Janusz Liberkowski (born March 9, 1953 in

Nowa Sól Nowa Sól is a city on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the capital of Nowa Sól County and had a population of 38,763 (2019). History The first settlement in the region of modern Nowa Sól dates to the 14th century, ...

, Poland) is the winner of the first season of the show ''

American Inventor ''American Inventor'' was a reality television series based on a competition to be named America's best inventor. It was conceived by Simon Cowell and the producers of ''American Idol'' afteBen Hausbachappeared on Season 5 with his Cosmic Coaster ...

''. His invention was the Anecia Safety Capsule. He graduated from the

Gdańsk University of Technology The Gdańsk University of Technology (Gdańsk Tech, former ''GUT''; pl, Politechnika Gdańska) is a technical university in the Wrzeszcz borough of Gdańsk, and one of the oldest universities in Poland. It has eight faculties and with 41 fi ...

in Poland in 1981. In 1984 he and his family emigrated to the United States. Since 1985, he worked for several electronics manufacturing companies located in the Silicon Valley area. He specializes in highly complex problems and forward-looking technologies. Liberkowski improved existing products, provided technical product leadership and pioneered "industry firsts" in multiple industries. The Anecia Safety Capsule is just one of his inventions; he was awarded fourteen U.S patents and three other are pending. The death of his daughter Anecia sparked him to invent a safety seat for children. He is married to Danuta Liberkowski, and has twins, Marielle and Jason Liberkowski. On December 2, 2007, he became the winner of the first season of ''American Inventor''. Besides winning one million dollars, he was given an offer from Evenflo for the implementation of his product. Despite working together for a year, Evenflo and Liberkowski are no longer developing the product together. He is currently looking for a factory to produce the car seats in Europe. In 2009, Liberkowski was given a title of honorary member at Polonia Technica, Association of Polish-American Engineers.

References

Update on the Anecia Survival Capsule - Winner of American Inventor Season One
InventorSpot.com, June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

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* Honorary member of Polish-American Engineers Association, Polonia Technica 1953 births Living people Polish emigrants to the United States People from Nowa Sól Polish engineers Reality show winners Gdańsk University of Technology alumni {{Poland-engineer-stub