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Tom Martin

Research Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Advanced Propulsion and Power Lab

Computational methods and software development for multiphysics modeling, multidisciplinary design optimization, engineering workflow management, inverse problems, measurement data processing, and probabilistic studies.

Best Paper, ASME Turbo Expo 2014, 2015

Outstanding Reviewer, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2002

2 Pratt & Whitney Eagle Awards, 2002-2012 

Pratt & Whitney Leadership Award, 2000

NASA Fellowship, 1995-1997 

Boeing/VERTOL Scholarship, 1989

 

Research Associate Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, July 2026 - present

Associate Director of Research, Raytheon Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT, Oct 2019 – Feb 2026

Associate Director, Aero-Thermal-Structural Lead, United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, CT, Jan 2019 – Oct 2019

Principal Research Engineer, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT, April 2017 – Jan 2019

Adjunct Professor, Dept. Math, Physics Comp Sci, U. Hartford, Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT Aug. 2008 – Aug 2021

Staff Engineer, Pratt & Whitney, UTC. East Hartford, CT, Dec. 1999 – May 2014

Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Jan. 1998 – Dec. 1999

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