Varifold Propeller expert Dr Roderick Sampson of King Propulsion launches 2015 Instagram campaign

LANSDOWNE, Va. - Jan. 9, 2015 - PRLog -- Dr Roderick Sampson, Principal Naval Architect at King Propulsion, a Virginia based Naval Architecture Consultancy and agent for both Varifold Folding Sailboat Propellers and Bruntons SigmaDrive recently started a fun Instagram campaign for 2015.  Roderick pledged to photograph a propeller every day of the year covering the marketing holidays.  The list includes Spaghetti Day, Jump in a puddle day, no socks day and many other fun and challenging ones.

Dr Roderick Sampson writes “ So in the spirit of jumping in at the deep end and learning to swim (story of my life) I committed to this and this post shows the first 7 days of photos.  I have them all on our Instagram page  at www.instagram.com/kingpropulsion with the tag #varifoldholidays and they appear on our facebook page, pinterest page and google+ page.  They are meant as a bit of fun but there are a couple of serious holidays in there about issues I care about so it will be respectful.  Having said that I am not sure how I am going to shoot working naked day but it will be fun.  I am trying to get a week ahead with them shooting when I can but it is splash a friend in a puddle day on Sunday and it is currently 7F here in DC and not a drop of unfrozen water around. "

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About Dr. Roderick Sampson

A Professional Naval Architect and Lecturer, Dr Roderick Sampson is known as an expert and innovator in his field of Propeller research, experimental ship hydrodynamic and propeller cavitation. While Naval Architecture is his passion, it is his second career; his first career was as Professional Cruise Ship Photographer. This introduction to ships and the sea had a lasting effect with Roderick and he returned later in life to University as a mature student to study Naval Architecture and use his creative skill set in a different direction.

Roderick has over 15 years experience as a Qualified Naval Architect and has worked with a varied client list of both large and small commercial companies, the US Coast Guard, the National Science Foundation, numerous universities, experimental testing facilities and shipyards around the world.  Roderick was also popular lecturer at Newcastle University with a gift to engage students on the merits of Ship Resistance and Propulsion and managed the world famous Emerson Cavitation Tunnel experimental facility conducting research, funded consultancy and ambitious student projects.

In 2013 he co-founded his current venture King Propulsion, a Naval Architecture consultancy start-up specializing in ship resistance and propulsion, ship performance analysis and small craft design. King Propulsion has since become the US representative for the Stone Marine Group representing brands such as Varifold Folding Sailboat Propellers, Bruntons SigmaDrive and Stone Marine Propulsion. Despite these commitments Roderick still maintains a position at the University of Newcastle in the UK conducting research and training in the Emerson Cavitation Tunnel several times a year.

Recognized as a innovator in cavitation, propeller and ship model testing Roderick has authored 28 peer-reviewed papers on a diverse range of hydrodynamic topics from High speed catamarans, full scale cavitation and propeller ice interaction. One of his many accolades is being part of the University lead team who designed and built the groundbreaking R/V The Princess Royal an exceptionally innovative Deep-V catamaran research vessel built for the Students of Newcastle University.

Roderick is an active member in Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the American Yacht and Boat Council. Rod has appeared on documentaries aired on the BBC, the UK’s Channel 4, and the Guardian Newspaper talking about Propeller design, cavitation and the history of propellers.

Roderick holds a PhD in propeller hydrodynamics, a Masters degree in Marine Technology and Bachelors Degree in Naval Architecture, earned during a fun and productive period at Newcastle University in the U.K.

Roderick lives in Leesburg with his partner Lisa, their 3 larger than life siamese cats.  He enjoys getting out to enjoy the Potomac, building plywood prototype boats and working on his old Audi TT.