James Dunn -
Energy
Technology Consultant
James
P. Dunn - Mr. Dunn is the President of Energy
Technology Consultants, and CEO
of Future Solar Systems LLC, and
past Director of NASA’s NE Regional Technology Transfer Center.
Mr. Dunn also served as the CEO and CTO of
the Center for Technology
Commercialization in Westborough, MA. Mr. Dunn has over 30 years experience in a
variety of high technology ventures with companies from startups to Fortune 100
companies like IBM and Exxon. His technology specialty fields are Alternative
and Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, Advanced Batteries and Energy
Storage, Solar PV technology, Hybrid-electric vehicles, and LENR technology.
Mr. Dunn has a B.S.E.E. from Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
(WPI), and is the Co-founder of the WPI Venture Forum, which provides programs,
advice and networking to entrepreneurs & investors. Mr. Dunn recently received the Herbert Taylor
Meritorious Service Award from WPI. He also
received training in Systems Engineering, Cryptography, Software Engineering,
and Communications while serving in the U.S. Naval Security Group, stationed at NSA,
during the Vietnam conflict. He received
an honorable discharge from the US Navy.
Jim has written a number of papers and
presentations on various alternative energy topics such as Fuel Cells,
Hydrogen, Energy Storage, Solar Energy, and Hybrid
Electric vehicles; and has spoken at over 50 international conferences and
events. He has also Chaired or Moderated
numerous professional conferences including the Annual New England Technology
Conference, and the SAE Hybrid Electric Vehicle 'TopTech'
conference in NYC, as well as working with the Northeast Sustainable Energy
Association as a volunteer for 10 years on the annual Tour deSol,
and as a speaker for the annual NESEA Building Energy conference. Mr. Dunn has also conducted several Energy
Storage Workshops for NESEA, and been on the planning committees for the
Building Energy and Clean Energy conferences, where he chaired the Energy Storage and Solar Power sessions; and recently presented 2 papers at the
Conference on Future Energy in Washington, DC, and received an award for
research integrity from the Conference sponsors.
In addition to being an inventor of the
laptop, Mr. Dunn holds a number of patents in the battery and Energy storage
field, and also received US patent #6,568,633 entitled "Fuel Cell powered Electric Aircraft", and led the development of the World's First manned Fuel
Cell powered Electric Airplane, the ‘E-plane’.
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Mr.
Dunn has a wealth of experience in the Alternative and Renewable Energy fields
and has consulted on numerous projects in the solar electric, wind turbine, hybrid
vehicle, biofuels, energy storage, hydrogen, and fuel cells, and emerging fields
like LENR. Mr. Dunn also works with a
variety of renewable energy programs like the NESEA ‘Energy in Schools’ and
Building Energy Conferences. Mr. Dunn has spoken at a number of local and
regional conferences, and also works with various school education programs,
like H2HELP.org, a special
outreach program for educating the public and teachers about Hydrogen and Fuel
Cells, and related energy and conservation programs.
Mr. Dunn was also the Technical Advisor to
the MIT 2007 Solar Decathlon ‘Zero
Energy’ Home entry in the International DOE competition, and has worked
with several MIT/Sloan student teams competing for the MIT $100K SIG Ignite
business plan contest, (which he won in 2007, for a novel way to produce solar
grade silicon). Mr. Dunn was also
instrumental in raising $17M for a new startup, RSI
Silicon, and has also helped other high tech companies raise critical capital,
and recently launched a new company, Future
Solar Systems, LLC. which designs, markets,
finances, and installs medium to large scale Solar PV Systems for commercial
customers and Private schools.
Mr. Dunn currently serves on the Board of the
Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition, and is a member of
the WPI Fuel Cell Center Advisory Board, and the Safe Hydrogen Corp. Advisory
Committee, and also serves on the board of the New Energy Foundation, who publishes Infinite Energy Magazine.
Mr.
Dunn also serves on the Millbury Energy Committee, and helped develop an Energy
Plan to become a ‘Green Community’, and help with the recent ‘Solarize Mass. project. Mr. Dunn was
also one of the 3 key speakers on the “Energy Freedom Fighters” a weekly 1 hour talk
show on WCRN 830 AM in Worcester, & “This New Car”, a weekly 1 hour talk show on WICN 90.5 FM.
Mr. Dunn has also been a member of the
Society of Automotive Engineers, IEEE, the Experimental Aircraft Association, Popular
Rotorcraft Association, the Technology Transfer Society, & the Licensing
Executives Society (LES).
Mr. Dunn is an avid Hybrid and Electric
vehicle enthusiast, and owns an early 2001 Honda Insight and a 2007 Toyota
Camry Hybrid, a 2013 Chevy Volt, and a Porsche 911 SC Electric conversion.
Recent
papers and presentations include:
‘Hydrogen
Commercialization Challenges’ – Conf. on Future Energy, Wash, DC - Sept. ’06
Solar Energy –
“Silicon Secrets”
– Conference on Future Energy, Wash, DC - Sept. ’06
‘Advanced Vehicle
Technology – Future Cars of 2015’ – WPI and SAE regional meetings 2007
“Energy Storage
Challenges”
– NESEA’s Building Energy Conference – Boston – Mar 2007
‘Renewable Energy
& Alternative Power, Technology Demonstration Center’ – Concept paper
‘Renewable Energy
Education & Outreach project’ – white paper for US House Science Committee
‘Making the
Transition to Alternate Energy’ – Regional Energy Conf. Albany, NY – Nov 2007
‘Achieving Solar Grid Parity’
–
Clean Energy Conference – Hynes Conv. Center, Boston- Nov. 2009
Energy Storage and
Solar Power
developments - NESEA Building Energy conference – Mar
2011
Moderator - ‘Cross cutting Technologies’ session, NESEA Building Energy
conference – Mar 2011 World Trade Center,
Boston
‘LENR Market
Development
- Technology of the Future’ – ILENR
Conf. Williamsburg, VA – July 2012
‘National
Instruments Expo Features LENR’ – Feature Story – Infinite Energy Mag. – Aug
2012
New ‘Tri-modal’ Solar Power system
designs - NESEA Building Energy Conference – Mar 2013
‘Solar Energy Market
Overview’ – MA. CPCC State Planners
Assoc. Meeting – Mar 2013
New Grid-Resilient
Solar systems
– BASEA region meeting – Cambridge, MA - June
2013
Solar Market update
& Resilient Solar systems – Conference
on Future Energy – Wash, DC Jul 13
For
more information or references, contact:
James
Dunn,
21
Davis Rd.,
Millbury,
MA., 01527
508-560-9421
e-mail jpdunn1@charter.net