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Here are a few examples of my work.  The information has been edited to protect proprietary information.
Porous Silicon Etching Cell
 
        Etching Cell
 
Cheapo Ad-Hoc Pressure Regulator
 
        Fluidic or Microfluidic Pressure Regulator

Microfluidic Crystaline Flapper Valves
        Fluidic or Microfluidic Flapper Valve Test Jig

       Bubble Flow Observation Jig

               Bubble Observation Chamber

       Manometer Fluid Isolator

               Fluid Isolator

        Modifications to an Ohmic Instruments Force Balance Radiometer

               Ohmic Enhancements


Comments Regarding my Mechanical Design and Analysis Work:

I have always had a knack for mechanical design but it is only in the last ten years that this ability was been fully developed.  As of this time, I have done well over a hundred mechanical designs for various  applications. All of the resultant designs performed as intended. Many of these mechanical designs relate to ultrasonic, fluidic, electro-optical and electromechanical devices.  Some were simple and some were not so simple.  A few were way not so simple.
 
In the course of this work, I have become proficient with SolidWorks, a CAD program that I now routinely use for all but the simplest design tasks.
 
I have also installed and routinely use a modest machine shop.  Experience actually making parts I have designed, has been a valuable mechanical part design learning tool. "Hands on" shop experience has helped me understand mechanical design and part fabrication from the machine shop point-of-view.  The net result has been parts that work better and less expensive. Good relations with machine shops and generally faster turnaround are other commonly resultant benefits.

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