I know a lot of engineers. How would that even help you?
What am I supposed to tell them... Some guy I don't know is building something, I don’t know what. Can you help?
You'll get all desired information, and your friends a meeting with an engineer with over a dozen patents. They don't even have to join in. In fact, the project exists because I met another engineer, asked what his problems were in his work, and then a solution was provided.
No need to you to say anything, as I told you earlier. Give me the name of the person, company and a phone number, I'll give you my information if you want, I'll call and say I was told of them through you, and then if they're around money, I'll make them more, and if they want to make it, I have what they need, so long as it doesn't exist yet.
Tell me what sorts of engineers you know, and we'll start there. Regardless of what you think of me, know that I live to improve the world, and everyone that touches me makes a lot of money.