Frederick(Rick) Mako:  

Frederick(Rick) M. Mako was born in 1949 to Frederick and Elizabeth Mako. Rick's schools include John Glenn High School and University of California at Irvine. He finished a B.S. in electrical engineering, a B.A., M.A. and PhD. in physics(1979). His graduate work was specialized in plasma physics. Dr. Mako's thesis focused on collective ion acceleration using intense relativistic electron beams. His thesis work was largely experimental, however, the theoretical model he developed to explain collective ion acceleration is used today to explain laser plasma electron/ion acceleration. In 1979 Rick joined the Naval Research Laboratory where he worked on many topic areas including: electron beam wave driven ion acceleration, pulsed power devices, a long pulse free electron laser, a modified beta-tron accelerator and other devices. In 1987 Rick founded FM Technologies, Inc. and today is the current president and director of science and technology. Most of his work has focussed on improving health care and green technologies for electric power production and improved efficiency. During his 30 years at FMT he participated in the development of a breast cancer imaging machine, ...Expand for more