James Stolken

James Stolken has had a long and varied career in the engineering field. James began their career in 1984 as an Engine Room Supervisor and Engineering Laboratory Technician in the US Navy. In 1986, they were promoted to Division Leading Petty Officer, where they were responsible for the radiological controls associated with the nuclear propulsion plant repairs of the ten submarines assigned to Squadron Three. In 1990, they moved to Berkeley Lab, where they devised computer simulations of viscous flow and diffusion processes in glasses and ceramics. In 1992, they joined UC Santa Barbara as a Research Assistant, where they planned and conducted experiments to study the influence of impurities upon the fracture behavior of metal-ceramic interfaces. In 1997, they joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a Materials Scientist, where they conceived, developed, and delivered internally and externally funded multidisciplinary scientific projects. Finally, in 2022, they joined Atomic Machines as the Director of Devices.

James Stolken began their educational journey at Antelope Valley College in 1988, where they completed a Transfer Curriculum in Engineering. James then attended the US Navy Nuclear Power School from 1982 to 1983, where they earned a Nuclear Propulsion degree in the S5G prototype field of study. In 1990, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. - Honors) in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. James continued their education at UC Santa Barbara, where they earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Materials in 1997. In 2015, they completed a Fellowship at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, where they studied at the Bush School of Government and Public Service.