Carl Beverly
Before coming to FXC, Mr. Beverly was the Senior Mechanical Engineer at
O.D. Hopkins Associates. Mr. Beverly was responsible for
developing and analyzing all of Hopkins’ ride vehicles. He was
primarily responsible for providing a safe ride system for both guests
and ride operators. Some of his responsibilities included:
Stress analysis and design of all ride vehicles for Hopkins
Design of passenger restraints and release mechanisms
Ergonomic design and analysis of passenger compartments
Ergonomic analysis of passenger entry and egress of ride vehicles
Prior to Hopkins Mr. Beverly was a research engineer with Marine System Engineering Lab. Some of his outstanding accomplishments include:
Autonomous Submersible Vehicle Project
Design of vehicle frame, floatation, pressure housings, and propulsion thrusters
Packaging of on-board computers for navigation and mission control
Design and packaging of on-board battery pack, standby power, and charging system
Design of mechanical “grabbers” and a reciprocating wiper arm
Arctic Ice Drill Project
Drill design, fabrication, battery stack power supply and cable
Packaging of on-board computer controller
Authored and presented a technical paper on the drill design, and test results