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Steam and Power Plant Engineering, Economics, Operation, and Design; Boilers and Boiler Rooms
Expert began training on marine boilers in 1978 as a cadet at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He added experience as an operator of stationary fire tube and water tube boilers around Boston. Expert's 20+ years of employment with the Navy…
Electrical Machines, Electrical Machines Design, Energy Efficient Drives
He has 30 years of teaching experience in the area of Electrical Machines. He has authored seven textbooks. He is an expert in Electrical Machines, both theory and design. He has provided instruction materials to students in his Home Page,…
Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Design, Aircraft Icing and Anti-icing, Wind Turbine Icing, and Aerodynamics
In more than 30 years of activity, Expert has gained a wide and solid experience in fluid dynamics and applied aerodynamics, particularly in wind turbine and aircraft aerodynamics. In these domains, he has conducted research that covered analytical and numerical…
Energy Consulting, Arbitration Technical Support, Energy Product Development
Expert has experience with alternative energy product development, especially community and village systems that integrate low cost electrical power production, greenhouse farming of food for direct human consumoption, and local community outreach. He can design such systems based on the…
Power Electronics, Motor Drives, Renewable Energy, Etc.
AC frequency converters are frequently used for AC motor drives. He has written 7 books and many publications covering this area. A CCV is a frequency changer which can be direct or through a dc link. He worked as CCV…
Entrepreneurship, Startup Financing, Business Plan Development, Due Diligence, Cleantech, Energy Technologies, and Nanotechnology
Expert has started two early-stage cleantech companies over the past 10 years in the water treatment and building materials sectors, raising multiple rounds of venture financing and securing numerous government grants for both. He drove IP development, strategic partner identification…
Coal Combustion, Fossil Fuel Combustion, Biomass Combustion, Pollution Control, Renewable Energy
Expert has over 30 years experience in the fields of combustion, air & water pollution control, and renewable energy. Within combustion he has particular expertise with coal, fossil fuels, and biomass. He has experience in both industry as well as…
Nanotechnology, Solar Cells, Thin Films and Science/HigherEd Policy
Engineered materials for nanosensor and solar energy conversion applications. Si-ink, Graphene, organic semiconductors, nanocrystalline silicon. Current research focus is to develop cost-effective photovoltaic technologies using both organic and inorganic materials. Played key role in establishing multi-million dollar research effort in…
Heat Transfer, Heat Pipes, Cooling Systems, Power Plant Equipment Design, New Product Development
Expert’s interests and experience extend over a wide range of air-cooled heat exchangers. Prompted mainly by the present day environmental concerns and scarce water resources, as well as by the more attractive maintenance-free operation of air-cooled units compared to water-cooled…
Thin Film Solar Cell Testing; Semiconductor Optoelectronic Device Measurement and Analysis
Expert has been involved in research and development of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film solar cells for 20 years; in this time he has authored or co-authored over 30 papers. He has guided the optimization of device performance from three…