Meredith Gourdine Engineer Inventor

Meredith Gourdine, Ph.D in Engineering attended Cornell University, was born in Newark, NJ and grew up in Brooklyn and Harlem, NY.  He pioneered the research that led to electrogasdynamics that disperses fog and smoke. He is also responsible for developing the technique that removes smoke from buildings – incineraid. His techniques for gas dispersion led to the techniques developed to remove fog from airport runways.

Based on his ideas in electrogasdynamics (EGD) Meredith Gourdine was able to build a multi-million dollar corporation that employed over 150 people.  He developed a generator using the principles of EGD to successfully convert natural gas to electricity.  Other applications of EGD include refrigeration, desalination of sea water and reducing the pollutants in smoke.

At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Meredith Gourdine won the silver medal for long jump. He died in Houston, TX on November 20, 1998 while still serving as the president of Energy Innovation, Inc.  He held over 40-patents for various inventions.