Robert Chave
Designer Developer of Precision Instruments
- Role
- Designer Developer Instrumentation Metrology Optomechanics at Rcappp
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Chave
Design and development of instruments, mechanisms and structures with challenges related to fine motion, mechanical stability, vibration reduction, shock mitigation, magnetism, mass reduction, and thermal isolation. Proficient in rapid prototyping. Robert Chave Applied Physics Inc. is a vetted services provider for JPL, Caltech, GMTO, Smithsonian Observatory, and related institutions. Response times from first meeting to delivered hardware have been as short as one month.
Experience
Designer Developer Instrumentation Metrology Optomechanics
Jan 2000 — Present · 2027 N Lake Ave, CA
Contract design, build, integration, alignment and calibration of instruments and instrument components with optical, optomechanical, cryomechanical or cryogenic elements including fine-mechanics to sub-micron scales. Experience with spacecraft, aircraft, balloon borne, and other instrument platforms. Design in Solidworks, MathCAD, and related packages. Funding sources include ONR, DoE, NASA, DoD, NIH, and Smithsonian Observatory.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSME, Physics, Design, Material Science
1979 — 1983
Tufts University
BSME, magna cum laude, Physics, Mechanical Engineering
1975 — 1978
Cornell University
College of Art & Architecture, Franklin Hall
1969 — 1970
Stanford University
Post-graduate Work, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Design Division
1984 — 1985
Skills
- Adhesive Engineering, Joint Design and Performance Test
- Materials
- Magnetostriction
- R&D
- Marine Engineering
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Optics
- Photonics
- Materials Science
- Structural Analysis
- Rapid Prototyping
- Mechanical Engineering
- Optical Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Finite Element Analysis
- Valves
- Design of Sheet Metal Structures
- Designs
- Adhesives
- Stratospheric Balloon Gondola Fracture Control Design
- Optomechanics
- Vacuum
- Thermal Analysis
- Cryogenics
- Metrology
- Mathcad
- Cyro-Mechanical Design
- Systems Engineering
- Packaging
- Aerospace Mechanisms
- Physics
- Solidworks
- Kinematics
- Design of Composite Structures
- Simulations
- Robotics
- Structures
- Lens and Mirror Mounting
- U2 Aircraft Instrument Mechanical Interface Design
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