Dr. Daniel J. Hoppe is an RF/Optical Technologist and Principal Engineer in the Communications Ground Systems Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Hi is involved in the application of optics to future deep space optical communication links, the development of multi-frequency feeds, low noise and high power microwave components, and the analysis and design of large millimeter-wave and optical telescopes. Microwave hardware experience includes development of 7.2/8.4/32 Ghz three frequency low noise/high-power feeds, 80 kW CW isolators, filters, and other microwave hardware for the Deep Spave Network. Examples of flight hardware experience include communication antennas for the Deep Impact Mission, microwave hardware for the Mars Science Laboratory, CubeSat communication hardware. He is also a past lecturer in the electrical engineering department at UCLA, holds 5 US patents, and has received a number of NASA awards including two NASA Exceptional Service Medals.

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, March 1994, University of California, Los Angeles

- Thesis: “Higher Order Impedance Boundary Conditions for Electromagnetic Scattering”

- Minor Fields: Applied Mathematics and Quantum Electronics

• MS Electrical Engineering, December 1983, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• BS Electrical Engineering, August 1982, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Communication and Navigation  | RF And Optical Communications

• optics  
• microwave breakdown  
• scattering  
• electromagnetics  
• antenna  
• high power  
• microwave components  

• JPL Principal Designation | 3330 - Communications Ground Systems (1998)