Category: Ten Tips

Delta Unisaw

Greg Needel Personal, Ten Tips April 13, 2009

Soon people around the world will be able to enjoy the product which I and many other engineers at Black & Decker have been working on. The designing on this saw was really a labor of love, with many months of Research and Development, I am proud to say that I was a part of
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Ten Tips Blog

Greg Needel Ten Tips May 12, 2008

Sunday, 04 May 2008 I have been told by people how impressed they are with the knowledge that I have in many various subjects. This got me thinking about ways to share my experiences. I use the word experiences because I figure alot of this info will come from things I have picked up along
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About

Greg is the CEO of REV Robotics, an educational robotics company. which focuses on providing affordable solutions for both co-curricular and extra curricular education.

He was previously the Director of the Innovation Gymnasium at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Greg is a mechanical engineer who earned his degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has built a career in that field, but his enthusiasm for building and tinkering can hardly be captured by that discipline alone. Professionally, Greg has focused on product development and has designed products for globally recognized brands such as DeWALT, Delta Machinery, HEXBUG, and REV Robotics. He has been issued over 60 global patents for his designs and has numerous patents pending.

Outside of work, he spends much of his free time building and creating, and is an active member of the Dallas Maker Space. Designing and building robots are of particular interest and he has built personal projects and machines for competitions such as Battlebots, the DARPA Grand Challenge and Redbull Creation. Greg dedicates much of his time to working on promoting STEM education to high school students through participation FIRST robotics competition.