Nagoya Day Three: Learning the Scuderi Cycle
The Nagoya Eco Clean Car Fair wrapped up today and was full of more visits from local OEM representatives and others from the Japanese automotive community who have heard about the Scuderi Engine and wanted to take the opportunity to meet those involved and learn more about what is expected to be the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine. Some of those visitors over the past three days have been from the Japanese academic community. Yesterday, professors from the Department of Transportation Engineering from Meijo University in Nagoya met with Vice President and Patent Attorney Stephen Scuderi, who is overseeing the technical development of the engine, to ask questions about the technology and learn more about this new internal combustion process, sometimes called the Scuderi Cycle. Apparently, the Scuderi technology has made it into various engineering and thermodynamic lectures given at the university. Students are being exposed to this new technology, which is the most significant advancement in internal combustion engines since the introduction of the Otto Cycle over 120 years ago. Today, others from the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology also met with Stephen to learn more about the breakthrough engine and discuss the potential applications appropriate for this technology. Often considered an automobile engine, the Scuderi Engine is also applicable to most piston-driven environments, such as generators, airplanes, lawn mowers, trains, and military apparatus. After today, the team travels to Tokyo for meetings with a local OEM, its Japanese patent law team, and the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO), who is advising the Scuderi Group on doing business in Japan.