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Orlando, Fla. (May 9, 2005), Jay Vaidya, founder and chief executive
officer of Electrodynamics Associates, Inc. of Orlando, was recently
named 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Orlando section of the
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Electrodynamics
Associates focuses on pioneering technology in electromagnetics,
materials, thermodynamics and DSP-based control systems
“This is a great honor to be recognized by the IEEE, one
of the premiere associations in our field,” said Vaidya.
The firm has successfully developed a number of electric generators
and controllers for aerospace and military applications.
Electrodynamics Associates, a University of Central Florida Technology
Incubator company, has been associated with UCF for several years,
said Tom O’Neal, chief executive officer of the UCF Technology
Incubator. “It has been great to watch the progress of the
firm has made over those years from both the technical and business
perspectives,” said O’Neal.
The firm manufactures generators that produce from 5-kilowatt
to 2.5 megawatts of power and operates at 15,000 to 60,000 RPMs
to provide high power density solutions for military and commercial
applications.
Electrodynamics Associates is developing electric propulsion motors
for hybrid electric vehicle propulsion. The firm’s research
and development programs are currently funded through Small Business
Innovations and Research (SBIR) grants from the Air Force and Army
Research Laboratories.
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For more information, please contact:
Jay Vaidya, Electrodynamics Associates, 407-977-1825
Tom O’Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF-Technology Incubator,
407-882-0202
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142
About Electrodynamics Associates Inc.
Electrodynamics was established in 1995 to develop high power density
electric power generators and controllers for aerospace, vehicular,
and distributed power systems (DPS); and electric motors with
controllers for propulsion and other special applications. The
technology is based on use of DSP's in the loop for optimized,
efficient systems. The power range is from 5 kW to 2.5 MW. The
company has received 4 SBIR Phase II contracts and 1 focused
Program Research contract to build, test, and demonstrate the
prototype hardware, following successful SBIR Phase I programs.
The company approaches the design of electric motor and generator
systems to aggressively reduce weight and size and improve the
operating performance using the most current materials, hardware,
and software technologies. For more information, visit www.electrodynamics.net.
About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator has
helped more than 80 emerging technology companies create over $175
million in revenue and more than 600 new jobs with an average salary
of $59,000. As a result of this success, the UCF Technology Incubator
was recently named the 2004 Technology Incubator of the Year
by the National Business Incubation Association. Headquartered
in Research Park near the University, the Incubator is a true
collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County,
the City of Orlando the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and
the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission. For more
information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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