Justin Dennison received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He joined the RF Engineering Group of the JHU/APL Space Exploration Sector in 2016. He has performed work in various roles for the Europa Clipper Radio and Antennas for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and Europa Clipper missions in the past. He is currently the lead engineer for the Frontier SSPA for the NASA IMAP mission.

Education History

  • BS, Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University
  • MS, Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University

Work Experience

Senior Professional Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Publications

Justin R. Dennison, Sheng Cheng, Avinash Sharma, Neil Dalal, Robert Wallis, and Daniel Matlin, “X-band GaN SSPA Development for Near Earth and Deep Space Missions”, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2022

A. Sharma, S. Cheng, J.R. Dennison, J. Lehtonen, R.E. Wallis, “Development and space qualification of GaN Solid State Power Amplifiers”, URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2021

J.R. Dennison, S. Cheng, J. Lehtonen, A. Sharma, “IMAP X-Band 10W GaN SSPA Design and Test Results”, URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2021
J. Dennison, M. Bray, “Radial Line Slot Array Antenna High Power Thermal Vacuum Testing”, IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2020
A. Sharma, C. Carpenter and J. Dennison, “Surface roughness effects on additively manufactured aluminum Ka-band waveguide”, IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2020
J. R. Dennison, A. Sharma, S. Cheng, D. Caughran, “An Adaptable, Low Phase Noise Space Qualified Voltage Controlled Oscillator Design Using Discrete Components,” Microwave Technology and Techniques Workshop, ESA-ESTEC, 2019
J. R. Dennison and M. P. Angert, “Europa Lander radio crossband relay hardware prototype,” 2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2018, pp. 1-9.

Professional Organizations

IEEE