Thomas Hurlburt Email & Phone Number

Northwest U.S. And Texas

Inventions: (1) Patent with U.S. Patent Office** "Thermal Barrier Construction Material" - (Insulated Dry Wall) or (Gypsum Board). (2) Patent pending ** "System and Method for Preventing Objects From Entering the Intake of a Jet Engine" - (A device to prevent hail stones and other objects from entering the Intake of a Jet Engine). (3) I also have an idea that I would like to patent for a - (Device related to a Cell Phone).

North Western U.S.And Texas

I have proved to be very qualified as an Industrial Trouble Shooter, solving all kinds of complex problems, usually with very simple solutions.* I once came up with a very cost effective Air Conditioning system for (2) switching stations for a D.C. Converter Line on the grid line between Oregon and California.*Was able to document the entry and exit of communication and electrical lines in the 1000 ft. long tunnel for Portland International airport in 5 weeks, the surverors had been working there for (2) years and had all of the coordinates but could not put it on paper.* The world's largest wafer plant was being built in Vancouver, Wa., There were Approx. 300 union electricians working on this site. They were having trouble with the chemical building in the middle of the complex, it had (4) emergency systems and was complex, the electricians were having trouble proceeding, so I was called in as an estimator ( I had never worked as an estimator before), The supervisor asked me to take a look at the chemical building. after about a day I suggested that we have a CAD operator draw the (4) conduit systems in (4) different colors this allowed the electricians to finish the project.* Worked with the Elec. Engineer on the schematics for a re-heat furnace at Oregon Steel Mills, this allowed the Technicians to troubleshoot the system, thus resulting in a saving of $50,000/ Mo. in natural gas usage.* Once between jobs I worked on contract on the assembly line for Techtronic Corp. a company that manufactures Ocilliscopes. While there I suggested that they use a L.C.D. read out on their scopes instead of a cathode ray tube. I believe that this led to the development of the thin screen T.V. because about (6) months later there was an article in Popular Science where some designers were developing the L.C.D. T.V.* I have also indirectly contracted with Arco, Exxon, Crown Zellerbach, Publisher Paper, Willamet Ind., and others

Texas Gulf Coast

Sent in an idea to B.P. on how to contain the oil spill on the Rig Horizon. My suggestion was to construct a cylinder out of 1/2" stainless steel 50' in Dia. and 200' tall that was open on the bottom and closed on the top and suspend it above the oil leak. This cylinder would have a variable speed pump going up to the surface to deliver the oil to storage. Since the cylinder was to be open on the bottom it would not collapse since the pressure would be the same inside as outside.

Portland, Oregon Area

Worked on various projects such as paper mills and smaller projects.

Don'T Have A Degree, Electrical Engineering

Pre Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Did one semester at International Correspondence School