The Problem
Energy is all around us. Why are we throwing it away?
3+ billion
Batteries are thrown away per year in the U.S.
50%
Are single use batteries
15%
Year over year increase in usage
Team
Peter Orem
CEO & Chief ScientistPeter M. Orem is the inventor of the ATEC concept and is the Chief Scientist on the ThermaWatts Team. Peter has over twenty five years of professional experience working on real-time systems and safety-critical systems for applications in the medical, military, energy generation, transportation, and consumer electronic industries.
Frank Orem
Finance and OperationsFrank Orem has spent more than 40 years in applying innovation to engineering problems. Frank’s career has centered on defining information systems requirements, approaches and leading innovative, effective implementations. These kinds of procedures were later promulgated through the IEEE Standards.
Matt Graham, PhD
Technical AdvisorMatt Graham is an Associate Professor of Physics at Oregon State University. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Kavli Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University until starting his Micro-Femto Energetics Laboratory at Oregon State University, Physics.
John Servo
Business AdvisorJohn has developed business plans and found partners for technology projects funded by DOC, EPA and NIH. Services include business planning and strategic planning assistance, market research and marketing materials guidance, negotiations assistance, and document preparation and presentation support.
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