<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Computational Fluid Dynamics: Improving Energy Efficiency for Everything That Moves</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p><table class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:8.7pt"><td width="1418" valign="top" style="width:850.5pt;border:1pt solid black;padding:0in;height:8.7pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Date: Friday, January 13, 2017</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Time: 8:00am – 10:00am</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Organizer: Gelvin Stevenson, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Host: Sidley Austin LLP</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Location: 787 Seventh Ave. (AXA Equitable Building, between 51^st and 52^nd Streets), 23^rd Floor</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Everything that moves through air, water or any other medium creates friction. That friction requires energy—and usually, more energy than is necessary. A lot more.  So major energy, automotive, aerospace, electronic design, chemical and pharmaceutical companies use  Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to predict turbulent liquid and gas flows within and around solid objects, promising to eliminate or at least reduce the need for physical testing. For instance, wind turbine designers use CFD software to optimize turbine blades and turbine placement in wind turbine farms. Similarly, automobile designers use CFD software in an effort to minimize drag forces so as to reduce fuel consumption, in particular by large trucks, essentially replacing wind tunnels with “numerical wind tunnels”. Yet the algorithms they use aren’t always accurate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------ </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Register at the GIF Eventbrite page:</span></i> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/computational-fluid-dynamics-improving-energy-efficiency-for-everything-that-moves-tickets-30770801295" target="_blank">Greentech Investors Forum Eventbrite Site</a><i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Or contact Gelvin at </span></i><a href="mailto:gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gelvin.steve<wbr>nson@gmail.com</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></i></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-----------------------<span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard"><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:12pt">The CFD market is dominated by a few large CFD software vendors, which all - including dozens of smaller players - have the exact same public-domain algorithm at the core of their products. Unfortunately, this core algorithm is inherently inaccurate, requires extensive expertise and effort to set-up, fails to predict important physical phenomena even in simple geometries, and requires High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources.       </span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">VorCat says it has solved all these problems. Using $5.4M in Advanced Technology Programs and other government grants, VorCat developed, patented and is starting to market revolutionary Fast 3D Vortex Tube software that is very accurate, easy to use, can be deployed in the HPC cloud and, as importantly, can be deployed on desktop machines with commercially-available hardware accelerators. As a result, VorCat expects not only to become the #1 or #2 player in the market, but to expand the market to small and medium-sized businesses that previously could not afford to gain CFD expertise nor acquire the use of appropriate hardware.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-----------------</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">GIF thanks Investors Circle for its generous support, Geoff Miles, Chino Maduagwu, and Gary Kier for developing and operating GIF’s video, social media and design capabilities, Tonia Popke for her financial expertise, and Jesse Goldstein, PhD, for his continued support.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> -----------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">According to the Gartner market research firm, “<i>CFD has numerous applications for a number of industries, and many of these areas remain under-penetrated to date</i>.” The current CFD market is $1.3B, growing at 12-15% annually, but could be much larger once the accuracy, learning curve and computing resource constraints are solved.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Disclaimer: The Greentech Investors Forum (GIF) is not soliciting funds for the presenting companies, nor is it encouraging parties to invest in them. We try to find good companies—not necessarily good investments. They have been advised on what is acceptable in terms of predicted results, but GIF takes no responsibility for what they actually do, say, or how they perform in the future.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-------------------</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Indeed, the uses of CFD are vast and include such notable applications as predicting:</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">aerodynamic forces on ground and air vehicles,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">design and optimal placement of wind turbines and hydro-turbines,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">pollutant formation and dispersion of hazardous materials in the environment,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">hydrodynamic forces on ships,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">noise generation about moving vehicles and airborne systems,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">cooling of electronic components and efficiency of engines,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">mixing characteristics of chemical reactors,</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:starsymbol">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">safety studies of transport air traffic and helicopters.</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-StylePlainTextLatinArialComplexArial11pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">A main attraction of CFD is economic: CFD reduces dependence on costly and time-intensive physical experiments so products can be brought to market faster and at less expense; it permits exploration of a wide range of design or performance parameters so products have higher quality; it can often provide flow information that is too dangerous or impractical to acquire in physical experiments, and, CFD can provide a more complete flow description than can be obtained with physical probes. Many experts estimate that moving to “virtual design” methods, e.g., simulations instead of physical models, can save up to 50% in the cost of design cycles, and considerably shorten time to market.</span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Standard"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">The company is seeking a $5M equity investment to develop cloud Apps that will target important flow applications that are mostly utilized by the Automotive, green/clean energy and other industries, complete proof-of-concept evaluations with Fortune 100 companies and enhance VorCat's intellectual property.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Agenda:</span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">          8:00 to 8:30     -   Networking & light breakfast</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">8:30 to 9:10     -   Jacob Krispin, Ph.D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2in"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">9:10 to 9:300   -   Bhargav Gajjar, MIT & founder of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Robotics" title="Vishwa Robotics" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Vishwa Robotics</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">, via telephone</span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2in"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">9:30 to 10:00   -   Discussion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Security:</span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">        Security is tight, so please register early. If there is a problem at the Security Desk, please contact Gelvin Stevenson at <a href="tel:(917)%20599-6089" value="+19175996089" target="_blank">917-599-6089</a>.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Fees:</span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">               $50, payable ahead of time or at the door. Cash or checks and credit cards accepted.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">$25 for call-in. Registered call-ins will be emailed the call-in numbers and, if available, the slides to be presented.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">                             $20 for students and faculty</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 3pt"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">To register, visit </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greentech-investors-forum-applying-big-data-to-climate-change-risk-tickets-27421621809" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Greentech Investors Forum</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">’s this Eventbrite site, or send your contact information to Gelvin Stevenson at </span><a href="mailto:gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">gelvin.stevenson@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> <wbr>or <a href="tel:(917)%20599-6089" value="+19175996089" target="_blank">917-599-6089</a>. And contact Gelvin If you have questions or need more information.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 3pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">Bios</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Dr. Jacob Krispin, Founder and CEO</span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> – an experienced manager and accomplished scientist with more than thirty years of experience in research and development (R&D), and engineering and management work at a national laboratory (Israel), academia (University of Maryland) and startups. Jacob has substantial understanding of the CFD market through many years of CFD consulting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Body" style="margin:5pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)">Bruno Dov Lerer, Esq.,</span></b></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"> </span></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)">Counsel for the company, is an attorney with Littman Krooks. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Senior Associate Vice President at a broker-dealer-venture capital company.</span></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"></span></span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Body" style="margin:5pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)">Bruno focuses his practice on business tax, finance and accounting issues, specializing in the information technology sector.</span></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"></span></span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Body" style="margin:5pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)">He is fluent in Hebrew and Romanian and dabbles in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. In his spare time, he builds high powered gaming desktop computers (and actually uses them).</span></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"></span></span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Body" style="margin:5pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)">Bruno received an LLB from the Tel Aviv University School of Law in 1979 and an LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1981. He is admitted to practice in New York.</span></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"></span></span></p><p class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-Body" style="margin:5pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(82,83,83)"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Bhargav Gajjar</span></b><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">is a robotics scientist at the<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and founder of bioinspired robotics company<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Robotics" title="Vishwa Robotics" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Vishwa Robotics</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. He is an inventor,</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-1" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[1]</span>}</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-2" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[2]</span>}</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-3" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[3]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">educator,</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-4" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[4<wbr>]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">physicist, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-5" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[5]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and an entrepreneur. He studied theoretical physics and mechanical engineering focused on robotics mechanisms at<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda" title="Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and aerospace engineering, electrical engineering and robotics at<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Central_Florida" title="University of Central Florida" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">University of Central Florida</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT" title="MIT" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">MIT</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span><br></p><h6 style="margin-top:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></h6><h6 style="margin-top:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span>He is best known for assisting the<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAF" title="USAF" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">USAF</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">in developing one of the first man-made, avian inspired, drones called<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_air_vehicle" title="Micro air vehicle" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">MAVs</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">that can fly and actively grasp and perch on a tree branch and perform local ground mobility on roof tops, post landing for tactical perch and stare missions.</span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-6" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[6]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The core technology in the artificial hawk was integrated into the<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_air_vehicle" title="Micro air vehicle" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">MAV</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">in place of a traditional roll out landing gear and was developed directly by copying the musculoskeletal anatomy of biological sparrow hawk (</span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_kestrel" title="American kestrel" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">American kestrel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) claws.</span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-7" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[7]</span>}</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-8" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[8]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span></h6><h6 style="margin-top:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span>As of 2014, he is focused on developing an anthropomorphic underwater robotic grasper for<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Navy" title="US Navy" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">US Navy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">'s<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_diving_suit" title="Atmospheric diving suit" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Atmospheric Diving Suits (ADS)</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle" title="Remotely operated underwater vehicle" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle (ROV)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhargav_Gajjar#cite_note-9" target="_blank">^{<span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">[9]</span>}</a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">He is the president of bioinspired robotics company<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa_Robotics" title="Vishwa Robotics" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Vishwa Robotics</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and his research has been funded by all 3 branches of<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">United States Department of Defense</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">including<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy" title="Navy" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Navy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">,<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army" title="Army" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Army</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">a<wbr>nd<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force" title="Air Force" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Air Force</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">besides<span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">DARPA</span></a></span><span class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail-m_869857550216006644gmail-apple-converted-space" style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:normal;font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:rgb(37,37,37);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">and numerous national and international private commercial businesses.</span></h6></div><div><div class="m_-8348949738946926393gmail_signature"><br></div></div>
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