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Roger Evan Billings (born January, 1948 in Provo, Utah) is an American businessman and scientist, best known for his pioneering work as a developer of hydrogen energy technologies. Billings is the CEO and Chairman of Billings Energy Corporation, a new start-up company focused on the development of hydrogen energy technologies. The new company bears the same name as the predecessor Utah corporation establish in 1972. The company is headquartered in Independence, Missouri. The company plans to build upon privately funded research and development efforts conducted over the past ten years to bring to market commercial hydrogen energy applications. Billings is the author of two books on hydrogen energy technology, ''Hydrogen from Coal: A Cost Estimation Guidebook'' (1983) and ''Hydrogen World View'' (1991), and the co-author of a technical networking book, ''WideBand Networking'' (2000). He has also authored numerous technical papers on hydrogen energy and on computer networking. == Early life == Billings was one of two sons and four daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Billings. His scientific aspirations led him to enter school and regional Science Fairs all three years of high school. He tied for first place for his project on treating seeds with high frequency sound waves the first year, he took second place for his voice-controlled amplifier for laser communications the second year, and he achieved first place as a senior in high school for his hydrogen-burning engine. After high school, Billings served a mission to Brazil for the LDS Church & then later established his own company (Energy Research Corp, later Billings Energy Corp) in his hometown of Provo, Utah, in 1972, which he later moved to Independence, Missouri (1979), to take advantage of the steady supply of byproduct hydrogen near Kansas City, as well as to be in closer proximity to the hydrogen city he was planning to build in the state of Iowa.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger E. Billings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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