Professor James Thomason
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Area of Expertise
Exceptionally qualified Composite Materials Scientist with balanced expertise in fibre reinforcements, sizings, surface & interface science, polymer matrices, composite (re)processing-structure-property relationships, micromechanical and molecular modelling
Extensive experience leading multifunctional, multicultural, global teams developing and commercializing new and novel fibre and polymer composite products.
Unique international experience in New Product and New Business Development within the Research Departments of major multinational companies.
Proven experience of driving successful research and development programmes in cross-cultural environment gained in Belgium, the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
Extensive experience managing the industry-academia research interface from both sides.
Advocate for the integration of applied fundamental research into industrial product development projects.
Proven experience building internationally leading composites research team in academia.
Excellent track record of research funding generation
Successful set up and management of a large Materials Characterisation Laboratory
Internationally recognized communicator, authored >150 papers and conference presentations, Chair of 2004 Gordon Conference on Composites.
Language skills: mother tongue English, bilingual in Dutch, good German, basic French.
Publications
- Flat glass fibres : the influence of fibre cross section shape on composite micromechanics and composite strength
- Thomason James L
- Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing Vol 169 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107503
- Thermoset droplet curing performance in the microbond test
- Bryce David, Thomason James L, Yang Liu
- Composite Interfaces (2023)
- The effect of environmental ageing on the interphase in glass fibre - vinyl ester composites
- Thomason James L, Xypolias Georgios
- Composite Interfaces Vol 30, pp. 377-391 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09276440.2022.2116842
- The influence of fibre cross section shape and fibre surface roughness on composite micromechanics
- Thomason James
- Micro Vol 3, pp. 353-368 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/micro3010024
- Hydrothermal ageing of glass fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites : a review
- Thomason James, Xypolias Georgios
- Polymers Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040835
- The dependence of interfacial shear strength on temperature and matrix chemistry in glass fibre epoxy composites
- Minty Ross F, Yang Liu, Thomason James L
- Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing Vol 164 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107303
Professional Activities
- The effect of accelerated environmental ageing on the interphase of a glass fibre/vinyl ester composite
- Speaker
- 2/9/2021
Projects
- Products from Recycled Glass Fibre at Economic and Sustainable Scale (Progress)
- Yang, Liu (Principal Investigator) Bomphray, Iain (Co-investigator) Thomason, James (Co-investigator) Liu, Zhe (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Damage Controlled Composite Materials DaCoMat (H2020 RIA)
- Thomason, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2021
- Suzlon PhD Project
- Thomason, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2021
- APESA (H2020 MSCA EID)
- MacKenzie, Donald (Principal Investigator) Comlekci, Tugrul (Co-investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) Galloway, Alexander (Co-investigator) Stack, Margaret (Co-investigator) Stickland, Matthew (Co-investigator) Thomason, James (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2019
- PPG ACG PhD Support
- Thomason, James (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2017
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTA - University of Strathclyde) | Pender, Kyle
- Yang, Liu (Principal Investigator) Thomason, James (Co-investigator) Pender, Kyle (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 11-Jan-2018
Contact
Professor
James
Thomason
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: james.thomason@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2691