Maximilian C. Scardelletti is an electrical engineer in the Communications Division at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. His interests include microwave thin-film circuit and antenna design, fabrication, and characterization; silicon germanium (SiGe) transistor design for microwave systems; and the development of nanostructures for biomedical devices.

Mr. Scardelletti earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He is currently working toward his doctoral degree in microwave microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) at Case Western Reserve University.

Mr. Scardelletti has created processing techniques for MEMS–IC that enabled the development of microwave switches at NASA Glenn. Currently he is working on the further development of MEMS technologies and SiGe transistors for Ku- and Ka-band devices for space communication and radar systems.