Roger's Design Portfolio
A. Underwater Vehicles and Instrumenation
- Calculations for the Crush Depth of Simple Cylinders and Plates
- Faculty Rep. for the US Naval Academy's AUV Club
- Pressure Compensating Alkaline Batteries for Deep Sea Use
- Project ORCA, the MIT Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team
- Underwater Experiment Canister (UEC)
B. Manufacturing and Test Equipment
- Ceramic Samurai
- MesoMill
- MiniMill
- Spindle Concepts for Small Machining Centers
- The Axtrustion Non-Contact Linear Motion System (Master's Thesis)
- The Flextester
- The Modular Kinematic Coupling
- The Overbeck L/T Super Precision Grinder
C. MIT Undergraduate Work
- 2.007 Machine
- 2.670 Sterling Engine
- A 'Mass Produced' Plastic Yo-Yo
- Electric Gocart
- MIT Solar Vehicle Team
- Power Mini-Van Rear Gate Opener
- Teaching Mechanical Engineering Design
D. Other
- ES360 Introduction to Controls Engineering (for non-engineers)
- Finite Element Analysis w/ Ansys
- Gas Spring Modeling and Analysis
- Yakima Bike Rack Cozy
E. Software
- Baltimore Area Aviation Wx Summary
- Digital Notebook
- LaTeX Packages and Classes
- NanoMail Email Client
- Online Equation Editor
- Online General Aviation Pilot Log
- The Digital Athletic Log
- Vehicle Maintenance Log
F. High School Projects
- Compost Bin Eagle Scout Project
- Fire Extinguisher Practical Joke
- The Shop'N Cart
- The TorqueMaster
- Transparency Mover
Ph.D.
The USNA's AUV taking shape in the tow tank.
The Axtrusion, a precise linear motion system built for my Master's thesis.
A spindle concept for a small milling machine
The modal analysis for a compact ceramic grinding lathe... The Ceramic Samurai.
UEC-2B receives last minute instructions before being loaded aboard submarine NR-1
The prototype flextester.
The Overbeck L/T Super Precision Ginder on the cover of the December 2002 issue of American Machinist. Read the article in American Machinist
The Overbeck L/T Grinder World Debut at IMTS 2002