PATENTS
Thomas, E, Fleming, M., Distributed low-power monitoring system,United States Patent-Pending, PSU-108/PROV filed 9/6/2011
Weislogel, M., Thomas, E., Graf, J., Systems and Methods for Separating a Multiphase Fluid, United States Patent US 7,905,946 B1, issued March 15,2011
Gold, M., Thomas, E., Bring Your Own Water Treatment SystemUnited States Patent US 8,002,993 B2, issued August 23, 2011
PAPERS
Thomas, E., Zumr, Z., Barstow, C., Fleming, M., Spiller, K., Remotely accessible and reconfigurable in-situ instrumentation to improve monitoring of global development interventions, IN REVIEW, 2013
Thomas, E., Barstow, C., Kefauver, J., Kalinic, N., Beaumont, J., Ngabo, F., Mikamunana, A., Binagwaho, A., Environmental Health Product Delivery and Education in Rural Rwanda Through a Pay for Performance Incentivized Public-Private Partnership, IN REVIEW 2013
Thomas, E., Hill, A., Spannagle, M, Carbon Finance Markets Applied to Drinking Water Treatment in Development Countries, IN REVIEW, 2013
Thomas, E., Leveraging carbon financing to enable accountable water treatment programs, Global Water Forum, 2012
Thomas, E., Measuring Sustainability, The Solutions Journal, 2012
Thomas, E., Weislogel, M., Klaus, D., Design Strategies for Sustainable Spacecraft Fluid Management Systems, Advances in Space Research, 46, p. 761-767, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.005, 2010
Thomas, E., Amadei, B., Accounting for Human Behavior, Local Conditions and Organizational Constraints in Humanitarian Development Models, Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability, DOI 10.107/s10668-009-9196-1,V, 12(3), p. 313-327, 2010
Thomas, E., Klaus, D., Developing Sustainable Spacecraft Water Management Systems, 2009-2010 Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space, National Research Council of The National Academies, 2009
Amadei, B., Sandekian, R., Thomas, E., A Model for Sustainable Humanitarian Engineering Projects, Sustainability, 1(4), 1087-1105, 2009
Thomas, E., Poritz, D., Muirhead, D., Urine Advancing Contact Angle on Several Surfaces, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2009. V. 23 p. 1917-1923.
Thomas, E., Muirhead, D., Impact of Wastewater Fouling on Contact Angle, Journal of Biofouling, V. 25. N. 5. Pp. 445-454, 2009
Weislogel, M., Thomas, E., Graf, J., A Novel Device Addressing Design Challenges for Passive Fluid Phase Separations Aboard Spacecraft Microgravity Science and Technology, 2009. 21(3) p. 257-268.
Gold, M., Thomas, E., Byyny, R., Habanabakize, J., Development and Implementation of the Bring Your Own Water Treatment System in Dense, Rural, and Mountainous Rwandan Communities, Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development, V2.N1, 2007
CONFERENCE PAPERS / PUBLISHED PRESENTATIONS
Thomas, E., Zumr, Z., Barstow, C., Linden, K., Proving Sustainability: The International Development Monitoring Initiative IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Technology for the Benefit of Humanity, Seattle WA, October 30-November 1, 2011
Yowell, L., Thomas, E., Social Innovation Concepts at NASA: Integrating International Development Challenges and Hand-On Prototyping with Spacecraft Design Training, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2011
Huff, A., Rhead, E., Zumr, Z., Thomas, E., Sustainable Oxygen: A low power approach for providing emergency medical oxygen for spacecraft and hospitals in developing countries, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2011
Thomas, E., Developing Sustainable Life Support System Concepts, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2010
Thomas, E., Development of a Contingency Capillary Wastewater Management Device, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2010
Bentley, N., Thomas, E., Van Wie, M., Morrison, C., Stinson, R., Second Generation International Space Station (ISS) Total Organic Carbon Analyzzer (TOCA) Verification Testing and On-Orbit Performance Results, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2010
Thomas, E., Leidich, J., Klaus, D., A Sustainable Regolith-Based Water Recovery Concept for the Lunar Outpost, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2009
Leidich, J., Thomas, E., Klaus, D., A Novel Testing Protocol for Evaluating Particle Behavior in Fluid Flow Under Simulated Reduced Gravity Conditions, International Conference on Environmental Systems 2009
Thomas, E., 2008-01-2054 Wastewater Brine Dewatering Technology Assessment and Development Roadmap International Conference on Environmental Systems 2008
Amadei, B., Sandekian, R., Thomas, E., A model for sustainable international humanitarian engineering trips, Journal of Engineering Education (submitted 2009)
Thomas, E., Graf, J., Sweterlitsch, J., Weislogel, M., 2008-01-2041 Development of the Static Phase Separator International Conference on Environmental Systems 2008
Callahan, M., Lubman, A., MacKnight, A., Rifert, V., Barabash, P., Thomas, E., Pickering, K. 2008-01-2195 Cascade Distillation Subsystem Development Testing International Conference on Environmental Systems 2008
Cibuzar, B., Thomas, E., Peterson, L., Goforth, J. 2008-01-2144 Development of Urine Receptacle Assembly for the Crew Exploration Vehicle International Conference on Environmental Systems 2008
Azman, A., Thomas, E., Engineering Education Through Service Learning in Developing Communities: Two Case Studies American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition 2006
Thomas, E., Klaus, D., Technology Readiness of a Modulated Laser Analyzer of Combustion Products for the Manned Spacecraft Environment, ASCE Earth and Space Conference, 2006
