EnGen Institute 1992-2018
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LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
TOTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GENERATIVE ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE SUPPORT
HISTORY The development of EnGen Institute and its mission and objectives as now constituted has developed over four decades and through four phases -   1970’s Background Research - Closed Cycle Life Support Systems (as in submarines) Formal Technology Transfer Mechanisms (CAD & Knowledgebases) Generative Systems for software & electronics (Design Environments)   1980’s ENGEN Research Project - Inspired by NASA’s 1980 study of developmental engineering as a formal basis to design a spacebase ‘seed’ based on the ‘Theory of Self-Replicating Systems’ a research program integrating the three research themes of the 1970’s began.   1990’s EnGen Institute The ENGEN Research project solved core problems identified by NASA’s 1980 study which NASA recognised as a ‘Scientific Breakthrough’ leading to the formation of EnGen Institute and a decade of detailed foundational research.   2005 - Implementation Phase EnGen Institute commenced it’s own ‘Mission to Planet Earth’ to address the emerging challenges to Earth-based life-support systems due to climate change by implementation of environmentally & economically sustainable distributed, closed-cycle, cellular production and life-support systems. In the longer-term these systems must be capable of Accelerated Natural Climate Recovery.
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