• Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering, 2021, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2022, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, 2015, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2013, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

CLEEN System Level Assessment (Sponsor: FAA)

• Role: Program Manager
• Project overview: Modeling relevant technologies at the aircraft system level (EDS) and use this to analyze the impact of these technologies at the aircraft fleet level for fuel burn, emissions, and noise.

Seawater Desalination Using High-Temperature Particle Flows (Sponsor: GTRI)

• Role: Co-Investigator
• Project overview: Investigating using waste heat from a concentrated solar power (CSP) system to convert seawater into both potable water and a collection of high-value residuals.

SmartCampus: Kendeda Building Certification (Sponsor: GTFM)

• Role: Technical Lead - Water System
• Project overview: : Supporting the Living Building Challenge certification of the Kendeda building and construct a digital twin for monitoring and predicting the building’s water system performance.

System Level Assessment for Electrified Propulsion Flight Demonstrator Program (Sponsor: NASA)

• Role: Technical Lead - Thermal Management System
• Project overview: Constructing an analysis environment for commercial aircraft thermal management systems (TMS) and integrating this within existing aircraft analysis tools.

Gen3: Advanced Characterization of Particulate Flows for Concentrating Solar Power Applications (Sponsor: DoE)

• Role: Program Manager
• Project overview: Experimentally investigating high temperature granular flows for concentrating solar power systems.

University Lead Initiative: Zero-Carbon Engine Core with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle for Onboard Power (Sponsor: NASA)

• Role: Program Manager
• Project overview: Performing aircraft system design to accomodate electricity-derived (or green) ammonia as a hydrogen carrier to provide an alternative, scalable pathway to zero-emission aviation.

Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (Sponsor: AFRL)

• Role: Co-Investigator
• Project overview: Designing, building, and implementing modifications to a micro gas turbine engine to improve thrust to weight ratio and generate electricity at low impact to remaining system properties.

Experimental Investigation of a Flight Weight Recuperated Turboshaft engine for class 2/3 Unmanned Aerial Systems. (Sponsor: GTRI)

• Role: Co-Investigator
• Project overview: Experimentally investigating micro gas turbine engine recuperation between engine discharge gas and the compressor exit flow.

Jet Noise Modeling to Support Low Noise Supersonic Aircraft Technology Development (Sponsor: FAA)

• Role: Program Manager
• Project overview: Seeking improvements to supersonic inlet designs which may be used to help overcome losses in thrust sacrificed to noise improvement.

Design and Analysis of a MQ-9 Class Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft (Sponsor: AFRL)

• Role: Technical Lead - Thermal Management System
• Project overview: Developing a hybrid-electric modeling and simulation environment for evaluating the performance of more electric UAV systems.

Patents

1. Johnson, D.R., Chong, T., Brooks, J.D., Pfenninger, R.S., Sui, L. “Integrated Flare Combustion Control.” Pub. No.: US2017/0370579 A1, GE Oil and Gas. December 28, 2017.

Journal Papers

1. M. Bagepalli, S. Jeong, J. Brooks, Z. Zhang, D. Ranjan, P. Loutzenhiser,“High-temperature granular flow along an inclined plane for solar thermal energy transport and storage: experimental analysis”, Solar Energy, 2021 (in review)
2. J. Brooks, J. Lewe, S. Duncan, D. Mavris, “Improving the predeveloped local ecology: maximizing condensate collection through remote sensing and strategic building operation”, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 2022 (in review)
3. J. Brooks, D. Mavris. “Metamodels to Enable Renewable Energy System Consideration within Thermal and Electrical Systems Optimization”, Sustainable Energy, Grids, and Networks, 2022 (in review)

Conference Papers

1. A. Markov, G. Cinar, J. Brooks, R. Denney, E. Garcia “Analysis of a Hybrid Partial Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion System for a Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV” ITEC-EATS, 2022.
2. K. Milios, C. Hall, A. Burrell, J. Gladin, J. Brooks, “Modeling and Simulation of a Parallel Hybrid-electric Propulsion System – Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) Program” ITEC-EATS, 2022.
3. J. Lewe, S. Oh, E. Yarbasi, H. Kim, J. Brooks, S. Duncan, S. Hong, Y. Jung, R. Koti, “Operating and Certifying a Net Positive Energy Building During a Pandemic”, ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference and Simbuild, 2022.
4. D. Walters, R. Sullivan, A. Bertoni, J. Jutras, M. Kelley, P. Nathan, W. Boynton, L. Schillinger Arana, J. Brooks, “Exploring High-Impact Performance Modifications on a Micro Gas Turbine Engine” AIAA Region 4 Student Conference, 2022.
5. J. Brooks, J.-H.Lewe, E. Yarbasi, W. Robertson, H. Kim, S. Duncan, D. Mavris, “Cistern Thermal Energy Storage Study for Potential Use within Net Positive Energy and Water Buildings”, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Conference, 2021.
6. J. Brooks, D. Mavris, “Compact Heat Exchanger Sizing and Mass Estimation”, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Conference, 2021.
7. J. Brooks, N. Taylor, J. Bodett, J. Brooks, G. Harden, “Coil Pump Performance Modeling and Selection Approach”, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Conference, 2021.
8. S. Oh, J.-H.Lewe, E. Yarbasi, J. Brooks., S. Duncan, D. Mavris, “A Scalable Intra-Network Building Heat Exchange Model for District Cooling Systems”, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Conference, 2020.
9. Brooks, J. D., Tai, J., Schutte, J., Denney, R., “Gas Turbine Component Zooming Strategy: Using Surrogate Modeling to Capture Bleed Flow Extraction Impacts on an Ultra High Bypass Turbofan Engine”, ISABE Conference, 2015. (paper and oral presentation)

Theses

1. J. D. Brooks, A Framework for Selecting Multi-attribute Optimal Renewable Energy Driven Desalination Architectures, Ph.D. Thesis, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, December 2021
2. J. D. Brooks, A Methodology for Capturing the Impacts of Bleed Flow Extraction on Compressor Performance and Operability in Engine Conceptual Design., M.S. Thesis, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2015

• ASME Graduate Teaching Fellowship (August 2019 - July 2021)
• ASME ECLIPSE Internship (July 2022 - June 2023)

• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)