Matthew Thompson
Matthew Thompson
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Doctoral student
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
Background
Matthew Thompson joined the Ph.D program in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at UC Davis in the fall of 2005. He received his MS in mechanical engineering in 2003 form the University of Nevada, Reno. His master study was on shock isolation of a Z-Pinch accelerator. He received a B.Eng in mechanical engineering in 2001 from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His undergraduate thesis was on two-stroke methanol engines. From 2001-2002 he worked for Compac sorting equipment designing fruit grading machinery. From 2003-2005 he worked for the University of Nevada, Reno mechanical and physics department as a researcher and an instructor.
Area of interest
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Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
Dynamics and System analysis
Non-linear Control System
Research
Contact
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Lab: 1236D Bainer Hall
Office: TB207-137
Email: mjthompson AT ucdavis.edu