A.M. Arias del Cid
Inventor, Managing Partner, Senior Product Architect
info@southcoastphotonics.com
2006-Current: Inventor, Engineer and Entrepreneur, Managing Member South Coast Photonics: co- inventor of a Roll-to-Roll Dynamically Configure-able, Thin Film Forming System (covered by US Patent N0. 7410542 issued August 12, 2008)
1998
-2006: Mineral and gem source development and sales
1995-1997:
Systems and Design Engineer, Solarmode: design,
sales and installation of
photovoltaic
systems primarily based upon Unisolar's amorphous silicon panels. Multiple
system
designs
including a suitcase based portable PV deployable array with inverter for AC,
DC source and batteries.
1994-1995
Systems Engineer, SEDI (Solar Energy Development International): installation and debugging of the hardware and software required for open loop control of a 300 sun
concentrating 1kw experimental photovoltaic array. This array of twenty modules
was based on a module consisting of a 0.2" x 0.2" gallium arsenide
chip at each of the two focal points of each module. This system was amazingly
robust for such a complex mechanism. Accurate to 0.1 radian in tracking. This
device was often left tarped from the elements for months at a time. When
uncovered and awoken it would immediately find the sun and stay within it's 0.1
radian limit.
1992-1994: mining for gems and minerals throughout the USA, Mexico and
CentroAmerica.
1985-1991
Member of Technical Staff, Raytheeon ESD, Product Design Group:
Electronics
packaging projects: cad design, heat transfer, structural analysis, structural
dynamics inclusive.
1982-1985
Member of Technical Staff, Rockwell International, North American Aircraft
Operations:
CAD Design of
ergonomic parameters for an ejection seat for the ATF (advanced tactical
fighter).
On-site
consultant at USAF's Plant 42 (Palmdale, Ca) for the Environmental Control
Systems Group during the fabrication of the first B-1B Aircraft, Duties: design
and execution of required engineering change orders.
Education: BSME, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering UCSB June 1981. Gemology Certificate:
Gemological Institute of America,1995
Contact info:
(805) 565 4728
135
Sierra Vista Santa Barbara, Ca 93108
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