About Kuhler Technologies

Mission

Kuhler Technologies’ mission is to increase human performance capacity by developing effective, effortless, and portable personal cooling technology.

Philosophy

Our fundamental objective is to elevate human potential, individually and collectively. By empowering individuals to reach their maximum potential, we are simultaneously supporting the collective advancement of humanity. Transforming society and transforming a single life are synonymous. 

Guiding Principles

Three guiding principles are at the root of our technology and product development:

1. Energy is life; protect and optimize energy at all costs.
2. Simplify the complex; physiology is complicated, reason from first principles.
3. Be ruthlessly empathetic; the customer IS the business.

Technology

Our flagship product, Kühler, is a hand-held human heatsink that enhances physiological thermoregulation to optimize core body temperature and increase human performance capabilities. This innovative technology addresses the most significant limiter of human health and performance: elevated core temperature (heat stress).

Team

From fighter pilots to athletes to Ph.D. scientists, Kuhler Technologies is operated by mission-driven competitors who are obsessed with excellence.

 

Braeden Ostepchuk

A mechanical engineer by training, Braeden graduated as the 2018 Valedictorian at Norwich University with a perfect 4.0 GPA, earning multiple awards including Student Engineer of the Year, Mechanical Engineering Design award, Tau Beta Pi award, and NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge first prize for the design of an autonomous solar array. During his time at Norwich University, he was an NCAA National Champion, CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, and NEHC Goaltender of the Year. He later completed a master’s degree in leadership while playing two full seasons of professional hockey across the ECHL and SPHL.

Braeden has experience working as a human performance engineering, product development, program management, corporate finance, and biohacking. His passion lies at the intersection of physiology, thermodynamics, human performance, and technology. Notably, he has spent the last 3.5 years dedicated exclusively to the field of thermoregulation and athletic performance, researching, writing, and developing the scientific and product foundation for Kühler.

 

Brian Bradke, Ph.D.

Dr. Bradke earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, following a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. During his doctoral research, he combined clinical, experimental, and computational methods to investigate age-related changes in human bone strength. He later graduated from U.S. Air Force Officer Training School as the Honor Graduate (#1 of 102) and served 12 years as an F-16 instructor and combat pilot, earning two Air Medals, an Aerial Achievement Medal, and the Gerard Trophy for heroic action in combat.

Dr. Bradke has extensive interdisciplinary experience in entrepreneurship, engineering, product development, manufacturing, applied research, and human performance technology. In addition to building products and companies, he spent six years as a university professor, securing more than $500,000 in research funding while teaching courses in biomechanics, sensor systems, and technical writing. In 2016, he advanced to NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Program interview stage, selected as one of 120 from over 18,000 applicants.

A former National Champion Triathlete, Dr. Bradke shares a deep passion for extending the limits of human performance through biotechnology, directly translating into the research and development behind Kühler.