Nicholas Dyrstad-Cincotta (UND) is an Engineer with UND-IES, where he works primarily in the design, programming, and testing of energy production systems. His previous work involves water treatment, carbon capture, and chemical looping combustion. He has worked with IES for 5 years on various projects, with a current focus of supercritical water desalination. Mr. Dyrstad-Cincotta is on the professional engineer track and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UND.