MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The National Academy of Inventors is recognizing a West Virginia University professor for his academic work.
Greg Thompson is an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. He is the recipient of multiple awards and holds nine patents that have been licensed to three companies.
Thompson’s work has involved emissions as well as a patent for a rotary engine.
“Our initial research provided a building block for commercial systems to measure emissions from mobile systems and ultimately led to the systems utilized to discover the high emitting Volkswagen diesel vehicles,” he said.
Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors hold more than 41,500 patents which have generated more than 11,000 licensed technologies and created more than six million jobs.
Thompson will be formally inducted in April.