Hi, I’m Thomas! I’m currently working on applying high performance computing to the simulation of non-equilibrium plasmas as a postdoctoral researcher in the Computational Autonomy Group at the University of Michigan. In particular, I am leveraging particle-based kinetic methods to investigate anomalous cross-field momentum and energy transport in low temperature magnetized plasmas for space propulsion and materials processing applications. I also conduct predictive Hall thruster modelling efforts as part of the Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute (JANUS).
I did my Ph.D. work in the University of Michigan’s Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory (PEPL) where I focused on the development and evaluation of closure models for anomalous electron transport in Hall effect thrusters.
Here’s a short video I made about my research.
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