JAMES THOMPSON

Product and Interaction Designer

AstroJams1@gmail.com Jham.es 650-575-4955

2413 Folsom St San Francisco, CA 94110

Im a kid from West Virginia who became an astrophysicist, a rocket scientist, and an entrepreneur. My common thread is my curiousity about the Universe, about people, and about the future of technology. I have a forte for ideation, testing, and decision making thanks to a large toolset that keeps me moving forward. On any given day, you might find me hacking prototypes on post-its, Excel, Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, Arduino, HTML5/CSS3/Javascript, MatLab, iOS, SolidWorks, a lathe/mill, or LaserCAMM,

EXPERIENCES ON THE JOB UX Designer, Churn Labs, 2011/12 Headed product design for Emanata, a indie comic book reader for iPad that has wide support from indie comic book artists.

RESEARCH, PATENTS, AND PUBLICATIONS Patent # 20120010812 Method and System for Determining Position of an Inertial Computing Device in a Distributed Network Thompson, J. Effectiveness of Tumbling to Decelerate a

Coach, Transformative Design Course at Stanford, 2012 Coached and facilitated brainstorms for students tasked to envision the future of the smart neighborhood. CEO, Fresh Cookies LLC (StartX, Fall 2010), 2010/11 Headed product design for eggaduppa, a global guessing game for iPhone based on Stanford research into incentive mechanics. Project Manager, Stanford ARPA-E Project, 2010 Worked with a team designing interfaces to encourage energy efficiency in the home by encouraging small behavior changes. Design Engineer Contractor, Luidia Inc, 2008/09 Created dozens of physical prototypes for Luidias interactive pen technologies. Work resulted in two patent applications. Intern, Northrop Grumman Tech Services, 2007 Wrote simulations to test the feasibility of rocket missions slated for launch from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Research Assistant, UVA Aero Research Lab, 2006-08 Conducted systems engineering and hypersonic deceleration studies for Hy-V, a planned hypersonic scramjet flight test. Intern, Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab, 2005 Studied the long-term relation between global climate and solar irradiance using historical solar eclipse data. EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES MS Design, Joint Program in Design, Stanford University, 2011 3.9 GPA, *NSF Fellow BS Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 2008 3.8 GPA, *Graduated with High Distinction AS Engineering. Shepherd University, 2005 3.9 GPA, *Honors Program

Hypersonic Payload. UVA Fourth Year Thesis, 2008. Thompson, J. and Croft, L. Update of a Proposed Hypersonic Scramjet Flight Test. AIAA Region I-MA Student Conference, 2007. Thompson, J. and Goyne, C. Scramjet Systems Integration for a Dual Mode Scramjet Flight Test, VSGC Student Research Conference, 2007. *2st-place in the undergraduate division. Dunham, D, Thompson, J., et. al. Accuracy of Solar Radius Determinations from Solar Eclipse Observations, and Comparison with SOHO Data. SOURCE Science Meeting, 2005. Thompson, J. and Best, J. Preliminary Analysis of Structure Evolution within the SDSS Quasar Catalog. WV Academy of Science, 2005. *1st-place in the undergraduate division. SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

* NSF Fellow * StartX Alum, Fall Session, 2010 * Speaker, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous, 2011 * Global Innovation Tournament Awards, 2008/09 * Ammon S Andes Award, 2008 * Third Year Excellence Award, UVA, 2007 * NASA Space Grants, 2004/05 * President, UVA Solar Car Team, 2005-08 * President, Sigma Gamma Tau, 2007-08 * First in my family to graduate with a Bachelors degree,