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Salvatore Pais
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Salvatore Cezar Pais
September 7, 1967 |
| Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University |
| Occupation | Aerospace engineer, inventor |
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| Thesis | Bubble generation in a continuous liquid flow under reduced gravity conditions (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Yasuhiro Kamotani Simon Ostrach |
Salvatore Cezar Pais (born September 7, 1967) is an aerospace engineer and inventor from Romania and America. He currently works for the United States Space Force. Before this, he worked for the United States Navy. He is known for his unusual ideas and inventions, which he has applied for patents for. These ideas are very futuristic and aim to create new ways to produce energy or move objects.
Some people are excited about his ideas, thinking they could change technology. However, others are not sure if his inventions are possible. They wonder if the ideas are too far-fetched or even meant to mislead other countries about what the U.S. military is working on.
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His Education and Research
Salvatore Pais went to Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. He earned his first advanced degree, a Master of Science (MS), in 1993. His research then was about how liquids move in very small gravity.
Later, in 1999, he earned his PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering. For his PhD, he studied how bubbles form when there is very little gravity. To do this, he took special flights that created a feeling of low gravity for short periods. His teachers, Yasuhiro Kamotani and Simon Ostrach, also did experiments in space on the Space Shuttle. Salvatore Pais's research was supported by NASA.
His Career and Inventions
Salvatore Pais worked as a scientist and engineer for the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River NAS. In 2019, he moved to a different part of the Navy. Then, in 2021, he started working for the U.S. Air Force.
Starting in 2015, he began to apply for patents for his employers. These patents describe very advanced and futuristic inventions. They suggest new ways to create energy or for military uses. However, none of these inventions have ever been built or shown to work in real life.
Some people think these patents might be a way to make other countries think the U.S. is working on certain technologies, even if they aren't.
His Futuristic Ideas
Here are some of the inventions Salvatore Pais has applied for patents for:
- A "piezoelectricity-induced room temperature superconductor" (2017): This device is meant to allow electricity to flow without losing any energy. Scientists have noted that there was no proof it worked. Also, the best superconductors known usually need to be very, very cold.
- A "plasma compression fusion device" (2018): This is described as a small nuclear fusion reactor. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun, and scientists are trying to create it on Earth for clean energy. This idea pushes the boundaries of what we know about science.
- An "electromagnetic field generator" (2015): This invention could create a powerful electromagnetic field. Its main purpose, according to the patent, is to push away asteroids that might be heading towards Earth.
- A "craft using an inertial mass reduction device" (2016): This idea describes a vehicle that could reduce its own weight. This would allow it to move very fast, possibly both in the air and underwater. The patent for this was approved in 2018 and is owned by the U.S. Navy.
- A "high frequency gravitational wave generator" (2017): This device could create special waves that might be used for advanced ways to move things, break apart asteroids, or even send messages through solid objects.
Testing His Ideas
One of Pais's ideas, the High Energy Electromagnetic Field Generator (HEEMFG), was tested between 2016 and 2019. The testing cost over half a million dollars, mostly for salaries. However, the "Pais Effect" – the special effect his inventions were supposed to create – could not be proven. Because of this, no more research was officially done on it.
Many scientists who are experts in physics have said that the "Pais Effect" does not have a basis in real science. They also said that the patents were full of scientific words that didn't quite make sense. Despite this, the Navy organization was interested enough to spend money testing his ideas. Salvatore Pais still believes his work will be proven right one day.
