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Robb Gillespie

Senior Mechanical Technician III

Email: rgillesp@umich.edu
Telephone: 764-6578
Fax: 763-5567
Office: 1136 SRB

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Physics, The University of Michigan

Ann Arbor

 

Research:

Builder of flight hardware, laboratory instrumentation, and rapid prototyping.

Skills:

• Solid Modeling
• Calibration test setups
• Mechanical fabrication
• High vacuum technology
• Tool making

• Flight Instruments
  • TIMED TIDI
  • Messenger-FIPS
  • GeoSTAR
  • LRR
  • Phoenix TEGA
  • MSL SAM
• Other projects supported

  • PENGUIn Magnetometer

  • HiRAD

  • ADD

  • FASR

  • ASPS

  • MACE

  • S3FL CubeSat

  • Drake Astrophysics Laboratory
• Technical Engineering Support
  • Eng450 Capstone multidisciplinary design course mentor
  • Wilson Center mentor
  • Electric Field Sensor development
  • MLTT and Renno Laboratory manager

Specializations and Research Interests

• CAD/CAM
• CNC and conventional machining
• Miniature detailing
• Vacuum system design, build

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

• Tool tip conductivity contact sensor and method - US Patent #6481939