The Team

Chuk Williams is the driver for Team Steam USA with an expansive history with steam powered vehicles.  He attended the University of Tennessee College of Engineering, for mechanical engineering and has already built two steam powered cars.  He designed the streamliner and built the streamliner frame.

Harry Schoell is Chairman and CEO of Cyclone Power Technologies, and the inventor of the Cyclone Engine that will power Team Steam USA’s attempt to break the Land Speed Record for steam vehicles. Under Harry’s leadership, Cyclone has received over 29 patents for the Cyclone Engine, the “Invention of the Year” Award from Popular Science, two SAE Tech Awards, and major contracts from Raytheon and the U.S. Army.  Harry is a life-long inventor, who before founding Cyclone, made his mark in the marine design, power and propulsion fields, and was recently named as one of the true “Game Changers” in the industry by Boating Magazine.

Chuk’s Team of Advisors: Art Gardiner is a retired mechanical engineer, with extensive experience in the aerospace, gas turbine, and diesel engine industries. He assisted in the frame design.
Jim Tangeman has been a designer and manufacturer of custom agricultural machinery for many years and also has extensive experience in the design and construction of steam engines.
Ken Helmick has expertise in the machining and model-making fields, as well as having an encyclopedic knowledge of steam systems and steam patents.
Roger Ulsky is a retired electrical engineer, with expertise in analog and digital control systems. Roger has also designed and built several steam power plants for boats and vehicles.

Cyclone’s Steam Experts and Advisors:  James Crank is an engineer who retired from Lockheed, after a long career in the aerospace industry. Jim has decades of experience with steam cars and steam power systems. He is also well known for building the Barber-Nichols Steam vehicle, which set a Land Steam Record in 1985.
Jerry Peoples is a retired NASA engineer with an impressive background in the aerospace industry. He has published many papers relating to the theory and efficient use of steam power systems.
George Nutz is a research engineer with a career at MIT. He was a part of the MIT team which designed and built a steam-powered vehicle for Saab to participate in the Clean Air Car Race.