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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Experience
- PowerLight TechnologiesCTO and co-foundercurrent2017 — presentKent, Washington, United States
- PowerLight TechnologiesCTO and co-foundercurrent2015 — presentKent, WA
- PowerLight TechnologiesPresident & CEO2006 — 2015Kent, WA
- Intellectual Ventures LabsContractor - Project Scientist2010
- Intellectual VenturesProject Scientist2006 — 2010
- LiftPortResearch Director2004 — 2007
- Senga GraphicsOwner1999 — 2006
- MIT Rocket TeamTeam member2000 — 2004
- Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries LimitedIntern1995 — 1996Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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EngineeringR&DBusiness StrategyData AnalysisProposal WritingPhysicsIntegrationEntrepreneurshipSystem DesignStart-upsAerospaceEngineering ManagementLanguages Japanese
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- 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.
- Where did Tom Nugent, Jr. go to school?
- Tom Nugent, Jr. studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., Materials Science); University of Pittsburgh (certificate, Japanese); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Physics).
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