Larry Bartoszek has a dual degree in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from the University of Illinois and is an Illinois Licensed Professional Engineer. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Welding Society, ASM International, the Chicago Society for Space Studies, the National Space Society, and is Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium. He is also a Space Ambassador for NSS.
Larry Bartoszek owns Bartoszek Engineering, a consulting firm which specializes in mechanical designs for the nuclear and high energy physics research community world-wide. Bartoszek Engineering has worked for many national laboratories, universities and governments on experiments all over the world. He has built machines up to three stories tall and 120 tons, as well as table top devices. His website is www.bartoszekeng.com. A chronological history of the projects Bartoszek Engineering has worked on can be found at: www.bartoszekeng.com/STEM/All_projects.pdf
Larry started working on the Space Elevator as a hobby in 2004, developing conceptual designs for climbers as outlined in The Space Elevator by Edwards and Westling. He has given presentations at several Space Elevator Conferences, including Washington, DC, 2004, the Space Elevator Conference in Seattle in 2013, and the ISEC Annual Conference in Chicago in 2023 and 2024. Larry has created original designs for the climbers for the Space Elevator which have been published in two annual ISEC study reports. He became a Director on the Board of the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) in April, 2021. In July of 2024 Larry was elected Vice President of ISEC.
A webinar he gave for the International Space Elevator Consortium in April of 2022 can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8cMGxIccI.
Areas of Presentation Specialization
- Space Elevators
- Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- General Science
Presentations
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
- A Conceptual Design for a 20 ton Space Elevator Climber
- Looking at the Universe—SDSS, Planck, and the James Webb Space Telescope
- The History of the Universe Starting with the Big Bang
- The Connection Between the Periodic Table and Astronomy
- Settling the Solar System
- The Space Elevator and Moving Into Space
- The Periodic Table
- How Close is the Singularity Now?
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Location: Aurora IL, USA
Available for Virtual Presentations: Yes
Available for In-Person Presentations: Yes, with travel compensation outside the Chicago area.
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