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Dr. Thomas M. Flynn

Cryogenics, cryogenic engineering, liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen, liquid air, low temperatures, accidents.

Cryoco Inc.
Address: 511 North Adams Ave.
Louisville, CO 80027 Office:
Tel:303 665 8302
Fax:303 665 0222

Web Page:www.cryoco.com
E-mail:thomasmflynn@comcast.net

Dr. Thomas M. Flynn is a Registered Professional Engineer, State of Colorado, and State of California. Dr. Flynn has a Ph.D. in Cryogenic Engineering (1958, University of Colorado). He is the owner and founder of CRYOCO Inc., was president of the National Cryogenic Engineering Association, and is author of the engineering textbooks Cryogenic Process Engineering (Plenum Press)and Cryogenic Engineering (Marcel Dekker). He was appointed by the National Science Foundation to give training in cryogenic engineering in Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and Thailand. He may be the best-known cryogenic engineer in the world today.

His clients include: The Boeing Airplane Company, Ball Aerospace, Wyle Laboratories, Edwards Air Force Base, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Rocketdyne, Rockwell International, NASA Ames Research Center, NASA Dryden Flight Center, NASA Lewis Research Labs, NASA Stennis Center, NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Kennedy Space Center, General Dynamics, Lockheed Aircraft Co., McDonnell Douglas, Sargent Controls, and Praxair.

Education
B.A., B.S. (chemical engineering), Rice University, 1954 and 1955. Ph.D. (cryogenic engineering), 1958, University of Colorado.

License
Registered Professional Engineer, #3968 Colorado, and CH6028, California.

Experience
1955-1983, Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado. Various positions including program manager for thermodynamics, phase equilibria, cryogenic instrumentation, and slush hydrogen technology. Five years as Staff Consultant Cryogenics to Ball Aerospace, Private practice as consulting engineer in cryogenics since 1983. Dr. Flynn is a certified cryogenic safety instructor for the NASA and the US Air Force, and conducts training cryogenic safety and safety with high pressure gas systems to the USAF, NASA and industrial clients. Dr. Flynn is an experienced expert witness in cryogenic safety and high pressure gas hazards.

Publications
Dr. Flynn has over forty (50) publications in the scientific literature on various topics in cryogenic engineering, and two widely used books on cryogenic engineering.

Patents
Hydrogen liquefaction techniques, hydrogen-powered rocket engines, cryogenic fuels for hypersonic aircraft and rocket propulsion, double-density hydrogen METHROGEN , and the cryogenic monopropellant MOX.

Honors
Cryogenic Engineering Conference Board, Chairman of the 1981 Cryogenic Engineering Conference. U.S. National Academy of Sciences Professor of cryogenic engineering. Represented the United States in the People’s Republic of China. Professor Adjunct of Cryogenic Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles and several other U.S. universities. Conducts training in Cryogenic Engineering, Cryogenic Safety, and safety in high pressure gas systems worldwide.