Thacker to Lead SwRI’s Mechanical Engineering Division
Dr. Ben Thacker, P.E., has been named vice president of Southwest Research Institutes Mechanical Engineering Division.
- Dr. Ben Thacker, P.E., has been named vice president of Southwest Research Institutes Mechanical Engineering Division.
- Thacker previously served as executive director of the divisions Materials and Fluids Engineering Departments.
- As vice president, Thacker will oversee a staff of more than 300, working in five research departments: Engineering Dynamics, Fluids Engineering, Machinery, Materials Engineering and Structural Engineering.
- Thacker is a member of two engineering honor societies: Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon.