James received a M.Eng in Engineering Leadership and Innovation Management (ELIM) at the Pennsylvania State University in August, 2022.

ELIM is a combination of management, business administration, and engineering leadership skills. The ELIM program focuses on:

• Promoting innovation

• Intercultural and international engineering

• Project and engineering management

• Identifying and analyzing business opportunities

GPA: 3.6/4.0

James received an ABET accredited B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the University of Connecticut in 2021.

James participated in research culminating in an Honors Thesis: Computational Validation of Several Radiation Heat Transfer Models. The research was in a DOE funded lab tasked with determining thermochemical properties of nuclear molten salts.

James' capstone project was the creation of a PLC integrated hospital air-mattress with independent pressure control for the prevention of bedsores.

GPA: 3.639/4.0

James graduated with highest honors from Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri in 2017.

GPA: 3.92/4.0