Mitja Hinderks, CEO, Founder, board member and inventor of key engineering concepts.
Mitja has over thirty years’ experience as an engineering, industrial and architectural designer / manager, on large and small projects. He studied architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic and engineering at the Open University, England. His engineering includes work on engines, emission control systems, brakes, continuously variable transmissions, and advanced marine hull forms. Architectural work included the design development of Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, other performance spaces, a 1,000-bed teaching hospital, universities, theme parks, and high-end residences. He is an expert at working with modest budgets. A US and UK citizen, he maintains a strong interest in the arts.
Tom Rhodes, M.Eng, Aeronautical Engineering, was until March ’19 senior design engineer at Mercedes Formula One Racing
Before, he was Head of Design and Project Manager at Dearman Engines, designing a new generation of Dearman engine from a clean sheet. He took the Dearman engine from the conceptual stage to successful prototyping, building the technical team virtually from scratch. Earlier, he was the Lead Design Engineer at Delphi Diesel Systems, responsible for all aspects of the design of a new fuel injection product from concept through the relevant project phase gates to production. Before joining Delphi, he was Senior Design engineer / Manager for multidisciplinary design consultancy Jenson Consulting, working for a range of clients in the automotive, rail, aerospace and architectural fields.
Francis Lempp, Engineering Researcher and Applied Mathematician, obtained an MSc in Physics with Particle Physics from the Royal Holloway University, London.
His major research project was Molecular Dynamics simulations of bio-liquids and non-Newtonian effects in 2D Lennard-Jones fluids. He also completed a research review on the combination of MEG and ultra-low field MRI, and is experienced in programming, machine learning and the manipulation of data sets, building his own data modelling algorithms. He is a keen craftsman, builder and artist. He toured Canada playing rugby for his school.
Bo Göransson, Senior Consultant, specializing in bearings, kinematics and applied mathematics.
Bo is the recently retired chief analyst and mathematical modeler at the corporate Development Center of leading bearing manufacture SKF, in Gothenburg, Sweden. In addition to being an expert on gas and other bearings, he has the widest knowledge of applied mathematics, including kinematics and statics. He is extremely meticulous, and is brilliant at spotting errors.
Simone Hochgreb, Senior Consultant, PhD, Professor of Experimental Combustion at the University of Cambridge, UK, partly for whom an aerospace company built a special lab.
Earlier, she worked at MIT and Sandia National Laboratories on combustion problems in engines and gas turbines. She is the lead consultant working with Litus on new fuel delivery systems for uncooled engines.
Stephan Savarese, advisor in Europe on climate strategies and environmental standards, has an MSc in Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University.
Stephan has published numerous papers on and has deep experience in combustion engines, including turbine, reciprocating and Stirling, as well as extensive knowledge of a wide range of engineering software. He was for many years VP for applications and sales at Comsol, France, and was later in change of simulation clusters, cloud computing and Multiphysics simulation at Armelio, France. Through his association with societal non-profits, he is a regular participant at the annual UN COP climate change meetings.
John Edwards, Consultant. After graduating from Auckland University of Technology with a civil engineering BSc (Honours) in 1978, John joined oil/gas industry services provider Schlumberger. He stayed for nearly 35 years, working worldwide on enhanced oil recovery, geo-steering and other technologies, including stints as Marketing Manager in Scotland and Texas. Since retiring in 2014, John converted a central London warehouse into a remarkable residence, wrote a book on hiking in the Middle East, designed and built multiple items of bespoke furniture. He is an unpaid City of London Councillor.
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Board Members
Charles (Chuck) Bragg Jr. After graduating at Stanford, he entered the securities industry at closely-held investment house Quincy Cass Associates. After retiring as a principal he became active in the National Audubon Society, serving on the National Board of Directors, and is now president of the Santa Monica Bay chapter. He currently volunteers for the Los Angeles Opera and the Thornton School of Music at USC. Chuck with wife Alice has, over time, provided major financial support for the engine program.
Maria D’Orsogna, PhD UCLA. Maria is a mathematics professor at Cal State Northridge and at UCLA, specializing in modelling and data analysis of complex biological and social systems. As a dedicated environmentalist, she created a grass roots movement in her home country of Italy to oppose oil drilling. She was the driving force in stopping many oil an gas projects, including 50 oil leases and 3 refineries, and in having a law passed banning oil and gas activities within 12 miles from the Italian coastline, protecting more than 50,000 square miles of sea.
Richard Kirk, PhD Cambridge on superconductors, developed new materials / measurement techniques for high energy laser physics and flash radiography. He later worked on printing technology for Crosfield Electronics, then Canon (Chief IP Officer Canon Research Europe). He is currently engaged in film and imaging techniques, and was awarded AMPAS Technical Oscar 2010, and holds over thirty patents.
Luke McDonagh, PhD University of London, is an academic teacher and researcher in the area of intellectual property law, with particular interests in copyright law, patent law and patent litigation, on which he has published articles in a number of respected peer-reviewed journals.