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Erik Trask, the son of Grant and Lila Trask, is currently working for TAE Technologies, where he hopes his research in nuclear fusion can provide the world with clean energy.

"While the amount of time we may have before energy supplies dwindle is impossible to predict, the main point is that an energy source with much greater reserves and lower cost will be a tremendous boon and be necessary for our society to continue on its current path," Trask told Siliconrepublic.com, an online science and technology media outlet based in Ireland.

After graduating from Petersburg High School, Trask wen...