Gregorio Y. Zara

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Ynciong and the surname or paternal family name is Zara.
Gregorio Y. Zara
Official portrait, National Academy of Science and Technology
Born
Gregorio Ynciong Zara

(1902-03-08)8 March 1902
Lipa, Batangas, Philippine Islands
Died15 October 1978(1978-10-15) (aged 76)
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Manila
University of Michigan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Paris
Occupation(s)Engineer and Inventor
AwardsNational Scientist of the Philippines

Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978)[1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing[2] for having invented the first two-way videophone.[2][3][1] He was also one of the country's pioneer aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel.[1] Among his other notable inventions include a solar-powered water heater,[1][4], the discovery of the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called the Zara effect,[4][2], and a propeller-cutting machine,[4] among others.

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