Copepod Ferris Wheel Enclosure
Research Facilities
Project details
Designed and engineered a custom copepod rotating enclosure to prevent larvae from settling while maintaining a stable laminar flow environment.

Engineering for Things That are Hard to Make
Daring Engineering LLC provides hands-on engineering consulting and product development services for extreme environments. Established in 2001, the practice works from concept to prototyping, testing, and manufacturing, supporting research, aerospace, defense, marine, and robotic applications.
Jon PompaFounder
Develops engineered solutions for scientific applications, working alongside researchers to scope design efforts, support grant proposals, and produce preliminary concept renderings.
Designs custom marine enclosures, tracking tag structures, tide level recorders, and specialized laboratory apparatus for research programs.
Develops processing scripts for sonar mapping, control software for marine winches, and tether dynamics modeling for towed systems.
Conducts specialized investigations into material curing, thermal relationships, and battery performance under high hydrostatic pressures.
Translates concepts into functional physical hardware through CAD design, prototyping, testing, and refinement.
Realizes physical concepts in CAD software and prepares designs for seamless transfer to manufacturing.
Guides products from initial concepts through requirement definitions, rapid prototyping, and rigorous physical testing.
Supports funding acquisition through SBIR, STTR, BAA, and private sources while assisting with intellectual property protection and patent claim formulation.
Assists with proposal planning, budgeting, technical content development, and rapid proof-of-concept work for federal, state, and private funding.
Identifies patentable aspects of physical inventions and structures claims to maximize IP protection.
Engineers specialized hardware and instrumentation for subsea, deep-sea, and marine environments.
Designs and builds custom robotic systems and automation solutions for challenging, real-world environments.
Develops flexible, deployable, and robust inflatable systems engineered to withstand extreme physical environments.
Aerospace · Defense · Research Facilities · Renewable Energy · Transportation · Marine
Research Facilities
Designed and engineered a custom copepod rotating enclosure to prevent larvae from settling while maintaining a stable laminar flow environment.
Marine
Modeled tether and body dynamics to analyze and control the bi-directional flight path of a towed physical body.