Yankee Scientific: The Practice of Ingenuity
Senior Mechanical Engineer 
Henry has been involved for three decades in analysis and design of systems involving transfer of energy between fluids and mechanical motion, including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, machine dynamics, structural analysis, and transient analysis. He has been with Yankee Scientific for ten years. There he has been part of a team that developed a compact portable steam powered generator for DARPA. He also managed a project to develop a lightweight rapid inflation machine for the U. S. Army, and analyzed the performance of several small-scale cogeneration systems. Prior to that Henry was with Northern Research and Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand. He managed and worked on numerous projects, involving design, assembly, and test of prototype energy conversion devices. These included a reciprocating expander for an organic Rankine bottoming cycle, a high performance fan to replace a helicopter tail rotor, an air turbine powered submarine torpedo ejection pump, an air turbine powered engine starter, a performance upgrade kit for a large turbocharger, and a hydroelectric turbine that is less destructive to fish.
Prior to his doctoral studies, Henry worked in the aeronautical industry in the areas of airframe structural analysis, computerized preliminary design of airplanes and helicopters, noise reduction for helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft, and airline fleet planning. Henry has a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, an M. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT, and and a B.A from Harvard University.
Henry is an active instrument rated pilot and enjoys hiking in the hills of New Hampshire and the Grand Canyon.