Background
Pence, Thomas James was born on July 7, 1957 in Milwaukee. Son of James Thomas and Norma Jean (Hannes) Pence.
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Thomas James Pence
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Thomas James Pence, American Mechanical engineer, educator, consultant. Achievements include research in mathematical modeling of phase transformations; prediction of stress, buckling and failure in solids; wave propagation analysis. Named N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral fellow, 1984-1985. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics, Michigan State University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mechanics, California Institute Technology, 1983.
Career
Assistant professor mathematics Department, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1983-1986; from assistant professor to professor department materials science and mechanics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1986. Consultant Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, 1983, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, since 1989.
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Membership
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Connections
Married Lora Casper, July 18, 1987.
