Tom Nugent (physicist)

Thomas J. Nugent, Jr. is an engineer and current President of LaserMotive, a laser power beaming and research company.[1]

He previously worked as a project scientist at Intellectual Ventures Labs, working on a variety of projects including the “Photonic Fence,” a system for shooting down mosquitoes via laser to help prevent the spread of malaria.[2][3]

Nugent holds a B.S. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Publications

  • A Performance Evaluation of the Ion Compressed Antiproton-Catalyzed Nuclear (ICAN) Propulsion System, Pasadena, CA, USA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, July 1991, JPL D-8572

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. http://intellectualventureslab.com/?tag=tom-nugent
  3. http://hplusmagazine.com/2010/05/13/beaming-laser-power-interview-tom-nugent-lasermotive/


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