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Thomas F. Balsa
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Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Research Expertise
- Fluid mechanics: Boundary layers, jet noise, nonlinear waves in shear flows
Education
- PhD: Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University, 1970
- MA: Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, Princeton University, 1968
- BASc: Engineering Science, Aerospace Option, University of Toronto, 1966
Employment
- 1986-date: Applied Mathematics Program, The University of Arizona: Member
- 1982-date: Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona:
- Department Head, 1998-01
- Professor, 1989-date
- Associate Professor, 1982-89
- 1973-82: General Electric Co., Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York: Mechanical Engineer
- 1970-73: Dynalysis of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey: Research Engineer
Honors and Awards
- Addison B. Rothrock Visiting Scientist at NASA, 1988-89
- Dushman Award, General Electric Co., 1981
- General Electric Co. Award to Inventors, 1979
- General Electric Co. Centennial Award, 1978
- General Electric Management Award, 1977
- Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellow, 1969-70
- Osgood Fellow, 1968-69
- John Morris Legendre Fellow, 1967-68
- Princeton Engineering Predoctoral Fellow, 1966-67
- J.A.D. McCurdy Prize, 1965
Courses Taught Since 2000
- AME 301: Engineering Analysis
- AME 412AB: Mechanical Engineering Design
- AME 413AB: Mechanical Engineering Design Lab (coordinator and supervised projects)
- AME 420: Aerospace Conceptual Design (coordinator)
- AME 427: Stability and Control of Aerospace Vehicles
- AME 500A: Advanced Engineering Analysis
- ENGR 102: Problem Solving and Engineering Design