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Home / Faculty & Staff / Faculty / Thomas F. Balsa
Thomas F. Balsa
  • tbalsa@arizona.edu

Thomas F. Balsa

  • 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
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