Thomas Dow
Duncan Distinguished University Prof in ME & Director, PEC
- Phone: 919-515-3976
- Email: dow@ncsu.edu
- Office: Research Building I 104
Precision Engineering Consortium
Dr. Dow is interested in precision machining systems, real-time control, and metrology.
At the graduate level, Dr. Dow teaches Metrology for Precision Manufacturing (MAE 545). The emphasis for this class is on procedures and techniques for measuring planes, distance and angles. Students learn about the instruments and techniques for accurate and repeatable measurement and the theoretical and practical foundations for designing such systems. Video laboratory sessions show the students how to setup and perform the measurements and the students calculate the appropriate results based on the data provided.
At the undergraduate level, Dr. Dow teaches Analysis for Mechanical Engineering Design (MAE 415) and Mechanical Engineering Design (MAE 416). He brings to both of these classes a wealth of experiences in mechanical design, analysis and fabrication. In recent years the students in his classes designed a top fuel dragster clutch and analyzed the drive system for a cable cams used at football games.
When not in the lab, Dr. Dow spends time with his wife and family (2 children and 7 grandchildren) and also enjoys hiking, running, biking, and kit car building.
Publications
- Direct analysis of textile dyes from trace fibers by automated microfluidics extraction system coupled with Q-TOF mass spectrometer for forensic applications
- Sultana, N., Gunning, S., Furst, S. J., Garrard, K. P., Dow, T. A., & Vinueza, N. R. (2018), Forensic Science International, 289, 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.05.020
- Surface finish and diamond tool wear when machining PMMA and PC optics
- Bodlapati, C., Garrard, K., Dow, T., & Wong, A. (2018, September 14). , . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2319683
- Design and validation of the mounting structure for BETTII balloon-based telescope with thin-walled optics
- Furst, S., Dow, T., Garrard, K., Sohn, A., Fixsen, D., Rinehart, S., … Dhabal, A. (2016, June 2), Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.2.2.024001
- Design of elliptically-vibrating ultrasonic actuator for nanocoining
- Dow, T. A., Nowak, J., & Kessing, J. R. (2016, March 15), Precision Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2016.03.007
- Optics of Balloon Experimental Twin Telescope for Infrared Interferometry (BETTII): delay lines and alignment
- Dhabal, A., Rinehart, S. A., Rizzo, M. J., Mundy, L., Fixsen, D., Sampler, H., … Tucker, C. (2016, July 26), Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230218
- Nanostructure fabrication on germanium and silicon by nanocoining imprint technique
- Zdanowicz, E., Dow, T. A., Scattergood, R. O., & Youssef, K. (2013, May 20), Precision Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2013.05.004
- Thermo-chemical wear model and worn tool shapes for single-crystal diamond tools cutting steel
- Lane, B. M., Dow, T. A., & Scattergood, R. (2013, March 1), Wear. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2013.02.012
- Rapid fabrication of nanostructured surfaces using nanocoining
- Zdanowicz, E., Dow, T. A., & Scattergood, R. O. (2012, September 27), Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/23/41/415303
- Automated Part Centering With Impulse Actuation
- Furst, S. J., Dow, T. A., Garrard, K., & Sohn, A. (2010, January 7), Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4000681
- Design, modeling, fabrication, and evaluation of the air amplifier for improved detection of biomolecules by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
- Robichaud, G., Dixon, R. B., Potturi, A. S., Cassidy, D., Edwards, J. R., Sohn, A., … Muddiman, D. C. (2010, April 22), International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 300, pp. 99–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2010.04.006
