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Tom Cook

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Engineer

Contact

COOKTA@ORNL.GOV

Living just outside Maryville, TN where I was born and raised, I returned to the Great Tennessee Valley in Oct. 2023 to start working at ORNL after a 20 month stay in Central North Carolina where I started my engineering career working as a Junior Product Design Engineer. Outside of working with the Lab's Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Group, I work as a live music performer with a number of local bluegrass groups playing the upright bass and guitar. 

  • Junior Product Design Engineer at Pioneer Square Brands, Feb 2022 - Sep 2023 
  • Kitchen Staff/Food Preparation/Logistics at K Brew Coffeehouse, Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
  • Private Music Instructor for Guitar at Sustainable Future Center Knoxville Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
  • DENSO Production Associate at Resource MFG, Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
  • Engineering Intern at Integration Engineering, PLLC, Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
  • Carpenter Assistant at Ken Bronson Construction Co, Jul 2015 - Oct 2018
  • Stagehand at IATSE local 197 union (non-member) Dec 2016 - Apr 2018
  • Live Music Performer Feb 2011 - Present

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Univ. of Tenn. Knoxville 2009-2014 

AEE, Member, 2024-Present

ASHRAE, Member, 2024-Present

ASME, Member, 2023-Present