James Tinjum
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Director of the Geological Engineering Program
Dr. James M. Tinjum is responsible for outreach, research, and engineering education in the areas of geotechnical, geoenvironmental, and energy sustainability with an emphasis on transmitting practical research applications directly to the engineering community. Dr. Tinjum established University of Wisconsin–Madison’s (UW–Madison) Geothermal and Energy Geotechnics Research Group in 2010 and led the effort to instrument a 2,500-well geothermal exchange field with a fiber-optic distributed temperature network that has now operated for nine years. He was Senior Personnel and Task Leader for DOE’s Feasibility Assessment of Deep, Direct-Use Geothermal in the Illinois Basin. In addition, Dr. Tinjum is responsible for geothermal field resource testing in DOE's Federal Geothermal Technical Assistance Framework for Low-Temperature Geothermal Technologies. He is recipient of numerous personal and team/project recognitions from ASCE, FHWA, and other organizations including a Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fellowship, the ASCE Zone III Practitioner Advisor of the Year, the ASCE Wisconsin Section Outstanding Young Engineer, and was elected as a Fellow in ASCE in 2019.