Joy Lim Arthur

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 degree 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 Arthur was born in Manila. Her only brother died in childhood, which was a cause of great distress to her father Venacio Lim. He focused all of his ambitions on his younger daughter, educating her accordingly. She returned to Manila after graduating, hoping to obtain her father's blessing to marry an American engineer. Her father was concerned she would be seen as a pom pom girl, and Arthur returned to America as a technical scientist. 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. She designed protective sensors that could be used to protect the human eye from frequency-agile laser threats. In 1975 she was the only woman to win a United States Army Research Laboratory R&D Achievement Award. She won the award for her contributions to electronic warfare, particularly for studying unconventional and conventional chaff. She described the materials required for more effective chaff.

Awards 1974: Certificate of Merit from the Association of Old Crows 1974: Samuel Stiber Award for Technical Excellence in Electronic Warfare 1975: U.S. Army Research and Development Achievement Award 1996: NMSU Distinguished Engineering Alumnus 2005: White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame