TARPON SPRINGS, Fla., May 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Ruggero M. Santilli, CEO and Chief Scientist of Thunder Energies Corporation (OTC:TNRG), announces the appointment of Eng. Simone Beghella-Bartoli as Vice President for Engineering (http://thunder-energies.com/index.php/ct-menu-item-3).

Dr. Santilli states: "Eng. Simone Beghella-Bartoli received his Master in Engineering from the Politechnical Institute in Milan, Italy, in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK and received the Scientific Award from the R. M. Santilli Foundation (http://santilli-foundation.org/news.html) in view of his scientific publications (see, e.g., http://www.santilli-foundation.org/docs/antimatter-detect-2014.pdf). He has been associated with TEC since 2014 as a Scientific Advisor and proved his value to the company with his skills in research and engineering, his ability to understand and use our radiation analysis software, and with his capability to document and elaborate data from various tests (http://www.santilli-foundation.org/docs/Simone-FINAL.pdf).

In his role as Vice President of Engineering, Eng. Beghella-Bartoli will have a major role in the design and manufacturing of our Neutron Source in our Division of Neutron Equipment. In view of his being fluent in European languages, he will interface with our European customers and be available to our team for the development of marketing strategies in all European countries. Additionally, Eng. Beghella-Bartoli has been collaborating with our Company for the development of the HyperCombustion and HyperFurnaces of the Division of Combustion Equipment.