Dr. Kihlstrom graduated from Stanford University and earned a master’s degree and
doctorate in physics there. He joined the Westmont faculty in 1984. He has worked
as a research physicist at Superconducting Technologies Inc. doing temperature-dependent
microwave measurements on superconducting filters. He was also a visiting researcher
at Conductus Inc. where he focused on research on SQUID magnetometers and digital
superconducting electronics. As a research associate at the Naval Research Laboratory,
he established a superconducting tunneling program and UHV sputtering of superconductors.
He has won the Faculty Research Award at Westmont and the Teacher of the Year Award
in Natural and Behavioral Sciences three times.