Co-founders and co-inventors of the Solar Roadways
Scott and Julie Brusaw
Scott is an electrical engineer (MSEE) with over 20 years of industry experience. This includes serving as the Director of Research and Development at a manufacturing facility in Ohio (developing their line of products for over 12 years), a voting member of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturers Association), and developing several networked control systems from the ground up. Scott has multiple patents and his hardware and software have been sold internationally. Scott is also an ex-Marine Corps sergeant, a former Cub Scout Cubmaster, a former Boy Scout Scoutmaster, Chairman of the Board of Directors of his church, has been active in home schooling, 4-H, children's sports coaching, and teaching Sunday School. His interests include religious studies, the Civil War, NFL football, spending time in the woods, and playing on his John Deere tractor.
Julie has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Humboldt State University in northern California and is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) with extensive experience in marriage, individual, and family counseling, including counseling children of all ages. She has been a counselor in both public and private inpatient psychiatric facilities. She has a private counseling practice in Sandpoint, Idaho. She has been active in home schooling, Girl and Boy Scouts, 4-H, and teaching Sunday School. Her interests include writing, reading, movies, gardening, boating, swimming, creating mosaics, breeding Cairn Terrier and Standard Poodles and family activities. Her passions include service as a spiritual practice, environmental issues, and the welfare of children and animals.
The history leading to the Solar Roadways
| Early Childhood | Scott and Julie met when they were four- and three-years-old respectively. Scott envisioned "electric roads" in early childhood. Scott has only one drawing left from that time: a version of an electric road before most people had ever even heard of solar power. |
| 1976 - 1980 | The Marine Corps years. By 1979, Scott was a sergeant at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina when the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was overrun by Islamic fundamentalists. 52 Americans were kept as hostages for 444 days: many of them fellow Marines. On April 24, 1980, Operation Eagle Claw, a top-secret mission to free the hostages, ended in disaster. At the outset of the operation, a helicopter developed engine trouble in a staging area of the Iranian desert. Eight Americans were killed as two planes collided during the subsequent withdrawal of U.S. forces. Scott actually issued them the ammunition from Division Ordnance (2nd Marine Division), but didn't learn of this until after the failed mission. |
| 1980 - 1983 | Scott worked in the oil exploration business in the United States (Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, and Illinois). When gas prices were dropping, the exploration crew knew that they were in danger of being laid off: the oil companies had to present a shortage to raise prices again. The solution was to stop looking for oil until current supplies ran low. |
| 1984 - 1988 | The college years: after four years in the Marines and three years of throwing drill pipe in oil exploration, Scott decided that there had to be a better way of making a living than the way he was approaching it, so he enrolled in the local community college. In 1985, Scott received his Associate of Science degree in General Studies from Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton (Ohio) on December 17th, 1988. Scott had begun his first electrical engineering job 6 days prior. |
| 1988 - 2001 | The learning experience. Contrary to the warnings of Scott's professors and counselors, he took a job at a local manufacturing facility in southwest Ohio. Scott was their first engineer, so there were no senior (experienced) engineers to learn from - hence, the warnings. Scott had to learn to do everything on his own: hardware, firmware, software... Peter Norton helped him to learn serial communications. Scott even consulted with Bill Gates in the company's transition from DOS to Windows 3.1. During Scott's tenure as an electrical engineer, eventually becoming the Director of Research and Development (he also served on their Board of Directors), he gained valuable experience in just about every aspect of electrical engineering: embedded systems (microprocessors), digital and analog systems, solar energy, wireless communications, power supplies, local area networks, wide area networks, user interface software, etc. In 1994, Scott received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Dayton (Ohio). He also served as a member of NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturer's Association), writing specifications for the future of computer-controlled television systems for hospitals. |
| 2001 - present | Teaching and contract engineering. Scott taught electronics and microprocessors for five quarters at ITT Technical College in Spokane Valley. He then took a contract job for an Italian company: automating water meter readings via a wireless mesh network. That enabled Scott to build a state-of-the-art electronics lab on his property. |
In retrospect, it seems that every aspect of Scott's past has led to the creation of the Solar Roadways project:
- He's learned the danger of dependency upon foreign oil.
- He's seen how our own oil companies work.
- He's acquired extensive experience in every electrical skill needed to make the Solar Roadways a reality.
- He and Julie now own a facility (and the equipment) where they can make this dream a reality.
- He and Julie are now in a position to dedicate the rest of their lives to the desperately needed success of this project.
Over the years, Scott and Julie have worked on the concept of a Solar Roadway System. They've spent countless hours discussing the possibilities and potential features. They can develop the technology to make the world a better place to live in and they can use this technology to improve our world.
Contact Us:
Hi Folks,
Although I used to answer all of my emails personally, the publicity of the past few months has led to an overwhelming number of emails. Julie is taking over most of the correspondence.
Thanks,
Scott
For general questions, investment opportunities, volunteering, suggestions:
julie@solarroadways.com
For technical questions or suggestions:
scott@solarroadways.com
Or you can write to us at:
Solar Roadways
P.O. Box 293
Sagle, Idaho 83860
"It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
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