
Rotor Bearing Analysis
Welcome to Rotor Bearing Analysis, LLC., Dr. Erik Swanson’s consulting company website.
I’m not currently taking on new consulting projects. I sold Xdot’s foil bearing business to Barber-Nichols in at 2025 and accepted a position as Technical Fellow. I’m very excited about this opportunity to take foil bearings to the next level with a larger team than I had at Xdot.
I am still teaching the rotordynamics short course with Mark Corbo (No Bull Engineering) and Malcolm Leader (Applied Machinery Dynamics). The 2026 schedule has an in-person and a virtual course offering.
In-Person Course
In-Person Rotordynamics Course Beginning April 20, 2026
Virtual Course
Virtual Rotordynamics Course Beginning October 12, 2026
