Early Career Research Fellow - James Thomas
Implementing Organization
Texas A&M University - College Station
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$76,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Grants
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Dr. James 'Chris' Thomas is an Assistant Research Professor in the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station. His research has focused on combustion; gas dynamics; propellants and energetics; explosions, detonations, and DDT; nanoscale particle synthesis strategies; and power storage and safety. His recent research emphases have included studies of Li-ion battery hazard experiments and modeling and consequence prediction of gas-phase detonations. He has authored over 100 papers in these areas, including 23 archival journal publications. Dr. Thomas is also an active member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Combustion Institute, the Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, and the Electrochemical Society. Dr. Thomas has held interim positions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s Propulsion and Power Division, The Aerospace Corporation’s Propulsion Science Department, and Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants’ Blast Effects Section. In addition, he has been a part of TAMU’s TEES Turbomachinery Laboratory since 2011. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., all in Mechanical Engineering, from TAMU.
Contact
James ThomasNone
James.Chris.Thomas@tamu.edu
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