Pao Bio

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Yih-Ho Michael Pao, Dr. Eng.

Member, National Academy of Engineering USA
Chairman, ecoPower Partners LP and Floating Windfarms LLC

Dr. Pao, a Chinese American, was elected a Member of National Academy of Engineering USA, in 2000; for his research,
development, and commercialization of ultrahigh-pressure waterjet into industrial tools for watejet machining, tunnel
boring, and surface preparation. His windpower company has developed and commercialized the vertical axis wind
turbines, jointly with the Sandia National Labs; and won the top national award for energy innovation for 1984, from the US
Dept of Energy, jointly with Sandia. He has formed six technology-based companies in the US, served as their CEOs, and
led the efforts that developed and commercialized four new technologies into better industrial tools. And, in the process,
created 3 new industries: waterjet machining industry; trenchless industry; and waterjet surface preparation industry. He
was cited by the French Journal Industries Techniques in 1998 as one of the Worlds 100 important innovators for the
past 40 years.

He has taken three of his companies public, and listed them on NASDAQ National Market (see Exhibit-1). One of the
companies, Flow International (NASDAQ: FLOW), was the 3
rd
best performing IPO for 1983, according to the Barrons.

Developed Better Industrial Tools and Created 3 New Industries. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Pao formed six
technology-based companies in the U.S. (see Exhibit-1) , served as their CEOs, and led the efforts that developed and
commercialized four new technologies into better industrial tools. And, in the process, created three new industries
waterjet machining industry; trenchless industry; and waterjet surface treatment industry:
1. Waterjet Technology developed the ultrahigh-pressure waterjets and abrasive-waterjets into better tools for
industrial cutting, drilling, and milling, especially for the flexible factory automation. And, created the new waterjet
machining industry and waterjet surface treatment industry (see www.floatingwindfarms.com for a Waterjet video,
which was broadcasted nationwide by the FOX Cable News Channel in its Champions of Industry Program, on July
20, 2001)
2. Horizontal Directional Drilling Technology developed the guided, high-pressure, rotating mud-jets into a better
tool for horizontal directional drilling in soft soils, especially for the trenchless installation of underground cables and
pipes at low costs and with minimal surface disruption. It ushered in the modern trenchless industry (see
www.floatingwindfarms.com for an illustrative video on the horizontal directional drilling, using guided rotating
waterjets)
3. Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Technology developed and commercialized, jointly with Sandia National Lab, the
vertical axis wind turbines as low-cost, durable tools for converting wind over land to green electricity.
4. Advanced Wet-Blasting Technology developed the advanced wet-blasting into an effective tool for removing rust
and old coating from steel surfaces to bare metal, without airborne dust or hot sparks replacing the hazardous grid
blasting.
A Windpower Pioneer. Dr. Pao was an early pioneer in developing large wind turbines. He is the founder of FloWind
Corporation in California, and served as its CEO from 1981 to 1986. He led the efforts at FloWind that developed the 100
kW and 300 kW vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs), jointly with the Sandia National Lab. The 300 kW VAWT was the
largest and most cost-effective wind turbine at that time. For their contributions, FloWind and Sandia jointly received the
top national award for energy innovation for 1984, from the U. S. Dept of Energy.

He was also an early pioneer in developing large-scale windfarms in California. He led the efforts at FloWind that
designed, manufactured, installed, and operated 500 of these VAWTs over 7,000 acres of high-wind properties in two
windfarms in California one in the Altamont Pass near San Francisco and one in the Tehachapi Pass near Los Angeles,
for a total power output of 170 MW (including those from Danish wind turbines). By the end of 1985, FloWind became the
2
nd
largest windpower company in the world. These low-cost VAWTs operated cost-effectively in California for over 20
years. (See www.floatingwindfarms.com for a FloWind video)

Floating Windfarms at Sea. Dr. Pao has come out of retirement to lead the efforts at Floating Windfarms
LLC to develop the Floating Windfarm into a cost-effective and user-friendly tool for converting the rich wind
energy resources at sea into green electricity at low costs, to be much lower than the costs of coal electricity.

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Such that, Combined with the development of cost-effective energy storage facilities, wind at sea can replace
fossil fuels as the principal source of energy for electricity generation; and the low-cost green electricity from
wind at sea can replace gasoline as the principal source of energy for the plug-in hybrid vehicles. Cost-
effective floating windfarms at sea and energy storage facilities, when fully developed and implemented, will
enable electricity from wind at sea to replace fossil fuels as the worlds principal source of energy, and greatly
reduce the global energy, air pollution, and climate change problems!

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Flow
Industries, Inc.
1970
Flow
Industries, Inc.
1970
Advanced mining, construction
and cleaning equipment using
waterjet (NASDAQNM: ADMC);
merged into Flowin 1989
ADMAC, Inc.
IPO 1985
World leader in waterjet machining
equipment (NASDAQ NM:FLOW)
Formerly, Flow Systems, Inc.
Flow
International
Corporation
IPO 1983
FY2001 Sales:
US$207 million
Trenchless installation of underground utilities
(NASDAQNM:UTLX); changed its name to UTILX
Corporation. Acquired by Puget Power in 2000
FlowMole
Corporation
IPO 1988
FY2000 Sales:
US$ 105 million
ADMAC, Inc.
IPO 1985
ADMAC, Inc.
IPO 1985
ADMAC, Inc.
IPO 1985
Flow
International
Corporation
IPO 1983
FY2001 Sales:
US$207 million
Flow
International
Corporation
IPO 1983
FY2001 Sales:
US$207 million
Flow
International
Corporation
IPO 1983
FY2001 Sales:
US$207 million
FlowMole
Corporation
IPO 1988
FY2000 Sales:
US$ 105 million
FlowMole
Corporation
IPO 1988
FY2000 Sales:
US$ 105 million
FlowMole
Corporation
IPO 1988
FY2000 Sales:
US$ 105 million
Jet-assisted drilling technology
for oil and gas exploration
FlowDril
Corporation
1985
FlowDril
Corporation
1985
FlowDril
Corporation
1985
Surface protection services
(changed its name to Surface Protection, Inc.)
Waterjet
International,
Inc.
1995
Waterjet
International,
Inc.
1995
Waterjet
International,
Inc.
1995
FloWind
Corporation
1981
Vertical-axis wind turbines
for electric power generation
FloWind
Corporation
1981
Vertical-axis wind turbines
for electric power generation
Exhibit 1

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