Brian d'Entremont is an engineer from Aiken, South Carolina with research experience in heat transfer (particularly liquid-vapor two-phase), heat pipes, pulsating heat pipes. He has studied at Clemson University and worked for the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Brian is interested in railroads and automobiles. He owns a 1928 Ford Model A and 2007 Honda Fit. He strongly prefers open source software and systems based on open standards for home and research purposes.