Background
He was born in Chicago, grew up in Florida, and lives in Honolulu Hawaii.
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Robert Yonover
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Yonover received his Doctor of Philosophy in Geochemistry/Volcanology from the University of Hawaii School of Ocean & Earth Science Technology with laboratory research at National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Master"s degree and Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.
Career
He is an inventor of survival technology used by United States./Foreign Military. EARLY LIFE
As a non-speaking child with a strong connection to nature, Yonover learned to approach problems in a primitive yet creative fashion. EDUCATION AND CAREER
His research career includes monitoring active Hawaiian and Central American volcanoes, exploring Canadian gold deposits, drilling a successful gas well in Texas, and completing multiple ALVIN submersible dives to ocean depths of greater than two miles.
Using life and death situations with the ocean as his laboratory, Yonover focused on inventing survival technologies.
He assisted in the development and adoption of the Federal Aviation Administration-approved EVAS technology for “Smoke in the Cockpit” emergencies. He invented the military approved SEE/RESCUE high visibility locating device (RescueStreamer ) and recently received Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grants to fund the patented LIFE/FLOAT technology, the patented Emergency Supplemental Flotation System (ESFS or "PocketFloat" ), the co-patented video Search And Rescue (vSAR) technology, and the patented Emergency Pocket Water DeSalinator (EPWD).
Yonover and a team of retired Air Force engineers developed and patented the Self-Deploying Infrared Streamer (SDIRS. Lighted Streamers). PUBLICATIONS
HARDCORE INVENTING: Invent, Protect, Promote, and Profit from your Inventions Doctor Robert Yonover and Ellie Crowe (2009).
