Raymond F. Jurgens

Raymond F. Jurgens (S'58–M'61) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Ohio University, Athens, in 1959 and 1963, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and space science from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1968. He was teaching at Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY, while completing his M.S. degree. From 1968 to 1970, he was a Research Associate with the Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, where he was involved in the planetary radar program and the first radar mapping of the planet Venus. From 1970 to 1972, he was an Associate Professor with Ohio University. From 1972 to 2006, he was with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and was involved in projects ranging from the heliogyro to the Vega balloons. However, the majority of his effort at JPL was devoted to the development of and upgrades to the Goldstone radar facility. His scientific work using the Goldstone radar was primarily related to the imaging of Venus and the analysis of asteroid shapes. Dr. Jurgens is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union, the Audio Engineering Society, and the International Union of Radio Science.