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Actasys is developing active aerodynamic systems by leveraging a technology developed for aerospace applications. It is a platform technology that can significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce costs in a wide variety of markets, including transportation, automotive, wind turbines, and buildings. Actasys is currently focusing on the transportation market with a product that increases the fuel efficiency of Class 8 trucks by up to 18%. The technology is based on synthetic jets, actuators that with a minimal amount of power can create very powerful jets of air, redirecting the main airflow in the desired directions.
 
Date: Friday, February 12, 2016
Time: 8:00am 10:00am
Organizer: Gelvin Stevenson, PhD
Greentech Investors Forum
Sponsor and Host: Crowell & Moring. LLC
Location: 590 Madison Ave. at 57th Street, southwest corner, 22nd floor 

As a platform technology, synthetic jets can be applied to a wide range of markets and applications. When applied to wind turbine blades, they significantly reduce stress from vibrations of the blades while enhancing efficiency and broadening the range of exploitable wind velocities. For wind turbines in urban scenarios, synthetic jets can significantly reduce the tower heights (since they can reduce significantly the turbulence generated by the buildings and optimally readjust the flow), decreasing construction costs and widening the type of buildings suitable for roof wind turbines.
Actasys also intends to apply the technology within a wind farm, as it is likely it can reduce turbulence in the wake of turbines, raising the overall energy production of the farm. In the HVAC sector the technology drastically improves mixing and circulation of air in rooms and can dynamically adapt the airflow from vents to meet room occupancy requirements. There are numerous other potential applications in architectural, structural, heating and cooling, marine, and transportation markets.
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The initial commercial application of the technology is in heavy-duty transportation, which presents an extremely large market opportunity. With its technology, Actasys can achieve up to 18% fuel savings for heavy trucks, revolutionizing aerodynamic improvements for trucks without the need to change shapes or make significant capital investments. Not only are the fuel savings superior to any competing technology, but the enhanced performance can be maintained in varying environmental settings due to the ability of the system to adapt to any kind of driving and weather conditions. Their timing is perfect, because new federal regulatory requirements greater fuel efficiency in this sector are just now being implemented.
In 2015, as part of a shared research agreement with NYSERDA, Actasys initiated road testing with trucks provided by the Price Chopper grocery chain. Those results led to testing agreements with one of the top five fleets in US and with the one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world.
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Actasys is also currently in negotiation with multiple multinational OEM suppliers for joint development and commercialization of the technology for heavy-duty truck and other automotive applications.
Actasys intends to work with a partner to address the automotive markets and then to leverage the technology platform to develop and commercialize other applications, either with strategic partners or by selecting focused market opportunities it can commercialize on its own.
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 To continue driving innovation off of this platform, Actasys has a unit looking into modifying its modules to create a cheaper and more efficient means of regulating temperature in trucks that transport refrigerated goods and materials.. The modules will increase the air circulation and mixing, significantly reducing the energy required to maintain the trailers at a set temperature. Moreover, Actasys product will generate an air curtain at the door level that will be activated any time that the door is opened for product loading and unloading.

Agenda: 8:00 to 8:30 - Networking 
 8:30 to 8:40 - Introductions
 8:40 to 9:10 - Daniele Gallardo, Ph.D.: Cofounder and VP of Business Development
 9:10 to 9:30 - Michael Roeth, Executive Director, NACFE and Operations Leader, Carbon War Room, via phone
 9:30 to 10:00 - Discussion
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Daniele Gallardo, Ph.D.: Cofounder and VP of Business Development Dr. Gallardo received in B.Sc, and M.Sc, in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy and he developed his master thesis at the Field and Space Robotics Laboratory (FSRL), MIT. In 2014 he received his Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). During his Ph.D. he focused on multiple multidisciplinary projects involving aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, and mathematical modeling applied to fluid-structure interactions at the Advanced Autonomous Multiple Spacecraft (ADAMUS) laboratory.
Dr. Gallardo currently covers the role of VP of Business Development at Actasys. In less than 18 months he developed relationships with leading American and European OEMs, negotiated and executed testing agreements with several fleet operators (including one of the top five fleet operator in US) and with one of the biggest tire manufacturers in the world. He also developed relationships and is currently in negotiation with multinational strategic partners that are going to collaborate with Actasys under joint development agreements to commercialize its first products in the transportation market.
 Dr. Gallardo is also responsible for managing day to day operations at Actasys. 

Michael Roeth,Executive Director, NACFE
Operations Leader, Carbon War Room
Mike has worked in the commercial vehicle industry for nearly 30 years, is the Executive Director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and leads the Trucking Efficiency Operations for the Carbon War Room. Mikes specialty is brokering green truck collaborative technologies into the real world at scale. He has a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from the Ohio State University and a Masters in Organizational Leadership from the Indiana Institute of Technology. Mike served as Chairman of the Board for the Truck Manufacturers Association, Board member of the Automotive Industry Action Group. He currently serves on the second National Academy of Sciences Committee on Technologies and Approaches for Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and is a Department of Energy Merit Reviewer for the SuperTruck programs. He understands the customers, operations and intricacies of the commercial vehicle industry having held various positions in product development, engineering, reliability, quality, sales, materials and plant management with Navistar and Behr/Cummins.
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Miles Flamenbaum: Founder of SOMS Technologies, a clean technology company that has successfully commercialized the microGreen Engine Oil Filter. The Company works with vehicle fleets to use the microgreen filter to extend oil drain intervals up to 10X, achieving both environmental and cost efficiencies.
 Miles is a business and corporate development professional with extensive experience in technology development and commercialization. He has focused his career as a senior manager in public, private and venture-backed companies to license, acquire and commercializetechnology assets. Previously he was Director of Business Development and Administration at Medical Instill Technologies. He was also Director of Corporate and Business Development at OxfordGlycosciences Plc (OGS), a UK based company listed on both the London and NASDAQ exchanges.
 At OGS, Miles was Secretary of the Executive Committee, leading merger, acquisition and integration activities. Miles has successfully created and implemented business development and growthstrategies. He developed relationships with customers and strategic partners, executing transactions resulting in the creation of over $165 million of value. Miles has managed cross-functional teams involved in product development and commercialization. He is also a member of the CEOConnex, a program sponsored by the Center for Economic Growth, a regional business accelerator based in Albany, NY. Mr. Flamenbaum is also an inventor on seven US patents. He is a graduate of Franklin &Marshall College (BA), Boston University (MA, International Relations), and Brooklyn Law School (JD) and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
 David Menicovich, Ph.D.: Cofounder, CEO, and VP of Product Development: 
David was born in Isreal and received his BArch from the Tel Aviv University in 2001. In 2005 he received his MsAAD from Columbia University and in 2013 he completed his Ph.D. in Architectural Sciences at the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As his Ph.D., he developed an Active Flow Control system integrated into tall buildings for the reduction of crosswind response with applications to wind energy generation and indoor air quality. He has more than 10 years of international experience in building design and architectural project management at companies such as OMA, REX and Snohetta. He specializes in the design of advanced technologies for greater sustainability in the built environment and experienced in multidisciplinary collaboration for the development, transfer, integration and commercialization of new technology in academia, industry and between both.
 David leads the product development efforts and manages the full scale system validation project under the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) grant.
 Michael Amitay, Ph.D.: Cofounder, CTO and President, is a Endowed Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and the Director of the Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC). Dr. Amitay has been involved in leading-edge research during the past twenty five years related to experimental aerodynamics, fluid mechanics and flow control. He has been performing meticulous experimental studies extensively utilizing the PIV technique to unveil fundamental physical processes in DoD-, federal-, state-, and industry-sponsored studies. His technical contributions include the adaptation of synthetic jet technology for enhanced aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces. This has led to the development of a new flow control approach termed virtual aeroshaping and another concept for controlling internal flows based on collectively interacting synthetic jet arrays. 
 Dr.Amitays mastery of this complex field of specialization is demonstrated by his published works, which include more than 120 archival and conference publications, and three book chapters. In addition, three of his conference papers were awarded best technical paper in 2000 by the ASME and in 2001 and 2002 by the AIAA. He also holds two U.S. patents, two PCTs and three provisional patents. Over the last fifteen years Dr. Amitay has been conducting experimental investigation on the feasibility of using flow control (in lieu of control surfaces) for flight control of various vehicle scales. In 2011, he won the Supplier of the Year award from Boeing in the Technology category (work related to the implementation of synthetic jets to enhance the control power on control surfaces for commercial airplanes).
 Dr. Amitay currently covers the role of Actasys' CTO and President, and leads the research and development efforts.