Syracuse University, L.C. Smith College

105 Link Hall

7:00 p.m.

Join us in celebration of National Engineers Week 2009 as
L.C. Smith College presents...

 Joe Kummer ’00, G’02, PhD ‘06

Founder and President of Propulsive Wing, LLC

Engineering, Inventing and Struggling--The Way of the Entrepreneur

Limited alumni parking available in the Q4 Parking Lot next to Sci-Tech. To reserve a parking space for this presentation, please email Denise Hendee: dahendee@syr.edu

Dr. Joseph Kummer, a graduate of the Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science with a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is currently the president of Propulsive Wing, LLC, a Syracuse area engineering company. As a PhD candidate at SU, Dr. Kummer’s research, under funding from NASA Glenn Research Center, focused on the application of computational fluid dynamics to the simulation of the cross-flow fan and integration of this unique propulsion device into an ultra high-lift, high payload wing configuration. Propulsive Wing was formed to commercialize this technology as a new unmanned airplane for the military and wildfire suppression. Recently, Propulsive Wing also collaborated with the Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory at SU to develop personal ventilation and filtration technologies, a project that was funded by the Syracuse Center of Excellence and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In addition to Propulsive Wing, Dr. Kummer is a partner with J3 Wind Power, LLC, a company that is focusing on the development and manufacturing of wind turbine technologies. He is also Principal Scientist at Allred & Associates, Inc., a company partnering closely on the Propulsive Wing, where he focuses on the design of advanced carbon-fiber structures for the military and industry clients.


We look forward to seeing you there!