Dan has over 30 years of experience designing, manufacturing, and supplying systems and their components. In this field of DFM: Design for Manufacturability, Dan has developed more than two dozen patents for electro-mechanical and mechanical devices. DanTerry Inc has incubated and spun out over half a dozen companies, and he has provided design solutions for custom-dedicated manufacturing equipmen
t and factory layouts. Dan specializes in 'change agent' review, precision aluminum extrusion solutions, LED thermal solutions, thermal products, and the development of alternative energy in hydro-power systems, solar solutions, and hydrogen components. Dan has engineered thermal solutions and products, heat sinks, and fabricated components for global OEM's, specializing in the alternative energy and LED industries. For the solar industry, he developed IP for concentrated solar thermal power framing systems. He has also developed concentrated PV systems and concentrated solar water heating and purification systems. Dan is now developing a thermal electric generator for use in a portable USB energy generation device. This device has many applications including recreational camping, hiking and other outdoor activities. The device will also help people working in emergency situations such as FEMA rescuers. Finally, this device will provide life changing opportunities in the third or developing world for millions of people with cell phones, but no way to charge their phones quickly and cheaply. This device is known as Firebee, which will harvest USB consistent power from cooking fires to charge batteries that provide energy for phones and LED lights. This device will produce at least 5 watts. The energy generated will be transferred through a heat-proof cable to a terminal USB plug for charging USB batteries. This technology will solve a number of problems for people in developing areas including reduce the amount of wood cut for fires used as lighting because the LED lights will replace this use. People will have access to communications via the phones and lighting via the LEDs. It will also be possible to operate small fans or other devices, which use small USB batteries.
