- Professor of Practice, Aerospace Engineering
- Phone: 979-845-0131
- Email: jtakachi@tamu.edu
- Office: HRBB 604

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) - 2009
- M.S., Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) - 2003
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering College (FEI) - 2000
Research Interests
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- Compressible flows
- Gas Turbines
- Aerospace Propulsion
- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical methods, turbulence modeling
- Turbomachines
Selected Publications
- Diaz, R.B., Tomita, J.T.*, Bringhenti, C., Silva, F.J.S., Cavalca, D.F., “An Evaluation of Passive Wall Treatment with Circumferential Grooves at the Casing of the First and Second Blade Rotor Rows of a High-Performance Multi-Stage Axial Compressor”, Aerospace, MDPI, vol 11, 662, 2024.
- Adamczvski, T.A., Tozi, J.V., Nascimento, J.G.V., Bringhenti, C., Tomita, J.T.*, Roma, A., “Gas Turbine Modeling and Control System Development for Offshore Applications”, International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems, June 2024, vol 15, number 3.
- de Oliveira Silva, C.R., Bringhenti, C., Tomita, J.T.*, Whitacker, L.H.L., “Modeling an Evaporative Cooling System to Improve Gas Turbines Performance”, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, v.15, p. 041003-1, 2023.
- Costa, F.P., Bringhenti, C., Henriques, I.B., Tomita, J.T.*, Kapat, J.S., “A novel design-point computational program for thermal power plants applications: energy, exergy and economic (3E) analysis”, Journal of the Brazlian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (online), v.44, p.44: 202-24, 2022.
- Tonon, D.S., Tomita, J.T.*, Castejon, E.G., Bringhenti, C.,; Almeida, L.E.N., “Parametric study of squealer tip geometries applied in a hydraulic axial turbine used in a rocket engine turbopump”, Aerospace Science and Technology, v.122, p.107426, 2022.