Areas of Research

• Phase transformations
• Analytical microscopy
• Microstructure-property relationships
• Thin films
• Shape memory alloys

Education

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, 2003
• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University, 1998
• B.S., Physics, Brigham Young University, 1996

Biography

Dr. Thompson’s research is in the thermodynamics and mechanisms of phase transformations and their behavior on microstructure. His research utilized a variety of state-of-the-art analytical microscopes that characterize materials from the atomic to micron-length scales.