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About
Tom Nugent, Jr. is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of PowerLight Technologies (formerly LaserMotive), where he has worked on laser power beaming systems for over 15 years, covering areas such as lasers, high-power optics, receiver tracking, beam steering, photovoltaic power converters, laser safety systems, and thermal management. He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and previously worked on space propulsion concepts and at Intellectual Ventures Labs, including the Photonic Fence project targeting mosquitoes for malaria control. He is named as an inventor or co-inventor on more than 70 issued US patents, along with foreign and pending patent applications, and has been an invited speaker at DEPS, OWPT, and OS
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tom Nugent, Jr.?
- Tom Nugent, Jr. is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of PowerLight Technologies (formerly LaserMotive), where he has worked on laser power beaming systems for over 15 years, covering areas such as lasers, high-power optics, receiver tracking, beam steering, photovoltaic power converters, laser safety systems, and thermal management. He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and previously worked on space propulsion concepts and at Intellectual Ventures Labs, including the Photonic Fence project targeting mosquitoes for malaria control. He is named as an inventor or co-inventor on more than 70 issued US patents, along with foreign and pending patent applications, and has been an invited speaker at DEPS, OWPT, and OS
- Where does Tom Nugent, Jr. work?
- Tom Nugent, Jr. is Founder of PowerLight.
- What companies did Tom Nugent, Jr. found?
- Tom Nugent, Jr. founded PowerLight.
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