9 8 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁Professor ▁of ▁Engineering ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Aer onaut ics ▁and ▁A str onaut ics ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 7 – 2 0 1 5 , ▁Stan ford ▁University . ▁He ▁is ▁currently ▁a ▁Professor ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁A eros pace ▁Engineering ▁at ▁Texas ▁A & M ▁University . ▁ ▁Comput ational ▁fluid ▁dynamics ▁methods ▁During ▁his ▁career , ▁Professor ▁James on ▁has ▁de vised ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁new ▁schemes ▁for ▁solving ▁the ▁E uler ▁and ▁Nav ier - Sto kes ▁equations ▁for ▁in vis cid ▁and ▁vis c ous ▁compress ible ▁flows . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁he ▁de vised ▁a ▁mult ig rid - sch eme ▁for ▁the ▁solution ▁of ▁steady ▁flow ▁problems ▁and ▁the ▁dual ▁time ▁ste pping ▁scheme ▁for ▁un st ead y ▁flows . ▁ ▁James on ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁F LO ▁and ▁SY N ▁series ▁of ▁computer ▁programs ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁widely ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁aircraft ▁industry . ▁ ▁Awards ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁NASA ▁Medal ▁for ▁Exception al ▁Scient ific ▁Ach iev ement ▁in ▁recognition ▁of ▁his ▁earlier ▁work ▁on ▁trans onic ▁potential ▁flow . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁Gold ▁Medal ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Royal ▁Aer onaut ical ▁Society ▁for ▁his ▁out standing ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁methods ▁for ▁the ▁calculation ▁of ▁trans onic ▁flow ▁over ▁real ▁aircraft ▁configurations . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁he ▁was ▁elected