RUBELAB {a center for environmental innovation}

the RubeLab name

Having fun tinkering with machines—but doing if for a good cause is what RubeLab is all about. We admit to a bit of inspiration from the late Rube Goldberg, the master of thinking up and then drawing a picture of crazy, funny, elaborate machines to do the most mundane of tasks. Our machines, our inventions will go to work on the not so mundane, the complex tasks required to improve the quality of our environment. It’s serious work, but we will have fun.

the RubeLab mission statement

RubeLab's mission is to assist in the development of technologies that can help solve local and global environmental problems and to serve as an economic catalyst for the community by encouraging the growth of a local, "green technology" industry.

board of directors

 

The board of directors consists of six voting directors and two at-large non-voting directors serving 2-year terms, along with various liaisons, as follows:

 

regular board members

• Lou Arasi secretary/treasurer

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• Mr. Arasi is president and chief operating officer of Southeast Assemblies, Inc., a manufacturing company located in Eustis. Mr. Arasi has over 30 years of experience in the fields of screen printing, die cutting, wire harness assembly and printed circuit board assembly. Mr Arasi has owned and operated Southeast Assemblies for the past 15 years.

• Bill Ferree chair

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• After a thirty year career as a pilot for Delta Air Lines, Mr. Ferree recently operated a restaurant/pub, “A Third Place” in Eustis.

  He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy prior to his airline employment.

• Mr. Ferree designed and built a solar heating system for his personal residence and supervised numerous energy conservation projects for a local school system in New Hampshire when he served on that district’s school board.

Mr. Ferree currently serves as an elected city commissioner, City of Eustis.

• Taylor Johnson vice chair

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• Mr. Johnson is currently an independent manufacturing consultant focusing on new product introductions, acquisitions and virtual manufacturing. In addition to RubeLab, he serves on the board of directors of several non-profit organizations.

  Mr. Johnson was Director of Manufacturing for Cisco Systems from 1996 to 2002.  He was responsible for New Product operations teams in CA, CO, NH & MA ensuring manufacturing design and readiness in support of multiple business development groups. Mr. Johnson’s teams also managed five acquisitions during this period.

  From 1993-1996  Mr. Johnson was Director of Manufacturing for Telebit, the first company to integrate remote access IP routing.

• From 1985-1992 he was Manufacturing Engineering manager at Tau-tron.

• Joan Bryant

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• Ms. Bryant is the former owner/publisher of “Antiques & Art Around Florida”. Previously Ms. Bryant worked as a designer and freelance commercial artist in South Florida. She is a graduate of the Moore Institute of Art, and studied at the Barnes Foundation and the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design.

at-large board members

• Rod Harris
• Bob Porter

 

meetings

general meetings

Meeting announcements will be posted here and sent out by e-mail.

Meetings are open to the public. Environmentalists, inventors and tinkerers please attend and bring a friend.

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technology committee (team) meeting

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board meetings

The public is welcome to attend these meetings as observers.

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