Our Award-Winning Team

LaunchPoint engineers are recognized nationally and internationally for their expertise in systems engineering and control system design.


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"LaunchPoint is doing some of the best engineering I have ever seen."

  -John Woodard, PhD, Senior Vice President
  of Scientific Affairs, World Heart Corporation


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Raytheon Corporation recognized LaunchPoint for its rapid development and demonstration of a Fast Filter-Switching Mechanism.


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LaunchPoint engineers Brad Paden, CEO, and James Antaki, VP of Biomedical Engineering, were awarded the 2001 IEEE Control Systems Technology Award for the development of the Streamliner Artificial Heart.

R&D topics: energy, transportation, biomedical, and aerospace

 

Technology Development


UAV Electric Motor

High Power Density Halbach Array Electric Motor

Launchpoint has developed an electric motor that gives better power and efficiency performance per pound than any other motor commercially available.

Magnetically-Actuated Engine Valve

Magnetically-Actuated Engine Valve

A novel magnetic valve system being developed at LaunchPoint could be the enabling technology for electronically-controlled variable valve timing in advanced internal combustion engines.

Infant with PediaFlow VAD

PumpKIN: Pumps for Kids Infants & Neonates

PumpKIN is an NIH-funded program to continue the development and clinical realization of the PediaFlow® Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device.

Electric Vehicle

LEAP Hi-Rel Battery Management Systems (BMS)

LEAP, a spin-off of LaunchPoint Technologies, was formed to commercialize high-reliability battery management systems for Lithium-ion batteries.

Gravity Power Energy Storage

Gravity Power Grid-Scale Electricity Storage System

Energy storage is critical to the future of renewable energy and Gravity Power is ready to build it.