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NEWS & PUBLICATIONS "Winter Solstice 2008", Huntsville Times, December 21 2008, by Al Reisz 
"To Go Beyond", Mechanical Engineering, November 2008, by Al Reisz Experiments with an advanced electromagnetic engine aim for high-speed long-distance transportation to reach farther into space. Reisz Engineers receives Certificate of Appreciation from NASA  Pictured from left to right are: Al Reisz, President of Reisz Engineers; Chuch Holloway of NCAS; Jerry Brainerd, Head Scientist of Reisz Engineers; and Jim Hollingshead, Comptroller of Reisz Engineers The NASA Contract Assurance Services (NCAS) office at NASA Headquarters in Washington recently recognized employees of Reisz Engineers in Huntsville for their work on an experimental in-space electromegnetic thrust concept. From left are Al Reisz, President of Reisz engineers; Church Holloway of NCAS; and Jerry Brainerd and Jim Hollingshead of Reisz Engineers. The team received a certificate from NCAS for dedication and diligence in providing a high quality research product, which through further investigation, may have potential applicaiton to interplanetary space missions. This project is a Small Business Technology Transfer venture with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. - From Marshall Star, Jan. 17, 2008: Volume 48/No. 16 On December 12, 2007, NASA HQ gave special recognition and a certificate of appreciation to Reisz Engineers for quality delivery of the experimental in-space electromagnetic engine. The experimental in-space engine when further developed will be used for interplanetary space missions. This engine features no electrodes to wear and limit mission life and it is throttleable, varying thrust and specific impulse. This engine has the capability to go long distances far into the interplanetary. 
Electromagnetic Engine producing plasma that can power future interplanetary missions to Mars 
"50 Years of Sputnik", Huntsville Times, October 7, 2007 by Al Reisz. 
"I Want to Build Rockets", Huntsville Times, August 5, 2007. 
AIAA Papers by Dr. Jerome J. Brainerd and Al Reisz: ECR-GDM Thruster For Fusion Propulsion Experimental ECR Thruster Reisz Engineers designed a large scale solar collector to heat air in industrial processing. 
 Gigantic solar panels saved fuel in processing soybeans at Decatur, Alabama plant.  The gigantic solar panel after installation served as part of the roof. From "Solar Heating Is Here," Progressive Farmer, February 1977. Click here for full article. 
From "Soybean Processing with Solar Energy" by Al Reisz, P.E., ASME, Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting in New York, NY, December 1979. Describes a solar energy system used in soybean processing at the Nation's largest soybean processing plant, Gold Kist Soy Plant in Decatur, Alabama. Under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Teledyne Brown Engineering and Reisz Engineers designed a fossil-fuel solar heating system to supply industrial heat for drying soybeans at the Gold Kist Plant. Click here to read full article.  Rotary Kiln used in lightweight aggregate Production. Properties and Potential Uses of Gulf Coast Lignite by Al Reisz, P.E., ASME, Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, Florida, November 1985. Presents information and test results pertaining to the properties of Gulf Coast lignite. Comparisons are made with similar low-grade coal being burned commercially and potential uses are identified. The results of testing found that the Gulf Coast has combustible lignite coal with calorific value comparable to other lignite reserves being used. Sites in this area are available which will be attractive to a cross section of industry. Testing of Alabama lignite shows it to have low ash fouling characteristics and is suitable for industrial use. Rocket Launch Video from Sept. 2006, Courtesy of NASA (Requires Windows Media Player, Plays Best With High Speed Internet Connection) ECRH-GDM Thruster For Fusion Propulsion by Jerome J. Brainerd and Al Reisz, presented at the 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference in Sacramento, California in July of 2006. Experimental 10 GHz ECR Thruster by Jerome J. Brainerd and Al Reisz, presented at the 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference in Sacramento, California in July of 2006. NASA's New Moon Plans: 'Apollo on Steroids.' By Tariq Malik. From by Space.com, September 19, 2005. Antiproton Powered Gasdynamic Mirror Nuclear Thermal Rocket For Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Interstellar Missions and Beyond 
"NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center awards contract to Reisz Engineers." From The American Society of Mechanical Engineering Magazine (ASME News Online), July 2005. Current Research as of August 1, 2005: Reisz Engineers is currently researching the Antiproton Powered Gasdynamic Mirror (GDM) Nuclear Thermal Rocket. Reisz Engineers Experimental Deepspace Rocket 
NASA's Future: The Vision for Space Exploration  "NASA Contract" In The Huntsville Times, June 16, 2005  Details: NASA awards contract to Reisz Engineers A Contract to investigate technology for deep space missions to Mars and beyond has been awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to Reisz Engineers of Huntsville, Alabama. The $600,000, two-year award follows up on earlier work which included developing an experimental throttleable in-space thruster (rocket) design. The contract will develop an experimental magnetically confined plasma thruster and conduct certain propulsion parameter performance experiments. The thruster features variable specific impulse and has no electrodes. The propellant gas will be transformed to a highly energized plasma state by an electron cyclotron resonance heater. The experimental model will be able to generate thrust in more than one propulsion configuration. By shaping the magnetic field, the plasma will be accelerated to form a high-speed jet, producing thrust as the jet exhausts into a vacuum tank, simulating space propulsion. The propellants will be argon in the experimental model with water-cooled magnetics. Hydrogen will propel the flight model, which will be cryogenically cooled. Al Reisz and Dr. Jerry Brainerd will lead the contract work efforts. Dr. Terry Kammash of the University of Michigan is the lead for the University of Michigan effort. He is the author of many publications on gas dynamic mirror propulsion and editor of "Fusion Energy for Space Propulsion." They will be working with Dr. Bill Emrich of MSFC. The development of a flight model of this type of in-space thruster will make interplanetary space travel a reality. It will help fulfill NASA’s current planning for Mars missions and long-range vision of exploring outer reaches of the solar system. Press contact: Judy Wilson judyok@aol.com 256-777-0570 "Engines for the Cosmos: Exploration of deep space requires systems of propulsion that can go the distance." By Aloysius I. Reisz and Stephen L. Rogers, From Mechanical Engineering, January 2003.  "Earthrise: When the leadership of Apollo reached for the moon, it raised a new set of engineering issues for us back here at home." By Aloysius I. Reisz, From Mechanical Engineering, May 2002.  "Fusion Energy in Space Propulsion" By Terry Kammash, Edited By Paul Zarchan, Published by The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Copyright 1995.  "Measuring the Moon's Distance: Apollo Laser Ranging Experiments Yield Results" From LPI Bulletin, No. 72, August, 1994.  "Ion Propulsion for Space Flight" By Ernst Stuhlinger, Published by McGraw Hill, Copyright 1964.  "Pacesetter" In The Huntsville Times, December 21, 2005 
"Appointments" In The Birmingham News, December 22, 2005 Al Reisz, president of Reisz Engineering in Huntsville, has been appointed to the Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, which regulates engineering and land surveying in Alabama and enforces state laws regarding the practices. He has extensive experience in aerospace, industrial and architectural engineering. |