Professor Sam Kingman

Professor Sam Kingman (SK) was awarded a personal chair at Nottingham in 2006, which at the time made him one of the youngest Professors in the UK. He is also the Director of the National Centre for Industrial Microwave Processing (NCIMP) which is one of the largest activities of its type in the world. In addition to unique dielectric metrology and microwave processing faculties the Centre currently supports 12 PDRA´s and 13 PhD students who are working on a wide range of highly multi-disciplinary research, development and commercialisation projects in the field of industrial microwave processing. Very recently he has established a collaboration with e2v, a world leader in the production of high power microwave tubes. In the past 8 years, Professor Kingman has published over 65 journal papers and he currently holds 6 patents in the field of industrial microwave processing. In 2008, the work of the NCIMP was recognised through the award of The Engineer Technology and Innovation Prize for Environmental Technology and the Environmental Prize of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Professor Kingman has presented numerous international invited and keynote lectures including a recent Friday Evening Discourse at The Royal Institution of Great Britain