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Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Thompson joined the faculty at Cedarville in 1995 and has taught Engineering Graphics, Fortran Programming, Statics, Dynamics, Electronics and Instrumentation, vibration and pump efficiency mechanical engineering laboratories, Kinematics and Design of Machines, and Dynamics of Machines. With Engineering Graphics, he was the first to develop an engineering course offered online through Cedarville University. He serves as advisor to the Society of Engineers Aiding Missions (SEAM) and has led several teams of students in serving Christian ministries through engineering projects in Liberia, West Africa.

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Dr. Thompson joined the faculty at Cedarville in 1995 and has taught Engineering Graphics, Fortran Programming, Statics, Dynamics, Electronics and Instrumentation, vibration and pump efficiency mechanical engineering laboratories, Kinematics and Design of Machines, and Dynamics of Machines. With Engineering Graphics, he was the first to develop an engineering course offered online through Cedarville University. He serves as advisor to the Society of Engineers Aiding Missions (SEAM) and has led several teams of students in serving Christian ministries through engineering projects in Liberia, West Africa.

Present	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Cedarville University ‐ School of Engineering and Computer Science
Institution Organization Position Type Position Title Time Period to Options Current Position Affiliate my profile with this Institution

Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Kinematic Design of Mechanisms

University Service Award, Cedarville University - 2021

Dynamics
Dynamics of Machines
Engineering Graphics
Kinematics and Design of Machines
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Statics

Department of Engineering and Computer Science
Cedarville University
ENS 177
937-766-7679

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Speciknee: an Engineering Software Tool for Design of Simple Fourbar Prosthesis Joints for Above-knee Amputees (Thomas J. Thompson) Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (2014)

This paper presents the vector analysis used to develop an educational computer design tool which could enable prosthetists and mechanical designers to tailor the motion of low-cost, four-bar prosthetic knees to the sizes and needs ...

Graphical Synthesis of Fourbar Mechanisms by Three-position, Instant-center Specification (Thomas J. Thompson) 36th Mechanisms and Robotics International Conference (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) (2012)

Graphical Synthesis of Fourbar Mechanisms by Three-position, Instant-center Specification (Thomas J. Thompson) Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Design Engineering Technical Conference & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (2012)

In four-bar mechanism synthesis, solutions to both the three-position and four-position synthesis problems are well-known. However, certain practical synthesis problems also require consideration of the instantaneous center of velocity for one of the precision positions. ...

Specification of Prosthetic Knee Kinematic Design Parameters Using a Three-Position, Instant-Center Specification Approach (Thomas J. Thompson) ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2010)

The large number of above-knee amputations world-wide creates a need for prosthetic knees with kinematic characteristics fit to individual users. Prosthetists use a number of parameters to fit an individual: leg length in zero and ...

Culturally-Appropriate Engineering Design for Developing Countries (Thomas J. Thompson and Lawrence D. Zavodney) 3rd Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (2008)

Academic institutions are encouraged to instill “the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.” Cedarville University now provides seniors with a capstone project option that directly solves an engineering problem in a ...

On Providing Engineering Students with Culturally-Appropriate Design Experiences in Developing Countries (Thomas J. Thompson and Lawrence D. Zavodney) Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition 2008 (2008)

Academic institutions are encouraged to instill "the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context." This paper summarizes the structural, planning, and logistical aspects of offering senior-level capstone and underclass extra-curricular design projects ...

On Providing Engineering Students with Ministry and Culturally-Appropriate Design Experiences in Developing Countries (Lawrence D. Zavodney, Thomas J. Thompson and Ray Hutchison) Proceedings of the 2008 Christian Engineering Educators Conference (2008)

Academic institutions are encouraged to instill "the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context." This paper summarizes the structural, planning, and logistical aspects of offering senior-level capstone and underclass extra-curricular design projects ...

Providing Engineering Students with Culturally-Appropriate Immersion Design Experiences in Developing Countries (Lawrence D. Zavodney and Thomas J. Thompson) ASEE North Central Section Conference 2008 (2008)

Academic institutions are encouraged to instill "the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context." This paper summarizes the structural, planning, and logistical aspects of offering senior-level capstone and underclass extra-curricular design projects ...

Measured Correlations Between Engineering Student Performance, Sleep, and Diet (Thomas J. Thompson) Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE North Central Conference (2005)

Speciknee: An Engineering Software Tool for Design of Simple Four-bar Prosthesis Joints for Above-knee Amputees (Thomas J. Thompson) ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference (2014)

This paper presents the vector analysis used to develop an educational computer design tool which could enable prosthetists and mechanical designers to tailor the motion of low-cost, four-bar prosthetic knees to the sizes and needs ...

Interact with Speciknee: A Software Tool for Design of Simple Four-bar Prosthesic Knee Joints (Thomas J. Thompson and Erkai L. Watson) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2014)

This poster and interactive demonstration presents an educational computer design tool which could enable prosthetists and mechanical designers to tailor the motion of low-cost, four-bar prosthetic knees to the sizes and needs of individual amputees. ...

A Computer Design Tool to Tailor the Motion of Low-cost, Four-bar Prosthetic Knees for Individual Patients (Thomas J. Thompson) Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium at Wright State University (2013)