Steven Amendola, co-founder and COB of Alternative Fuel Sciences (AFS), has a long and celebrated history of innovation and awards as one of our nations finest chemical engineers. One of Steven's novel patents, ZeroFuel, has come to fruition as our nation and the world face one of it's most challenging tasks. How can we meet and sustain the energy needs and demands of the future economically, while being environmentally friendly? The attributes and benefits of ZeroFuel have a pathway to this goal that can be implemented today.
Here is a partial history of Steven Amendola's contributions as a chemical engineer and entrepreneur.
Created from scratch a $300 million market cap R&D company in only 3 years
Created a solar silicon company currently at $70 million valuation
Planned, budgeted, raised and administered over $30 million in an IP
Raised over $10 million in private funds in 2007
First Place winner in MIT’s ICE business plan contest for 2007
Awarded gov’t grants for thermochemical water splitting and electric load leveling
Internationally Recognized in Alternative energy fuels, hydrogen and fuel cells
Created a technology and company that is now part of a DoE Center of Excellence
Created inventions and Intellectual Property worth in excess of $100 million
Invented, designed and managed the construction of the world’s first hydrogen powered series hybrid automobile operating with a new Hydrogen On Demand system.
These Inventions created the basis for a DoE Center of Excellence for Hydrogen with Millennium Cell at Los Alamos
Over 50 patents and Publication in Alternative Energy and electrochemistry
Electrochemistry and Battery Research
Molten Salt Electrochemistry
Metallurgy
Inorganic Chemistry
Nitride and Oxide Ceramic Synthesis Techniques
Consulted to Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Energy applications and science both conventional and alternative
Transportation applications
Explosive and Propellants.
Chemical Physic
Board member State of New Jersey BPU – Renewable Energy committee
Founder and CEO: RSI Silicon, LLC 5/07-Present
Founder and President: Reaction Sciences, Inc. 10/01-5/07
Chief Scientific Adviser: 10/01 to 10/02: Under Contract to Millennium Cell, Inc (NASD: MCEL)
Founder, Executive Vice President and CTO and Chief Technical Millennium Cell, Inc. 5/97 to 10/01
Patents, Publications, Presentations, Awards, Service:
(Over 20 US and 40 foreign patents received or applied for)
U.S. Patent # 7,316,718 “Differential pressure-driven borohydride based generator”
U.S. Patent# 7,220,290 “System for hydrogen generation”
U.S. Patent # 7,140,187 “Urea Based Composition and System for Same”
U.S. Patent # 7,019,105 “Compositions and Processes for Synthesizing borohydride compounds”
U.S. Patent# 6,932,847 “Portable Hydrogen Generator”
U.S. Patent# 6,683,025 “Process for making Hydrogen Generation Catalyst”
U.S. Patent# 6,670,444 “Process for Synthesizing Borohydride Compounds”
U.S. Patent # 6,586,563 “Processes for Synthesizing Alkali Metal Borohydride compounds”
U.S. Patent # 6,544,679 “Electrochemical Cell and Assembly for Same”
U.S. Patent # 6,534,033 “System for Hydrogen Generation”
U.S. Patent # 6,524,542 “Process for Synthesizing Borohydride Compounds”
U.S. Patent # 6,497,973 ”Electroconversion Cell”
U.S. patent # 6,468,694 “High-Energy Density Boride Batteries”
U.S. patent # 6,433,129 “Compositions and Processes for Synthesizing Borohydride Compounds"
U.S. Patent # 6,250,078 "Engine Cycle and Fuel for same"
U.S. Patent # 5,948,558 "High-Energy Density Boride Batteries"
U.S. Patent # 4,369,107 “Separation of a Super-acid in a Coal Liquefaction Process”
U.S. Patent # 4,202,757 “Coal Liquefaction Process”
U.S. Patent # 4,120,669 “Waste Gas Pollution Control Systems”
Pending:
20070217994 System for hydrogen generation
20070217988 Method for making silicon for solar cells and other applications
20060120935 Efficient removal of Mercury from Flue gases
20060108214 Load leveling and electrolysis system
20050013771 Thermochemical hydrogen produced from a vanadium decomposition cycle
Several additional patent pending, in many corresponding foreign patents issued or pending including new fuels, turbines, diesel fuels, hydrogen production, etc., as well as many other ideas not yet patent applied for.
Publications:
“Inexpensive, In Situ Monitoring of Borohydride Concentrations.” S. C. Amendola, P. Onnerud, M. T. Kelly, and M. Binder. Talanta 1999, 49, 267 – 270.
“A Novel High Power Density Borohydride-Air Cell.” S. C. Amendola, P. Onnerud, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, and M. Binder. Journal of Power Sources, 1999, 84, 130-133.
“An Ultrasafe Hydrogen Generator: Aqueous Alkaline Borohydride Solutions and Ru Catalyst”. S. C. Amendola, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, and M. Binder. Journal of Power Sources, 2000, 85, 186-189.
“A Safe, Portable Hydrogen Gas Generator Using Aqueous Borohydride Solution and Ru Catalyst.” S. C. Amendola, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, N. C. Spencer, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, and M. Binder. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2000, 25, 969-975.
“A Novel Catalytic Process for Generating Hydrogen Gas from Aqueous Borohydride Solutions” S. C. Amendola, M. Binder, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, S. L. Sharp-Goldman. Advances in Hydrogen Energy, C. E. Grégoire Padró and F. Lau, eds. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000, pp. 69-86.
“Versatile Coal-Liquefaction Process Operates at Ambient Pressures” S.C. Amendola. Oil & Gas Journal, 1981 June 29, PennWell Publishing Co
“A Novel, High Energy Density Aqueous Borohydride Battery.” S. Amendola, P. Onnerud, M. Kelly, P. Petillo, and M. Binder. 194th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, November 1-6, 1998, Boston, MA. [Proc. - Electrochem. Soc. (1999), 98-15(Selected Battery Topics), 47-54]
“An Ultrasafe, Lightweight, Self-Regulating Hydrogen Gas Generator Based on Aqueous Borohydride Solutions.” S. C. Amendola, M. T. Kelly, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, M. Binder, and P. J. Petillo. Submarine Technology Symposium, May 1999, Laurel, MD.
“A Safe, Self-Regulating, Hydrogen Generator Using Aqueous Borohydride Solutions.” S. C. Amendola, P. J. Petillo, M. T. Kelly, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, and M. Binder. 195th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, May 2-6, 1999, Seattle, WA.
“Ultrasafe Hydrogen Generator: Aqueous, Alkaline Borohydride Solutions and Ru Catalyst.” S. C. Amendola, S. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, and M. Binder. 218th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 22-26, 1999, New Orleans, LA. [Prepr. Symp. - Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem. (1999), 44(4), 864-868]
“A Safe, Portable Hydrogen Generator Using Aqueous Borohydride Solutions (II).” S. C. Amendola, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, M. T. Kelly, P. J. Petillo, and M. Binder. 196th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, October 17-22, 1999, Honolulu, HI.
“A Catalytic Process for Generating Hydrogen Gas from Aqueous Borohydride Solutions.” S. C. Amendola, M. T. Kelly, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, N. C. Spencer, P. J. Petillo, S. C. Petillo, Robert Lombardo, and M. Binder. 11th Annual Hydrogen Meeting of the National Hydrogen Association, February 29 – March 2, 2000, Tyson’s Corner, VA.
”SUV Powered by On-Board Generated Hydrogen.” S. C. Amendola, P. J. Petillo, Robert Lombardo, S. L. Sharp-Goldman, M. S. Janjua, N. C. Spencer, M. T. Kelly, and M. Binder. Proceedings of Society of Automotive Engineers, Future Car 2000 Conference
April 2 – 6, 2000, Arlington, VA.
“A Catalytic Process for Generating Hydrogen Gas from Aqueous Borohydride Solutions.” Amendola, Steven C.; Kelly, Michael T.; Sharp-Goldman, Stefanie L.;
Janjua, M. Saleem; Spencer, Nicole C.; Petillo, Phillip J.; Binder, Michael. 39th Power Sources Symposium, June 12 – 15, 2000, Cherry Hill, NJ. [Proc. Power Sources Conf. (2000), 39th, 176-179]
“A Novel, Safe Method for Storing/Generating Hydrogen Gas Uses Aqueous NaBH4 Solution and Supported Ru Catalysts. 2000 Fuel Cell Seminar, October 30 – November 2, 2000, Portland, OR.
“Novel, Inexpensive Synthesis of Sodium Borohydride Using Heavy Oil Residues.” Steven C. Amendola, Michael T. Kelly, Michael Binder, and Rasheed Khan. 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 1 – 5, 2001, San Diego, CA.