BluePoint Energy Products, Inc. Adds Power Generation Technology Experts To Advisory Board
Reno, Nevada May 1, 2002 - BluePoint Energy Products, Inc. (BluePoint) announced today that it has added two power generation experts Robert Dibble, Ph.D. and James A. Walker, Ph.D. to the BluePoint Advisory Board. The Company provided the following biographical summaries on each new advisor:
Robert Dibble, Ph.D.
Dr. Dibble is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is an expert in the field of catalytic and combustion engineering. Dr. Dibble has authored more than a dozen papers on the subject of combustion, which have appeared in such authoritative engineering peer reviewed publications as Combustion and Flame and Combustion Science and Technology. For the last ten years he has been a major contributor to the industry's flagship meeting, the Annual International Symposium on Combustion. He will serve on BluePoint's Advisory Board as Chief Scientific Advisor.
James A. Walker, Ph.D.
Dr. Walker is President of Princeton Development Corporation (PDC), a privately held developer of energy efficient and renewable energy projects. PDC has successfully installed over 5 megawatts of demand side management projects under contracts with Pacific Gas & Electric and TU Electric. PDC has also developed 15 MW of wind projects in Greece with Enron Wind Corp. and has over 150 megawatts of wind projects under development in Mexico, Turkey, and elsewhere through various partnerships. From 1975 to 1982 he was twice appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to serve on the California Energy Commission. From 1973 to 1975 Dr. Walker worked as a Management Associate for the
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, under the Nixon and Ford Administrations. At various times throughout his distinguished career he has consulted in a variety of capacities in both private and public sectors including: NASA Ames Research Center, Merrill Lynch and Edison Mission Energy.
Dr. Walker holds a D.B.A. in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and received an AB in Physics Cum Laude from Princeton University.
Chief Executive Officer, Guy Archbold stated, "BluePoint management believe Drs. Dibble's and Walker's expertise will provide invaluable resource that will assist the Company in networking with potential strategic partners and in addition, will provide BluePoint access to top engineering talent and collaborative expertise."