THEIR GREATEST COMPLIMENT IS CALLS FOR INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING ENGINEERING PROJECTS. manufacturable, testable products— bridging the gap between structural analysis and follow-up fabrication, assembly, and testing.” For businesses with a grand idea that don’ t know how to start, he shared that Johnston Engineering can become a long-term engineering partner to design and prototype the product, and then work to evolve it as testing occurs. He said the greatest compliment they receive is calls for increasingly challenging engineering projects.
Johnston said they can work to Technology Readiness Level( TRL) 8, which in the aerospace world, and specifically at NASA, means that system testing is completed and qualified. That is design, analysis, build, and test. But he said they work across TLR 3-8, beginning with the design of custom 3D parts via CAD, then analyzing how those parts fit into a complex system they can model. He added that before the product is even built, they can do analysis at the appropriate stage: structural strength, thermal temperature, fluid flow, fluid interactions, pressure drop, fluid distribution, and measurement.
Johnston takes pride in supporting 23 families through this business. He notes that he counts on employees not only for their education and skill level but also for project ownership. He said the culture is based upon integrity, ownership and accountability, continual improvement, and always doing your best work. He expects honesty and ethics in their designs and business practices. He ultimately wants his business to have a tremendous impact in the region and nationally. He cites the need to learn from others and about all types of engineering. Johnston himself continues to invest in the business and in his own business acumen by having served as an adjunct engineering professor at Gonzaga University for 13 years and on numerous community boards and non-profits.
Electrochemical Systems like those used for SAF
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