Dr. Thomas Booth

Biography

Early in his career, Thomas Booth worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where his work focused on improving transducer performance. After joining the doctoral program at Purdue University, he joined Allison Engine Company, where he developed a viscous 3D solution for designing the turbine end wall region in the presence of secondary flows. Subsequently, at Garrett Gas Turbine Company, he managed the turbine aerodynamics department and led a team that developed advanced turbines for small propulsion APU engines. After relocating to Los Angeles, he became the director of turbocharger engineering at Garrett Automotive Products Company, focusing on developing advanced responsive turbochargers for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. After moving back to aerospace, he led a team in developing an ISO-compliant product development process and created an engineering/project management/systems engineering assessment tool. He led sector-wide teams auditing over 20 sites using this tool for several years. After retirement, he joined Honeywell in the automotive sector as a Director of Industrial Engineering, applying advanced technical quality techniques to work with international customer shop-floor teams to improve performance and resolve quality issues across plants in multiple countries. He later became the director of engineering at Advanced Turbine Designs, focusing on developing a 5 kW gas turbine engine coupled with an advanced motor generator.

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