I was born and raised in Alexandria, VA where I attended Annandale High School.  I played the viola from 4th grade all the way to the end of my high school career.  In high school I took various drafting and beginner AutoCAD classes.  In my drafting class I used my Father's old drafting set from his time in college at University of Cincinatti as a Sanitary Engineer.

My father was raised working on cars, so naturally I followed suite.  He had a 1972 MGB, seen to the right, that had been sitting in our garage since I was born, waiting to see the light of day.  When I was 16 we finally decided to try and restore the car, or get it running in the least.  Well three years later it was running very well, even better than the two MGB's that my Father bought while we were restoring the '72.  It still isn't in the shape we hoped it to be, it needs new rocker panels and a new paint job but otherwise it is a joy to ride, especially knowing that I revived it from a life of being a storage space in our garage.  Ever since then I have been wildly infatuated with cars and think I always will be.  My current car, Roxanne pictured to the right, is my pride and joy.  My girlfriend even tells me I love that car more than her.
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Initially going into school, I thought the only thing I wanted to do as a job was work on cars, more specifically design them.  I've never been an artist but I just can't stand how cars in the current era just don't have the beauty and style as cars from the 50's and 60's have.  My goal in becoming a car designer was to change that, and bring back true beauty in automobiles.  However, as I progressed through college I discovered a new calling.  As freshmen we were required to do some basic Solidworks training, just to get us aquianted with the program.  At that time I was not comfortable with the program, but then in my junior year I took a class focusing more on Solidworks and grew to love the program.  In the same class we used James Madison's many 3D printers and I immediatly fell in love.  I would create completely unnecessary parts, like a spaghetti portioner, just for the sake of watching the 3D printer build it, layer by layer, and holding a part I alone designed and fabricated.  Many of the more advance parts I've made can be seen in the Modeling section of my website.  It includes a small robot made in my Solidworks class and printed out using the schools various 3D printers.  Because of this class and my heavy use of the program for various projects I got my SolidWorks certification, which can be seen in my Modeling page.

 

In summary, my interdisciplinary studies at JMU Engineering in combination with my hands on experience with repairs and building have helped me develop a set of skills that will help me advance and thrive in the business world.  If you are interested in contacting me, please feel free to send me and email here.

 

Thank you!

​​BERNARD JOSEPH STOLL III

Little background on me, outside of engineering.