Scott & Julie Brusaw
Scott
Scott is an electrical engineer (MSEE) with over 20 years of industry experience. This includes serving as the Director of Research and Development at a manufacturing facility in Ohio (developing their line of products for over 12 years), a voting member of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association), and developing several networked control systems from the ground up. Scott is also an ex-Marine Corps sergeant, a former Cub Scout Cubmaster, a former Boy Scout Scoutmaster, Chairman of the Board of Directors of his church, has been active in home schooling, 4-H, children's sports coaching, and teaching Sunday School. Scott has multiple patents and his hardware and software have been sold internationally. His interests include religious studies, the Civil War, NFL football, spending time in the woods, and playing on his John Deere tractor.
Julie
Julie has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Humboldt State University in northern California and is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) with extensive experience in marriage, individual, and family counseling, including counseling children of all ages. She has been a counselor in both public and private inpatient psychiatric facilities. She has a private counseling practice in Sandpoint, Idaho. She has been active in home schooling, Girl and Boy Scouts, 4-H, and teaching Sunday School. Her interests include writing, reading, movies, gardening, boating, swimming, creating mosaics, breeding Cairn Terrier and Standard Poodles and family activities. Her passions include service as a spiritual practice, environmental issues, and the welfare of children and animals.
The History Leading to Solar Roadways
Early Childhood
Julie and I met when we were three- and four-years-old respectively. I envisioned "electric roads" in early childhood. I have only one drawing left from that time: a version of an electric road before solar power was even conceived.
1976-1980
The Marine Corps years. By 1979, I was a sergeant at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina when the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was overrun by Islamic fundamentalists. 52 Americans were kept as hostages for 444 days: many of them fellow Marines. We were all "chomp'n at the bit" to go after them. On April 24, 1980, Operation Eagle Claw, a top-secret mission to free the hostages, ended in disaster. At the outset of the operation, a helicopter developed engine trouble in a staging area of the Iranian desert. Eight Americans were killed as two planes collided during the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. forces. I actually issued them the ammunition from Division Ordnance (2nd Marine Division), but didn't learn of this until after the failed mission.
1980-1983
I worked in the oil exploration business in the United States (Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, and Illinois). When gas prices were dropping, we knew we were in danger of being laid off: the oil companies had to present a shortage to raise prices again. The solution was to stop looking for oil until current supplies ran low.
1984-1988
The college years: after four years in the Marines and three years of throwing drill pipe in oil exploration, I decided that there had to be a better way of making a living than the way I was approaching it. I took my G.I. Bill and my parents' financial backing and enrolled in the local community college. In 1985, I received my Associate of Science degree in General Studies from Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. I received my Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton (Ohio) on December 17th, 1988. I had begun my first electrical engineering job 6 days prior.
1988-2001
The learning experience. Contrary to the warnings of my professors and counselors, I took a job at a local manufacturing facility in southwest Ohio. I was their first engineer, so there were no senior (experienced) engineers to learn from - hence, the warnings. I had to learn to do everything on my own: hardware, firmware, software... Peter Norton helped me to learn serial communications. Bill Gates helped me in our transition from DOS to Windows 3.1.
During my tenure as an electrical engineer, eventually becoming the Director of Research and Development (I also served on their Board of Directors), I gained valuable experience in just about every aspect of electrical engineering: embedded systems (microprocessors), digital and analog systems, solar energy, wireless communications, power supplies, local area networks, wide area networks, user interface software, etc. In 1994, I received my Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton (Ohio). I also served as a member of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturer's Association), writing specifications for the future of computer-controlled television systems for hospitals.
2001-present
Teaching and contract engineering. I taught electronics and microprocessors for five quarters at ITT Technical College in Spokane Valley. I then took a contract job for an Italian company: automating water meter readings via a wireless mesh network. That enabled me to build a state-of-the-art electronics lab on our property.
In retrospect...
It seems that every aspect of my past has led to the creation of the Solar Roadways™ project:
- I've learned the danger of dependency upon foreign oil.
- I've seen how our own oil companies work.
- I've acquired extensive experience in every electrical skill needed to make the Solar Roadways™ a reality.
- I now own a facility (and the equipment) where I can make this dream a reality.
- I am now in a position to dedicate the rest of my life to the desperately needed success of this project.
Over the years, Julie and I have worked on the concept of a Solar Roadway™ System. We've spent countless hours discussing the possibilities and potential features. We are now looking for funding to get this idea off the ground. We can develop the technology to make the world a better place to live in and we can use this technology to save the world from global warming, but we're going to need financial backing to get it done. You can help by simply spreading the word. If enough people begin talking about this solution, then sooner or later, the right people will be able to envision how this can solve so many problems and create safer and happier lives for us all.