https://www.clivefx.com/timeline daily 0.75 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609893610154-G86Q8MVJE91D04HIPDMU/old_ship.PNG Timeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609893252681-VY0QO9W261PTTVJDU5ZL/stanford-gsb-logo+%281%29.jpg Timeline - asdsad https://www.clivefx.com/work daily 1.0 2026-09-02 https://www.clivefx.com/work/hollywood monthly 0.5 2021-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609914823969-NKXW15YIYXAZCKU5VDUB/ygGmAO60t8GyqUo9xYeYxSZAR3b.jpg Work - Hollywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609914830144-1B7IE9F2MNTJ9VCQVWY6/915Fz-fquZL._RI_.jpg Work - Hollywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609914821946-0LSUW1I1VCH7BTV3CUY7/61ja5fljqQL._AC_SL1007_.jpg Work - Hollywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609914827773-3FQG0OOFKZ8P22U3VURW/2012_2009_2669_poster.jpg Work - Hollywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609915048259-BMR1YOMTD0GTYSAQT9JD/speedracerpost.JPG Work - Hollywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609908265576-6IFU0YI7368EF2J3NZRU/oscars.jpg Work - Hollywood Me and Ron Henderson at the 2013 Sci-Tech Oscars. Ron Henderson received a Technical Achievement Award for the development of FLUX. I was a member of the FLUX development team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609908736154-C65QL1FD2QBNT46OI50B/9f7ea20efcfc4448e506df8141b03453.jpg Work - Hollywood https://www.clivefx.com/work/personal monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184333953-REHWBCYMQS6O3X8UWYZG/igniter.jpg Work - Personal and social projects A propane powered forge burner I built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184251950-NBIYFE0U3D3AMFFBQP98/plate.jpg Work - Personal and social projects A segment of a linear aerospike rocket engine I built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184252060-NCTA248A9WRGVBFRF30R/parts3.jpg Work - Personal and social projects I machined all of these myself on my own CNC mill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184262609-YGBNFDZ7WNCATJGZJQEI/jpuss4.jpg Work - Personal and social projects An interactive light installation I built before this was trivial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184331218-1SJ1953G36OU0V2LJ7VU/firetree2.jpg Work - Personal and social projects 700psi liquid propane flame effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184269954-6OTVDS72H0YL919BJNDE/jpussbrain2.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Control electronics for my interactive light installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184321107-4FN57S0JI31419IGDZLA/FCS.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Rocket engine test stand controller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184326122-BF9UKVV4ZDC8P81CR80U/icecream.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Liquid nitrogen ice cream at Burning Man at my bakery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184338381-F7P98V0H8AJLMYH24HG2/icecream5.jpg Work - Personal and social projects More fun with LN2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184401958-FT8PNK67HQHJDJ5OLZFL/WATER_CANNONS_3.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Giant water cannon I built for a boat festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184403238-6JZGRLPT76TKUTS5F8CK/WATER_CANNONS.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Water cannon control system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184944726-CDSIK7QUJTXJ5R8XL816/1266459_10200968509428623_1839769710_o.jpg Work - Personal and social projects More fun at the bakery at Burning Man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184951980-ZTMOIYV6EUB8MO0SF32Q/21316190_10105387217769210_1615182187998160477_o.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Custom liquid nitrogen dispenser used for making ice cream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610185005547-LQ911DBE18ID038DOXVL/firegun2.jpg Work - Personal and social projects My generation 1 portable propane flame effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184954765-9CNKPW4CDHN2KWVA8BP5/21316152_10105387216821110_8803361736145413952_o.jpg Work - Personal and social projects My wife and I with my generation 2 propane flame effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184974598-CD6B2A5VSQKXEWKW6ARY/290575_879995754511_4296126_o.jpg Work - Personal and social projects A small rocket engine test stand built out of scrap parts and IKEA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184946907-6OE325Z70EIO251ADVIB/1269480_10200968481467924_492426879_o.jpg Work - Personal and social projects More fun with liquid nitrogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184272046-LGCZ9GJNLSDFCCN0J9QI/jpussbuild.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Assembling the light sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184279199-PEXFIBPFCW60EGZGV3C2/board.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Circuit board of my own design for light sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184281102-LUH228SP1LBN4Z97A8FA/makerspacestart.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Founding Mojave Makers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184282645-GS9OBZ2NROORZXAD39XN/mmakers.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Mojave Makers, with our CNC equipment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610252326649-TXO1I8XF5RP4F9HD5UYA/clocckcad2.jpg Work - Personal and social projects CAD model of an E-paper alarm clock I made for my wife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610252328768-XCKD4IPVQ0YHXQ3Q6CQ5/clockbottom.jpg Work - Personal and social projects Machined aluminum baseplate for the clock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610252322029-OOFAD8B1PGMAYV65TCRO/clock.jpg Work - Personal and social projects The finished clock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610184318973-WLUUHM4P7A3HAUA9QO1T/elon_nye.jpg Work - Personal and social projects I got to use my light sculpture to meet a lot of new friends! https://www.clivefx.com/work/spacex monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609962660163-ZFSEJQP64V3ZHHKWYSGX/spacex_only.png Work - SpaceX Facility high pressure (10,000 psi) Helium/Nitrogen booster/accumulator system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609962808207-T0GXWM8LL0ME8YWR2ZVG/20141009_004031.jpg Work - SpaceX I designed and built a system for the testing of the entire hydraulic system for the grid fin control actuators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610228962790-P5JBYSZZX25R0K8JFOJH/gif-17.gif Work - SpaceX This helped with qualifying the control systems that allowed us to recover Falcon 9 boosters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609963043142-I137CVSAZJGDGXO731P8/20160418_123314.jpg Work - SpaceX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610229821298-BJJ2YSJJZJWE7YGROART/20160418_123442.jpg Work - SpaceX https://www.clivefx.com/work/hydra monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235107992-TT1RUIB8FLQOHRKZBJ4N/image_01.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235357826-88530JT6EN526IQ03FX6/20160820_201346.jpg Work - Hydra Generation 1 prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235104154-0EJEMMZ30J9J58IMYYWR/image_02.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235337428-4JBES2CFBFQ6IYMUG8M1/2017-01-15.png Work - Hydra Generation 2 prototype circuit board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235098080-LVSDJCR9LBPKBH1KSNN3/image_03.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235348536-4X8FAY1LAC0KMRKHC6OG/flight.JPG Work - Hydra First liftoff of generation 1 hydraulic drone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235082219-PHBCHKDMLXYVC26A0PXK/image_05.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610251770513-F1BUJ27I5Y1WKZXMUGD9/hydra+cad.JPG Work - Hydra Generation 2 prototype CAD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235103448-ESHOS1PXKUZ37M2EMGCF/image_06.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610251069806-UM4PNB4A4ZOFJOF3XR0Q/20170118_004251.jpg Work - Hydra Generation 2 drone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235088154-HP3RWXDHCWPH9BC29X7Y/image_07.jpg Work - Hydra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235491241-J18XM9J0O7NDSVD8362Z/inflight.png Work - Hydra CAD render of commercial drone spray pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235490853-STKI6SYD4FWIHNE1BGE4/valvecore.png Work - Hydra Balanced flow cage valve core design, allowing a constant pump speed, minimizing modification to existing fire trucks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610235485526-AFPATQHLV8IXI5PW8XA7/hydrafront.png Work - Hydra Commercial drone CAD render https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610251767707-PWP2WL9PO3EFBD563UD7/hydrafft.JPG Work - Hydra Generation 2 servo response function https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610251868259-HKXRGXFSBS4I3H5RU1AI/oil+fire.jpg Work - Hydra - I shut down Hydra in order to focus on leading Stealth Mode Startup https://www.clivefx.com/work/xcor monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609917476401-A0II2E78UG531RXEFZZF/lynx_landing_gear.jpg Work - XCOR Aerospace - While at XCOR, I wore many hats. One of my areas of responsibility was the nose landing gear for the LYNX rocket plane. I designed and analyzed all structural components of this system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610230409425-V363GGUHPD8KVE2VXP0N/nose_gear.jpg Work - XCOR Aerospace - The landing gear passed all structural qualifications Seen: Setting up the nose gear for a static test https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1609917547973-BFISOE026WT4I2MDP729/control_box.jpg Work - XCOR Aerospace - I also helped to design and build the control system for the LYNX engine test stand. Seen here: Control deck being used to run the engine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c0be5dfc5709be319906/1610230687936-TLZV0GK0U39E86E67X16/machine+shop.jpg Work - XCOR Aerospace - I managed our outsource machining production flow. I qualified new shops, chased parts and managed complicated design issues, like a 4’ long interrupted hole in titanium with a +-0.001 straightness/concentric callout. Pictured: Generic machine shop