James Thomas

Educational Background

- Combustion
- Propellants and Energetics
- Explosions, Detonations, and DDT
- Battery Safety
- Nano-Scale Particle Synthesis

- NASA Johnson Space Center - Propulsion and Power Division - 2017
- The Aerospace Corporation - Propulsion Science Department - 2014-2017
- Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants - Blast Effects Section - 2009-2010

Thomas, J. C., Rodriguez, F. A., Teitge, D. S., Browne, Z. K., Ahumada, C. B., Kunka, L. N., Gaddis, G. N., Balci, E. T., Jackson, S. I., Petersen, E. L., and Oran, E. S., “An Experimental Study of Shock Transmission from a Detonation Tube,” Shock Waves, 2022, Accepted.
Thomas, J. C., Rodriguez, F. A., and Petersen, E. L., “Metallic Additives for Solid-Fuel Propulsion Applications,” Combustion, Science, and Technology, 2021, Accepted.
Thomas, J. C., Stahl, J. M., Tykol, A. J., Rodriguez, F. A., Petersen, E. L., Paravan, C., and Galfetti, L., “Experimental Evaluation of HTPB/Paraffin Fuel Blends for Hybrid Rocket Applications,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 229, No. 1, 2021, pp. 1-14.
Thomas, J. C., Morrow, G. R., and Petersen, E. L., “Comprehensive Study of the Effects of AP Particle Size and Loading on the Burning Rate of Composite AP/HTPB Propellants,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2020, pp. 95-100.
Finegan, D. P., Darst, J., Walker, W., Li, Q., Yang, C., Jervis, R., Heenan, T. M. M., Hack, J., Thomas, J. C., Rack, A., Brett, D. J. L., Shearing, P. R., Keyser, M., and Darcy, E., “Modelling and Experiments to Identify High-Risk Failure Scenarios for Testing the Safety of Lithium-Ion Cells,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 417, 2019, pp. 29-41.