Kyle Swartz (O’Malley) is the founder of TOTO (Thermodynamic Optimization by Tornado Operation), an innovative tornado machine featured on Chicago’s very own WGN News, Chicago Tribune, Tom Skilling’s Fermilab Tornado Seminar and Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet. Kyle is the recipient of prestigious accolades including certificates from the American Meteorological Society, Chicago Section of the American Nuclear Society, The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, and, for his prior work in laser medicine, the Chicago Medical Society award. Kyle is the 1st Place science fair winner of Chicago District 21 awarded on January 27, 2011. He has been consistently selected every year from 8th grade through high school as one of the top 50 projects citywide representing Chicago at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science – State Science Fair held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kyle is the recipient of IJAS Best in Category award and consistently ranked Gold. Kyle earned the distinct privilege of presenting his project to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Kyle Swartz, best known as “Mr. Tornado” after the famed meteorologist Ted Fujita, is now the third inventor to tackle tornado power. He is the founder and CEO of TOTO Sunny Energy.

TOTO Sunny Energy uses a controlled vortex to capture mechanical energy produced when heat is carried upward by convection in the atmosphere. A tornado-like vortex is produced by admitting warm or humid air tangentially into a circular arena. Tangential entries cause the warm moist air to spin as it rises forming an anchored convective vortex. The work of convection is captured with turbines located at ground level around the periphery of the arena. The heat source can be solar energy, warm water or waste heat. This green energy production process has the potential of meeting human energy needs on an unprecedented scale.

Kyle’s tornado research is accompanied by his lifelong passion for steam locomotives and aviation. He is operating rules qualified by the Illinois Railway Museum, founding member of The T1 Trust, and currently pursuing a career in aviation meteorology. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander contributions to the railroad and aviation, T1 5550 is dedicated to the Chinese Railroad Workers for christening by a very special lady.

In Memory of
Dr. Ted Fujita “Mr. Tornado”
World-renowned meteorologist, tornado research, and revolutionized airline industry

Sgt. Kevin O’Malley
Korean War Veteran
714th Transportation Battalion Railway Operations

Sgt. Morris Swartz
WWII Purple Heart Veteran
U.S. Army Eighth Air Force
B-17 Flying Fortress “Lulu Belle”

Once upon a time, on a beautiful autumn day 2009, a young artist-engineer got on his hands and knees on a cold, damp garage floor and created from the ground up his ingenious tornado machine, christened TOTO.

He worked tirelessly spending many nights awake to finish his project and have it ready for the science fair. All while being bombarded with “homework assignments” from a corrupt education system that is ranked 23 in the world.

TOTO and the science fair became more than just an “extracurricular activity”. It became a testament to what education means and should be in this country. While others were being baffled by Bozo the Clown meets Duck Dynasty in the classroom and being graded and tested into the ground, Kyle was in his grandfather’s garage actually applying the principles of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) to address the urgent environmental crises. He was actually making history while naysayers and frauds can read about it. He dazzled onlookers with brilliance. Producers traveled across the country to work with Kyle in presenting TOTO to the world because they believe that this is a project worth investment and recognition. Yet Kyle was not credited appropriately on his report card from high school, he was not acknowledged at his graduation from Von Steuben Science Center.

Why is this important? At the time, Kyle’s experiments mainly focused on trying to understand tornado genesis and physics and how his findings could help improve forecast meteorology. His project was financially limited with the research grant that he was awarded from science fair. But Kyle knew that there is a greater purpose that the physical tornado machine can serve for the world: Energy.

After leaving Iowa State University’s meteorology program, Kyle contacted electrical engineer Louis Michaud of AVEtec Energy Corporation. He became aware of the possibility of obtaining energy through atmospheric convection when he realized that more energy is produced by the expansion of a heated gas than is required to compress the same gas after it has been cooled and that this process must surely be responsible for the energy of tornadoes.

After his service on the railroad and experiencing steam locomotives up close, Kyle revived his passion for energy innovation after the passing of his dog, his best friend Sunny. Through bereavement, Kyle learned more about a new, innovative technology known as Aquamation. Kyle realized the relevance of this equipment to the fruition of TOTO Sunny Energy. He is currently drafting new technical drawings for vortex energy research. He credits his dog Sunny for reviving TOTO to address these urgent environmental challenges and for fueling his entrepreneurial spirit.

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.

~ Proverbs 3:6