AMIEE is ran by Dr. Scott M. Thompson, an Associate Professor within the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri (MU).  He is also a Research Affiliate at MU's Research Reactor (MURR). Prior to MU, he was an Associate Professor at Kansas State University (KSU) from 2019-2023 and at Auburn University (AU) from 2016-2019. He was an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University (MSU) and a Research Affiliate at MSU’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems from 2012-2016.  

Dr. Thompson received his B.S. (with Honors) and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MU in 2008 and 2012, respectively.  

Dr. Thompson is a member of ASME, AIAA, TMS, and ANS. He is currently an Associate Editor for Nature Elsevier's Progress in Additive Manufacturing. His research efforts have led to 60+ published/peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapters, and 70+ conference proceedings and presentations.  He has helped secure and lead several externally-funded research projects from private industry and governmental agencies such as the DoD, DoE, DARPA, NSF, and NASA. 

Research:  Thermo-mechanical modeling of laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes; AM process monitoring, characterization of AM parts after nuclear irradiation, heat pipe design/characterization, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and energy harvesting.