About Me

George Albercook (aka Dr. George, Dr. G or G-Force) has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry, did post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan and was a Research Faculty member in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Physics Department at the University of Michigan.  He also worked at the Center for Environmental Policy Economics and Science where he studied the socio-economic impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes Region.  Dr. George has also worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists and gone to Capitol Hill several times to discuss climate change and climate change science.  He has started and run two small companies a summer camp called Rocks and Robots and Albercook Scientific which provides science and technology enrichment and teacher training programs.

During college he realized that one of the best ways to study for exams was to help other students with their studies.  It was not long before he was doing regular homework and test prep help sessions in the physics and chemistry student lounges.  These early experiences shaped his teaching and mentoring skills.  Stubbornly curious, he often challenged his professors in class and in the hallways.  To this day he thrills at finding and filling gaps in his knowledge and understanding of the world.  

With the birth of his son, Zander, George became an at home dad while his wife finished medical school and residency.   Always inquisitive he kibitzing around the sandbox and at the play ground and often ended up doing “experiments” with the children in the neighborhood.  This grew into scheduled sessions with some families who were homeschooling.  For one of these early sessions he dumped 2000 drinking straws and 4000 paperclips on the floor and asked, “What can you build?” Eight weeks later, the class had built an eight-foot tall sixteen-foot long wooden bridge that held up the children and their families. 

News spread and soon he was teaching at Homeschool co-ops all over southeast Michigan.  In 2002 he started a summer camp called Rocks and Robots which further led to international robotics firefighting competitions.  In response to his winning designs, he wrote an instruction book and started another company to manufacture and sell robotics. His current interests include autonomous flying robots and a design for a 3-D printer that could transform manufacturing the way that the personal computer transformed computing.