Alberto A. Calderon

SIERRA VISTA, AZ — 11/15/08 — Alberto Calderon received his BS in Mechanical Engineering, and MS in Aeronautical Engineering at Stanford University in California. His Engineers Degree Thesis led to his appointment as Research Associate at Stanford, working for the US Navy and NASA in contracts for vertical flight aircraft, which include rotor aerodynamics similar to those of wind turbines. A. Calderon also worked as consultant with Grumman Aircraft for the FIII (Naval Version), the A-6 in wing design, and in the OVIO-A for NASA and North American Rockwell. He then worked as consultant for Aerospatiale in Paris and Toulouse in the Concorde and Airbus aircraft in aerodynamics and structures.

As a result of a NASA recommendation, A. Calderon accepted a position of Chief of Hydrodynamics for the St. Francis Golden Gate Challenge of Americas Cup in Perth, Australia, and thereafter worked as Principal Designer and Head of Aerospace Technology with Team Dennis Conner, in the defense of the Americas Cup in three Americas Cup campaigns. Following his investigation on hull hydrodynamics, A. Calderon invented the Transonic Hull and carried out its model tests as President of Advanced Aero-Hydro Corporation, and in the development and tests of the XTH-20 manned/ unmanned prototype as Director and Chairman of Transonic Hull Company.

A. Calderon holds several patents in aerospace and naval fields. His extended background in aerodynamics of vertical flight and structures, and his track record in successful creative engineering are well suited for important aspects of the development of wind turbines at Maglev.