Yankee Scientific: The Practice of Ingenuity

Stan Jakuba
Senior Mechanical Engineer

Stan is an expert in mechanical designs and testing particularly as it applies to engines and power sources ranging from diesel and alternative fuels engines, steam engines, pumps to the test facilities and equipment for their research and development. Experienced in R&D for high volume manufacturing of diesel engine components, Stan has equally contributed to the success of innovative projects in pure research, writing proposals, progress reports and dealing with customers such as the Department of Energy. At the Scientific Energy Systems Corp., Stan led the high pressure and temperature steam engine R&D effort for building a near-zero pollution automobile. Working as a consultant operating his own company, Stan has provided engineering and educational services for dozens of companies ranging in size from GM and GE to small R&D firms involved in advanced and alternative energy related projects.

Stan holds a patent, has written a number of technical papers, has fluency in several languages, is a active in professional societies and standards-setting committees. He has a B. Sc. from Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke (Czech Inst. of Tech.), Prague, Czech Republic (1967), and a M. Sc. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (1970).

Stan is active in the public debate about future energy pathways. Stan is a avid outdoorsman who skis, hikes and travels year round.