Thomas L. Jackson
Personal Data

Education

  1. 1975 High School Diploma, Hampton High School, Virginia.
  2. 1980 B.S., Old Dominion University, Mathematics.
  3. 1981 M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mathematics.
  4. 1985 Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mathematics. Dissertation title: Effects of Thermal Expansion on the Evolution and Stability of Combustion Waves. Thesis Advisor: A.K. Kapila.

Awards

  1. 1981 The Ralph Ernest Huston Prize, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, May 1981. Given in recognition of outstanding teaching and academic achievement, and promise for a successful career.
  2. 1994 NASA Group Achievement Award to ICASE Fluid Mechanics Group, 1994. For development of important insights into basic fluid mechanical phenomena and theoretical analysis tools which have contributed to major advances in flow prediction and control including laminar flow control.

Positions Held

  1. 6/1980-8/1980 Graduate Research Assistant. Applied Mathematics Division, Argonne National Laboratory. Built a FORTRAN code which solved the incompressible, three dimensional, Navier-Stokes equations in streamfunction-vorticity formulation.
  2. 6/1981-8/1981 Graduate Research Assistant. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering. Built a Multi-grid solver to solve the small disturbance, transonic flow over an airfoil.
  3. 10/1982-1/1983 Graduate Research Assistant. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering. Built an eigenvalue code to investigate the multi-dimensional stability of a freely propagating flame.
  4. 10/1985-12/1986 Staff Scientist. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering. Conduct basic research in stability and transition, as well as in supersonic reacting flows.
  5. 1/1987-12/1992 Consultant. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering: Conduct basic research in the areas of fluid mechanics and reacting flows.
  6. 1/1987-7/1992 Assistant Professor. Old Dominion University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Taught courses at all levels. Served on various committees. Conducted basic research in collaboration with scientists at NASA Langley and at ICASE. Also obtained funding from NATO to visit Cambridge University, England to conduct research. Funding also obtained from Air Force of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to pursue research in combustion.
  7. 8/1992-6/1993 Associate Professor. Old Dominion University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
  8. 1/1993-12/1993 Visiting Scientist. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering: Conduct basic research in the areas of fluid mechanics and reacting flows.
  9. 1/1994-8/97 Senior Staff Scientist. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering: Conduct basic research in laminar flow control, fluid mechanics, and combustion.
  10. 1/98-present Senior Research Scientist, Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  11. 1/99-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  12. 1/02-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Published Books

  1. J. Buckmaster, T.L. Jackson & A. Kumar, eds. (1994) Combustion in High Speed Flows, Kluwer Academic Publishers. (A review of this book has appeared in AIAA Journal, 3(3), 1995.)
  2. M.Y. Hussaini, T.B. Gatski & T.L. Jackson, eds. (1994) Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vols. I and II.
  3. W.O. Criminale, T.L. Jackson & R.D. Joslin (2003) Theory and Computation of Hydrodynamic Stability. Cambridge University Press.

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