Projects

ALL Power Labs

Technical lead on CEC EPC-14-051: a 150 kW mobile biomass gasifier (Powertainer) converting forest fire-management waste into on-demand renewable energy.

ALL Power Labs

Principal Investigator on NSF SBIR #1621892 for a fuel-agnostic swirl-hearth gasifier — peer-reviewed federal R&D leadership credit.

SkySource

Winner of the 2018 Water Abundance XPrize ($1.5M Grand Prize). Biomass-powered atmospheric water system producing 2,000 L/day at ~2¢/L.

ALL Power Labs

Corncob gasifier mini-grid for Limyè Pa w in Haiti — covered by NPR Goats and Soda as a community energy story.

10Power

Published the 2024 Energy Plan for the Alaska Native Village of Eklutna — grant writing and integrated biomass, solar, and battery microgrid design.

ALL Power Labs

Sulawesi Village Hub: a Power Pallet gasifier powering Willie Smits' zero-waste palm-sugar hub plus surrounding homes — one of 1,000+ systems across 35+ countries.

The Shipyard / ALL Power Labs origin

Zero-petroleum scavenger race from Berkeley to Las Vegas — the project that led to co-founding ALL Power Labs. Covered by The New York Times.

BoxPower

Alaska village solar+storage microgrid work with DOE visibility — remote community resilience hardware in the field.

SkySource

WEDEW atmospheric water system named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2020 — successor to the XPrize-winning architecture.

Personal project

Pulled an 80 lb, 144V NiMH pack, ran cell-by-cell diagnostics, and designed a custom PCB grid charger instead of paying a $4,000 dealer quote.

Corvidae / Resilient Markets

Advises the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) and public utility commissions on high-stakes regulatory work. Developed microgrids for a 25-building commercial portfolio and co-founded the ACEPR electric cooperatives accelerator.

Stony Brook University

PhD research on nano-catalyst reaction systems for syngas-to-alcohol conversion. Published in Fuel and presented at COP21, Paris.