Hans K. Ziegler
| Hans K. Ziegler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 11, 1911 Munich, Germany |
| Died | December 11, 1999 (aged 88) Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Fields | Communication satellites |
| Institutions | Rosental Selb |
| Education | Technische Hochschule |
| Known for | Pioneer in the field of communication satellites and the use of photovoltaic solar cells as a power source for satellites |
| Notable awards | Meritorious Civilian Service Award |
| Spouse | Friederike |
| Children | Christine Griffith, Friederike Meindl, and Hans |
Hans K. Ziegler (March 1, 1911, Munich, Germany – December 11, 1999 Colts Neck Township, New Jersey, United States) was a pioneer in the field of communication satellites and the use of photovoltaic solar cells as a power source for satellites.
Hans Ziegler was born in Munich, Germany. There, he studied at the Technische Hochschule, which is today the Technische Universität München (TUM), and began his career as Wissenschaftlicher Assistant (Scientific Assistant), which corresponds to a "professor" at US universities. Following that, he was a researcher in German industry for ten years. During the Second World War, he worked for the company Rosental Selb in Bavaria on high tension porcelain.
In 1947, he came to the USA with Wernher von Braun under Operation Paperclip, by means of which the USA gained German engineers and scientists. He went to the U. S. Army Signal Corps' Laboratories in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and became a U.S. citizen in 1954.
Dr. Hans K. Ziegler's work in the USA was very influential in the development of military electronics, especially in the electronics for the early phases of the U.S. space program. During the thirty years he worked as an engineer in the field of electronics and electrical engineering in the research and development department of the U.S. Army in Fort Monmouth, N.J. (from 1947 to 1976), he held the top position of Chief Scientist for 12 years. In Fort Monmouth, he worked as a Scientific Consultant, Assistant Director of Research, Director of the Astro-Electronics Division and Chief Scientist (1959). After the Army was restructured, he became Deputy for Science and Chief Scientist of the US Army Electronics Command in 1963 and Director of the US Army Electronics Technology & Devices Laboratory from 1971 until his retirement.
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