Doug Thorpe Email & Phone Number

Mount Sterling, KY, US

Solon, Ohio, United States

As Dir of R&D, I am to develop 9 new UVC products before June2021, one of which includes an autonomous robot with a 475 watt UVC lamp. There after, we will develop various products in a wide range of energy and space applications.

Cleveland, Mississippi

Provided oversight of construction of new facility for additional product line of pharmaceutical liquids. Utilities included, 118 psi steam; steam-to-hot water systems; chilled water system; cascading HVAC systems for class 1000 clean rooms; installation of 15KV switchgear, transformer, and underground wiring; ultrapure water lines; and sprinkler system..

Houston, Texas Area

Worked with premier aerospace engineers and NASA managers to outline, manage, and promote the Apollo11plus50.com project as well as to select hardware and teaming members needed for the project to put the next American “Man” (a walking robot) on the moon.

Richmond, Kentucky

Responsibilities: Subject Matter Expert (SME). Provided government oversight of multiple 750 hp, high-pressure steam boilers; steam-to-hot water systems; multiple water-cooled 800-ton chillers; cooling towers; and multiple cascading HVAC systems within a Chemical Demilitarization plant (BGCAPP) at the Richmond, Kentucky Depot. As a SME, served as a liaison.

Erlanger, Kentucky

TEMA is the engineering arm of the world’s largest automotive manufacturer.Responsibilities include: project manager/controls engineer of HMI-PLC instrumentation system for 6 new catalytic converter based dynamometer systems at Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, MI. System based upon Patent Application number: 20110283676. Recommended & installed 600.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Energy consultation as well as is a developer and provider of energy recovery systems for industry; combustion specialists; seeking contracts in redirecting waste energy from exhaust stacks to useful work in the factory via heat exchangers. Responsibilities: Led all technical aspects of company by leading group of engineers and CAD technicians. Perform.

Morehead, KY

Classes taught: DC & AC circuits, electric motor characteristics, motor controls, Human/Machine Interface - Programmable Logic Controllers (HMI-PLC's), PLC ladder logic, & Rocket Science 101Researcher within the Space Science Institute on KySat-1 project, which was launched from Vandenberg, but rocket failed.

Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Nestle bakery in Mt Sterling is a $1Billion per year facility that makes Hot Pockets©. Responsibilities include: maintaining operation and modification of factory’s six PLC-HMI controlled multi-zone ovens (200 ft long each) & 8000 tons of refrigeration via ammonia-based HVAC systems (150,000 lb of NH3 on site) as well as streamline production.

Irvine, Kentucky

Thortek Labs is a research & development company that produces energy efficient and environmentally friendly products via grants from the federal government.Responsibilities include: Project manager and principal investigator in charge of all aspects of projects from conception to delivery; supervising a department of 8 engineers and technicians.

handling the day-to-day engineering & managerial duties of a small HVAC company;determining a company daily burn rate so an accurate overhead cost can be factored into each bid and created a project cost matrix so that a quick and accurate quote can be given for residential projects.

NASA-KSC

Served as a visiting aerospace and mechanical engineer to Lockheed's Advanced Concepts Lab in Titusville, FL (NOV87-FEB92). Also served as propulsion engineer that participated in Liquid Rocket Booster and Operational Efficiency Propulsion System Study (OEPSS)Space Shuttle Operations responsibilities include: Processing Space Shuttle External Tank within.

Ms, Engineering/Industrial Management, 3.9 Gpa

Master’s program focusing on Six Sigma, quality engineering, and statistics. Design of an Expander Cycle Rocket Engine with J-2 Equivalent.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.4 Gpa

Completed 15 hours of 24 hour program; 6 hours were transferred to MSU.

Bs, Engineering Physics, Chemistry