I started the American Stirling Company as a part time business back in '95 because I thought that Stirling engines were incredibly interesting and other people might think so too. I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in '98 and we now have seven (mostly part time) employees.
Today our products are entirely educational, but we plan on developing a new engine that puts out something under 100 watts. At the moment our constraint is our ability to keep parts in stock and get them out the door. So before we develop this new engine I want to have a great database for parts management(and a great web site) up and running.
Hopefully we will be able to get this new < 100 watt engine to market before the end of 2001. Beyond that we would love to put out a 3-4 kW extremely clean and silent Stirling engine, but we have to walk before we can run.
