Angus Kingon

Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship at Brown University, USA

Prof. Kingon is a researcher in the field of physical sciences and management. The areas of his research are piezoelectric ceramics, electronic ceramics and thin films. Some of his research has been used in industry. For example, embedded electronic components have been used to minimize the cost of Motorola mobile phones. He has registered 15 patents. He has received many awards, including the Price Foundation Award as an Innovative Entrepreneurship Educator. He is a member of the Center for Innovation Management Studies and a member of the American Ceramic Society. He is deeply involved in the transfer of knowledge from research at universities for use in the economy. He has been cooperating with Slovenia for a long time, through the Bled Forum, participating in permanent student exchange (Brown group in Slovenia), cooperating with Instrumentation Technologies, the Jožef Stefan Institute (exchange of doctoral students, visiting professors, joint work on piezo materials) and the J. Stefan post-graduate school.