Nextreme Thermal Solutions was spun out of RTI International, a world-leader in research and development, in January 2005. For more than a decade, RTI International, in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) of the U.S. Department of Defense, has pursued advancements in the field of thermoelectric management. Rama Venkatasubramanian, PhD, Founder and Chief Technology Officer