Erik Limpaecher founded Princeton Power Systems in his Princeton University senior year dorm
room. During a decade of entrepreneurship in the renewable energy industry, he grew the company to profitability and nearly 50
employees. He has won tens of millions of dollars in government R&D
grants, OEM product development contracts, and angel funding;
developed almost a dozen industrial and military products for energy
efficiency, power distribution, smart grid, solar, and wind
applications; has been principal investigator on fifteen DOD, DOE, and
NJ state research contracts; and is the author of one patent and
sixteen technical publications.
Erik is currently taking time off to travel the country and speak with
other energy innovators, record what he learned during a decade as an
entrepreneur in the renewable energy industry, and spend more time
with his baby boy and wife than he could when he worked startup hours.
Read Erik’s blog, Entrepreneurial
Energy, and follow him on Twitter.
Dear Sir,
I read your article “Mechanical Engineers should be Renewable Engineers” and this article made me think on my future career. As I am a recently graduated mechanical engineer I want to start my career in renewable energy industry. Because I am a Turkish engineer and Turkey is recently being aware of its renewable energy potential. Thus Turkey is a hot prospect for future as a renewable energy investor. I would love to consult you about how should I improve myself to become a successful mechanical engineer and some kind of basic informations like; “what do mechanical engineers do in energy industry”.(I know I should know this info until now but this is about the disadvantage of the Turkish education system and lack of guidance service of my school) If you contact with me and share your knowledge and experience, I would be so glad.
Yours sincerely.
Comment by Ugur Ozbay — August 16, 2011 @ 3:34 am
Ugur,
Sure…I’d be happy to provide some guidance. Feel free to email me at elimpaecher@gmail.com.
Best regards,
Erik
Comment by Erik Limpaecher — August 25, 2011 @ 9:59 am