William A. Imbriale received a BS in engineering physics from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) in 1964; an MS in electrical engineering from UCLA in 1966; and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1969. Dr. Imbriale joined JPL in 1980 and is a senior research scientist in the Communications Ground System Section. Dr. Imbriale has led advanced technology developments for large ground-station antennas, lightweight spacecraft antennas, and millimeter-wave spacecraft instruments and is currently principle investigator on a NASA technology contract. Dr. Imbriale also served as the assistant manager for microwaves in the Ground Antennas and Facilities Engineering Section and section manager of the Radio Frequency and Microwave Subsystem Section.