Mechanical Engineering & Additive Manufacturing

Ben Horwitz

Designing and building machines, mechanisms, and manufacturing systems.

Hi, I'm Ben Horwitz, a mechanical engineer and mathematics student at Middlebury College. My work sits at the intersection of mechanical design, manufacturing, and additive manufacturing, with experience spanning machine design, controls, CNC machining, and experimental prototyping.

I've worked on projects ranging from a high-viscosity SLA 3D printer to custom-machined hardware, assistive devices, and additively manufactured chemical-processing equipment.

Ben Horwitz

Projects

01
Inside the HV-VPP printer
Controls & Design for Manufacturing

HV‑VPP Resin Printer

A custom stereolithography system for high-viscosity photopolymers.

02
CAD / CAM / Machining

Custom Golf Putter

A 303 stainless steel blade putter designed and machined on a 4th-axis CNC mill.

03
Manufacturing Internship

Quick-Release Harperizer Lids

10 quick-release lid assemblies designed and manufactured to reduce Harperizer changeover time.

04
Assistive Design

Golf Ball & Tee Placer

A mechanical assistive device that loads a golf ball and tees it without requiring the user to bend.

05
Escapement mechanism ticking
Mechanism Design

Escapement Mechanism

A pendulum-regulated escapement, iterated into a fully milled aluminum miniature clock.

06
PPS reaction chamber
Process Engineering

PPS Reaction Chamber

A PPS-printed reaction vessel designed to automate small-scale organic chemistry reactions.