Clean Energy Labs is a research group focused on the development of high efficiency devices.

Recent Projects

A portion of a nano-electromechanical sensor.
An array of graphene membrane switches.
An array of graphene membrane switches.
A multifunction graphene sensor.
The metal and oxide substructure of a graphene pump.
A graphene membrane pump.
A graphene trough membrane switch.
The electrode structure of a graphene membrane sensor.
Substructure of a graphene-based pump.
Zinc-oxide nanowire (102) and carbon nanotube (104) thermal to electrical energy conversion device.
A graphene micro-bubble array.
Carbon nanotube tunneling current switch.
Membrane-based audio actuator. See product details here.
A free-standing graphene membrane is probed with needle.
A graphene membrane is actuated with an AC voltage to produce sound.

Patents

  1. 10,791,401 - Compact electroacoustic transducer and loudspeaker system and method of use thereof
  2. 10,694,009 - Communication system having an array of pumps and method of use thereof
  3. 10,670,001 - Energy conversion system including a ballistic rectifer assembly and uses thereof
  4. D883,952 - Audio Speaker
  5. 10,354,102 - Ultrasonic identification devices and methods of making and using same
  6. 10,250,997 - Compact electroacoustic transducer and loudspeaker system and method of use thereof
  7. 10,194,244 - Electrically conductive membrane pump system
  8. 9,924,275 - Loudspeaker having electrically conductive membrane transducers
  9. 9,831,804 - Membrane-based NANO-electromechanical systems device and methods to make and use same
  10. 9,831,803 - Membrane-based nano-electromechanical systems device and methods to make and use same
  11. 9,826,313 - Compact electroacoustic transducer and loudspeaker system and method of use thereof
  12. 9,638,182 - Graphene-trough pump system
  13. 9,516,426 - Electrostatic membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  14. 9,515,580 - Membrane-based nano-electromechanical systems device and methods to make and use same
  15. 9,467,073 - Piezoelectric energy conversion assemblies
  16. 9,353,740 - Graphene-drum pump and engine systems
  17. 9,313,580 - Audio speaking having an electrostatic membrane pump and methods to use same
  18. 9,278,502 - Encapsulated micro-bubble materials and methods to make and use same
  19. 9,264,796 - Electrically conductive membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  20. 9,264,795 - Electrically conductive membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  21. 9,167,353 - Electrically conductive membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  22. 9,143,868 - Electrically conductive membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  23. 9,100,754 - Electrically conductive membrane pump/transducer and methods to make and use same
  24. 8,778,197 - Graphene windows, methods for making same, and devices containing same
  25. 8,755,212 - Non-volatile graphene-drum memory chip
  26. 8,482,087 - Nanoelectromechanical tunneling current switch systems
  27. 8,432,212 - Switching element having an electromechanical switch and methods for making and using same
  28. 8,338,728 - Nanoelectromechanical tunneling current switch systems

Principals

Joe Pinkerton, CEO

Mr. Pinkerton is the founder of several technology companies, has taken one company public and is a named inventor on over 100 issued/pending patents. His patented products have generated sales in excess of $500 million and reduced the carbon footprint of customers by approximately 1 million tons. Mr. Pinkerton is a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for central Texas. He studied physics at Albion College and Columbia University.

Dr. William M. Lackowski, CTO

Prior to joining Clean Energy Labs, Dr. Lackowski was the Chief Scientist at the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. In that position, he provided internal scientific consulting to over 300 center users, was instrumental in securing external funding (including a recently awarded $15 million Department of Energy Frontier research center) and managed the operation of a shared $50 million nanoscience instrumentation facility. Dr. Lackowski also held scientific positions at Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University.

Dr. Lackowski received his PhD and MS degrees from Northwestern University in physical chemistry. He received his BS degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in chemistry. He has authored or co-authored 19 papers on various aspects of surface nanotechnology including developing novel scanning probe microscopic techniques and has served as a reviewer of nanotechnology grants submitted to the National Science Foundation.

David A. Badger, VP Engineering

Prior to joining Clean Energy Labs, Mr. Badger was the Principal Controls Engineer at Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW, acquired by Langley Holdings). In this capacity he developed novel control methods for the company's core technologies including partial magnetic bearings for energy-storage flywheels, line-interactive utility voltage regulation and electromechanical energy conversion. He is a named inventor on over twenty patents.

Mr. Badger received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin where he also worked as a research assistant at the UT Center for Electromechanics. After graduation, he worked for Texas Memory Systems in Houston, developing high bandwidth, multi-ported memory systems and high speed array processors.

Dr. W. Neil Everett, Director of Research

Prior to joining Clean Energy Labs, Dr. Everett held a research position at the University of Texas at Austin as a post-doctoral associate in a biophotonics and non-linear optics lab. Previous to that, he held a post-doctoral research position at Texas A&M University where he worked in the field of surface and interfacial science devising methods for dispersing and stabilizing nanoscale materials, such as quantum dots and carbon nanotubes, for optical, materials, and electronics applications. Additionally, he worked in the Micro and Nano Systems Cluster at the Institute for Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore as a Research Scientist designing, fabricating, and testing BioMEMS devices.

Dr. Everett received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering and BS and MS degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University. His PhD research centered on the development of experimental techniques for measuring weak biomolecular interactions using diffusing colloidal probes. Aside from his biophysical research, he has nine publications related to nanotechnology and materials/device fabrication.


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