James A. Smith (Retired), was a Materials Characterization & Processes Systems Engineer at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). He holds engineering degrees from Iowa State University (BS) in Engineering Science and Mechanics and a master’s and PhD. from Texas A&M University in Mechanical Engineering and Interdisciplinary Engineering. Jim has contributed technical knowledge and systems to Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), instrumentation, process measurements and sensors industrial sectors. He has taken measurement system design concepts into plant prototypes by developing collaborations and establishing customer’s core needs. Jim has installed custom instrumentation within nuclear, hot processes, and medical industrial sectors. He specializes in developing custom measurements and processes through novel measurements and analysis techniques. Jim holds the following intellectual property: 1 commercialization license, 10 patents, 1 trade secret, 1 CRADA, 2 software copyrights, 7 patent applications, 35 invention disclosures, 135 internal reports, 117 papers/proceedings, Energy I-CORPS Cohort 10 graduate.
