Michael Thompson

Currently CEO/President of the IMAV STEM OUTREACH PROGRAM CORPORATION, a non-profit corporation, for helping underprivileged youth in pursuing STEM fields.

Website: https://imav.business.site/

Accomplishments.(fellowships/internships, # and names of awards, # of publications, and other highlights propelling this scholar to your innovator or trailblazer status)

First generation in my family to go to college, 10 fellowships/internships from the following: Two-time NASA Space Grant Fellow ( 2013-2014, 2015-2016 ), Two-time GEM Fellowship award from Ford Motor Co. (twice in 2013-2014, 2015-2016), Internships: 6 including the following: 1x - Intel Co, 4x - Ford Motor Co, 1x - Salt River Project. Additional projects I worked on at WAESO projects/support projects: 8 and FURI projects: 3. The total number of Publications: 4 from the following: Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, Proceedings of the AIAA SciTech 2015 conference, Avestia Publishing Journal of Automation and Control Research and Springer where I published a book chapter.

Total fellowships/internships: 10

Fellowships: 4

Two-time NASA Space Grant Fellow ( 2013-2014, 2015-2016 ),

Two-time GEM Fellowship award from Ford Motor Co. (twice in 2013-2014, 2015-2016), 2. Internships: 6 including the following: 1x - Intel Co, 4x - Ford Motor Co, 1x - Salt River Project

WAESO projects/support projects: 8

FURI projects: 3

Total Publications: 4

1. Published Conference Paper on the Outreach Program:

“Building a Mechanical Flapping Bird and Arduino Robotic Cars for Educating Youths in 7th, 8th and 9th Graders at Arizona State University,” Proceedings of the 14th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 3rd – 7th, 2016, pp. 2203-2220. http://www.hiceducation.org/EDU2016.pdf

2. Published Conference Paper on flapping wing designs:

“Experimental Design of a Micro Air Vehicle through Bio-mimicry of Bumblebees,” Proceedings of the AIAA SciTech 2015 conference, Kisssimmee, Florida, January 5-9 7 pages, Technical Paper Forum 2015. Paper can be accessed at: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2015-1454

3. Published Conference Paper on Lego robotics that was used in the outreach program:

“Learning Robotic Concepts with a 3R Lego NXT Robotic Arm,” Avestia Publishing Journal of Automation and Control Research, 2014 conference. Paper can be accessed at: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Learning-Robotic-Concepts-with-a-3R-Lego-NXT-Arm-Thompson-Serrano/2ab46ba4353cd715d37f39f4f63fc4f3ef03bf32

4. Published Book Chapter on Lego robotics that was used in the outreach program:

“Learning Multivariable Controller Design: a Hands-on Approach with a Lego Robotic Arm,” Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 13. Springer. ISBN. 978-3-319-54377-2. First Online: 15 March 2017. Paper can be accessed at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-54377-2_23.

Highlights propelling this scholar to your innovator or trailblazer status:

ASU News, 2016.:https://asunow.asu.edu/20160315-inspiration-springs-engineering-education-outreach-effort

Graduate Ambassador and Academic Director for the the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), 2015-2016

Outstanding Mentor Award from GPSA, 2016 http://gpsa.asu.edu/funding/outstanding-mentor-award-program/

Outstanding Fulton Student Organization K-12 Program: Micro Air Vehicle Club, 2016

http://studentorgs.engineering.asu.edu/directory/sp16-outstanding-fso-k-12-program-micro-air-vehicle-club/

Weeks 1 - 6 Overall video of outreach program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIxZi_DO3o

Work Experience.

•From Summers Jun. 2013 to Aug. 2016: GEM Fellow Engineer for

Ford Motor Co. (Michigan, AZ)

•From Jan. 2017 to July 2017: Engineer for

GECO Inc.-Mercury Systems (Mesa, AZ)

•From Jan. 2017 to Feb 2019: CFD/Instrumentation Engineer for

Honeywell (Phoenix, AZ)

•From Feb. 2019 to Present: Project Engineer for

Sargent Controls & Aerospace, Tucson

Marine Division (R&D)

Virginia & Columbia Class (submarines)

•Directional Control Valve Design

Virginia & Columbia Class (submarines)

•Servo Valve Design

Responsibilities

•Perform CFD/FEA analysis

•Test Hydraulic components

•Interact with Customer

•Read specifications

•Modeling, Analysis & Design hydraulic valve components to improve noise performance

Tasks

•Perform computational fluid dynamics analysis to evaluate pressure drop performance on valves

•Perform Finite Element Analysis to evaluate

noise performance on valves

•Test Hydraulic components

•Interact with Customer

•Read specifications via HIS

•Write Technical Presentations

•Initial Conception (hand sketches)

•Data Analysis

Bio.

Michael joined Sargent Aerospace and Defense in February 2019 after working for 10 years in automotive (Ford Motor Co), Combustion & Instrumentation group (Honeywell Aerospace), and drone aerospace fields (GECO Inc - Mercury Systems) as a CFD engineer. Michael's Background is a CFD user utilizing a wide variety of tools and techniques in the utilization of CFD within real world design cycles. Michael had 10 years experience using ANSYS Fluent as a user before joining Sargent Aerospace and defense. Michael received his B.S in 2012 and M.S and 5 years of his PhD in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 2017 working on modeling, analysis control and design of micro air vehicles.

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