Tuesday June 30th at 7PM
This
is a free public meeting in which all inventors, tinkerers and
“would-be” inventors are welcome.
BOB DISTINTI, AEROSPACE ENGINEER,
TO SPEAK ON HIS
“HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE SKY”
A COMPLETELY OFF-THE-GRID SELF
SUFFICIENT LIVING SPACE
The speaker will be Robert
Distinti, an engineer in the aerospace industry. He will discuss the
combination of photo-voltaic, solar-thermal, and wind turbine
systems - plus some of his own inventions – that will be
used to provide year round heating, cooling and electricity in his
formerly fossil-fueled house. He will provide details on where he is
now in the project, what he plans to do, and how he will obtain
financing.
The house, situated on 12 open acres, will
serve as a laboratory for the development of renewable energy
generation, storage and control systems.
Mr. Distinti
will discuss important aspects of implementing renewable systems such
as determining how big they should be, what types are available, and
what to avoid.
Mr. Distinti received an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from
Fairfield University. He has over 25 years of experience in diverse
engineering disciplines, including Microwave Holography,
Electromagnetic Physics, instrumentation and embedded systems. He is a
Senior Engineer in the Aerospace industry where he developed improved
near field range analysis software and radar antenna analysis
techniques. Robert holds 9 Patents, which include novel analog to
digital conversion techniques and multi-core processors. His personal
research includes development of improved Electromagnetic Physics
models that were used by Texas A&M Nuclear Physics department
for
explosive flux compression generators. He has written internal papers
on improved far-field transforms and is developing a radical AESA radar
antenna design that improves performance while reducing weight and
cost.
Listen
to the presentation
Podcast
Current Report September 2010