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Edward Thomas, Jr.
Physics
COSAM Interim Dean and Professor

Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics

Office: Leach Science Center 3121

Address:
380 Duncan Drive
Auburn, AL 36849

Phone: (334) 844-4126
E-Mail: etjr@auburn.edu

Website


Education

Ph.D., Auburn University
1996
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology
1989


Professional Employment

Interim Dean and Professor
2021 - present
Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor (Department of Physics, Auburn University) and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies (College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University)
2017 - 2021
Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2015 - 2017
Lawrence C. Wit Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2012 - 2017
Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2007 - 2012
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2002 - 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
2000 - 2002
Assistant Professor, Fisk University
1996 - 1999
Research Assistant, Fusion Research Laboratory, Auburn University
1993 - 1996
Research Assistant, Plasma Fusion Center, Alcator C-Mod, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1989 - 1993


Honors and Awards

Dean’s Research Award – College of Sciences and Mathematics – Auburn University
Spring 2013
Professional Improvement Leave – Auburn University
Spring 2013
Inaugural Lawrence C. Wit Professor in the College of Sciences and Mathematics
2012 - 2017
Elected as Fellow of the Alabama Academy of Sciences
2012
Elected as Fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists
2011
Professional Improvement Leave – Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa
Fall 2016
Elected for membership, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Commission H
2004
Outstanding Academic Advisor – College of Science and Mathematics – Auburn University
2003
National Society of Black Physicists - Outstanding Dissertation Award
1998
Auburn University, Physics Department – Outstanding Graduate Research Award
1996
Alabama/Department of Energy EPSCoR Traineeship
1994
AT&T Bell Laboratories - Corporate Research Fellowship Program
1989


Professional Activities

University Fusion Association, 2007- present
Member: Executive Committee, 2009-2011
American Physical Society (APS), 1992- present
Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
Forum on Education (FED)
National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), 1996- present
Elected as Fellow of NSBP, 2011
Member, Alabama Academy of Sciences
Selected as Fellow of AAS, 2012
Member, International Union of Radio Science (URSI) - Commission H (Waves in Plasmas)


Selected Publications

  1. A. M. DuBois, E. Thomas, W. E. Amatucci, and G. Ganguli, Plasma Response to a Varying Degree of Stress,Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 145002, (2013).
  2. R. Fisher, K. Avinash, E. Thomas, R. Merlino, and V. Gupta, Thermal energy density of dust in dusty plasmas: Experiment and theory, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 031101, (2013).
  3. R. K. Fisher and E. E. Thomas, Weakly Coupled Dusty Plasma With a High Dust Temperature and Low Thermal Energy Density, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 784 (2013).
  4. E. Thomas, R. L. Merlino, and M. Rosenberg, Design Criteria for the Magnetized Dusty Plasma experiment, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 41, 811 (2013).
  5. A. M. DuBois, I. Arnold, E. Thomas, E. Tejero, and W. E. Amatucci, Electron-ion hybrid instability experiment upgrades to the Auburn Linear Experiment for Instability Studies, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 84, 043503 (2013).






Last updated: 11/27/2023