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Benjamin Calloway
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Hello! Thanks for being a welcoming community and an informative resource. I'm an engineering consultant in Kentucky, specializing in mechanical design and space tech. I graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2022, though I wasn't a huge fan of their program. I'm glad to be out :) I still have a lot of holes in my desired areas of knowledge though, so I'm here to try to fill some of those in and help others with the things I do know.
Engineering, science, and art are my passions, so design engineering makes me very happy. My favorite thing is to just come up with inventive solutions to design problems--taking a list of constraints and creating a solution to satisfy them. I'm always multitasking on various personal projects when I'm not busy with clients. I have two FDM printers and a home workshop, so I keep myself occupied!
Some recent client work that I've enjoyed: a flange gap monitoring sensor for rocket launch infrastructure and nuclear power infrastructure, a structural-health monitoring sensor for the kevlar/vectran restraint layer in inflatable softgoods (e.g. inflatable ISS modules), and a rover for topological soil research.
Outside of work, I like to make art (paint, metalwork, woodwork, 3D-printed sculptures), read about technical topics, build robots, share my knowledge, and write. I have a few books out, but I won't share them here due to the advertising policy. I want to write more books once I have more field knowledge, but for now I'm thinking of starting a technical blog. Writing and coding are two of the only things where I can stay in the flowstate
Anyway, I hope to have some great discussions here! I love to talk, learn, and share my knowledge :)
Engineering, science, and art are my passions, so design engineering makes me very happy. My favorite thing is to just come up with inventive solutions to design problems--taking a list of constraints and creating a solution to satisfy them. I'm always multitasking on various personal projects when I'm not busy with clients. I have two FDM printers and a home workshop, so I keep myself occupied!
Some recent client work that I've enjoyed: a flange gap monitoring sensor for rocket launch infrastructure and nuclear power infrastructure, a structural-health monitoring sensor for the kevlar/vectran restraint layer in inflatable softgoods (e.g. inflatable ISS modules), and a rover for topological soil research.
Outside of work, I like to make art (paint, metalwork, woodwork, 3D-printed sculptures), read about technical topics, build robots, share my knowledge, and write. I have a few books out, but I won't share them here due to the advertising policy. I want to write more books once I have more field knowledge, but for now I'm thinking of starting a technical blog. Writing and coding are two of the only things where I can stay in the flowstate
Anyway, I hope to have some great discussions here! I love to talk, learn, and share my knowledge :)
