What is The Atlantis Project?
The Atlantis Project is an innovative organization dedicated to reimagining the future by harnessing the transformative potential of today’s technology. We believe that many of the solutions to humanity’s most pressing challenges already exist within our reach, and our mission is to creatively apply these solutions to build a sustainable, prosperous, and exciting future.
Our approach is interdisciplinary, bridging advanced technology, thoughtful research, and real-world implementation. We foster collaboration among visionary thinkers, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to drive meaningful change. By cultivating ideas and converting them into actionable projects, we aim to demonstrate how existing technologies can dramatically enhance quality of life, environmental sustainability, and global well-being.
At The Atlantis Project, innovation isn’t just theoretical—it’s practical, impactful, and urgently needed. Join us as we explore new possibilities and shape tomorrow with the tools we have today.
The Core Team
Phil Swan
Phil Swan invented the Tethered Ring in 2015. He has a track record of developing successful innovations while working on advanced multi-disciplinary projects including Starlink, Hololens, and XBox. He has been granted 38 US patents (including the original patent for the Tethered Ring) and has received three corporate recognition awards.
C Prado Nickel
Ceana (pronounced Shay-na) is a Mechanical Engineer who worked at Liebherr-Aerospace on the development and integration of the folding wing tips of Boeing’s new 777X airliner. She has business development experience at Liebherr-Transportation Systems as well, which designs solutions and components for the future of the railway industry. She is currently a program manager at TLG Aerospace, a firm that designs, analyses, and helps certify new and retrofit aircraft designs, including hypersonic aircraft. Ceana is a long-standing member of the Atlantis team. She has presented several times on the Tethered Ring. Notably, her talk was the main event at a paid speaking engagement that sold-out in Seattle in 2016.
Alastair Swan
Alastair is a Final Assembly Line Engineer at Liebherr Aerospace where he troubleshoots production problems to help avoid production delays at commercial airliner manufacturing facilities. Alastair is also a musician (see TjpjMusic on Youtube or tjpj-1 on SoundCloud), 3D Animator, and an accomplished maker. He has served aboard aircraft carriers of the US Navy as a helicopter mechanic. Alastair created the first 3D animation of the Tethered Ring which debuted at the 2015 International Space Elevator Conference in Seattle, WA.
Alice Dowling
Alice is a Canadian illustrator and Senior Creative Consultant on the Project Atlantis team. Inspired by the impact of science and art on each other, Alice uses their long-term love of science fiction to help make these big ideas more comprehensible and inspiring to a larger audience.
Roger Arnold
Roger is a former systems architect / engineer. In a diverse 40-year career, he has been a QA engineer (IBM Components Division), a systems analyst (U.S. Army, courtesy VietNam era draft), a research assistant in parallel processor architectures and operating systems (University of Colorado Graduate School), a software engineer designing executive software and software tools for the AWACS project (Boeing Aerospace), a compiler engineer and code generation expert (San Diego startup Telesoft), and after moving to Silicon Valley, a microprocessor architect and systems engineer for half a dozen tech companies in the SF Bay Area. Now retired, he pursues writing and independent research on climate change, sustainable development, and advanced space systems.
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