Bill Jolley

Bill Jolley joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo in July of 2002 as the manager of the RF MEMS laboratory and Clean Room at the Center for Integrated RF Engineering (CIRFE).  He is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and promotion of the CIRFE Center’s test and fabrication facilities.  He also uses his expertise to assist the individual members of the research group and the external customers in the successful completion of their projects. 

Prior to joining the University of Waterloo he was employed at COM DEV, Cambridge, Ontario in the Corporate R&D Department since 1993. He was involved in the development of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) microwave devices for space applications.  Bill was a key member of the High Temperature Superconductivity Space Experiment II (HTSSE II) team that produced the first operational HTS multiplexer to be launched into space.  Bill was also a principal member of an international R&D team that successfully built and demonstrated a 60-channel superconductive input multiplexer integrated with pulse-tube cryo-coolers.  His experience in RF engineering encompasses devices that employ dielectric resonator and thin-film technology for both high- and low-power microwave applications.

In January of 2000, Bill joined the Multiplexer Group at COM DEV where he worked in Operations Engineering.  He was responsible for overseeing the in-house production of many commercial satellite communication subsystems for customers such as Lockheed-Martin, Orbital Sciences and Boeing.

Bill has co-authored five IEEE Journal papers and two IEEE conference papers.  He has a private pilots’ license.