Engineering Projects for the 21st Century (Aerospace Design Engineer & Inventor) - Softcover

Laredo, Walter F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425139264 ISBN 13: 9781425139261

Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This book shows great wonders of engineering that may contribute to the advancement of a new Earth civilization, a civilization so advanced that interplanetary flights would become routine.

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About the Author

As a young child Walter F. Laredo was called by his relatives Little Leonardo da Vinci, because of his skills of drawing pictures and modeling clay. After High School he began to study Aeronautical Engineering at La Plata University in Argentina, and at the same time made his living by working at the National Commission of Atomic Energy of Argentina as a mechanical designer for components for the first Latin American Experimental Nuclear Reactor. While still a sophomore college student, he got a contract to design and to build an Aerial Tramway suspended on two track cables across Caranavi River (Bolivia). He also got another contract to design a water turbine (Pelton wheel type) for a miniature hydroelectric power plant in order to provide electricity to a very small village. A few months later he also designed a huge air blower for the big CBN brewery in Bolivia. Laredo came to the United States to finish his education. After graduating from UCLA in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, he has employed at the principal Aerospace Companies designing aircraft and rockets. He worked in the capacity of aerospace structural engineer at McDonnell Douglas, then at Rockwell in the Space Shuttle Program. He later worked as an engineer for new aircraft advanced concepts at the office of Advanced Projects of the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425139264
• ISBN 13: 9781425139261
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340