. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ a b c d "'Dumb girl' now OMEW engineer" (PDF). Missile Ranger. 1981-04-24. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ a b c d "Joy and Paul Arthur create endowment for engineers" (PDF). NMSU. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ "Hall of Fame – Joy Arthur". www.wsmr-history.org. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ "Las Cruces Sun-News from Las Cruces, New Mexico on July 5, 1970 · Page 19". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ "Arthur, Joy, Ms". www.wsmr.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ a b c d Army R D & A Bulletin. HQ, U.S. Army Materiel Command. 1975.
- ^ a b "Joy Arthur Obituary - Las Cruces, New Mexico - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ a b c "/Joy Arthur". ece3.nmsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- Filipino emigrants to the United States
- Filipino women scientists
- New Mexico State University alumni
- Purdue University College of Engineering alumni
- 1935 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century American engineers
- American electrical engineers
- 20th-century American women engineers
- 21st-century American women engineers
- 21st-century American engineers