DOJO RESEARCH & CONSULTING
We deliver solutions.
Dojo Research & Consulting is an engineering consulting company offering research and development services. Our areas of expertise include Experiments and Computer Simulation on Flow and Thermal Systems, Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Designs, 3D CAD Modeling in SolidWorks, 3D Printing/Prototyping and Industrial Design. We provide engineering support to small and early stage companies to help them perform feasibility studies, advance their technology and validate performance metrics of their inventions. We form close technical partnerships with our clients to solve their toughest engineering challenges.
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MEET THE TEAM
Don Jordan has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from RPI and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from UT Austin. He worked for the University of Virginia in various teaching and research capacities for a number of years with a focus on flow and thermal systems. In 2015, he left academia and founded Dojo Research & Consulting, where he currently leads the company and performs consulting on both experiments and simulations of flow and thermal systems.
DON JORDAN
Founder and Research Scientist
Alexa Borden joined Dojo Research as a Mechanical Engineer after completing a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She specializes in mechatronics systems, which combine mechanical and electrical knowledge to actuate designs. Additionally, Alexa has expertise in both 3D CAD modeling as a Certified Soliworks Associate and prototyping with her knowledge of 3D printing and fabrication.
Alexa Borden
Mechanical Engineer
Lance Dorian
With 10 years experience in engineering products for the renewable energy industry, Lance joins us with expertise in Electrical Engineering as well as Embedded Software development. His experience encompasses the entire product design life cycle, from design requirements, schematic capture, PCB design and embedded software development, thorough design quality testing, all the way through product certification and automated testing. With experience designing for manufacturing in product quantities of 100k and larger, as well as products with 25 year warranties, Lance brings a lot of quality insights to the design process.
Electrical Engineer
Alice Grady joined Dojo Research in January 2019 as a Mechanical Engineering Technician. She specializes using SolidWorks to create 3D CAD models and machining drawings and is a Certified Solidworks Associate. She also has extensive experience in design for 3D printing and mechanical prototyping. Alice has worked with a wide assortment of clients on projects involving hardware ranging from electronics enclosures, PTFE tubing and venturis, silicone face masks and other mechanical devices.
ALICE GRADY
Mechanical Engineering Technician
Ben Grady joined Dojo Research in January 2019 as a Mechanical Engineering Technician. Ben has expertise in 3D printing, mechanical prototyping and in building thermoelectric assemblies. Ben developed company capability in photorealistic rendering and animation using Blender to provide product rendering to clients. Ben has created photorealistic renderings and animations of aircraft concepts, electrical equipment and polarized sunglasses.
BEN GRADY
Graphic Designer
Brenda Harris joined us after retiring from the Department of Defense as a Program Manager. She obtained her M.A. in Computer Resources and Information Management and received her Project Management Professional certification. She brings over 15 years of project management experience across a wide variety of engineering disciplines. Brenda works with our staff on budgeting and various other aspects of managing our engineering projects.
BRENDA HARRIS
Engineering Project Manager
With over two decades experience working in a variety of roles and industries, Monique brings expertise in revenue growth, building and launching successful software products through creating and delivering strategic product vision, leading diverse distributed teams, and focusing on user experience and process efficiency.
Monique Bouffard
Consulting Manager